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<\/div>\nA Congress leader has moved court against BJP chief JP Nadda over a poster on Rahul Gandhi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A Congress leader has filed a petition in a court against BJP national president JP Nadda and party’s IT cell incharge Amit Malviya over a social media post by the Bharatiya Janata Party, showing party leader Rahul Gandhi as ‘a new age Ravan’.<\/p>\n
In his petition, general secretary of Congress’ Rajasthan unit, Jaswant Gurjar, has pleaded that a case be registered against both BJP leaders under IPC Section 499 (false imputation against another person), 500 (defamation), 504 (intentional insult).<\/p>\n
Jaswant Gurjar has filed the petition at Jaipur Metropolitan Court-11. The court has decided to hear the arguments on the plea on October 9.<\/p>\n
A photograph of Rahul Gandhi morphed as Ravan in a poster put out from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s official handle on X has stirred a controversy, triggering strong criticism from the Congress, which has called it “unacceptable” and “downright dangerous”.<\/p>\n
“The petition has been admitted by the court and the hearing for the case has been scheduled on October 9,” Mr Gurjar said.<\/p>\n
“The accused publicised the post deliberately with ill-intention on October 5 and the aim of the accused is to insult and to harm the goodwill of Congress and people associated with it and to make political gains,” the plea said.<\/p>\n
The petition said that the BJP leaders deliberately presented Gandhi as anti-Ram and anti-religion to instigate people against him.<\/p>\n
The petitioner has pleaded before the court to get the statements of both the accused recorded and get the matter investigated.<\/p>\n
The Congress party has protested against the poster at several places across the country.<\/p>\n
The poster showed Gandhi with several heads, with the title “Bharat Khatre Mein Hai – A Congress party production. Directed by George Soros”.<\/p>\n
The post by the BJP accompanying the poster said, “The new age Ravan is here. He is evil. Anti-Dharma. Anti-Ram. His aim is to destroy Bharat.”<\/p>\n
George Soros, a Hungarian-born American financier, philanthropist, and activist, had come under fire from the BJP after he made critical comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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