BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra didn’t attend a scheduled assembly with the police in Chhattisgarh on Sunday in reference to the alleged forgery and subsequent misuse of Congress celebration letterheads.
Raipur police stated on Sunday that Patra has requested a brand new date for the assembly subsequent week. Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, who has additionally been given discover by the police in the identical case, will seem earlier than him on Monday.
On Wednesday, an FIR was lodged in opposition to Patra and Singh on the Civil Lines Police Station in Raipur on the grievance of Akash Sharma, president of Chhattisgarh unit of National Students Union of India (NSUI) and youth chief of Congress, Koko Padhi. . NSUI is the coed wing of the Congress.
FIR lodged in opposition to BJP leaders underneath Section 504 (Intentional insult supposed to disturb peace), 505 (1) (B, C) (Public mischief statements), 469 (forgery with intent to hurt) is. Reputation) and 198 of the Indian Penal Code (utilizing a certificates recognized to be false as true). A grievance was lodged within the letterhead of the AICC Research Department for allegedly forging and printing false and fabricated materials, a senior police officer stated.
Patra was requested to seem in particular person or by way of video conferencing at 4 pm on Sunday. “Patra did not appear for appointment with us, instead he sent us an email asking for a week’s time to return to Raipur police,” police sources stated.
The police on Thursday issued a discover to Raman Singh, searching for entry to his social media account as a part of the investigation in opposition to him.
Singh has been protesting in opposition to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s Congress authorities over the alleged Congress “toolkit” to discredit the central authorities and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP launched the so-called toolkit – a doc allegedly on Congress’ letterheads that deliberate a marketing campaign in opposition to Modi and the Center on Tuesday to sort out the Kovid-19 epidemic.
“The Congress government is trying to hide its failures in the state by attacking us. If the Congress wants to file a complaint against us, who is stopping us from putting them behind bars, ”Singh stated.
“The (Baghel) government has failed on all fronts, and is fighting only with the central government on useless things,” he stated.
Apart from Patra, the Congress has additionally lodged a grievance with the Delhi Police in opposition to BJP President JP Nadda, Union Minister Smriti Irani and BJP National General Secretary BL Santosh searching for registration of an FIR.
On Sunday, the BJP determined to launch a ‘Jail Bharo’ marketing campaign during which leaders from throughout the state would protest in entrance of the police station providing to be arrested. A senior Chhattisgarh BJP chief stated, “Why only Raman Singh ji, all of us should be booked for speaking the truth.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
