Ahmedabad: After Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, a prison defamation grievance was filed against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav in Gujarat court docket on Wednesday (April 26) over his alleged remark suggesting “only Gujaratis can be thugs in the current situation”. The court docket has accepted the grievance and can hear the case on May 1
The grievance has been filed against the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief underneath Indian Penal Code sections 499 and 500 (coping with prison defamation) in the court docket of further metropolitan Justice of the Peace DJ Parmar. The grievance was filed by a social employee and businessman Haresh Mehta (63).
“We submitted the complaint along with proof in the form of a pen drive containing the statement. The court has accepted the complaint and will verify it on May 1,” Mehta’s lawyer P R Patel mentioned.
‘Only Gujaratis can be thugs’
In March, Tejashwi Yadav mentioned the scenario in the nation was such that solely a Gujarati may be thugs in the current scenario. “Only Gujaratis can be thugs in the present situation, and their fraud (crime) will be forgiven. Who will be responsible if they run away with the money belonging to LIC or banks?” the Bihar Deputy CM had allegedly mentioned.
His remark had come after Interpol withdrew the Red Corner Notice (RCN) against fugitive Indian diamantaire Mehul Choksi.
‘Defames and humiliates all Gujaratis in public’
The complainant mentioned the assertion, calling your complete Gujarati neighborhood as “thug”, was made earlier than the media. It defames and humiliates all Gujaratis in public. A “thug” is a rogue, sly and prison particular person, and such a comparability with your complete neighborhood will trigger non-Gujarati individuals to have a look at Gujaratis with suspicion, Mehta mentioned whereas looking for issuance of summons against Yadav and most punishment for him underneath the legislation.
The complainant mentioned he’s additionally a Gujarati, and when he got here throughout the information on a digital platform, he realised such a defamatory assertion will make a non-Gujarati look down upon a resident of the state as a ‘thug’.
Rahul Gandhi convicted over his “Modi surname” remark
It could also be famous {that a} court docket in Gujarat’s Surat metropolis in March convicted and sentenced Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to 2 years in jail over his “Modi surname” remark. After the conviction, the previous Congress president misplaced his Lok Sabha membership. Separately, a court docket in Ahmedabad has issued summonses to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in a prison defamation case filed by the Gujarat University over their remarks on the institute.
(With PTI inputs)
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