FIR filed against TMC MP Mahua Moitra over objectionable remarks on Amit Shah
Moitra, while addressing the press in West Bengal's Nadia district on Thursday, allegedly said, "the first thing you should do is cut Amit Shah's head and put it on your table" if he fails to stop infiltration from Bangladesh. The complainant claimed the remarks were unconstitutional and created fear among Bangladeshi refugees settled in Raipur's Mana Camp since 1971, as they could provoke hostility from other communities.
New Delhi: A case has been registered against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur for her alleged objectionable comments targeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, police said on Sunday. The FIR was lodged on Saturday at the Mana police station following a complaint by a local resident, Gopal Samanto. Police said the case cites sections 196 (promoting enmity between groups) and 197 (imputations prejudicial to national integration) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Moitra, while addressing the press in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Thursday, allegedly said, "the first thing you should do is cut Amit Shah’s head and put it on your table” if he fails to stop infiltration from Bangladesh. The complainant claimed the remarks were unconstitutional and created fear among Bangladeshi refugees settled in Raipur’s Mana Camp since 1971, as they could provoke hostility from other communities.
BJP demands apology
Moitra has accused the Centre of failing to secure India’s borders. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded an apology. BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "Her statement is condemnable. Her membership has been revoked once. Now, will she want to repeat this again? She used such words against the country’s Home Minister; what status do such people have? What kind of people does Mamata Banerjee have?”
BJP-TMC clash intensifies
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also reacted sharply: "The unparliamentary and objectionable remark made by a TMC MP against the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah ji is inexcusable and highly condemnable...”
The row escalated further when BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri allegedly used an expletive against Moitra in a now-deleted post on X. Sharing a screenshot of the post, the TMC hit back: "The vile slurs hurled by @rameshbidhuri against a woman MP are not an aberration, they are the political dialect of @BJP4India. MISOGYNY, HATRED, and GUTTER-LEVEL ABUSE have been normalised under Modi–Shah’s leadership...”