Congress Files Complaint Against Amit Shah For Alleged Provocative Statements In Karnataka

Congress on Thursday filed a complaint against Union Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly making provocative statements during political campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka.

According to the report in NDTV, Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Dr Parmeshwar and Chief of Karnataka Congress DK Shivakumar have filed a police complaint against Shah and other BJP leaders.

The report reporting contents of the complaint, filed at Bengaluru's High Grounds police station, Shah has been alleged of making provocative statements, promoting enmity and hatred and maligning opposition during his recent rallies in the state.

"Union Home Minister has said that if Congress comes to power then there will be communal riots. How can he say this? We have filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India on this," the report quoted DK Shivakumar as having said.

The complaint mentions the name of Amit Shah, concerned BJP leaders and the organisers of the rally at Vijaypura and other locations in Karnataka on 25th April, the report said.

"Speech given by Amit Shah was shockingly riddled with flagrantly false statements aimed at tarnishing the image of Indian National Congress by levelling false and unfounded allegations, with a clear objective of trying to create an atmosphere of communal disharmony amongst the gathered crowd and the individuals viewing it on other media platforms," the report quoted the complaint.

“A video link of the alleged hate speech was also attached to the complaint. Sections like 153, 505 (2), 171G and 120B of IPC were mentioned in the complaint. It is to be noted that Amit Shah is doing back to back to back rallies as BJP's star campaigner for the Karnataka Assembly Polls which is scheduled for May 10,” it mentioned.