The Madras High Court on Monday asked H Raja, the national secretary of the BJP, to present himself before the court in four weeks and explain why no action should not be taken against him for his derogatory comments against the judiciary.
Justices CT selvam and Nirmal Kumar on Monday took suo motu cognisance of his remarks made in Puthukottai district on Saturday when the police tried to prevent him from taking a Vinayaka Chathurthi procession through a locality which has been declared out of bound because of the communally sensitive region.
Raja reportedly shouted at the police and used derogatory comments against the judiciary, the video of which went viral in the social media.
The BJP leader hasheard shouting that the whole police forces in Tamil Nadu were corrupt and the State Police Chief’s residence had been raided recently by the CBI.
When the video of his outbursts went viral, Raja changed tracks and claimed that he had not made any comments like that.
He also claimed that the voice in the video does not belong to him and it has been dubbed by some forces who were against him and the BJP.
The Pudukottai Police have registered a first information report against Raja and five others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code ranging from unlawful assembly to criminal intimidation.
The BJP leader remained incommunicado despite many attempts to contact him over the phone.
Uma Anandan, his close associate, was the only person who came out to support Raja while other BJP leaders maintained silence over the issue. “Raja Sir has not told anything like what the DMK and VCK against Hindus in the State,” said Anandan.
It may be remembered that Raja had courted controversy last year for his exhortation to the BJP cadre to destroy and demolish the statues of EV Ramasamy Naicker, founder of the Dravida movement in Tamil Nadu.