Patna: Two Bihar BJP leaders on Wednesday filed separate cases against Priyanka Gandhi for her ‘neech rajniti’ barb at Narendra Modi even as Rahul Gandhi countered the saffron offensive over the remark, saying people’s actions are low, not their caste.
The controversy over the remark also refused to die down with BJP and Congress sniping at each other.
BJP Bihar unit’s General Secretary Surajnandan Mehta filed a case in the court of Patna Chief Judicial Magistrate Rama Kant Yadav alleging that the remarks would promote enmity between groups and lead to breach of peace.
The case was filed under IPC sections 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups), 153(B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 171 (G) (false statement in connection with an election), 500 (defamation) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of IPC.
The head of state BJP Fishermen community cell Arjun Sahni filed a case in the court of Darbhanga Chief Judicial Magistrate Shailendra Pandey against Priyanka levelling similar charges. (PTI)