New Delhi: After a political drama unfolded on the Delhi airport adopted by Congress chief Pawan Khera’s arrest and listening to within the Supreme Court, it seems Khera has tendered an apology for his alleged remarks on PM Modi. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday (February 24), tweeted that Khera has issued an unconditional apology and that the Assam police will comply with the matter to its logical finish.
“The accused (Congress leader Pawan Khera) has tendered an unconditional apology. We hope that keeping the sanctity of public spaces, no one will use uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter. Assam police will follow the matter to its logical end,” tweeted Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
“The accused (Congress leader Pawan Khera) has tendered an unconditional apology. We hope that keeping the sanctity of public spaces, no one will use uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter,” tweets Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma pic.twitter.com/MAu1geWE2I
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2023
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi informed the Supreme Court bench that Khera will tender an unconditional apology for the assertion. An FIR had been filed in opposition to Khera in Assam for his allegedly offensive remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after which he was arrested by Assam cops in Delhi on Thursday.
On the identical day, the Supreme Court granted him interim bail and reportedly accepted that “taken on their face value, the spoken words do not lead to the sections invoked in the FIR.” After dictating the order, CJI Chandrachud informed Singhvi, “We have protected you.. but there has to be some level of discourse.”
Before Khera’s arrest, he was deplaned from an Indigo Raipur-Delhi flight on Thursday after which a number of Congress leaders who have been travelling with him started protests on the tarmac. Congress leaders slammed the BJP management for his or her “dictatorial” guidelines and for utilizing forces to oppress the Opposition. According to ANI sources, CISF personnel had additionally been deployed to deal with the state of affairs as per the principles. Visuals from the airport have been broadly circulated on Twitter resulting in heated discussions and debates. Airport Police together with DCP have been current on the spot to legally arrest Pawan Khera on the request of Assam Police. Assam Police officers have been additionally current on the airport.
(With company inputs)
