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HC Halts Arrest Of Poet Kumar Vishwas In FIR Lodged By Punjab Police

New Delhi: Officials said the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday postponed the arrest of Kumar Vishwas, a former AAP leader and poet, in a FIR filed by the Punjab Police for allegedly making inflammatory words against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, among other counts.

Vishwas filed an application with the Punjab and Haryana High Court last week to have the FIR against him quashed.

Vishwas was arrested by the police in Rupnagar on April 12 under sections of the Indian Penal Code relating to promoting enmity between groups, criminal conspiracy, publishing or circulating news with the intent to create enmity on the basis of religion or race, as well as the Representation of People Act, according to the police.

Vishwas claimed in his petition to quash the FIR that after the AAP won a landslide victory in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections, a series of complaints and FIRs were filed against its political opponents based on old tweets and utterances in an attempt to harass them.

The appeal went on to say that the filing of the FIR was illegitimate, arbitrary, and unjust, and that it was nothing more than a way for the state to exact retribution through politically motivated criminal investigations.

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“It’s not even been a week since Prashant Kishor and congress talks failed to take off. The political strategist is back with another big announcement. Putting the speculations of him meeting Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to rest, Prashant Kishor today finally revealed his future plan. In a tweet, Prashant Kishor hinted that he might be taking a formal political plunge. In his tweet, he said that it was time to go to the “real masters” — the people, and he would be starting that journey from Bihar.

His tweet posted this morning read:

“”My quest to be a meaningful participant in democracy & help shape pro-people policy led to a 10yr rollercoaster ride! As I turn the page, time to go to the Real Masters, THE PEOPLE,to better understand the issues & the path to “जन सुराज”-Peoples Good Governance शुरुआत #बिहार से””

His tweet comes days after he rejected the offer given by congress to join as a part of Empowered Action Group with a definite responsibility. He had declined the offer stating that it needed “leadership and collective will” more than him to “fix the deep-rooted structural problems”.

#PrashantKishor #Bihar #Politics #NitishKumar #Congress #IPAC

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