BENGALURU: Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Dr G Parameshwara and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D K Shivakumar on Thursday filed a police complaint against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other BJP leaders.
In the complaint, filed at High Grounds police station, the Congress has accused Amit Shah of making provocative statements, promoting enmity and hatred and maligning the opposition during his recent rallies in the state.
“The Union Home Minister has said that if Congress comes to power, then there will be communal rights. How can he say this? We have filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India on this”, Shivakumar said after filing the complaint.
The complaint mentions the name of Amit Shah, BJP leaders concerned and the organisers of the rally at Vijayapura and other locations in the state on April 25.
“The speech given by Amit Shah was shockingly riddled with flagrantly false statements aimed at tarnishing the image of Indian National Congress by levelling false and unfounded allegations, with a clear objective of trying to create an atmosphere of communal disharmony amongst the gathered crowd and the individuals viewing it on other media platforms”, read the complaint.
A video link of the alleged hate speech was also attached to the complaint. Sections like 153, 505 (2), 171G and 120B of IPC were mentioned in the complaint.
Amit Shah is holding back-to-back to back rallies as BJP’s star campaigner for the Karnataka Assembly Polls, which is scheduled for May 10. (ANI)