Scuffle At Parliament: FIR Registered Against Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR against Rahul Gandhi in connection with the scuffle at Parliament where two BJP MPs were injured.

The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha has been booked under section 117 (voluntary causing grievous hurt), 125 (act of endangering life or personal safety of others), 131 (use of criminal force), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) (common intention) of the BNS at Parliament Street police station, according to a PTI report.

BJP MP Hemang Joshi, accompanied by party colleagues Anurag Thakur and Bansuri Swaraj, filed a police complaint at the Parliament Street police station, accusing him of “physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle at Parliament’s Makr Dwar.

“At around 10 am, I (Hemang Joshi) along with Mukesh Rajput ji, Pratap Rao Sarangi ji, and other Members of Parliament belonging to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) were peacefully demonstrating… Rahul Gandhi arrived around 10.40 am and forcefully barged toward the peaceful demonstrators,” the complaint read.

Accusing Rahul and other Opposition members of instigating physical aggression, Joshi further stated: “Mukesh Rajput sustained a severe injury to the back of his head, and Sarangi was hurt on his forehead.”

Congress filed a counter complaint, alleging BJP leaders misbehaved with Mallikarjun Kharge and demanded an FIR under the sections of “assault, grievous hurt and battery” against them, an officer told PTI.