Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is in the middle of a political row over her alleged comment
Jaipur:
The Congress party has filed a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and demanded the BJP leader's arrest over the controversial comments she made during an election rally in the state on Saturday. (Election will decide who will be cut to size: Vasundhara Raje)
The party shot off a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sampath, demanding that she be booked and action taken against her for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
In Jaipur, the Aam Aadmi Party also moved the EC, urging it to ensure action against Raje for her "provocative" remarks.
In his letter to the CEC, Secretary of All India Congress Committee Legal Department K C Mittal claimed that Raje had said that "let the elections be over, we will see who is cut into pieces" at the rally.
Ms Raje had allegedly made the comments while referring to the controversial remarks by Saharanpur Congress candidate Imran Masood, who had threatened to chop BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi into pieces. (Imran Masood hate speech: Saharanpur polarised?)
"Her (Raje's) statement is an open threat, deliberately and intentionally made, which is a criminal offence. She is holding a constitutional post as chief minister of Rajasthan and is under an oath to uphold the law and order, the Constitution of India and to maintain the sanctity and propriety of the office of chief minister.
"She cannot and should not take liberty to act in such a fashion, while holding such an office, to commit such a crime. In her statement, she mentioned about the alleged statement of
Sh Imran Masood, Congress candidate from Saharanpur, but both the cases are not comparable," Mr Mittal said in the letter.
Terming it as a clear case for the immediate registration of FIR against her, the Congress leader insisted that "she should be arrested, apart from facing action for the violation of the Model Code of Conduct."
Mr Mittal argued that even though the statement by Masood is reportedly seven months old, before he had even joined the Congress, the matter is already under investigation after registration of a FIR against the leader. (Imran Masood and Varun Gandhi: the same dangerous species)
Mittal also said that Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi has already disapproved of Masood's statement.
"There was no provocation or logic for her to retaliate in such a manner, nor can she justify her threat statement under any law, which doesn't follow the theory of retribution. This was a calculated statement premeditated to muster electoral support with impunity," he said.
"It is quite baffling to see a head of a state making such an offensive statement. Further, it is quite flabbergasting to note that no FIR has been filed so far against her. Perhaps it is her office of chief minister which seems to be preventing the local police from registering an FIR and arresting her. Her complicity can't be condoned," Mr Mittal said in the letter.
The party shot off a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sampath, demanding that she be booked and action taken against her for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
In Jaipur, the Aam Aadmi Party also moved the EC, urging it to ensure action against Raje for her "provocative" remarks.
In his letter to the CEC, Secretary of All India Congress Committee Legal Department K C Mittal claimed that Raje had said that "let the elections be over, we will see who is cut into pieces" at the rally.
Ms Raje had allegedly made the comments while referring to the controversial remarks by Saharanpur Congress candidate Imran Masood, who had threatened to chop BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi into pieces. (Imran Masood hate speech: Saharanpur polarised?)
"Her (Raje's) statement is an open threat, deliberately and intentionally made, which is a criminal offence. She is holding a constitutional post as chief minister of Rajasthan and is under an oath to uphold the law and order, the Constitution of India and to maintain the sanctity and propriety of the office of chief minister.
"She cannot and should not take liberty to act in such a fashion, while holding such an office, to commit such a crime. In her statement, she mentioned about the alleged statement of
Sh Imran Masood, Congress candidate from Saharanpur, but both the cases are not comparable," Mr Mittal said in the letter.
Terming it as a clear case for the immediate registration of FIR against her, the Congress leader insisted that "she should be arrested, apart from facing action for the violation of the Model Code of Conduct."
Mr Mittal argued that even though the statement by Masood is reportedly seven months old, before he had even joined the Congress, the matter is already under investigation after registration of a FIR against the leader. (Imran Masood and Varun Gandhi: the same dangerous species)
Mittal also said that Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi has already disapproved of Masood's statement.
"There was no provocation or logic for her to retaliate in such a manner, nor can she justify her threat statement under any law, which doesn't follow the theory of retribution. This was a calculated statement premeditated to muster electoral support with impunity," he said.
"It is quite baffling to see a head of a state making such an offensive statement. Further, it is quite flabbergasting to note that no FIR has been filed so far against her. Perhaps it is her office of chief minister which seems to be preventing the local police from registering an FIR and arresting her. Her complicity can't be condoned," Mr Mittal said in the letter.
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