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"The Home Minister, Women and Child Welfare Minister, and District In-charge minister have taken necessary action regarding this incident and yet BJP is trying to exploit it politically. Our government is committed to protecting women of the State, strict legal action will be initiated again
"Despite the Karnataka High Court's restrictions, the BJP leaders have visited the victimised woman who was partially stripped in a village in Belagavi district, thus not only flouting the court's directive but also displaying their insensitivity," Siddaramaiah said in a post on X.
Speaking to ANI, BJP MP and member of the fact-finding team Aprajita Sarangi said, "It's extremely unfortunate that the entire Gandhi family is keeping mum on this incident. Neither Sonia Gandhi nor Priyanka Gandhi, being women have said anything. As far as Rahul Gandhi is concerned he is a
"JP Nadda and the BJP are doing politics over this issue. Atrocities did happen to that woman. Whatever legal action needed to be taken has been taken by the government. Our home minister met the victim. The accused was arrested immediately," said the Chief Minister.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday attributed the "careless and casual approach" of the Congress government in Karnataka in dealing with law and order as a reason behind the Belagavi incident, in which a 42-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and paraded naked.
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee alleged on Saturday that women are scared under the Congress government in Karnataka. She was there in Belagavi as a member of the fact-finding team of the BJP for the incident of a 42-year-old woman being allegedly assaulted and paraded naked.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Aprajita Sarangi on Saturday targeted the Congress-led Karnataka government over the Belagavi incident, saying there has been a complete failure of law and order in Karnataka.
Members of the BJP's Mahila Morcha and workers staged a protest on Saturday in Bengaluru over the stripping and parading of a woman in the Belagavi district.
Amid the BJP planning a nationwide protest over the stripping and parading incident at Belagavi, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Friday said all culprits involved in the incident have been arrested and none will be spared at any cost.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) sent a notice to the Government of Karnataka on Friday over the reported incident of stripping and beating a woman in Belagavi district.