The row over Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra’s comment on Goddess Kali intensified on Wednesday with a first information report (FIR) being registered against her in Bhopal for allegedly “outraging religious feelings”.
The Crime Branch of the Madhya Pradesh police has registered an FIR against the MP under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (outraging religious feelings), an official said in Bhopal.
“Ms. Moitra’s statement has hurt the religious feelings of Hindus. We will not tolerate disrespect to any Hindu gods and goddesses at any cost,” Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a statement.
