Hubballi, Mar 7 (UNI) Defending the six cabinet ministers approached the court seeking media gag of defamatory content against them in connection with the alleged sex tape controversy, Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said that 'nothing wrong in approaching the court to prevent wrong information circulated through media.'

Talking to the media, the minister said one cannot restore his/her reputation once wrong information is circulated. Hence, to prevent such a scenario, the six ministers have approached the court and there is nothing wrong with it,” he said and added that elected representatives are living in strange times, where a victim of sexual harassment is not filing a case, but someone else is.

Digging at the Leader of Opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah, Shetter said the Congress leader should feel ashamed of justifying the deeds of Bhadravathi MLA B K Sangamesh. “Sangamesh should be suspended from Assembly for the rest of the term for his unruly behavior in the House and also for threatening the speaker,” Shettar said.

Speaker’s ruling is final and cannot be questioned, he said and added that threatening the speaker amounts to a breach of privilege. Sangamesh is not fit to be an MLA, he charged.

When asked about, Ramesh Jarkiholi’s condition (for resigning from the post of minister) of making his brother Balachandra Jarkiholi a Cabinet minister, Shettar said he would not discuss such issues in public and the party will take a decision on it.

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