Janata Dal (Secular) activists staged a protest in Belagavi on Wednesday, against Pratap Simha, MP and BJP leader, for alleged abusive comments about freedom fighters Kittur Channamma and Belavadi Mallamma made by his followers. They shouted slogans against Mr. Simha and his supporters and sought legal action against them. They faulted Mr. Simha for not disciplining his followers who used such abusive language.
Sapna Patil, president, Kumaraswamy Brigade, said that the MP’s supporters had insulted the warrior queens on the Facebook page, Pratap Simha for CM. They should be arrested and tried, she said in a memorandum to the Chief Minister submitted through the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
