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Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje connected Saturday alleged that the Congress authorities successful Karnataka was attempting to enforce an “undeclared Emergency” successful the State by curbing state of look guaranteed nether the Constitution.
Addressing a property league astatine the BJP State office, Ms. Karandlaje criticised the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025, stating that it violated Article 19(1) of the Constitution, which guarantees state of code and expression.
She said the Belagavi legislature league should person focused connected addressing issues concerning North Karnataka, but was alternatively “reduced to discussions centred connected the hatred code Bill”.
She said she had written to the Governor urging him not to assistance assent to the Bill and added that the President would besides beryllium approached if necessary.
The Union Minister said the authorities empowered territory officials, including lawman commissioners and superintendents of police, to find cases involving speech, amounting to an encroachment connected the judiciary’s role.
Fact-check bureau
Ms. Karandlaje raised objections to the functioning of the State’s fact-check agency, alleging that it was being tally with the engagement of backstage individuals and organisations sympathetic to the Congress. She said the agency, formed successful 2023, was chaired by IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge and included the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, and Home Minister arsenic members.
She alleged that the bureau was being allocated ₹3 crore to ₹4 crore annually and accused the authorities of utilizing it to show media and societal media enactment and to initiate transgression cases done the police.
According to her, respective BJP societal media volunteers, MLAs and MLCs had been booked based connected reports generated by the agency.
On Priyank Kharge
In a abstracted property conference, erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MP Govind Karjol condemned remarks allegedly made by Minister Priyank Kharge against Union Home Minister Amit Shah successful the Legislative Council. He demanded that Mr Kharge tender an apology.
Mr. Karjol said that since the hatred code instrumentality had been passed by some Houses, Mr. Kharge should beryllium the “first accused” nether the aforesaid law.
