On Saturday, April 23, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot slammed the BJP government for misusing its power by arresting MLA Jignesh Mevani by the Assam Police, calling it an abuse of power. And following cases registration against Alka Lamba and Kumar Vishwas in Punjab.
In his tweet, he wrote, ” The arrest of Gujarat MLA Mevani by the Assam Police for tweeting against the Prime Minister is an abuse of power. This dictatorial attitude of the Central and BJP governments is like a blemish on democracy and is against the constitution”.
CM Ashok Gehlot tweeted in Hindi ” If politicians are arrested for making statements against the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, then perhaps the number of jails in the country will fall short”.
The alleged tweet by the Mr Mevani over PM Narendra Modi was “considered Godse as God”. He was arrested from Palanpur city of Gujarat on Wednesday night by the Assam Police, which the FIR was registered earlier at Kokrajhar Police Station,Assam for his tweet.
Mr Gehlot wrote another tweet, ” The Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab is also following the same steps of the BJP. Punjab police has proved this by registering a case against Alka Lamba and Kumar Vishwas for making political statements”.
He expressed his reaction through tweets that Aam Aadmi party also following the same steps of BJP on giving statements over Prime Minister and Chief Ministers.
