News Mania Desk/ Piyal Chatterjee / 18th September 2024
On Wednesday, the Congress lodged a police complaint on recent remarks made by ruling NDA leaders that were directed towards Rahul Gandhi.
The party said that the remarks were intended to undermine the safety and security of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and to sabotage national harmony, particularly in light of the upcoming elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir.
On Wednesday, the Congress lodged a police complaint on recent remarks made by ruling NDA lawmakers that were directed towards Rahul Gandhi.
The party claimed that the remarks were intended to undermine the Leader of the Opposition’s safety and security in the Lok Sabha and to disrupt national harmony, particularly in light of the upcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir, and Haryana.
AICC treasurer and general secretary Ajay Maken filed a complaint with the SHO of the Tughlaq Road police station, citing recent statements made by BJP leaders Tarvinder Singh Marwah, Ravneet Singh Bittu, and Raghuraj Singh, as well as Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad.
Maken requested that FIRs be filed against the leaders.
After submitting the complaint, Maken spoke with the media and stated, “We all know that late Rajiv ji and late Indira Gandhi ji have sacrificed their lives for the country.” They continue to make such threats even now.
He stated that politics in India could not go any lower.
He stated that several BJP politicians have made similar remarks, but the party did nothing in response.
Rahul Gandhi discusses OBC, tribal, SC, ST, and minority groups. The BJP does not agree with his remarks for this reason. He stated that this is the reason they are threatening him.
But let me tell you, Maken added, we are not going to be intimidated or subdued because this is the Congress party.
In the police complaint, Maken said, “On September 11, Marwah in a BJP event openly issued assassination threat against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, wherein he said that ‘Rahul Gandhi baaz aaja, nahi toh aane wale time mein tera bhi wohi haal hoga jo teri dadi ka haal hua (you better behave, or you will meet the same fate as your grandmother)'”.
The Congress claimed that Gandhi has been persistently bringing up concerns concerning the underprivileged, including women, young people, Dalits, and other marginalized groups, as well as the BJP’s unwillingness to deal with these issues that are important to the general public.
The Congress claimed that because the BJP and its allies did not take kindly to this, the aforementioned individuals were assigned to make such derogatory remarks about India’s Leader of Opposition.
It stated that in addition to making the statements, the leaders actively participated in spreading them among the broader public via social media and other channels, with the goal of purposefully inciting public outbursts or aggression against Gandhi and the Congress and its supporters on the basis of false, untrue, motivated, and hateful statements.
“Hence, it is imperative that an FIR under relevant provisions of the BNS, 2023 be registered immediately, without any delay,” the party said.
“In addition to the above, it is also stated that calling the Leader of Opposition of India, a ‘terrorist’, ‘number one terrorist’ etc. not only undermines the public office he holds but the above-named persons deliberately seek to obstruct Rahul Gandhi in discharge of his public duties,” the party said.
