Kamal Haasan Controversy: Post Vivek Oberoi’s Bang, Now BJP Asks Election Commission To “Lodge FIR, De-Register His Political Party”

The BJP on Monday moved the Election Commission seeking a 5-day ban on renowned actor and MNM President Kamal Haasan for describing Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, as the first Hindu terrorist in independent India.

The complaint has been filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, saying the statement was intended to outrage religious feelings of millions of Hindus.

Haasan was speaking at an election rally for his party candidate in Aravakurichi Assembly constituency where by-elections will be held on May 19.

Haasan according to the complaint, said: “The first terrorist post India’s independence is a Hindu.”

Establishing the comment as a corrupt practice, the complaint said: “It is necessary to state that the statement was made deliberately in the presence of a Muslim majority crowd for electoral gain, which is clearly a corrupt practice under Section 123 (3) the Representation of the People Act 1951.”

Upadhyay said the speech at a political rally has also breached the Model Code of Conduct as no one can appeal to caste or communal feelings to secure votes.

The complaint claimed that the statement was a deliberate and malicious act, and prejudiced the maintenance of “harmony and brotherhooda between communities, which is punishable under Section 153A of the IPC”.