UP BJP MLC lodges case against Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera for remark against PM Narendra Modi

LUCKNOW: Mukesh Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC from Uttar Pradesh, on Monday lodged a case against Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera for his comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press conference in Delhi.
In his complaint given at Hazratganj Kotwali police station in Lucknow, Sharma said Khera talked about the PM’s late father Damodar Das Mool Chand Modi, and made unsavoury remarks.

“Khera mocked PM Modi by linking his father’s name with the name of father of Gautam Adani. He made sarcastic comments on PM Narendra Modi,” he said.

He said that Khera’s comments were punishable under the provision of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and his act was condemnable and reprehensible.
“In a democracy, there is a freedom of expression and of speech, but this does not allow one to mock at some person or speak about the family of the person,” he said.
Aparna Rajat Kaushik, DCP Central Zone, said police registered a case under IPC 153-A (promoting enmity), 500 (defamation), 504 (breach of peace).
“An officer has been assigned the case and will be probing it,” she said.