Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has been summoned by a Sangrur Court in Punjab over a criticism by Hitesh Bhardwaj for evaluating Bajrang Dal with the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI).
Sangrur court docket choose has requested Kharge to look earlier than the court docket on July 10, 2023. (*100*) he doesn’t seem, the court docket should advance the proceedings within the case with out his aspect being represented.
What’s the controversy over Bajrang Dal?
Complainant Hitesh Bhardwaj has filed a Rs 100 crore defamation case towards Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his ‘derogatory’ remarks towards Bajrang Dal and evaluating it with the banned group ‘PFI’ in Congress’ manifesto for Karnataka elections.
The Congress, in its manifesto launched on May 2 for the Karnataka elections, had mentioned that it was decided to take concrete motion towards people and organizations like Bajrang Dal and PFI, who unfold hatred between communities on the premise of caste and faith.
According to the manifesto, the motion additionally included sanctions towards such organisations.
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