Halasuru Gate police have registered an FIR against three MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Bengaluru Central MP P. C. Mohan, and Udupi-Chikkamagalur MP Shobha Karandlaje — and 44 others for organising a protest in Nagarthpet despite their request for a gathering being turned down by the police.
The three MPs have been nominated by the BJP as its candidates in Bengaluru for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP protested on March 19 demanding the arrest of those who assaulted Mukesh, a shopkeeper in the area, on March 17. BJP has given a communal spin to the event and claimed the assault was carried out by members of the minority community over playing Hanuman Chalisa (devotional song) during azaan (call for prayer). However, the accused include both Hindus and Muslims. In fact, local BJP MLA Uday Garudachar said that the incident was not communal, and said that it was needlessly blown out of proportion.
