A month after a video of him abusing the police and the judiciary in Kerala went viral, BJP national secretary H Raja tendered an “unconditional apology” to the Madras High Court on Monday, news agency ANI reported.
In September, the court had initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against the leader for his derogatory remarks at a police team after he was allegedly barred from violating an order that prohibited the Vinayagar Chathurthi procession along a particular route. Stating that any attempt to “create a dent” in the judiciary “could lead to promotion of fascism, Naxalism and all that is opposed to democracy”, the division bench of Justices C T Selvam and M Nirmalkumar had sought the BJP leader’s appearance before the court in four weeks.