“Pawan Khera Offered An Unqualified Remorse, And The Assam Police Will…”: Himanta Sarma
On February 24, Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, asserted that Congressman Pawan Khera had tendered an unreserved apology for his allegedly offensive comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sarma continued, “Assam Police will pursue the case to its natural conclusion.”
The Assam Police detained Khera on February 23 in association with an FIR regarding alleged remarks made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His deplaning from an aircraft to Raipur and the subsequent protests by his party leaders on the tarmac started the day’s high drama.
A Delhi judge released Khera on interim bail until February 28 later that evening on the Supreme Court’s instructions after he made headlines this week for allegedly forgetting the name of the prime minister’s father during a press conference.
In numerous FIRs filed against him in Assam, as well as in the Uttar Pradesh towns of Varanasi and Lucknow, he had petitioned the top court for redress.
Jairam Ramesh, the general secretary of the Congress, praised the Supreme Court for helping Khera in Raipur.
In reference to the Supreme Court’s order awarding interim bail, he claimed that it demonstrated that despite all of the Modi government’s efforts, the judiciary still remains a beacon for our democracy. “Tiger is still living, Supreme Court is still alive,” the Hindi proverb goes.
In court, the Assam Police claimed that Khera had made derogatory remarks about a prime minister who had been chosen freely.
His attorney claimed that because he had expressed regret for his remarks about the prime minister, there was no need for him to be arrested.
At the Haflong police station in Assam, a case against Khera was filed under several IPC sections, including 153 B (imputations, statements prejudicial to national interest), 500 (punishment for defamation), and 504 (punishment for slander) (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace).
In his criticism of the government over the dispute involving the Gautam Adani-led business group, Khera had referred to the prime minister as Narendra Gautamdas Modi.
The middle name Damodardas, which is typical in many areas of the nation, stands in for his father’s name in Modi’s full name, Narendra Damodardas Modi.
The BJP harshly condemned the apparent error and accused Khera of making light of the prime minister and his late father.
News Mania Desk
