Katihar (Bihar) [India], August 23 : After an FIR was filed against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav over an alleged 'objectionable' post targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Shakil Ahmed Khan extended his support to Yadav, stating that such FIRs cannot deter their political fight.
The Congress leader likened the ongoing 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' to the country's freedom struggle and reiterated that opposition parties would continue their campaign against the ruling BJP.
Speaking to ANI in Katihar, Shakil Ahmed Khan said, "Even if a thousand FIRs are filed, how does it matter?... When cases were registered against people and they were even jailed during our fight for swaraj, ultimately, we attained independence. This yatra is to achieve freedom from the ideas of the BJP... We will achieve our target. We will not let vote chori happen..."
Earlier, following an FIR against him over 'objectionable' post on PM Modi, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav affirmed that he is "not scared" of any FIR.
He asked if saying the word "jumla" has become a crime and alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is fearing the truth.
Speaking to reporters in Katihar, Tejashwi Yadav said, "Who is scared of an FIR? Saying the word 'jumla' has also become a crime... They fear the truth... We are not scared of any FIR and we speak the truth..."
An FIR has been registered against RJD leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli over an alleged objectionable post and defamatory content against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the social media platform X.
Milind Ramji Narote, a BJP MLA from Maharashtra's Gadchiroli, had filed a complaint against Tejashwi Yadav on Friday.
The FIR has been registered at Gadchiroli Police Station under 196(1)(a)(b), 356(2)(3), 352, 353(2) sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to the FIR copy, the alleged objectionable posts were made against Prime Minister Modi's visit to Gaya Ji district of Bihar on Friday, where he had inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 13000 crores for the state.