FIR filed against Sambit Patra for his controversial tweets on former Congress Prime Ministers

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra has landed in trouble over his controversial tweets against former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi. The Chhattisgarh police on Monday registered a case for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups and hurting religious feelings. According to the FIR, the case has been registered with Civil Lines police station of Raipur on the complaint of state Youth Congress president Poornachand Padhi.

The case has been registered under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc), 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 298 (uttering, words of Indian Penal Code ( IPC). Padhi claimed that Patra in his tweets had levelled false allegations against Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi in connection with the Kashmir issue, 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Bofors scam. 

Padhi claimed the tweets were made with an intention to hurt religious sentiments.“There is also likelihood that the tweet may cause fear in the Sikh community and induce any person of the community to commit an offence against the state or against the public tranquility,” the FIR alleged.Padhi in his FIR further alleged Patra of using derogatory language against the former PMs that could incite any class or community of person to commit any offence against any other class or community.