Bengaluru, July 3 -- N Ravikumar, Chief Whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, today firmly denied making any derogatory remarks against the state's Chief Secretary Dr Shalini Rajneesh, stating that recent reports suggesting otherwise were "baseless, misleading, and defamatory". In a statement released to the media, Ravikumar expressed shock over claims circulating in sections of print, visual, and social media, alleging that he had spoken in a disrespectful manner about the Chief Secretary. "I have not made any derogatory statement against the Honourable Chief Secretary of the government," he clarified. "It has shocked me that certain media platforms are propagating such misinformation." Ravikumar said he had been in ...