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The Legislators Home, known as LH, is located right next to Vidhana Soudha. It has five buildings and around 600 rooms, along with a food court and other facilities.

BENGALURU: After restricting the media from covering the ongoing session at Vidhana Soudha, Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has put more curbs on the Fourth Estate. Now, he has curbed the media from entering the Legislators Home, a move that has been slammed by opposition leaders.

The Legislators Home, known as LH, is located right next to Vidhana Soudha. It has five buildings and around 600 rooms, along with a food court and other facilities.

On Friday, a letter was sent to the LH police inspector from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly secretary, stating that legislators should be given privacy post their working hours. The letter reads that if the media wants to interact with MLAs, they must do it outside the gate, and therefore, journalists from print and electronic media are not allowed inside the LH.

Opposition leaders came down hard on the Speaker’s decision. Former minister and senior MLC Basavaraj Horatti told TNIE that though there are more than 600 rooms for legislators, hardly 10 to 15 MLAs from outside Bengaluru stay there. Most rooms are occupied by MLAs’ personal assistants, gunmen and outsiders. “Because these non-legislators are staying at LH, water and electricity bills are running high. Legislators have taken two rooms each, though they don’t stay there. The rooms are used by others. When this is the case, what is wrong in the media coming inside, especially for work,” he asked.

Former Speaker K B Koliwad said, “In a democracy, why should we hide these things? First it was Vidhana Soudha, now LH. Why only restrict the media? What about others who are misusing it? I am going to talk to our party leaders and urge them to bring this up during the session.”

Senior Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy also slammed the move. “If a particular media person has done something wrong, let them take action against him or her. Why ban the entire media,’’ he asked.

Some leaders, however, welcomed the move. Former Chairman of the Legislative Council D H Shankaramurthy said, “It’s a home for leaders, a lodging area, so media should not be allowed,’’ he said, adding that non-MLAs residing there should be asked to vacate.

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Two anti-India incidents have come to light in Bengaluru within two days.On Thursday, the girl who raised a slogan in support of Pakistan at a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been sent to 14 days judicial custody.

However,another girl who waved the posters of Kashmir’s independence has been also remanded to judicial custody for 14days till 5th March.

Amulya Leona was arrested on Thursday by upparpet police for raising Pro-Pakistan slogans on the stage in the presence of Assaudin Owaisi and other organisers at a ANTI-CAA NRC rally in Freedom park which was held on 20th February.

Another girl accused identified as Aradra@Arudra@Anapoorna a resident of Malleswaram was arrested on Friday by SJ park police personnel for displaying a placard “Free Kashmir”at Hindu Jagaran Vedike who has organised a protest against Amulya for her Anti-National activity at Townhall in Bengaluru.

Amulya Leona, who is accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-CAA event at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park,was seen flashing victory sign while being taken to magistrate’s house.

The 20-year-old girl, who was holding a ‘Kashmir Mukti’,’Dalit Mukti’poster,has been detained during an event on Friday in Bengaluru.City Police Commissioner, Bhaskar Rao said that a day earlier,during a protest against the CAA in Bengaluru, a woman had raised slogans of Pakistan Zindabad, against which a protest was organized by Hindu Jagran Vedike on Friday.During this time, a girl sitting in the hand holding posters with slogans of ‘Kashmir Mukti’, ‘Dalit Mukti’, appeared.

Rao said that members of Vedike asked the girl to leave, after which she was removed from there.Rao told the media that the girl has been taken into custody keeping in mind her safety.We will gather information about her, where she lives and who is behind her and we will not tolerate any such activities which is against the country against the national flag at strict action will be taken against them he added.

Let us tell you that Amulya Leona raised three times slogans in support of Pakistan on Thursday from the stage of anti-CAA rally in the presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi.He was immediately removed from the stage.

DCP,West,Ramesh said that Amulya was arrested and produced before the magistrate,from where she has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.A case has been filed against 19-year-old Amulya under Section 124A (sedition) of IPC and other sections.

“Action will be taken against the organizers”

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said that Amulya had earlier links with Naxalites.He said that if such action is not taken against organizations that promote people like Amulya, then such incidents will happen.It is clear from this incident that a large-scale conspiracy is going on to spoil the law and order situation.He also said that the entire matter will be investigated and strict action will be taken against the organizers of the rally.The rally was organized by the Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Christian-Federation.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Friday that protesters opposing the CAA are using students to spread hatred in the country.The Amulya coming from the Naxalite stronghold has also been used by the protesters.This matter will be investigated.

Meanwhile in the evening a high value meeting was held at his house in RT Nagar in which Director General and Inspector General of Police Karnataka state,Praveen Sood,ADGP,Intelligence,Kamal Pant and Bengaluru city police commissioner, Bhaskar Rao,was too present and he said I have collected all the information about the probe in the case.

And a special team will be formed by Commissioner of Police to investigate the case in all the angles to ascertain who is behind this biggest conspiracy who are trying to disturb communal harmony in the country the case will be investigated further by CCB Police personnel he added.

Who is Amulya?

Amulya is 19 years old.She is studying in a women’s college in Bangalore.She has studied at St.Norbet CBSE School and Christ School in Manipal.Amulya Leona remains active on social media.Bommai also said that she has shared a lot of posts on the social media platform Facebook.  The case will also be investigated from this angle.

MP,Asaduddin Owaisi and other organisers seemed to be caught in an awkward position. Owaisi quickly clarified, “We do not agree with the sentiments shared by this student. We neither stand by her or what she said. I do not know why the organisers entertained someone like her. Our fight is directed to save the country. I would not participate in a protest where such sentiments are voiced,” he said.

BBMP corporator Imran Pasha said that he does not stand by Amulya’s views. He claimed she came uninvited and was planted deliberately by someone who had an agenda of ruining the event. “We will ask the police to take action against her,” he said.

Amulya, who hails from Koppa and studied in Manipal and Bengaluru, has addressed several anti-CAA rallies in Bengaluru earlier.

The SJ park police have booked a suo motu case against the Arudra under Sections 153A and 153B of the Indian Penal Code for disturbing peace and harmony and we have produced her the Magistrate Krishnamurthy at his house and the Hon’ble judge has ordered and remanded for 14 days judicial custody to the accused till March 5th.

Meanwhile recently three Kashmiri engineering students from the KLE Institute of Technology, who were arrested,Identified as Talib Majeed, Basit Asif Sofi and Amir Mohiuddin Wahi and were booked under sedition charges in Karnataka’s Hubli, were produced before the court on Monday.The students,who were arrested for chanting pro-Pakistan slogans,were sent to judicial custody by the court till March 2.Earlier on Sunday, the three Kashmiri students were released by the police after they executed a bond under 169 CrPC.