“We positioned our arguments earlier than the courtroom. The prosecution aspect tried to take an adjournment. However the courtroom declined it and requested them to submit their arguments at the moment itself,” he stated.
The Congress, which helps Mewani politically, took out a protest march in opposition to the arrest of the Dalit chief, ensuing within the detention of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) chief amongst others.
Jignesh Mewani had been picked up by a posse from Assam police final week from Gujarat and arrested in a case in opposition to him for a purported tweet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi the place he had claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “thought of Godse as God”.
The unbiased MLA from Vadgam seat in Banaskantha, who has pledged his help to the Congress, had used the identical tweet to additionally urge Modi to attraction for communal concord throughout his go to to Gujarat, the FIR at Kokrajhar Police Station, which was accessed by PTI, stated.
After being launched on bail within the case on his tweet, the Dalit chief from Gujarat was rearrested after being charged with assaulting a policewoman who was a part of the police posse which accompanied him to Korkrajhar. Congress continued its demonstrations for Mewani’s launch, whilst Prime Minister Modi toured completely different a part of the northeastern state.
Get together MPs, MLAs, former MPs and MLAs, members of the Youth Congress, NSUI, Seva Dal and officers from all cells and organs of the social gathering participated within the protests in several components, together with in Barpeta and Guwahati. APCC president Bhupen Kumar Borah led a silent march right here and took out a procession via the streets of the city to the social gathering workplace.
The protestors have been, nevertheless, not allowed to proceed as they didn’t have the requisite permission and have been detained by the police, Barpeta Superintendent of Police Amitava Sinha advised PTI.
Sinha stated, “That they had not taken permission for any demonstration and needed to be detained after they tried to hold out the protest.”
He added that prohibitory orders underneath CrPC 144 are in place within the district.
Speaking to reporters right here, Borah questioned the grievance primarily based on which Mevani was arrested by Barpeta Police.
“How is it potential to molest a lady official when different officers have been current and that too inside a police automobile?” he questioned.
Borah, taking a dig on the ruling social gathering, additionally stated “The state authorities is spending Rs 30 crore to welcome Modi whereas one other honourable MLA from the identical state is being held for allegedly assaulting a police official.” Get together legislators and senior members additionally staged a protest in Guwahati, claiming the arrest of Mevani to be an “unconstitutional” one.