- Thursday, September 19, 2024
The party alleged that the statements were aimed at jeopardising the safety and security of Rahul Gandhi
By: Shajil Kumar
THE CONGRESS on Wednesday filed a police complaint over the recent statements of leaders belonging to the ruling NDA targeting Rahul Gandhi.
The party alleged that the statements were aimed at jeopardising the safety and security of the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and to disturb peace throughout the country, especially in view of the polls in Jammu and Kashmir, and Haryana.
In the complaint submitted to the SHO of the Tughlaq Road police station by AICC treasurer and general secretary Ajay Maken, the Congress cited the recent remarks by BJP leaders Tarvinder Singh Marwah, Ravneet Singh Bittu and Raghuraj Singh, as well as that of Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad.
Maken sought registration of FIRs against the leaders.
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)'”.
It also cited Sena MLA Gaikwad’s announcement of a bounty for anyone who will cut the tongue of the Leader of Opposition.
The complaint cited Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Bittu’s remarks, calling the Leader of Opposition the “number one terrorist of the country”.
It cited Uttar Pradesh government minister Raghuraj Singh’s remarks that Gandhi was the “number one terrorist of India”.
“The above statements/ threats issued by various BJP Leaders and its allies, calling for assassination and/or bodily injury onto Rahul Gandhi and also calling the leader of opposition of the country a terrorist, exhibits personal hatred by the BJP/NDA alliance partners against Gandhi,” the Congress said in its complaint. (PTI)
