Defamation case against Shinde for 'Hindu terror' remarks
PTI : New Delhi, Thu Jan 24 2013, 01:09 hrs
A defamation case has been
filed against Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in a Delhi Court for his
remarks linking BJP and RSS to Hindu terrorism.
The petition, filed by a Delhi resident V P Kumar through his
counsel Monika Arora, said that the Home Minister had "wilfully" made
the "derogatory" remarks to cause ill will and hatred among communities.
"The complaint has been filed before the Metropolitan Magistrate
Amitabh Rawat, who has fixed the matter for further consideration on
January 28," Arora said.
Kumar in his petition alleged that Shinde's remarks weer aimes at polarising minority votes for the 2014 general elections.
"The impugned statement is not only defamatory in its natural
meaning but also contains the imputation and insinuation that Hindu
religion is involved in anti-national and terrorist activities," the
petition said adding the minister "has used the words saffron as
synonyms of terrorism, which is totally absurd, wrong, mischievous and
defamatory".
Addressing the AICC meeting at Jaipur on Sunday, Shinde had said,
"...we have got an investigation report that be it RSS or BJP, their
training camps are promoting Hindu terrorism. We are keeping a strict
vigil on all this".
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