00:00On that note, viewers, we have breaking news that's coming in.
00:04This is FIR over alleged Shuddhi Karan at Kharge's rally venue, Bengaluru, Vidana Souda Police register case.
00:13The FIR says venue purified after Kharge's visit.
00:18The case after Shuddhi Karan at rally venue in Haldwani complaint says venue declared impure post Kharge's presence.
00:25Congress leader TR Ramappa files complaint FIRE names BJP functionaries over the discrimination.
00:31Uttarakhand BJP chief accused of defending the alleged ritual.
00:35Cops book case under the BNS and SCST Act.
00:38Bengaluru pull his big info into the Shuddhi Karan Rao.
00:42This is what we are learning from Bengaluru as we speak at this given point.
00:47On that note, viewers, the FIR registered over alleged casteist purification ritual
00:54at venue of Malikarjun Kharge's rally, Vidana Souda Police have registered an FIRE following a complaint
01:01alleging that a purification ritual was conducted at the Ramlila ground in Haldwani, Uttarakhand
01:07after Malikarjun Kharge addressed a public rally there on August 8th.
01:11This is a particular story that we are tracking at this given point of time.
01:15Remember, this has become a bigger political debate, a row with Congress having made several
01:22allegations about the Shuddhi Karan that was done right after the very event was hosted
01:31by Malikarjun Kharge.
01:32On that note, we have Nagarjun Dwarakannath joining us on the broadcast with more details
01:38on the same.
01:40Nagarjun, just take us through what you are learning with the latest developments, please.
01:45The complaint was filed at the Vidana Souda Police Station and the police have registered
01:50a zero FIRE.
01:51Now, it will be transferred to Uttarakhand Police because there is a jurisdictional police
01:56and it was filed by the Schedule Tribe Department of the KPCC 1% from the Schedule Tribe Department
02:02called Ramappa.
02:03And this complaint was filed on the August 31st and this is against the BJP functionaries
02:08of the accused of carrying out the Shuddhi Karan process as Kharge went and gave a speech
02:15there.
02:16And the complainant also alleged that Maesh, but BJP President Uttarakhand publicly, he
02:23defended and justified the purification process.
02:26So a zero FIRE has been registered now and the FIRE will be transferred to Uttarakhand.
02:37Right, Nagarjun, thank you for bringing us those details.
02:41On that note, viewers, we will be, of course, bringing you all of the latest details of this
02:46very story as we have been.
02:48Remember, last weekend itself, it was Rahul Gandhi who had umptu up the attack on the
02:52Shuddhi Karan ceremony that had taken place in Haldwani after the event that was, in fact,
02:59hosted by Congress President Malik Arjun Karge, he'd come out to, in fact, to a press conference
03:04attacking that very episode.
03:06And now this has snowballed further into the developments that we just took you through.
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