The BJP on Sunday sought registration of a case towards senior Congress chief Digvijaya Singh for allegedly utilizing an objectionable time period towards the ruling occasion’s Madhya Pradesh unit chief VD Sharma.
A delegation led by Bhopal BJP chief Sumit Pachauri met the native crime department officers in the course of the day looking for an FIR towards Singh for alleged use of the time period “napunsakta” (impotent or missing masculinity).
“Singh had intentionally used the indecent phrase towards Sharma, who can also be Lok Sabha MP from Khajuraho, to tarnish his picture and to impress their cadre to launch an agitation to disturb regulation and order in the course of the ongoing Ganeshotsav. We’ve sought case towards Singh below sections 356, 356 (1) and 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,” Pachauri mentioned.
Addressing a press convention on Saturday, Singh had mentioned “Regardless of a triple-engine authorities, at Centre, state and civic and native physique stage, if he (Sharma) calls me an affiliate of terrorists however nonetheless doesn’t take any motion towards me, then I am disillusioned at his napunsakta.”
Sharma retaliated by saying Singh not solely helps terrorists however can also be attempting to deprive Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of their rights by means of appeasement politics.
In a media launch, Sharma mentioned Singh’s language was unacceptable.
“I problem your masculinity over your makes an attempt of appeasement. I will not use such shallow and lowly phrases,” Sharma was quoted as saying within the launch.