Complaint Against Sambit Patra Filed By Youth Congress Leader

Youth Congress leader accused Sambit Patra of disseminating fake information about two former PMs in a complaint to Delhi Police Commissioner.

New Delhi| Srinivas BV, Indian Youth Congress president, has registered a complaint with the Delhi Police against BJP leader and spokesperson Sambit Patra for “defaming the party and two former Prime Ministers”.

IYC leader accused Patra of spreading false and fake information about two former Prime Ministers — Late Jawaharlal Nehru and Late Rajiv Gandhi in a complaint to Delhi Police Commissioner S.N. Shrivastava

In his complaint, Srinivas said that Patra in his tweet explicitly uses picture with the defamatory statement in Hindi which is as follows: “Agar Corona Virus Congress ke waqt aaya hota: Rs 5,000 crore Mask Ghotala; Rs 7,000 crore Corona Test Kit Ghotala; Rs 20,000 crore Jawahar Sanitizer Ghotala and Rs 26,000 crore Rajiv Gandhi Virus Research Ghotala.”

He also claimed that Patra has not only used the name of the Congress or its leaders but has used the image of two former Prime Ministers in order to slander the party and its leaders.

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In his complaint, IYC leader also said that none of the defamatory content posted by Patra”s account is based on facts so as to qualify as a fair comment in the eyes of law.

He said that the post is intended to embarrass the Congress and its leaders and to give them an object of contempt, ridicule and hostility by the society does not and cannot promote the public good in any manner.

Similarly, knowingly, deliberately and intentionally fabricating stories, spreading lies are acts of falsehood that cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be considered to be in the public good and thus I request your good self to take the prompt and necessary action by lodging an FIR against the accused under the relevant section of the Indian Penal Code, the letter stated.

(Inputs from IANS)