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UP police chargesheet Shah over ‘hate speech’
 Shahira Naim
Tribune News Service

Lucknow, September 10
The Muzaffarnagar police today filed a chargesheet against BJP national president Amit Shah for allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches in the district during campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.

An FIR had been registered against Shah at New Mandi police station on April 12 on the basis of a video clip of a meeting of April 4 in which the BJP leader had delivered the objectionable speech, clearly violating the model code of conduct.

Muzffarnagar Deputy SP YP Singh Shah has been the FIR had been registered against Shah under Sections 153 A of the IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 505 (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill will between classes).

Charges under Section 123-3 of the Representation of the People Act (making an appeal to vote on grounds of religion amounting to corrupt practice) had also been included in the FIR against Shah. If found guilty, Shah could be put behind bars for a maximum period of three years.

Addressing a series of meetings in Muzaffarnagar and its adjoining districts during the LS polls, Shah had reportedly said: “This election is about voting out the government that protects and gives compensation to those who killed Jats. It is about ‘badla’ (revenge) and protecting ‘izzat’ (honour)”.

BJP exposed, says AAP

The AAP on Wednesday welcomed the UP police’s decision to file a chargesheet against the BJP president. “Shah’s utterances expose the BJP’s claims of clean politics and good governance,” said the party. “The UP Government should have taken stringent action against Shah long time ago,” it said.

If found guilty, BJP chief faces 3-year jail

  • Amit Shah, the then UP in charge of the BJP, was booked on April 12 for allegedly delivering an objectionable speech during a poll meeting held on April 4
  • The FIR was registered against at Muzaffarnagar’s New Mandi police station on the basis of a video clip of the meeting
  • If found guilty, Shah could be jailed for three years

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Yogi Adityanath defies rally ban
Tribune News Service

Lucknow, September 10
Defying the district administration ban, Gorakhpur MP Yogi Adityanath addressed an election rally in Lucknow’s Munshipulia area this evening.

Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party government for communalising the election campaign by cancelling his elections meetings, the firebrand Hindutva leader spoke for 12 minutes from a makeshift stage on a Tata pickup at a busy crossing.

BJP state president Laxmikant Bajpai dared the Lucknow Administration to arrest the BJP leaders if it could. The administration had denied permission to the BJP for a rally yesterday as the SP had scheduled a rally nearby at the same time.

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