- Thursday, December 19, 2024
The BJP filed a police complaint against the Leader of Opposition, accusing him of “physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle on the Parliament premises
By: shajil kumar
DELHI POLICE on Thursday registered an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a scuffle at Parliament, an officer said.
An FIR under sections 117 (voluntary causing grievous hurt), 115 (voluntary causing hurt), 125 (act of endangering life or personal safety of others), 131 (use of criminal force), 351 (criminal intimidation), and 3(5) (common intention) of the BNS was registered at Parliament Street Police station.
Earlier in the day, the BJP filed a police complaint against the Leader of Opposition, accusing him of “physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle on the Parliament premises, and sought his indictment under sections of attempt to murder and other charges.
BJP MP Hemang Joshi, accompanied by party colleagues Anurag Thakur and Bansuri Swaraj, visited the Parliament Street Police Station and filed the complaint.
Congress files police complaint
The Congress party also filed a complaint at Parliament Street Police Station on Thursday alleging BJP leaders misbehaved with its chief Mallikarjun Kharge and demanded an FIR under the sections of “assault, grievous hurt and battery” against them, an officer said.
The delegation of Congress MPs, including Digvijaya Singh, Mukul Wasnik, Rajiv Shukla and Pramod Tiwari, filed the complaint visiting the station in person, the officer said.
A delegation of BJP leaders was still inside New Delhi DCP Devesh Kumar Mahla’s office there, when the Congress leaders came with their complaint and were asked to wait inside the ACP’s room.
A senior officer said police have received the complaint and are looking into it.
“Eighty-four-year-old Dalit leader Mallikarjun Kharge was pushed and misbehaved by the BJP leaders. We have come here to file a complaint against this act,” Tiwari told the media at the station.
The four-page complaint was filed on behalf of around 12 MPs of Congress, with their names and signature on it.
Earlier in the day, a face-off between the opposition and NDA MPs in Parliament premises over the alleged insult to B R Ambedkar injured former minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi.
The BJP accused Rahul Gandhi of pushing the senior member, a charge the Congress leader rejected.
The Congress also claimed that BJP MPs pushed its chief Mallikarjun Kharge and “physically manhandled” the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Congress MPs asked him to order an investigation into the incident. (PTI)
