Bengaluru Police Summons JP Nadda, Amit Malviya Over BJP's 'Objectionable Post'

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda and the party's IT Cell chief Amit Malviya (Image: PTI/ANI)

The police action came following a complaint lodged by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) with the Election Commission and police on Sunday alleging violation of model code of conduct

Bengaluru Police on Tuesday summoned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda and the party’s IT Cell chief Amit Malviya over an ‘objectionable post’ made by the Karnataka unit of the party. The Investigating Officer of city’s Highgrounds Police issued the notice to the BJP leaders in the case about video posted on X.

A notice was issued to the leaders by the Investigating Officer of the Highgrounds Police in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

They have been given a week’s time to appear for investigation.

The move came after an FIR was registered against Nadda, Malviya and Karnataka unit chief B Y Vijayendra on Monday in connection with a social media post allegedly intimidating members of SC and ST community not to vote for a particular candidate.

The police action came following a complaint lodged by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) with the Election Commission and police on Sunday alleging violation of model code of conduct.

BJP leaders were booked under the sections of Representation of People Act and section 505 (2) (Statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) of the Indian Penal Code, a senior police officer said.

In the complaint, the KPCC cited a video uploaded on the social media platform ‘X’ by the official account of Karnataka State BJP which, it alleged, is operated by Malviya, on instructions of Nadda, Vijayendra and Social Media incharge – Karnataka BJP, on May 4.

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