A verbal battle between S.N. Narayanaswamy, the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the ruling Congress, and S. Muniswamy, Member of Parliament (MP) from BJP, at a public meeting in Kolar last Monday took a legal turn with both of them filing a case, and counter case against each other with the Gulpet police.
The police have registered two FIRs charging the duo under intentional insult to provoke breach of peace and criminal intimidation on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
The duo was seen shouting at each other on stage amidst other dignitaries. The meeting was organised to address the grievances of the people affected by an anti-encroachment drive carried out by the Forest Department. The entire incident was recorded and went viral on social media, causing embarrassment to the officials, and Byrathi Suresh, district in-charge Minister. The police had to struggle hard to drag out the enraged MP from the stage. Heated arguments ensued between the MP and the police in the melee.
