BJP leader Navneet Rana was booked by the Telangana police for her alleged comments that “a vote for Congress is a vote for Pakistan”, in sections related to electoral code violations.
According to the FIR registered, Rana made the comments at a meeting held in Shadnagar on May 8.
Navneet Kaur Rana, Member of Parliament from Amravati, was booked under sections 171-C read with 171-F, 171-G (undue influence and electoral rights) and 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (disobedience to order ). duly promulgated by a public servant).
A police officer said the complaint was filed by the Flying Squad Team (FST) of the Election Commission on May 9.
In an attack on All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbaruddin, Navneet Rana had said that if the police were taken off duty for “15 seconds, the brothers would not know about where they came and where they went.”
Rana’s comments drew criticism from Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
On Thursday, AIMIM leader Waris Pathan demanded “strict action” against Navneet Rana.
Reacting to BJP leader Navneet Rana’s “15 seconds late” comment, AIMIM leader Waris Pathan questioned why the police and the Election Commission have not taken any “action” against her and claimed that if there were said something like this, he would have been “imprisoned.”
In a self-made video, the AIMIM leader said that Rana was making such comments because he understood that he was losing the Amravati seat badly this time, ANI reported.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said the BJP is working on Prime Minister Modi’s direction to spread “hate” in the country, ANI reported.
To the AIMIM leader’s statement that it would take them “15 minutes” to balance the “Hindu-Muslim ratio” in the country, Navneet, who is seeking a fresh term in the Lok Sabha from Amravati, on a BJP ticket. this time; They hit back at the Owaisi brothers, saying: “It would take us 15 seconds if the police were withdrawn or forced to withdraw,” ANI reported.