New Delhi: NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad has landed in authorized hassle for his controversial assertion that ‘Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian’. The Mumbai police have filed two FIRs towards him for allegedly insulting the spiritual beliefs of Hindus, officers stated on Saturday. The circumstances towards the legislator, who’s from the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction), had been lodged at MIDC police station in Andheri and Ghatkopar police station on the idea of complaints filed by a VHP chief and BJP MLA Ram Kadam, respectively.
This comes a day after the same case was registered towards Awhad in Pune metropolis. In response to a police official, a case was registered towards Awhad at MIDC police station on Friday night time after Gautam Ravriya, a VHP office-bearer, complained that he heard Awhad making derogatory remarks about Lord Ram on a information channel.
Awhad was charged below part 295 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for deliberate and malicious acts supposed to outrage spiritual emotions of any class by insulting its faith or spiritual beliefs, the official stated.
One other case on the identical expenses was filed towards him in Ghatkopar police station on Saturday following a criticism by native MLA Ram Kadam, one other official stated. Awhad, who represents the Mumbra-Kalwa meeting seat in Thane district, had sparked a row on Wednesday along with his remark.
“Lord Ram used to hunt and eat. He’s ours, of bahujans. You (an obvious reference to the BJP) are turning us into vegetarians, (however) we’re following the instance of Ram and consuming mutton,” he had stated at an NCP conclave at Shirdi. The phrase ‘bahujan’ is used to confer with the non-Brahmin sections of society in Maharashtra.
The MLA had later expressed remorse over his remark however didn’t retract it. In Pune, the case towards Awhad was lodged by the BJP’s metropolis unit chief Dhiraj Ghate, police stated.
