Case against Yatnal for insulting Mahatma Gandhi

Congress workers in Vijayapura have filed a complaint against Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal, MLA who has been expelled from the BJP, for having allegedly insulted Mahatma Gandhi.

In a complaint submitted at the Adarsh Nagar police station, they said Mr. Yatnal had described Gandhiji as the “father of Pakistan” in a statement made before the media in Vijayapura on May 11.

The complainant Allabaksh Dongarisab Badeghar said Mr. Yatnal had claimed that Gandhiji had divided the country and created Pakistan only for Muslims. He had also said that it was a matter of shame for Indians to install statues of Gandhiji, according to the complaint. .

The police registered a first information report under BNS sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups) and 353 (making, publishing, or circulating statements, false information, or rumours that could cause public mischief, incite hatred, or disrupt harmony between different groups).