<p>The Election Commission of India is understood to have issued a notice to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa for making a provocative speech and asked him to file his reply by Saturday evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In another case, the poll panel slapped a notice on Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil for a speech he made in Belgaum and sought his response.<br /><br /> Eshwarappa, during an election speech at Shimoga, reportedly remarked: “Young Muslim men are getting involved with Hindu women as part of love jihad.”<br /><br />A complaint regarding this was lodged by local Congress leader Syed Wahid. Police then registered a case against the BJP leader.<br /><br />As regards Patil, the Nationalist Congress Party leader recalled a 2005 incident in Karnataka’s border town of Belgaum, when the face of Marathi-speaking Mayor Vijay More was blackened by Kannada activists. He said this “was not an insult to one man but to 12 crore Marathis.”</p>
<p>The Election Commission of India is understood to have issued a notice to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa for making a provocative speech and asked him to file his reply by Saturday evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>In another case, the poll panel slapped a notice on Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil for a speech he made in Belgaum and sought his response.<br /><br /> Eshwarappa, during an election speech at Shimoga, reportedly remarked: “Young Muslim men are getting involved with Hindu women as part of love jihad.”<br /><br />A complaint regarding this was lodged by local Congress leader Syed Wahid. Police then registered a case against the BJP leader.<br /><br />As regards Patil, the Nationalist Congress Party leader recalled a 2005 incident in Karnataka’s border town of Belgaum, when the face of Marathi-speaking Mayor Vijay More was blackened by Kannada activists. He said this “was not an insult to one man but to 12 crore Marathis.”</p>
