SAGAR: The Madhya Pradesh police have filed a first information report (FIR) against Congress leader Raja Pateriya on charges that he asked people to тАЬkillтАЭ Prime Minister Narendra Modi to тАЬsaveтАЭ the Constitution.
The FIR was registered after MP home minister Narottam Mishra directed the Panna superintendent of police (SP) to take action against the Congress leader.
In a widely-circulated undated video clip, Raja Pateriya is seen delivering a speech launching a sharp attack on PM Modi, accusing him of marginalising minorities, Dalits and tribals.
тАЬIf we have to save the Constitution, then be ready to kill Modi. Kill, in the sense, defeat him,тАЭ the MP Congress vice president and former legislator said.
HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.
In a video statement later, home minister Mishra said the police has filed a FIR against the Congress leader for asking people to kill the PM minister. тАЬHe has been booked for creating communal hatred among people and trying to disturb the countryтАЩs law and order,тАЭ Mishra said.
Panna SP Dharmaraj Meena was not available for comments.
Pateriya clarified his speech was being twisted. тАЬIt is not the complete video. I wanted to say to kill Modi politically, people will have to unite themselves. The video is being wrongly projectedтАж It is of my speech in Pawoi tehsil of Panna district some time ago.тАЭ
Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the video clip reflected the тАЬmentalityтАЭ of the Congress party which is trying to create law and order issues in the state. тАЬThis is the true picture of Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress. The Congress cannot defeat the PM and therefore, wants to kill him,тАЭ he said.
