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MENAFN- Live Mint) "The Karnataka Police summoned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda and the party's IT-cell head, Amit Malviya, on Wednesday in connection with a tweet posted by BJP Karnataka allegedly against the SC/ST community BJP leaders have been asked to appear before Bengaluru's High Grounds police station within seven days.A notice issued by the Karnataka Police stated that a person named Ramesh Babu visited the High Grounds police station on May 5 and lodged a complaint regarding a video posted on the BJP's Karnataka X handle notice stated that the said video has the intention to create feelings of enmity, hatred, and ill-will against members of the SC/ST community. An FIR was registered, and an investigation is underway.“You are hereby directed to appear before the under signed investigation officer at 11.00am at High grounds police station within 7 days of receipt of this notice,” said the notice Tuesday, the Election Commission of India wrote to the Nodal Officer of X platform, directing it to take down the \"objectionable\" social media post by BJP Karnataka \"immediately\".\"I am directed to inform that post of \"BJP4Karnataka\" is violative of extant legal framework (SIC),\" the notice issued to the nodal officer, stated May 4, the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) posted an animated video on the social media platform 'X', which depicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah targetting the party over the reservation row, newswire ANI reported that, on May 5, the Congress party filed a complaint with the Election Commission, alleging that BJP Karnataka intends to \"provoke rioting and promote enmity\".Pertinently, the voting for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka was conducted in two phases – on April 26 and May 7.
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