BJP MLA Basanagouda Yatnal
BENGALURU: The
Karnataka High Court
dismissed criminal proceedings against BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, delivering a verdict that critiques the manner in which the FIR was registered against him.
The case originated from Yatnal’s comments about the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi’s statements during his visit to the US. The BJP MLA allegedly questioned Gandhi’s remarks that “India is not a fair place” and made observations about his “ancestral religion”.
Justice Nagaprasanna, while quashing the FIR filed based on a complaint by S Manohar, Secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), stressed the “importance of protecting
national integrity
and avoiding miscarriage of justice”.
“It is necessary to observe that protection of the integrity of the nation, both locally and globally, is the duty of every citizen, more so, of the representatives of those citizens. In such a case, the crime cannot be permitted to be continued, as it would become an abuse of the
