Karnataka | Viral sex clip lands BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi in a spot. Will he resign as minister?

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March 2, 2021

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Bengaluru, Mar 2: Social activist Dinesh Kallahalli on Tuesday approached the city police commissioner Kamal Pant and demanded a detailed probe into an alleged sex scandal involving BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi, who is also Minister of Water Resources.

Kallahalli in his complaint to the police commissioner alleged that the woman aged about 25 was sexually assaulted by the minister many times after being promised a job in KPTCL but later he refused.

After knowing that she had recorded their private moments, he allegedly threatened her with dire consequences. Video footage which went viral in the media on Tuesday is said to have taken place a month ago.

The victim's family approached Kallahalli who in turn approached the police and he demanded that the commissioner provide police security to the woman and her family as she feared for her life.

Kallahalli claimed that the incident took place in a hotel in Cubbon Park police station limits in Bengaluru. The police commissioner later asked him to approach Cubbon Park police to lodge a complaint.

Kallahalli said, "A senior police officer in Cubbon Park police station said that they will conduct an internal enquiry before filing an FIR since it is a sensitive case."

Meanwhile, sources said that Jarkiholi has been asked to resign from his minister’s post immediately by the BJP high command.

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Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha under Rule 377, Chowta said studies by the National Institute of Oceanography have identified the Mangaluru coastline as part of India’s promising offshore wind ‘Zone-2’, covering nearly 6,490 sq km. He noted that the region’s relatively low exposure to cyclones and earthquakes makes it suitable for long-term offshore wind projects and called for its development as a dedicated offshore wind energy zone.

Highlighting the role of New Mangalore Port, Chowta said its modern infrastructure, multiple berths and heavy cargo-handling capacity position it well as a logistics hub for transporting and assembling large wind energy equipment.

He also pointed to the presence of major industrial units such as MRPL, OMPL, UPCL and the Mangaluru SEZ, which could serve as direct buyers of green power through power purchase agreements, improving project viability and speeding up execution.

With Karnataka’s peak power demand crossing 18,000 MW in early 2025, Chowta stressed the need to diversify renewable energy sources. He added that offshore wind projects in the Arabian Sea are strategically safer compared to the cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal.

Calling the project vital to India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Chowta urged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to initiate resource assessments, pilot projects and stakeholder consultations at the earliest.

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