Offer sincere apology or argue on merits of case: Madras HC to BJP MP for remarks against Tamil Nadu
Shobha Karandlaje has sought the quashing of a case against her for claiming that those involved in the March 1 blast in Bengaluru were trained in Tamil Nadu.
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The Madras High Court on Friday told Bharatiya Janata Party MP Shobha Karandlaje that she should either offer a sincere apology or defend herself in the criminal case on her remarks that those involved in the blast in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Café on March 1 were trained in Tamil Nadu, The Hindu reported.
The High Court is hearing a petition by Karandlaje, a Union minister, seeking the quashing of a first information report registered against her pertaining to the remark.
At the previous hearing on August 7, Tamil Nadu Advocate General PS Raman told the court that the criminal case against Karandlaje can be quashed if she convenes a press conference and reads out a draft apology prepared by him for the remarks.
On Friday, the BJP MP’s counsel said that Karandlaje has reservations regarding the wordings of the draft apology circulated by Raman.
However, Justice G Jayachandran pointed out that it was just a four-line draft.
The BJP MP’s counsel said that her client had already apologised through her post on social media platform X and added that she will argue on the merits of her plea to quash the first information report.
“You can’t blow hot and cold,” the court said on Friday, reported Live Law. “Either you want to say something, say by it. Or if you’re apologising, mean it. You...
