Sex tape case: ‘Lie can travel halfway around the world while truth is putting on its shoes’

Team Udayavani, Mar 6, 2021, 1:29 PM IST

Bengaluru: State Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said that a conspiracy has been hatched to defame efficient ministers who are gaining popularity by their good work.

Sudhakar said, “There seems to be a conspiracy in the state to defame efficient ministers who are gaining popularity by their good work. In this age of modern technology, it is not an exaggeration that anything can be done to deceive our eyes.”

The health minister’s comment come after a total of six ministers in the BS Yediyurappa government on Friday moved a Bengaluru court seeking a stay against media outlets from publishing or broadcasting anything defamatory against them.

He said that they have appealed to the court to issue a stay order against broadcasting defamatory content

“As they say, a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. One can lose the goodwill gained in a lifetime within seconds due to some conspiracy. To stop this we have appealed to the court to issue a stay order against broadcasting defamatory content,” he said.

The health minister further said, “These challenges are not uncommon to those in public life. But it is also inevitable to fight these evil forces when they conspire against us. As long as our conscience is right and people’s blessings are with us no conspiracy can harm us. I have full faith in our judicial system.”

A case was registered against Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi on March 2 for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman. A purported sex tape showed Karnataka’s Major and Medium Water Resources Minister in a compromising position with a woman.