"Shocking And Outrageous": Shashi Tharoor On Pawan Khera's Arrest"
Congress chief Shashi Tharoor immediately mentioned the arrest of Pawan Khera, the occasion's nationwide media in-charge, was "shocking and outrageous" and that the BJP was "muzzling" dissenting voices.
Mr Khera, 45, was arrested on prices of defamation yesterday and launched on bail immediately. The case was registered after he made some remarks towards Union Minister Smriti Irani.
Shashi Tharoor's Tweet:
Shocking & outrageous. After days of harassing & intimidating our spokespersons with notices, Income Tax raids & arrests, the BJP is now making an attempt to muzzle dissent by arresting @Pawankhera, our National Media Incharge. This is a brand new low!
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 13, 2019
Shashi Tharoor's remarks got here hours after the Congress chief was granted bail in a defamation case filed towards him by an BJP activist.
The case was filed in October after Mr Tharoor shared a information report on Twitter that claimed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJP's ideological mentor, was coaching Hindu girls in the usage of arms.