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A peculiar tribunal successful Bengaluru has ordered contented of announcement to Priyank Kharge, Minister for Information Technology and Rural Development, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, and Mohammed Haris Nalapad, erstwhile president of Karnataka Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (KPYCC), connected a ailment of allegedly defaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its members done societal media posts.
K.N. Shivakumar, justice of the Special Court of Magistrate for transgression cases against erstwhile and contiguous MPs and MLAs, passed the bid connected January 3 connected a complaint, lodged successful November 2024 by Tejas A., a subordinate of the RSS and a nonmigratory of Bengaluru, nether Section 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
It was alleged successful the ailment that Mr. Kharge had archetypal posted his letter, dated October 4, 2025, to the Chief Minister, containing false, baseless and derogatory remarks against the RSS and its activities, connected his X account. Later, the ailment had alleged that Mr. Kharge again posted 2 comments connected his X relationship connected October 13 and 14, 2025, asking radical “never beryllium a person of a RSS member”, portion describing the RSS members arsenic “real venomous and existent abusers... etc.,”
Following these societal media posts, Mr. Rao made derogatory remarks against RSS members connected his X account, too giving defamatory statements earlier tv media.
Mr. Nalapad, the ailment alleged, had utilized abusive words against RSS members successful his code that was aired done YouTube channels.
The complainant had stated that helium was embarrassed and insulted pursuing these societal media posts, arsenic 2 of his friends, Mahesh and Satish, had not lone questioned him astir the activities of the RSS but besides raised questions astir the behaviour of RSS members similar him.
Pointing retired that Section 323 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita mandates proceeding of the accused persons earlier taking cognisance of the alleged offence, the tribunal ordered contented of announcement to them portion adjourning further proceeding connected the ailment till January 14.
