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BJP files complaints in 19 districts after Gandhi FIR
The Indian Express··2 Sept
After an FIR against Rahul Gandhi in Haldwani, BJP Scheduled Caste wing president Balbir Ghuniyal said complaints went to police in all 19 organisational districts. BJP performed a buddhi shuddhi yagna in Dehradun on Tuesday for Gandhi to attain wisdom. Uttarakhand Congress said it will march to the chief minister's residence on September 7 to protest the FIR.
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What It Means For You
- Congress plans a September 7 march to the Uttarakhand chief minister's residence over the FIR.
- BJP said it submitted video recordings and photographs with complaints in each district.
- A senior Uttarakhand police official said no fresh FIR was lodged on BJP complaints so far.
What's Happening
- The row follows a purification ritual at Haldwani after Mallikarjun Kharge's August 8 rally.
- Ghuniyal said the yagna hoped Gandhi and Congress leaders would stop spreading lies.
- Former CM Harish Rawat observed a vow of silence at a Ravidas temple in New Delhi.
How The Haldwani Row Started
- Congress says the ritual after Kharge's address amounted to untouchability.
- An FIR followed a complaint that Gandhi presented the incident as caste discrimination.
- BJP leaders said the inquiry aimed to stop misuse of Scheduled Caste names for politics.
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