NEW DELHI : Former Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy have been charged with sedition and defamation . The Bengaluru police move is based on an order from the lower court.
The Court order revolves around a complaint filed against the Congress and JD(S) leaders for their protest against Income Tax raids, during the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Senior leaders DK Shivakumar, parameshwara, Dinesh Gundu Rao and a few senior officials too have been booked in the case.
The complaint, filed by activist Mallikarjuna, accuses then chief minister Kumaraswamy of leaking information on I-T raids on the premises of the JD(S) and Congress leaders even before the tax officials reached the sites.
The complaint also refers to protest staged in front of I-T office on March 27, by then deputy CM Paremashwara, former CM Siddaramaiah and other legislators, stating the act to be violation of Model Code of Conduct.
The FIR on the case was registered on Wednesday.
