On Thursday, Congress leaders criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the party's spokesperson Pawan Khera's arrest He was made to deplane from the IndiGo flight heading for Raipur.According to Congress's national secretary Jairam Ramesh, Khera's detention before the party's general meeting was "harassment plain and Simple-Modi style." The Congress Calls Pawan Khera
Khera, a member of the Congress who had also boarded the IndiGo aircraft, was ordered to deplane and later on was taken into custody by Delhi Police held him. Following his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam Police subsequently detained him, according to a top police officer.Senior Congressman Shashi Tharoor called the move appalling and stated, "Pawan Khera has done nothing warranting deplaning arrest or incarceration." This is outrageous overkill if the only thing they can charge him with is making a joke about the PM. Lese-majeste is not a crime in India. He tweeted, how can you detain a political figure for a verbal jab?Congress leaders staged spectacular protests on the tarmac in response to the move against Pawan Khera. Many CISF jawans had to be stationed close to the tarmac since almost 50 Congress leaders scheduled to board the Raipur-bound Indigo flight sat on dharna.Khera filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking for relief from the numerous FIRs filed against him in Assam, Lucknow, and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh for his alleged statements against Prime Minister Modi.Before a bench presided over by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, senior attorney A M Singhvi, representing Khera, asked for the matter to be listed urgently. After the constitution bench's final day hearing in the Maharashtra Shiv Sena case, the CJI accepted to the matter to be heard at 3 PM. During the hearing, Sanghavi submitted that Mr Khera had immediately apologized for his slip of tongue. The appellant is also ready to render an unconditional apology for that in court. The Congress Calls Pawan Khera
On hearing the petition, Hon’ble Supreme Court granted interim bail to Pawan Khera till 28th February but also gave a very strict remark cautioning him. The Court said that though they have saved him but there ought to be some decorum in public discourse. For more updates. Please keep visiting our website www.topstoriesworld.com, where we provide unbiased, trustworthy, and top stories of the world.
The Congress Calls Pawan Khera
Khera, a member of the Congress who had also boarded the IndiGo aircraft, was ordered to deplane and later on was taken into custody by Delhi Police held him. Following his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam Police subsequently detained him, according to a top police officer.
Senior Congressman Shashi Tharoor called the move appalling and stated, "Pawan Khera has done nothing warranting deplaning arrest or incarceration." This is outrageous overkill if the only thing they can charge him with is making a joke about the PM. Lese-majeste is not a crime in India. He tweeted, how can you detain a political figure for a verbal jab?
Congress leaders staged spectacular protests on the tarmac in response to the move against Pawan Khera. Many CISF jawans had to be stationed close to the tarmac since almost 50 Congress leaders scheduled to board the Raipur-bound Indigo flight sat on dharna.
Khera filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking for relief from the numerous FIRs filed against him in Assam, Lucknow, and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh for his alleged statements against Prime Minister Modi.
Before a bench presided over by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, senior attorney A M Singhvi, representing Khera, asked for the matter to be listed urgently. After the constitution bench's final day hearing in the Maharashtra Shiv Sena case, the CJI accepted to the matter to be heard at 3 PM. During the hearing, Sanghavi submitted that Mr Khera had immediately apologized for his slip of tongue. The appellant is also ready to render an unconditional apology for that in court.
The Congress Calls Pawan Khera
On hearing the petition, Hon’ble Supreme Court granted interim bail to Pawan Khera till 28th February but also gave a very strict remark cautioning him. The Court said that though they have saved him but there ought to be some decorum in public discourse.
For more updates. Please keep visiting our website www.topstoriesworld.com, where we provide unbiased, trustworthy, and top stories of the world.
