Tushar Chaudhary files defamation FIR for remarks on YouTube
The FIR states that the accused, Jagdish Mehta, made defamatory comments during a debate with Ghangar on the latter's YouTube platform, expressing doubts about Chaudhary's tribal status. Ghangar allegedly agreed with Mehta's comments.
Vyara police booked both Mehta and Ghangar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 356, for defamation, and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act Section 3(1) subsections r, s, t and v, which deal with abusing and insulting a member of the tribal community held in high esteem.
In the complaint, Chaudhary alleged that Mehta, who also works for a news outlet, raised doubts about his tribal status. Commenting on Tushar Chaudhary, Mehta allegedly made derogatory comments about tribal people to Ghangar. The FIR alleges that when Mehta said this, Ghangar agreed with him on the platform.
Chaudhary alleged that Mehta had tried to ruin his social and political image with the comments. Chaudhary stated that he was elected twice on an ST reserved seat to the Lok Sabha and elected twice on an ST reserved seat to the Gujarat assembly.
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He alleged that Mehta's comments were an insult to the tribal community of the whole country.
Chaudhary currently represents the Khedbrahma ST seat in the Gujarat assembly and was recently appointed the Congress's leader in the assembly.
Deputy superintendent of police (SC-ST cell) Nikita Saroya has been handed the investigation.
Tushar Chaudhary has been elected to the Lok Sabha from the Mandvi and Bardoli ST reserved seats and went on to become a central minister in the UPA govt. He has won elections from the Vyara and Khedbrahma assembly seats, which are reserved for the ST community. He is the son of former Gujarat chief minister Amarsinh Chaudhary.
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