Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (DC)
Bengaluru, Mar 29: The Congress unit of Bengaluru North has lodged a complaint with the state election commission officers against Bengaluru South Lok Sabha candidate Tejasvi Surya.
The complaint was registered against the BJP candidate condemning the latter's statement that those who oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi were 'anti-India'. In his fiery speech, given at a programme before his nomination, Surya had said, "This election is a test of the common India's patriotism. And if you are with Modi, you are with India. And if you are not with Modi, you are anti-India. That's it." The video of the speech went viral on social media drawing both flak as well as praise.
In the complaint, the Congress stated that by giving such a statement, being a candidate of a national party, he was attempting to threaten and influence the electorate. The Congress has also asked the election officers to disqualify him from contesting the election and take a strict action.
Meanwhile, Congress women's wing president Dr B Pushpa Amarnath too has lodged a complaint with the state women's commission against Surya.
In the complaint, the Congress leader urged the commission to provide security to the woman, who, in a number of tweets, charged Tejasvi with abusing and hitting women besides being a womaniser. The woman had also asked the people whether they would blindly support such a man.
In the complaint, Congress leaders stated that the woman had made serious allegations against Tejasvi that he had harassed and cheated several other women too.
The complaint further stated that since Tejasvi is a relative of BJP MLA Ravi Subramanya and has outside support of bigwigs of the party at the centre, the woman is facing threat to life.
It is understood that the woman has now deleted her tweets allegedly fearing threat to life. Hence the women's commission must provide security to her, the complaint stated.
Considering media reports and tweets of the woman regarding BJP candidate's harassment, the women’s commission must take action against Tejasvi and provide security to the woman, the Congress urged in the complaint.