NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Bihar unit on Sunday filed a police complaint against Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar in Patna, accusing him of using "abusive language" against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during a recent TV interview.
A delegation led by the BJP's media in-charge in Bihar, Danish Iqbal, visited the Kotwali police station and filed the complaint. Iqbal urged the police to register an FIR against Kumar, the All India Congress Committee in-charge of the National Students' Union of India, the party's student wing.
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"Kanhaiya Kumar, who is a part of the 'tukde tukde gang', used abusive language against PM Modi, and the RSS and its ideologies in an interview to a TV channel on April 11. The language that he used in the interview is highly objectionable and unacceptable," Iqbal said, news agency PTI reported.
"We have filed a complaint against him with the police seeking immediate registration of an FIR. We are quite confident that police will take appropriate action," he added.
What did Kanhaiya Kumar say?
In clips of the interview, which have gone viral on social media, Kumar is seen calling PM Modi a "Sanghi" - the RSS is the ideological parent of the BJP.
When the anchor questioned him for uttering the term as if it's a slur, he remained defiant. He shot back by asking what language he should use for "those who killed Mahatma Gandhi," with the reference being for Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Gandhi on January 30, 1948.
A delegation led by the BJP's media in-charge in Bihar, Danish Iqbal, visited the Kotwali police station and filed the complaint. Iqbal urged the police to register an FIR against Kumar, the All India Congress Committee in-charge of the National Students' Union of India, the party's student wing.
Also Read: Police use lathicharge, water cannons during Congress protest march in Patna; Kanhaiya Kumar, other leaders detained
"Kanhaiya Kumar, who is a part of the 'tukde tukde gang', used abusive language against PM Modi, and the RSS and its ideologies in an interview to a TV channel on April 11. The language that he used in the interview is highly objectionable and unacceptable," Iqbal said, news agency PTI reported.
"We have filed a complaint against him with the police seeking immediate registration of an FIR. We are quite confident that police will take appropriate action," he added.
What did Kanhaiya Kumar say?
In clips of the interview, which have gone viral on social media, Kumar is seen calling PM Modi a "Sanghi" - the RSS is the ideological parent of the BJP.
When the anchor questioned him for uttering the term as if it's a slur, he remained defiant. He shot back by asking what language he should use for "those who killed Mahatma Gandhi," with the reference being for Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Gandhi on January 30, 1948.
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