“Whether He is in Sky or on Earth…”: Himanta Sarma on Pawan Khera Arrest
Pawan Khera has been released from arrest following Supreme Court (CJI) intervention
Kohima: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, justifying the dramatic arrest of Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera after he was deplaned this morning, said the Assam police were duty-bound to arrest him.
“If the FIR has been registered against relevant sections, the police have all the right to arrest,” Mr Sarma told the media, while campaigning in Nagaland.
A police team has swooped into Delhi from Assam within 24 hours of an FIR being filed that accused Mr Khera of remarks “made intentionally” to provoke BJP workers, “causing a breach of public peace, with intent to incite violence and disturb peace and tranquility in the society.
“Don’t go by the manner, whether he is in the sky or on earth, the police have to arrest him,” Mr Sarma said on the swift action against the Congress leader.
Mr Khera was traveling to Chhattisgarh’s Raipur for a key party meeting and was asked to deboard the IndiGo flight on which he was bound to fly.
After two hours, he was arrested, the Congress, which protested on the tarmac against the action, approached the Supreme Court that granted Mr Khera interim bail. “There has to be some level of discourse, we are protecting you,” Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said.
Mr Khera has been charged for allegedly “insulting” Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a recent press conference. The spokesperson fumbled with PM Modi’s name while demanding a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row. “If Narasimha Rao could form a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), if Atal Bihari Vajpayee could form a JPC, then what problem does Narendra Gautam Das…sorry Damodardas…Modi have?” he said.
The BJP said it was a deliberate insult to the PM.
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