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Bengaluru: Home Minister Priyank Kharge faces a police complaint over a social media post allegedly linking the RSS to the seizure of 44,250 live cartridges in Bihar and Haryana .
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya too took to social media platform ‘X’ accusing the minister of “peddling fake news”. Sad state of affairs,” he said. He urged police to register an FIR against the minister but police has so far not acted on it.. Gowda alleged that the minister had deliberately shared false information despite knowing it was incorrect, potentially creating public confusion and disturbing social harmony. He also questioned the conduct of the Home Minister, whose responsibility includes maintaining law and order. “We have a fake news peddler as Home Minister of our state. And this bloke wanted to set up some fact-check unit or something. Former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao also wrote to Priyank, urging him to uphold the dignity and institutional integrity of the home department and the Karnataka Police. Rao urged the Home Minister to concentrate on the actual requirements of the police department, saying Karnataka needs substantial improvements in police infrastructure, modernisation of police stations, filling of vacancies, strengthening forensic laboratories, upgrading cybercrime investigation facilities, among other things.
Tejas A Gowda lodged the complaint at Banashankari police station on Tuesday, accusing Priyank of spreading misinformation, misleading the public and attempting to disturb social harmony.