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Congress leader moves court against Nadda, Malviya over poster on Rahul

A Congress leader has filed a petition in a court against BJP national president JP Nadda and party's IT cell incharge Amit Malviya over a social media post by the saffron party, showing party leader Rahul Gandhi as 'a new age Ravan'. In his petition, general secretary of Congress' Rajasthan unit, Jaswant Gurjar, has pleaded that a case be registered against both BJP leaders under IPC Section 499 (false imputation against another person), 500 (defamation), 504 (intentional insult). Gurjar has filed the petition at Jaipur Metropolitan Court-11. The court has decided to hear the arguments on the plea on October 9. A photograph of Gandhi morphed as Ravan in a poster put out from the Bharatiya Janata Party's official handle on X has stirred a controversy, triggering strong criticism from the Congress, which has called it unacceptable and "downright dangerous". "The petition has been admitted by the court and the hearing for the case has been scheduled on October 9," Gurjar said. "The

Campuses in Bengal have been converted into hellholes: BJP's Amit Malviya

Amit Malviya further asserted that the Jadavpur University campus is "littered with comrades" who have reduced hostels to a "den of drugs and promiscuity"

Wrong dates, facts: Pilot slams Amit Malviya over Mizoram claims on father

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday hit out at BJP IT department head Amit Malviya for claiming that his father Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs as an air force pilot in Mizoram in March 1966, saying the facts and dates are wrong as he was commissioned into the force in October that year. In a post on X, Malviya had claimed that Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi were flying the Indian Air Force planes that bombed Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on March 5, 1966. "Later both became MPs on Congress tickets and ministers in the government. It is clear that Indira Gandhi gave a place in politics as a reward, gave respect to those who carried out air raids on their own people in the Northeast," Malviya had said in the post in Hindi. Hitting out at the BJP leader, Pilot said, "@amitmalviya - You have the wrong dates, wrong factsYes, as an Indian Air Force pilot, my late father did drop bombs. But that was on erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and not as you claim, on Mizoram

BJP's Amit Malviya alleges 'Ballot Box' change by TMC in Bengal's Malda

The three-tier panchayat elections in 20 districts were marked by widespread violence, looting of ballots papers and rigging

FIR against Malviya shows how far Gandhi family can go to hide truth: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday launched a scathing counterattack on the Congress over the registration of an FIR against its IT department head Amit Malviya in Karnataka, claiming that the Gandhi family has again given a proof of how far it can go to suppress the truth if it gets power. Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani reiterated her party's allegations against Rahul Gandhi that he "hobnobbed" with people with suspicious credentials, including those close to billionaire investor George Soros who wants to "destabilise" the democratically elected Indian government, during his recent visit to the US. She also attacked Gandhi for the involvement of Tanzeem Ansari of the Islamic Circle of North America in hosting a programme of the Indian diaspora during his visit, saying Ansari has an organisational link with the Jamaat-e-Islami. A House of Representatives resolution in the US had earlier expressed concern about the threat posed to democracy by theocratic groups operating in south Asia,

FIR against Amit Malviya to intimidate, silence him: BJP slams Congress

The BJP on Wednesday described the lodging of an FIR against its IT department head Amit Malviya in Congress-ruled Karnataka as "pathetic" and alleged that it was done to intimidate and silence him. Karnataka police has filed an FIR against the BJP's Amit Malviya for alleged defamation and instigating people against the Congress and Rahul Gandhi. Reacting to the development, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla took to Twitter to slam the Congress and alleged, "The FIR against Amit Malviya is nothing but a malicious use of provisions of law to silence, intimidate." "At best, if Rahul Gandhi was aggrieved by any tweet, he could have filed a defamation case in court," he said. "Using the state machinery to settle scores only shows that Congress' own communication and social media paraphernalia is supremely incompetent and hence needs a state police to fight its battles! Pathetic. See you in court," Poonawalla said. The FIR was lodged based on a complaint by Karnataka Pradesh

FIR filed against BJP's Amit Malviya for "derogatory" posts on Rahul Gandhi

Congress has accused BJP leaders of posting derogatory posts and defaming Congress leaders and has filed an FIR against its IT cell chief

Cong accuses BJP of 'dishonesty', files complaint against Nadda, Malviya

Congress has accused BJP leaders of posting deregatory posts against its party leaders and said that it has filed a criminal complaint against all the individuals involved in defaming Rahul Gandhi

Bengal panchayat polls: BJP questions justification of all-party meet now

On this point, Malviya has also described the state election commissioner as callous and subservient to the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee

Mamata-Amit Malviya wage Twitter war over phasing out of Rs 2,000 notes

In a tweet, Banerjee said: "So it wasn't Rs 2,000 dhamaka but a billion dollar dhoka to a billion Indians", to which Malviya said "All the money, it seems, was collected in Rs 2,000 notes"

