The BJP’s demand for a case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former CM Siddaramaiah for stopping their vehicles on the road inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve is not legally tenable, according to officials and legal experts.
The BJP has tried to push the Forest Department to register a case against the two leaders on the grounds that their convoy stopped midway inside Bandipur on September 30 when the Bharat Jodo Yatra entered the Karnataka leg.
Senior officials admitted that though there is tremendous pressure to book a case for the alleged violation of the law, there is no specific rule under any act to register a case.
