A lawyer has filed a complaint against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut in a local court in Karnataka’s Tumkur, requesting the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) for her tweet about farmers opposing the farm bills, according to reports.
According to LiveLaw, defender Ramesh Naik filed the complaint over Ranaut’s Sept. 21 message on her Twitter account. Naik in her plea, according to Live Law, alleges that Ranaut’s tweet has a clear intention of hurting people who oppose farm laws, “giving senseless provocation with the intention of causing riot and promoting the culture of no violence in the young minds of society. “
“…. this publication on the defendant’s Twitter account published by her may lead to a collision between people of different groups who believe in different ideologies. It seems that government authorities have turned a blind eye to the same and do not have established measures or norms and guidelines to control and regulate them. Just by reading all this content, it is more than evident that the government is less concerned and, as usual, expects some dangerous consequences to happen before taking the appropriate measures, ”she said, according to Bar and Bench.
Naik also said that he had sent an email complaint on September 22 to the Karnataka Director General of Police (DGP) and another senior official regarding the tweet. However, no action was taken on the matter, Bar and Bench said.
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He has applied for FIR registration for the offenses under Sections 153A, 504, 108 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the plaintiff.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets, assured farmers that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and government procurement of agricultural products will continue after Rajya Sabha passes the bills. Ranaut had picked up one of PM’s tweets, describing the protesters as “the same terrorists who indulged in bloodshed although no compatriot lost their citizenship due to the CAA.”
Later, the actor clarified that he did not call the farmers terrorists and challenged anyone to prove it. “Just as Lord Krishna has the Narayani Army, similarly, Pappu has his Champu army that only knows how to fight on the basis of rumors. This is my original tweet, if anyone can prove that I called the terrorist farmers, I will apologize and leave Twitter forever, ”he tweeted in Hindi on Monday.
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