NCW urges Karnataka police to launch an investigation into Siddaramaiah incident
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National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the Karnataka Police to investigate into an incident in which Congress leader Siddaramaiah allegedly misbehaved with a woman.
Taking cognizance of the news reports on the incident, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma in a letter to state DGP Neelmani Raju on Monday requested for an investigation and action as per relevant provisions of law.
She has also urged that the commission should be apprised of the developments.
Earlier in the day, former Karnataka Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah was caught on camera losing his cool while interacting with a woman in Mysuru.
In a video, Siddaramaiah was seensnatching away the mike from the woman's hand and in the process, her 'dupatta'also dropped. The woman was apparently raising some issue, which agitated the Congress leader.
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The incident triggered an outrage across the country sparking strong reactions from the opposition.
However, the womandefending Siddaramaiah's actions said that she has "no issues" with him and he got angry because "I slammed the table".
"Have no issues, he was the best chief minister. I only told him about some grievances and spoke roughly. I shouldn't have spoken like that to a former chief minister. He got angry because I slammed the table," ANI quoted her as saying.
Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah has said that he was just "trying to stop long speech of a party worker" and had no "bad intention".
"When I was trying to stop a long speech of a party worker that incident happened, it was an accident, there was no bad intention. I know her since 15 years, she is just like my sister," ANI quoted Siddaramaiah as saying.
(With inputs from agencies)