Gopal Italia was taken from the NCW office in a police vehicle.
New Delhi:
The Aam Aadmi Party’s Gujarat chief was released this afternoon nearly three hours after he was detained from the National Commission for Women’s Delhi office over a controversial video in which he was purportedly using derogatory language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. was heard.
Gopal had appeared in the commission’s office earlier in the day in response to the summons in the Italia case. Minutes after NCW chief Rekha Sharma claimed to have threatened to put him in jail, he was taken away in a police vehicle.
“Instead of listening to me, the NCW president called the police and sent me to the police station. This shows that the entire BJP is conspiring against the Patel community. They shot many of us. They were from the Patidars. are jealous. They want to harass me. At any cost. The police accepted that they had orders from above to take me into custody,” he told NDTV after his release.
Italia said, “When I went to his office, he abused me. I left with folded hands.”
Mr Italia’s allegations came after Ms Sharma accused Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers of trying to crowd her office. This triggered another flashpoint between the AAP and the BJP, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacking the BJP for being after Mr Italia.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also hit out at the BJP, saying Mr Italia was detained because he belongs to a party that knows how to build schools. “They don’t know how to educate people and improve schools,” the senior AAP leader said.
AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj told reporters, “Behind every institution is BJP’s police, BJP’s women’s commission. BJP’s hatred for the Patidar community is visible to everyone today.”
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The case reportedly pertains to a controversial video from 2018 in which Mr Italia was allegedly heard using derogatory words, including “low man (lower person)”, to describe PM Modi. The commission had summoned him to its office on the matter today, saying that his language was “gender-based” and “incorrect”.
The women’s panel chief said, “She denied being summoned, but her reply was ready. She also denied her presence in the video, but accepted to tweet in her reply. She claimed that she was not in the video.” Were.”
Earlier in the day, he claimed on Twitter that AAP workers were staging a sit-in at his office. He also shared a picture of a crowd holding banners tagging the Prime Minister’s Office and other police handles.
About an hour later, Mr Italia claimed on Twitter that the head of the commission was threatening to jail him and even called the police.
“NCW chief is threatening to put me in jail. What more can Modi government give to Patel community. BJP hates Patidar community. I am a descendant of Sardar (Vallabhbhai) Patel. I am not afraid of your jails. Me Put me in jail. Even the police have been called. I am being threatened.”
Mr Kejriwal expressed his surprise as he retweeted his tweet, “Why is the entire BJP after Gopal Italia?”