After an FIR was registered against Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh at Indore’s Tukoganj police station on Sunday regarding his alleged remark on Guru Golwalkar, former chief of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Singh sparked another controversy with his next post addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah.
Singh has been booked under sections 153A, 469, 500, and 505 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official said on Sunday.
On Saturday, Singh tweeted, “Do you know what Guru Golwalkar ji’s thoughts were for the Dalits, backwards, and Muslims and on the right on national water, forest, and land.” In the tweet, Golwalkar was quoted saying that he would rather live under British rule than have equal rights given to Dalits, backwards and Muslims.
After the Sangh Parivar hit back at him and the police registered an FIR against him, on Sunday, Singh said that he wished for good sense to prevail on PM Modi and Amit Shah, adding that he appreciates how they never compromised on their values and ideology.
In his post, Singh cautioned Modi and Shah that they were gathering a group of power-losing cowardly traitors. He tweeted in Hindi which translates into: “Modi ji @narendramodi Amit Shah ji @AmitShah those who supported you in bad times, today they all sitting at home. Will you fight with the army of traitors leaving the army of self-respecting individuals? You both are making a big mistake”.
In response to Singh’s tweet on Golwalkar, senior RSS official Sunil Ambekar said in Hindi: “In the context of Shri Golwalkar Guruji, this tweet is baseless and is going to create social disharmony. This false photoshopped picture has been put up with the aim of tarnishing the image of the Sangh. Shri Guruji never said such a thing. His whole life was dedicated to ending social discrimination”.
The FIR against Singh was filed by an advocate in Madhya Pradesh High Court, Rajesh Joshi, who claimed that Singh made the remarks against Golwalkar deliberately to harm social harmony. In his complaint, Rajesh Joshi alleged that Singh shared a controversial poster on Facebook and Twitter bearing the name and picture of “Guruji” to incite people by creating conflict among Dalits, backward classes, Muslims, and Hindus. The complaint claimed that Singh’s post allegedly hurt the religious beliefs of Sangh workers and the Hindu community.
A Sangh official from Indore accused Singh of making a “false and unwarranted post” about Golwalkar on social media to tarnish the organisation’s image.
Following Singh’s post, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused him of spreading misinformation and creating social hatred against Golwalkar.
