The country also knows it and is seeing how desperate the BJP has become that they are filing these arbitrary FIRs because they do not want a discussion on Adani and they know the country will not tolerate the manner in which they have insulted Ambedkar, she said.”That is why they are indulging in distraction,” Priyanka Gandhi added.Police on Thursday registered an FIR against Rahul Gandhi, hours after the BJP filed a complaint, accusing him of physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle in Parliament premises.A police officer said the FIR has been registered under sections 115 (voluntary causing hurt), 117 (voluntary causing grievous hurt), 125 (act of endangering life or personal safety of others), 131 (use of criminal force), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.The officer said police are likely to call Gandhi for questioning in connection with the case.Police will request the Lok Sabha Secretariat to provide the CCTV footage of the area where the alleged incident happened.On Thursday, separate marches by opposition and ruling party MPs over the alleged insult to Ambedkar led to jostling in Parliament premises, leaving BJP MPs Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput injured.The BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of pushing the senior member, a charge rejected by the Congress leader.The opposition on Wednesday had seized on Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar to corner the government and demanded his resignation for what they called was an insult to the architect of the Constitution.
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