TMC MP Mahua Moitra booked for ‘objectionable’ remarks against Amit Shah

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur for her alleged ‘objectionable’ remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

As per reports, police registered a case based on a complaint by a local resident at the Mana police station on Saturday. 

Moitra has been booked under sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc) and 197 (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), an official said.

Moitra sparked a controversy after allegedly stating that if Amit Shah fails to stop infiltration from Bangladesh, “the first thing you should do is cut Amit Shah’s head and put it on your table”.

She allegedly made the statement while speaking to reporters in West Bengal’s Nadia district on the sidelines of an event on Thursday. However, the authenticity of the video is yet to be ascertained.

In her defence, the TMC MP alleged that the Union government was shirking its responsibilities on border security.

The complaint further mentioned that a significant number of Bangladeshi refugees had been settled in Raipur’s Mana Camp area in 1971, and according to the official, Moitra’s remarks have instilled fear among them, as such comments could incite hostility from other communities.