Cong high command tells K'taka leaders not to drag Rahul's name

IN a twist into the saga of BJP MLC CT Ravi's alleged derogatory remarks against Women and Child Welfare Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, the Congress high command has instructed its leaders in the state, including Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, not to drag Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's name into the issue, sources told TNIE.

- DEVARAJ B HIREHALLI @Bengaluru

AICC General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal issued the instructions at the behest of Rahul as the BJP national leadership would ratchet up the issue to the national level, the sources added. Laxmi had said that she hit back at Ravi and called him a "murderer" as he had termed Rahul a "drug addict". Ravi later went on to al