A case was registered towards BJP MP Anil Bonde right here on Wednesday over his controversial comment that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s “tongue ought to be singed,” police mentioned.
The Rajya Sabha member, nevertheless, remained defiant and demanded {that a} First Info Report (FIR) ought to be registered towards Gandhi himself over his feedback on the reservation challenge at a US college.
Bonde had on Tuesday kicked up a row, saying Gandhi’s tongue ought to be singed as his assertion on reservations was “harmful” and damage the emotions of the ‘bahujan’ (non-Brahmin) communities.
Reacting to the FIR, the BJP MP mentioned in Nagpur later {that a} case ought to be registered towards the Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha as an alternative, as a result of he created apprehension within the minds of 70 % of individuals of India that their reservation may very well be taken away.
“He expressed this want out of the country. Therefore, in reality, an offence ought to be registered towards Rahul Gandhi,” he informed reporters.
BJP staff from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes would go the police station and make this demand, Bonde added.
Earlier within the day, Congress leaders together with Amravati MP Balwant Wankhede, MLA Yashomati Thakur, former minister Sunil Deshmukh and others staged a sit-in on the workplace of Amravati metropolis police commissioner, in search of motion towards Bonde.
Subsequently, an FIR was registered towards him at Rajapeth police station below Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to trigger riots), 351 (ii) (deliberately inflicting one other individual to apprehend the usage of legal pressure) and 356 (defamation).
Earlier, Shiv Sena MLA from Buldhana Sanjay Gaikwad had introduced a reward for anybody slicing off Rahul Gandhi’s tongue over the reservation feedback. “The language of chopping off the tongue will not be correct, however what Rahul ji mentioned towards reservation is harmful,” Bonde had mentioned on Tuesday.
“Therefore, if anybody speaks something absurd out of the country, then reasonably than chopping off his tongue, it ought to be singed. It’s definitely essential to singe the tongues of such individuals — be it Rahul Gandhi, Dnyanesh Maharao or Shyam Manav and individuals who damage the emotions of the ‘bahujans’,” the BJP MP had added.
Maharao, a veteran journalist, was just lately accused of wounding spiritual sentiments, whereas Manav is an anti-superstition crusader.
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