FIR against AAP MLA Raghav Chadha for tweet against Yogi Adityanath

Team Udayavani, Mar 29, 2020, 7:20 PM IST

New Delhi: A FIR has been registered against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raghav Chadha on charge of defaming Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday.

It is said that Raghav Chadha made objectionable comments against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

In his twitter post, Raghav Chadha alleged that migrant labourers are thrashed on orders of CM Yogi Adityanath.

Raghav Chadha, in his tweet said “According to sources, Yogiji is getting migrants going from Delhi to UP beaten up. He is saying why did you go to Delhi and you will not be allowed to go to Delhi again. My appeal to UP government is not to do this and not to increase problems in this difficult hour,”

The tweet was later removed from the MLA’s social media handle.

Thousands of migrant workers have been trying to cross state borders to reach back to their native places due to loss of livelihood ever since the prime minister announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown on March 24 considering the coronavirus pandemic.

Raghav Chadha’s tweet was considered as deliberate act to create panic among the people who are going to their native places at this difficult time.

Following this, FIR was lodged in Noida based on a complaint filed by advocate Prashant Patel.

Chadha was booked under sections 500 (defamation), 505 (2) (promoting enmity hatred or ill-will between classes) and section 66 (offensive messages through computer or phone) of the IT Act.