Mysuru (Karnataka): Karnataka Police have filed an FIR against BJP MP from Pratap Simha for making “derogatory remark” against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Mysuru district, sources said on Wednesday. It is learnt that the FIR was lodged by the Devaraja Police in Mysuru city under the provisions of IPC Sections 504 and 153, following a complaint by Congress workers. MP Simha had referred to CM Siddaramaiah as "somari Sidda'' (sluggish Siddaramaiah) during a Hanuman Jayanthi program organized in Hunasur town on Tuesday.
"CM Siddaramaiah is personally attacking me due to insecurity. There are 28 MPs in the state, and he chooses to target only me. I am not sitting idle like 'Somari Sidda' (sluggish Siddaramaiah) and indulging in caste politics. I am into the politics of development, and that's why I am being targeted," said the BJP MP.
On Tuesday night, Congress leaders and workers blocked vehicles on the Mysore-Hunasur road and staged a protest against MP Pratap Simha for the remarks. The protestors expressed their outrage by lying on the road demanding action against the BJP MP. The protest was withdrawn after the police assured them of registering an FIR. B.J. Vijayakumar, Mysuru Rural Congress President who lodged the complaint, stated that Pratap Simha is attempting to create a communal rift between Hindus and Muslims.