The BJP has filed a police complaint against handlers of a Facebook page for carrying "false news" against its party state president B S Yeddyurappa, and for carrying out a malicious propaganda against the party.
The complaint was lodged with the Malleshwaram police on Tuesday by the Social Media Cell of the state BJP, which has sought legal action against the creators of the Facebook page.
The complainants have mentioned that a Facebook page named 'Jokers of BJP-Karnataka', in one of its posts, has said that Yeddyurappa wears shoes worth Rs one lakh.
"This is totally false, baseless and malicious. This kind of malicious propaganda against the BJP state president is unacceptable and strongly condemnable. Legal action should be initiated against those who have created this page and for carrying this slanderous campaign," reads a statement by BJP Social Media Cell Convenor, Balaji S.
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