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Arrest was pre-planned conspiracy by PMO to destroy me, says Jignesh Mevani

The Independent legislator was arrested after a complaint from a BJP leader over a tweet.

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New Delhi: Gujarat Independent legislator Jignesh Mevani has said that his arrest last month was a pre-planned conspiracy “designed” by the Prime Minister’s Office to “destroy” him ahead of the assembly elections in the state.

Mevani said the arrest was in “blatant disregard of protocol and rules for an MLA”.

Mevani, who had pledged his support to the Congress last year, was arrested by the Assam Police from Banaskantha, Gujarat on 20 April after a BJP leader filed a complaint against him in Assam’s Kokrajhar district over a tweet by him on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was flown to Guwahati the next day.

Mevani was released on bail five days later by a Kokrajhar court but rearrested the same day by the Barpeta Police because he allegedly “outraged the modesty” of a woman police officer.

A Barpeta court released him on 30 April and chastised the Assam Police for lodging a “false FIR” and “abusing the process of the court and the law”.

At the Congress headquarters in Delhi on Monday, Mevani said, “Some Godse bhakts, who are sitting in the PMO, were behind my arrest”.

In the tweet case, Mevani said: “My tweet was simple. I was merely asking the Prime Minister to appeal for peace and harmony. For that, they arrested me. What does it show? It was a pre-planned conspiracy to destroy me… I was not provided a copy of the FIR… the sections slapped against me were not disclosed to me. I was not allowed to talk to my lawyer… my privilege as an MLA was disregarded. The Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly was not informed about my arrest… Perhaps, he was informed after I was taken to Assam and once I was in their custody. This has hurt the pride of Gujarat. The Gujarat government should also be ashamed.”


Also read: Policewoman seeks Assam CM’s nod to move HC against Jignesh Mevani bail in assault case


 

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