Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Saturday welcomed party MLC CT Ravi as he arrived at the party office in Bengaluru after the Karnataka High Court granted him bail in a 'derogatory' remarks case filed by Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar. Hebbalkar has alleged that CT Ravi used derogatory words against her in the Legislative Council.

Karnataka police have booked an FIR against Chikkamagaluru District BJP President Devaraja Shetty and more than 100 workers, who were protesting the arrest of BJP MLC C. T. Ravi over the alleged derogatory remarks against Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar,

Laxmi Hebbalkar questioned the silence of other BJP members over his alleged remarks during the Karnataka Legislative Council.

Karnataka BJP leader CT Ravi - arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a woman Congress lawmaker in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's cabinet - was given interim bail Friday evening.

Karnataka BJP MLC CT Ravi, arrested for allegedly using derogatory language against state minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, has been granted bail. Ravi criticized the Congress government, calling their actions dictatorial and alleging a plot to kill him using a false complaint.

The BJP leader was brought to Bengaluru to produce before the People's Representative court in connection to the case.

BJP Member of Karnataka Legislative Council CT Ravi was granted bail by Karnataka High Court. He was arrested on Thursday after an FIR was filed against him for verbally abusing minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.