Karnataka: Cong MLC Prakash Rathod seen watching porn throughout session

A Congress MLC in Karnataka was left red-faced after he was caught on digicam searching by means of porn clips on his cell phone in the course of the proceedings within the state Vidhan Parishad on Friday. The visuals of Prakash Rathod purportedly watching the pornographic content material on his cell phone, which was blurred out for tv broadcast, was extensively aired by many Kannada channels.
After the purported video went viral, the Congress chief got here out to defend himself. Prakash Rathod, additionally the spokesperson of Karnataka Congress, stated he was deleting messages to unlock area on his cell when some TV channels recorded it. He claimed he was not watching objectionable content material.

A senior council official has, nevertheless, stated that Rathod had breached the no-phone rule and added that the council chairman might punish him for doing so.
In one other blooper, a member of the Goa unit of the Congress celebration, had in 2017, ‘accidentally’ shared a pornographic clip within the official WhatsApp group the celebration maintains for speaking with the media. Barnabe Sapeco, who was additionally a photojournalist forwarded a video to the WhatsApp group. The video had turned out to be a porn clip, which brought on lots of hullabaloo among the many 80 odd members within the group that includes each the journalists and Congress leaders.