An FIR has been filed against former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav for an "objectionable post" regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social
media. Police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Friday registered the FIR against Yadav under several sections, including defamation. Milind Narote, BJP MLA from Gadchiroli, had filed a complaint against the RJD leader, a senior police official said. A First Information Report was registered against Yadav under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups), 356 (defamation), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace) and 353 (statements that cause public mischief), he added. The controversy surrounds a cartoon shared by Tejashwi Yadav on his social media account ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Gaya rally. The cartoon showed PM Modi as a shopkeeper, and the sign of the shop reading as "Prasisdh Jumle Ki Dukaan'. "Today, a shop of lies and rhetoric will be set up in Gaya! Prime Minister ji, in Gaya, with a boneless tongue, you will build a Himalaya of lies and rhetoric today, but the justice-loving people of Bihar, like Dashrath Manjhi, will break down these massive mountains of your lies and rhetoric. Give an account of your 11 years and the 20 years of the NDA government's rule?" the RJD leader wrote in his post. Also Read: 'Five Families Conspired Against Me': Tej Pratap Fires New Charge With Cryptic Photo, Vows To Expose Them
PM Modi's attack on RJD in Gaya
At his Gaya rally on Friday, PM Modi launched an attack on the "corrupt" Opposition and criticised the rule of previous governments of the RJD and the Congress in the State. The Prime Minister took a swipe at the RJD's governance
in Bihar as "an era of darkness."
"Remember the condition here during the rule of lantern (RJD). This region was in the clutches of red terror. Cities like Gaya Ji were in darkness during the rule of 'lantern' (RJD)... They had pushed the entire state into darkness. There was no education or employment. So many generations were forced to migrate. RJD considers the people of Bihar only as their vote bank. They want nothing to do with their life, sorrows, or respect."
Assembly elections in Bihar are expected to take place between October and November.
(With agency inputs)
