Manipur: Congress lodges FIR against BJP leaders over threats to Rahul Gandhi
IMPHAL- An FIR was filed by Congress in Imphal City police station, against three BJP leaders and a Shiv Sena member over alleged threats made against the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi.
Accompanied by other party leaders, Manipur unit Congress President Keisham Meghachandra Singh filed a complaint against Union minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, Delhi BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Bittu, Delhi BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marwah, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad, and Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Singh for inciting violence against Rahul Gandhi.
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Talking to media persons, the Congress president said, “I filed the complaint against open threats of leaders of BJP and their allies to eliminate/ cause bodily injury to LoP Rahul Gandhi,”.
He said that the threat to LoP is a threat to democracy, the people of India, and it was with criminal intentions.
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“There should not be a place for criminal leaders in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take action against these leaders who committed crimes by giving threats to eliminate Rahul Gandhi,” Singh stated.
The Manipur Congress FIR mentioned that these leaders’ acts were intentional and well-thought acts of criminal intimidation, public mischief are deliberate attempts by BJP/NDA leaders to create enmity, breach of peace, incite aggression, hatred and ill-will among the general public against the LoP, the Congress and its leaders on the instructions of top bosses of the BJP/NDA.
