New Delhi: A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell chief Amit Malviya in Bengaluru on Wednesday, over his alleged defamatory & slanderous tweet against former Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
The case against Malviya was lodged under sections 153A 120b 505(2), 34 of the IPC at Bengaluru’s High Grounds Police Station.
The FIR was lodged, based on complaint of Congress leader Ramesh Babu.
The matter pertains to a tweet by BJP I-T cell leader, where he said that the Congress leader was playing an insidious game and also tweeted a video to corroborate the same.
“Rahul Gandhi is dangerous and playing an insidious game,” Malviya had written on his twitter handle.
The BJP was quick to label the FIR as politically motivated & done with a malafide intention to which Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge replied, “I want to ask the BJP which part of the FIR has been filed with a mala fide intention. We have done it after taking legal opinion.”
Rahul Gandhi is dangerous and playing an insidious game… pic.twitter.com/wYuZijUFAu
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) June 17, 2023
Political fight over FIR against Malviya
A political fighting is ensuing over the filing of FIR against BJP’s social media handle in-charge. Congress may have reasons to justify police case against Malviya but the BJP has launched scathing attack on grand old party as well as recently formed Cong government in Karnataka and accused it of employing malicious means to frame BJP leader.
BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla said, “The FIR against Amit Malviya is nothing but a malicious use of provisions of law to silence, intimidate. At best, if Rahul Gandhi was aggrieved by any tweet, he could have filed a defamation case in court. ”
The FIR against @amitmalviya is nothing but a malicious use of provisions of law to silence , intimidate.
At best, if Rahul Gandhi was aggrieved by any tweet, he could have filed a defamation case in court.
Using the state machinery to settle scores only shows that Congress’… https://t.co/yMhhre8ZWZ
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) June 28, 2023
Another BJP leader Tejashwi Surya said that both these sections deal with promoting enmity between groups and this will be challenged in court.
The FIR filed against Sri @amitmalviya is politically motivated. Plain and simple.
Case is registered under 153A and 505(2) of IPC for his alleged statement against Rahul Gandhi.
Both the above sections deals with promoting enmity between groups.
So, what is Rahul Gandhi?… https://t.co/cJ8kK2xHtQ
— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) June 28, 2023
