Leh: Police have registered an FIR against a senior National Conference (NC) leader over his alleged “derogatory and provocative” remarks against the BJP in Drass district of Ladakh a few days ago, officials said on Monday.
The complainant, BJP district president, Drass, Fayaz Ahmed Qari, alleged that NC territorial vice president Ghulam Rasool Nagvi described the BJP as a “religion” and referred to its workers as “Yazidi qaum” during the August 21 press conference.
The complaint alleged that the remarks were provocative and could create communal tension and disturb public peace and law and order in Ladakh, officials said. “Yazidi” refers to Yazid ibn Muawiya, the ruler who killed Imam Hussain (RA), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), at Karbala in 680 CE. He is known as an oppressor.
They said the complainant also submitted video clips of the press conference as supporting material and sought investigation and legal action against the accused.
Officials said the case has been taken up for investigation.
According to the FIR registered at Police Station Drass, the case was registered on August 22 under Sections 196, 352, 353 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which are invoked for hate speech, public provocation, and malicious insults to religion.