A felony defamation grievance was filed in opposition to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a court docket right here on Wednesday over his alleged comment suggesting “only Gujaratis can be thugs in the current situation”.
The grievance was filed in opposition to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief by social employee and businessman Haresh Mehta, 63, beneath Indian Penal Code sections 499 and 500 (coping with felony defamation) within the court docket of extra metropolitan Justice of the Peace DJ Parmar.
“We submitted the complaint along with proof in 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 stated. The grievance stems from 33-year-old Yadav’s assertion made earlier than the media in Patna on March 21.
“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 stated. The complainant stated the assertion, calling the whole Gujarati group as “thug”, was made earlier than the media. It defames and humiliates all Gujaratis in public.
A “thug” is a rogue, sly and a felony individual, and such a comparability with the whole group will trigger non-Gujarati folks to have a look at Gujaratis with suspicion, Mehta stated whereas looking for issuance of summons in opposition to Yadav and most punishment for him beneath the regulation.
The complainant stated 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’.
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” comment. 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 felony defamation case filed by the Gujarat University over their remarks on the institute.
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