Media associations condemn police searches at offices of The Wire

Media associations on Tuesday condemned searches carried out by the Delhi Police at the offices of news portal The Wire and the houses of its editors on the basis of a complaint filed by BJP leader Amit Malviya. In a joint statement, seven media bodies including Press Association, Press Club of India and Digipub News India Foundation said the manner in which the Delhi Police has acted on the complaint of a BJP spokesperson "smacks of sheer vendetta". "It is surprising that even after the news portal issued a detailed retraction for its editorial lapses, putting out the same in the public domain, the Delhi Police, based on the complaint of the BJP leader which includes a bevy of charges including criminal clauses under the IPC, registered an FIR and chose to proceed (with) investigating the matter with uncharacteristic promptness," the statement said. Delhi Union of Journalists, Working News Cameraman Association, Indian Journalists Union and Kerala Union of Working Journalists are .

Amit Malviya files criminal complaint against 'The Wire' with Delhi Police

BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Saturday filed a criminal complaint against news and opinion website 'The Wire' and its senior editors with the Special Commissioner of Delhi Police

Amit Malviya to file criminal, civil proceedings against 'The Wire'

BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya on Thursday said he will file criminal and civil proceedings against 'The Wire', as he accused the news portal of using "forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish" his reputation. The Wire in a series of news reports, now retracted, had alleged that Meta, the parent company of social media giants -- WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram -- has accorded special privileges to Malviya that enable him to get posts removed from its platforms. The reports had insinuated that the BJP leader was behind removal of some posts from Instagram. "After consultation with my lawyers and seeking their advise, I have decided to file criminal and civil proceedings against 'The Wire.' Not only will I be setting the criminal process in motion but I will also sue them in civil court seeking damages as they forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish my reputation," Malviya said in a statement. Under scrutiny, including from some experts, over the reports,

A deep dive into what is really going on between The Wire and Meta

It all started when the news service had alleged that Meta gave some of its users, namely BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya, special privileges to take down any post from Instagram

Try to hold an election of your own first: Tharoor slams BJP's Malviya

Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Saturday slammed BJP's IT department head Amit Malviya over his dig at the AICC chief elections, saying "we are perfectly capable of resolving our own internal differences" and don't need his involvement in the polls. Tharoor also took a swipe at the BJP and said try to hold an election of "your own first". Taking a dig at the Congress, Malviya had tweeted, "It is finally dawning on Tharoor that the CP (Congress president) election, with no level playing field, is a farce. He hasn't been provided a list of delegates with proper details." "State presidents are enthusiastic about Kharge but don't even turn up for him! Gandhis will soon have MMS 2.0 version," the BJP leader had said. Hitting back at Malviya, Tharoor tweeted, "We are perfectly capable of resolving our own internal differences within @incIndia, @amitmalviya. We don't need your involvement in our party's election (sic)." "Try to hold one of your own first," he said. Tha

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee patronises criminals like Anubrata Mandal: BJP

Amit Malviya said that she gives state protection to those who operate crime and extortion syndicates under her watch

'TMC workers involved in scams worried after Mamata dumped Partha': BJP

Earlier West Bengal BJP co-incharge Amit Malviya had asked why West Bengal minister of state for education Paresh Adhikari has not been sacked after an FIR was filed against him.

Mamata marginalised TMC leaders close to Abhishek in new panel: Malviya

Describing TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee as "paranoid", BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya alleged that she dissolved all party posts to marginalise those closer to her nephew Abhishek Banerjee

Akhilesh to file FIR against BJP's Amit Malviya for 'misleading tweet'

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has said that his party's legal cell will lodge an FIR against BJP's Amit Malviya for allegedly spreading misinformation through his tweets

BJP to repair old temples of Bengal, pay stipend to priests: Amit Malviya

The BJP, if voted to power, will renovate old temples, pay Rs 3,000 to 'purohits' (priests) and elderly kirtan singers per month and make Kolkata the financial hub of Eastern India, senior party leader Amit Malviya said on Thursday. He also said that a Rs 2,500 crore fund will be set up for promotion of the annual Ganga Sagar Mela. Speaking to reporters on certain points of the party's poll manifesto in Kolkata, the national in-charge of the BJP's Information & Technology department said that the party has several plans to develop West Bengal and preserve its culture and heritage. "We have drawn up plans to make Kolkata the financial hub of the East in the next five years. A corpus of Rs 300 crore will also be set up for the development of Information Technology parks, besides the existing ones," he said. He said that plans are also there to create a fund of Rs 22,000 crore for the upgradation of Kolkata's infrastructure, while Rs 1,500 crore will be spent for setting