Congress spokesperson Pawan Kheda.
New Delhi: There was a lot of uproar throughout the day on Thursday regarding the arrest of Congress spokesperson Pawan Kheda. In fact, all the Congress leaders were going to Raipur to attend the party session by sitting in a plane at Delhi airport. At the same time, Pawan Kheda was taken off the plane and arrested and after that an uproar started. An FIR has been registered in Assam’s Haflong police station for making derogatory statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s father, so the Assam Police arrested him.
Congress leaders made videos and put them on social media
As soon as the Congress leaders understood the whole matter, all the leaders aboard the plane came out and started raising slogans while sitting on a dharna in front of the plane. He accused the Modi government of dictatorship and announced that he will sit on dharna until Pawan Kheda is released. Congress leaders made videos from their phones and put them on social media and said that if Pawan Kheda can be arrested because of one statement, then the Prime Minister should also be arrested in such cases because derogatory things about the opposition parties The Prime Minister also says
Congressmen raising slogans in front of the plane.
Other passengers on the plane were sent on another flight
After some uproar, the police came out with Pawan Kheda and during this Randeep Singh Surjewala also stayed with him. Since Congress leaders and other people were also going to travel in the plane, due to their protest, the flight could not take off and was cancelled. A separate flight was arranged for the other passengers on board the flight. Delhi Police said that since the case is registered in Assam, Pawan Khera has been taken into custody and handed over to Assam Police on its request.
‘It is not right to use abusive words for the Prime Minister’s father’
Assam Police got Pawan Kheda’s medical done and then produced him in the court for transit remand, but meanwhile, Congress leader and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi raised the issue of Pawan Kheda’s arrest in the Supreme Court and immediately appealed for an urgent hearing. . The Supreme Court accepted his appeal and held an immediate hearing. Singhvi said in the Supreme Court that he believes that Pawan Kheda’s statement was not correct and it is not right to use abusive words for the Prime Minister’s father.
Pawan Kheda had given a derogatory statement against PM Modi.
‘Pawan Kheda deliberately said derogatory things’
Singhvi said that Pawan Kheda accepted his mistake, it was a slip of tongue and he immediately said ‘sorry’, but cases were filed against him in many cities. He said that he wanted that the cases registered against Pawan Kheda should not be cancelled, but all the cases should be clubbed. But the lawyer appearing for the Assam government told the Supreme Court that Pawan Kheda deliberately said derogatory things, after that he kept laughing. He said that therefore it was not a ‘slip of tongue’ but a deliberate mistake and cannot be taken lightly.
‘One should also keep in mind what one is saying about whom’
During the hearing, the video of Pawan Kheda’s press conference was also placed before the court. After this, the court granted protection from arrest to Pawan Kheda till Tuesday and issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government asking it to answer about the cases registered against Pawan Kheda in Banaras and Lucknow. However, along with this, the Supreme Court said that we have given you protection, but there should be some level of dialogue. The court said that one should also keep in mind what one is saying about whom.
‘The matter is still in the court so will not say anything’
Since bail was granted by the Supreme Court, Pawan Kheda was also granted bail by the lower court. After coming out of police custody, Pawan Khera said that he salutes the judiciary and is grateful that the Supreme Court upheld his freedom. But when he was asked about his statement, Pawan Kheda said that the matter is in the court so he will not say anything. Khera said that he has always respected the law.
‘Modi government has turned democracy into Hitler’s’
The Congress termed the action against Kheda as a new example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s politics of “vengeance, harassment and intimidation” and dictatorship. Party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Kheda’s relief, “Tiger is alive, Supreme Court is alive.” Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted, ‘If the opposition raises issues in Parliament, notice is given. ED raids are conducted on our leaders of Chhattisgarh before the general convention. Today the head of the media department was forcibly taken off the plane and arrested. The Modi government has turned India’s democracy into a Hitlership. We strongly condemn this dictatorship.
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said why Kheda is scared.
‘If Pawan Kheda has not committed any mistake, then why are you scared’
Pawan Kheda There was a lot of uproar over his arrest, but no big leader of the BJP said anything in this matter. Only BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia’s statement came in this matter. Gaurav Bhatia said that if Pawan Kheda has not committed any mistake, then why is he afraid. He said that the way Congress leaders staged a sit-in in front of the plane after the arrest of Pawan Khera was wrong, as it caused inconvenience to hundreds of passengers. He said that Congress leaders should not live under the misconception that they are above the law.