The Delhi high court on Friday asked CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat to explain how the speeches given by BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Pravesh Sahib Singh Verma — during the protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2020 — were “communal”, “criminal” or “targeted towards a particular community”.
The court was hearing a plea by Karat, which sought directions to register an FIR against BJP leaders and alleged that their provocative speeches led to the north-east Delhi riots in February 2020. The speeches referred to in Karat’s plea were given by Thakur and Verma on January 27, 2020, during a rally.
Karat had moved the HC, challenging an order of the trial court on August 26, 2020, which dismissed her plea.
The court has reserved its order in the matter.