The BJP on April 28 asked the Election Commission to file a criminal case against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and bar him from campaigning for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election, over his comment comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a “poisonous snake” while addressing an election rally on April 27.
Mr. Kharge had later clarified that his remarks were not aimed at Mr. Modi, but at the BJP as a party.
A BJP delegation led by Union Minister for Labour Bhupender Yadav went to the Election Commission on April 28 and submitted a memorandum demanding the registration of an FIR under Indian Penal Code Sections 499 and 500, which deal with defamation, and Section 504, which deals with the offence of deliberate insults and provocation.
