Raipur: An FIR (first information report) was registered against Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Mahua Moitra in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur in connection with her alleged objectionable remarks against union home minister Amit Shah, police said on Sunday.
Moitra sparked a row after allegedly saying that if Shah fails to stop infiltration from Bangladesh, “the first thing you should do is cut Amit Shah’s head and put it on your table.”
The case was registered on Saturday at the Mana police station based on a complaint filed by a local resident, Gopal Samanto. The FIR cites sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.) and 197 (imputations prejudicial to national integration) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), a police officer said.
The remarks were allegedly made on Thursday in West Bengal’s Nadia district while speaking to the press on the sidelines of an event.
According to police, the complainant alleged that Moitra’s comments were unconstitutional and objectionable. The complaint said that a large number of Bangladeshi refugees settled in Raipur’s Mana Camp area in 1971, and her remarks had created fear among them, as they could provoke anger from other communities.
{{/usCountry}}According to police, the complainant alleged that Moitra’s comments were unconstitutional and objectionable. The complaint said that a large number of Bangladeshi refugees settled in Raipur’s Mana Camp area in 1971, and her remarks had created fear among them, as they could provoke anger from other communities.
{{/usCountry}}Moitra has accused the Union government of shirking its responsibility in ensuring border security.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), meanwhile, has demanded an apology from her.
BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Ravi Shankar Prasad hit back, saying: “Her statement is condemnable. Her membership has been revoked once. Now, will she want to repeat this again? She used such words against the country’s Home Minister; what status do such people have? What kind of people does Mamata Banerjee have?”
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also slammed the TMC MP, saying: “The unparliamentary and objectionable remark made by a TMC MP against the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah ji is inexcusable and highly condemnable...”
The controversy spiralled after BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri allegedly used an expletive for Moitra in a post on X, which has since been deleted.
Sharing a screenshot of the post, TMC said on X, “The vile slurs hurled by @rameshbidhuri against a woman MP are not an aberration, they are the political dialect of @BJP4India. MISOGYNY, HATRED, and GUTTER-LEVEL ABUSE have been normalised under Modi–Shah’s leadership...”