The Congress social gathering filed a police grievance in opposition to sure NDA leaders for his or her statements in opposition to Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. The social gathering complained that the statements had been aimed toward jeopardising the security and safety of Gandhi in opposition to the backdrop of the polls in Jammu and Kashmir, and Haryana.
The grievance was made to the SHO of Tughlaq Highway police station by AICC treasurer and common secretary Ajay Maken in opposition to BJP leaders Tarvinder Singh Marwah, Ravneet Singh Bittu and Raghuraj Singh, in addition to that of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad.
“Everyone knows that late Indira Gandhi ji and late Rajiv ji have sacrificed their lives for the nation. Even after that, they’re giving such threats,” stated Maken in a media interplay after submitting the grievance. He stated politics in India can not stoop to a decrease degree than this. Maken criticised BJP for not taking motion in opposition to the offending leaders.
“Rahul Gandhi talks about SC, ST, OBC, tribal and minority folks. That’s the reason BJP folks don’t like his phrases. That is the explanation why they’re threatening him. However let me let you know — That is the Congress social gathering and we’re not going to be scared or cowed down,” Maken stated.
Within the grievance the social gathering had cited Marwah brazenly issuing “assassination menace” in opposition to Gandhi at a BJP occasion. It quoted Marwah saying: “Rahul Gandhi baaz aaja, nahi toh aane wale time mein tera bhi wohi haal hoga jo teri dadi ka haal hua” (you higher behave, or you’ll meet the identical destiny as your grandmother). One other instance was of Gaikwad who had introduced a bounty of Rs 11 lakh for anybody “slicing the tongue” of Gandhi. It additionally quoted Bittu’s remarks that referred to as Rahul Gandhi the “primary terrorist of the nation”. Singh had additionally referred to as Gandhi the “primary terrorist of India”.
Maken stated Bittu’s assertion was broadly publicised on TV channels and social media.
Congress, highlighting the intent behind the remarks, stated that they’re calling for bodily harm to Gandhi in addition to terming him a terrorist. Maken stated, “Such utterances are made solely with the intention to trigger unrest among the many common lots to impress rioting, breach of peace and many others. by way of hate-filled remarks.”
“The above intentional and well-thought acts of felony intimidation, public mischief are deliberate makes an attempt by BJP/NDA Leaders to create enmity, breach of peace, incite aggression, hatred and ill-will among the many common public in opposition to Rahul Gandhi, the Congress and its leaders on the directions of prime bosses of the BJP/NDA,” the grievance stated.