Police Complaint Filed against Priyanka Gandhi for Accusing MP Government of Corruption
Manas Dasgupta
NEW DELHI, Aug 12: The ruling BJP on Saturday warned of action and filed a police complaint against Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her social media post, in which she accused the BJP-led government in Madhya Pradesh of indulging in corruption.
Terming her allegation as false, the MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra sought proof from the Congress leader to support her charge, warning that options were otherwise open before the state government and the BJP for action. State BJP chief V D Sharma warned of legal action against the Congress leader, accusing her of citing a fake letter in her social media post to level the allegation.
State medical education minister Vishwas Sarang, along with BJP MLAs, and other office bearers filed the complaint alleging that the Congress leaders were trying to spread lies every day. The state Congress, however, said it would prove that the BJP-led government is corrupt and also accused the ruling party of creating “political terror.”
Following the complaint, crime branch deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Srutakirti Somvanshi said the police were investigating the matter and a first information report would be registered after the probe.
Reacting to this, MP Congress president Kamal Nath said, “Hundreds of corruption cases happened in the state. How many cases will they register? They are just trying to create fake agenda and people know it very well.”
Priyanka Gandhi claimed on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday that a union of contractors from Madhya Pradesh has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court, complaining that they receive payment only after paying 50% commission.
“The corrupt BJP government in Karnataka used to collect 40% commission. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP has gone ahead by breaking its own record of corruption. People of Karnataka ousted the 40% commission government, now the people of Madhya Pradesh will remove the 50% commission government from power,” she alleged in the post.
Responding to her allegation, Mishra said in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress was playing politics “with a disgusting mentality” without any issue. “State Congress leaders first got Rahul Gandhi to lie and now got Priyanka Gandhi to make a false tweet. Priyanka ji, give proof of your tweets, otherwise we have all options open for action,” the minister warned.
He said that Priyanka Gandhi should reveal the name of the person or contractor who wrote the letter to the high court chief justice that she mentioned in her social media post. Talking to reporters, state BJP chief Sharma accused the Congress of being power-hungry and desperate to be at the helm by peddling lies.
“This is a conspiracy and BJP will take action for this tweet under cyber crime…She will have to state where she got this letter. You (Priyanka Gandhi) misled not only Madhya Pradesh, but the country on the basis of a fake letter,” he said. “Congress leadership will have to give an answer on this. We will take legal action in this regard,” he added.
K K Mishra, Madhya Pradesh Congress media department’s chairman, said his party would prove that the BJP government was corrupt. “The BJP should accept the reality, but the ruling party has been creating political terror…It is adopting unconstitutional means. We will prove that the government is corrupt,” he said.
Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh are due in November this year.
