FIR Against Congress Veteran Digvijaya Singh; Know Why

Indore: Indore police have registered a case against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh for sharing an allegedly controversial post on former RSS chief MS Golwalkar on social media, PTI reported.

The former Madhya Pradesh CM tweeted a picture of a page with several controversial comments attributed to Golwalkar, the longest-serving RSS chief (1940-73) who was known as ‘Guruji’ to his admirers.

Senior RSS functionary Sunil Ambekar accused Digvijaya of posting a ‘photoshopped’ image.

“It is baseless and is meant to cause social disharmony. Guruji never made such remarks… His life was spent removing social discrimination,” said Ambedkar, RSS’ publicity department head.

A complaint was filed by lawyer and RSS worker Rajesh Joshi, based on which an FIR was registered against Digvijaya under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 500 (defamation) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), said an official from Tukoganj police station.

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the Congress leader of spreading “misinformation” and creating social hatred by sharing the “false” post.

Congress defended Digvijaya, saying he had shared “facts” on the basis of an English book.

“Digvijaya Singh writes everything after verifying facts and this case will not stand in the court of law,” said MP Congress media department chairman KK Mishra.

“The BJP can’t silence the voice of Congress. I had given a complaint to the police about a video on beef shared by a state BJP spokesman, but four months have passed and the police have not take any action despite submission of all proofs,” Mishra said, adding that the police act only on the complaints of BJP and RSS workers.