FIR against BJP MP Tasa for calling Gandhi, Nehru ‘garbage’
GUWAHATI: The Congress in Assam on Sunday filed a police complaint against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa for allegedly equating Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi with garbage.
The Congress has also demanded the arrest of Tasa, an Adivasi who represents Jorhat Lok Sabha seat in central Assam.
“The MP from Jorhat… described Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as garbage. Therefore, we seek his immediate arrest and prosecution under the Criminal Procedure Code,” the copy of the FIR reads.
At a public rally in Sonari in Charaideo district on Saturday, which was attended by chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the MP said, “The Congress washed the brains of people with garbage like Gandhi and Nehru without knowing the ideologies of (RSS’) Deendayal Upadhyaya.”
Protesting Tasa’s “demeaning definition”, Congress workers burnt his effigies in Guwahati on Sunday and demanded his removal as a parliamentarian .
“This is not just an insult to our nation, to the freedom movement, to our Constitution but also a serious offence. No sensible person can make such an offensive remark,” state Congress president Ripun Bora said.
Other Congress MPS, Gaurav Gogoi and Sushmita Dev, took to Twitter to condemn the remark.
“Tasa’s speech...is condemnable and he should issue a public apology,” Gaurav wrote.
Dev tweeted: “2014 elections gave a govt with absolute majority but the quality of Parliamentarians like Mr. Tasa is questionable. Deplorable comment”.