Remarks Against Congress And BJP: No Relief For Arvind Kejriwal From Allahabad HC In 2014 Case

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

He was seeking discharge in a 2014 case registered against him over his remarks that people voting for the Congress would be “betraying the country”, while those voting for BJP, even “khuda (god) would not forgive them”.

The single-judge bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan upheld the order of the Sultanpur Court.

The High Court in categorical terms observed that it appears that Kejriwal was threatening the voters in the name of god, knowing fully well that if he used the term ‘khuda’, a set of voters belonging to different religions might have severely been influenced.

As per Kejriwal’s counsel Madan Singh, the Delhi Chief Minister had been booked in two cases lodged against him and other AAP leaders at Gauriganj and Musafir Khana police stations of Amethi during the 2014 general elections.

These FIRs had been lodged under various sections, including Section 125 of the Representation of People’s Act and sections 143, 186, 341 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), besides others, for allegedly delivering a provocative speech and violating the Model Code of Conduct, while campaigning for party candidate Kumar Vishwas.

Madan Singh added that besides Kejriwal, Kumar Vishwas, Harikrishna, Rakesh Tiwari, Ajay Singh and Bablu Tiwari were also booked in those cases.