ACMM asks for Delhi Police report on alleged seditious statements made by Rahul Gandhi in 2016

The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Patiala House Court has asked the Delhi Police if any FIR has been registered against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for making allegedly seditious statements in the aftermath of the 2016 surgical strikes..Judge Samar Vishal has directed Delhi Police to submit its ‘Action Taken Report’ pertaining to the statements..The court was hearing an application by advocate Joginder Tuli seeking a direction to the Delhi Police to register an FIR against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making seditious statements and insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016..As per the application, Rahul Gandhi made a speech on October 6, 2016 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. It has submitted,.“That on the said date, Sh. Rahul Gandhi made a statement in the said meeting against Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi accusing him of hiding behind the blood of soldiers and doing dalali (cashing in) on their sacrifice…Relevant extracts of his statement are reproduced as under:.Jo Hamare jawan hai, jinhone apna khoon diya hai Jammu Kashmir main…jinhone Hindustan ke liye surgical strike kiya hia, unke khoon ke peeche aap chhupe hue ho. Unki dalali kar rahe ho. Ye bikul galat hai. (Our soldiers who have shed their blood in Jammu and Kashmir, who have conducted the surgical strikes, you are hiding behind their blood. You are cashing in on their sacrifice, that’s wrong).”.The applicant felt that the words used in the speech brought shame to a democratic country and “if democracy has to survive, then there should be some restrictions on people talking against the country.”.It is the applicant’s grievance that the DCP (New Delhi) and SHO, Parliament Street did not register an FIR against Rahul Gandhi after he complained against the speech on October 10, 2016..“That the SHO/Respondent no. 1 has not taken any action on the complaint of the complainant in connivance with respondent no. 2 despite knowing the fact that respondent no. 2 has committed a cognizable offence, therefore, the complainant has no other remedy other than approaching this Hon’ble Court.“.The application thus seeks a direction to Delhi Police to register an FIR against Rahul Gandhi for obscenity, insulting a public figure, and committing the act of sedition..The matter will be next heard on May 15.