Karnataka: BJP Forms Five-Member Panel To Probe Assault On Woman In Belagavi

Karnataka BJP MPs also held a protest in front of Gandhi Statue in Parliament against the government over the alleged assault on the woman in Belagavi.

The Committee is set to submit its report to BJP National President at the earliest.

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BJP National President JP Nadda, expressing strong opposition, condemned the heinous crime of a tribal woman being stripped and paraded naked in Belgavi due to her son's elopement on Friday. Additionally, the BJP leader formed a five-member fact-finding committee tasked with visiting the site of the incident. The committee is also expected to promptly submit its findings to the national president of the party.

In a letter, BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh said, “BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda has strongly condemned the heinous incident of parading naked of a tribal woman in Belgavi, Karnataka.”

BJP National President JP Nadda has condemned the incident of parading a naked tribal woman in Belgavi, Karnataka. He has constituted a five-member fact-finding committee to visit the incident site. The committee will submit its report to the party's national president at the… pic.twitter.com/YDm8aHeAHD

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“Such heinous crimes especially against women have been happening at regular intervals ever since the Congress government came to power in Karnataka. This also exposes the irresponsible behaviour of Congress governments everywhere in the country in tackling such crimes,” he said.

Furtherm he said, the National President has constituted a five-member fact-finding committee to visit the incident site and they will submit its report to the Party National President at the earliest. The members of the committee include MP Aprajita Sarangi, MP Sunita Duggal, MP Locket Chatterjee, MP Ranjeeta Koll and National Secretary Asha Lakra.

Meanwhile, Karnataka BJP MPs held a protest in front of Gandhi Statue against the government. Union MoS Shobha Karandlaje, said, "...The woman was paraded naked and she was tied to an electric pole and brutally beaten...The govt is running the Vidhan Sabha session near her village...It happened in the constituency of the Women and Child Welfare Minister...Why is CM Siddaramaiah and the state home minister silent?... Nobody is taking action..."