Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah during ‘Meet the Press’ programme at the Press Club in Bengaluru on Sunday. Photo: PTIBengaluru: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday slapped a Rs100 crore legal notice on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi, national president Amit Shah and state unit chief B. S. Yeddyurappa. The notice also stated that the advertisements and pictures of Siddaramaiah were wrongly used to depict false charges. Siddaramaiah has also used public meetings and social media to target BJP leaders including Modi. The legal notice sought an unconditional public apology from the four respondents , cease and desist from making false and malicious statements forthwith.

Source: Mint May 07, 2018 18:11 UTC