Delhi Court Rejects Brinda Karat's Plea Seeking Action Against Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Verma For Making Hate Speeches

Earlier, ACMM Vishal Pahuja had reserved the order in the said petition citing the pendency of a writ petition seeking similar relief before the Delhi High Court.

In her petition, Ms Karat has sought the following remedies from the court:

1. Direct the SHO of Parliament Street Police Station to register an FIR on the complaint dated 29/01/2020 alleging commission of offences under sections 153A, 153B, 295A, 298, 504, 505 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code
2. Direct that the investigation into the FIR be monitored by issuing necessary directions to the SHO to investigate the matter fairly, properly and impartially after registration of the FIR, including the arrest of the accused.

On January 29, the Election Commission had issued a show-cause notice to Union minister Anurag Thakur for his "desh ke gaddaron ko" slogan.

The Commission had observed in its notice that ,prima facie, the remarks had the "potential of disturbing communal harmony" and the BJP MP had violated the Model Code of Conduct and electoral law.

The Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi has also sent a report to the EC concerning the West Delhi MP from BJP, Parvesh Verma's, provocative statement on Shaheen Bagh.

In an interview given to a news channel, Verma had stated that what happened to Kashmiri Pandits could happen in Delhi, claiming that lakhs of anti-CAA protesters in Shaheen Bagh could enter homes to kill and rape women.