The Tamil Nadu government Yesterday (August 7th) told the Madras High Court that it was willing to withdraw the case lodged against BJP Member of Parliament Shobha Karandlaje if she held a press conference to apologise for her comments alleging that the State had had a role to play in the Rameshwaram Café blast in Bengaluru.
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CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court on Wednesday of its willingness to withdraw the case against BJP Member of Parliament Shobha Karandlaje if she publicly apologizes for her comments alleging the State’s involvement in the Rameshwaram Café blast in Bengaluru.
Tamil Nadu Advocate General PS Raman presented a “draft format” of the apology expected by the State during the hearing before Justice G Jayachandran. This hearing was on a petition filed by Karandlaje seeking to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered against her by the Madurai City Cybercrime Police.
According to the FIR, following the blast at Rameshwaram Café in Bengaluru on March 1, Karandlaje allegedly claimed,
“People trained in Tamil Nadu plant bombs here. Bomb was planted at the hotel.”
Karandlaje’s counsel informed the Court that the BJP leader had already apologized for the statement and expressed regret on X (formerly Twitter). However, Justice Jayachandran questioned the sufficiency of such an apology.
The judge remarked that an apology on X might not be adequate because not many people use the platform. He mentioned that he himself did not have an account on X.
The judge emphasized that public personalities must be more conscious of their statements, saying,
“Persons in power should know what is happening. Imagine if someone from the lower level sees and interprets her remarks differently. What would happen?”
The High Court has granted Karandlaje’s counsel ten days to determine whether she is willing to hold a press conference to issue the required apology.
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