FIR Against Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Over Remarks Against BJP Leader

The comments kicked up a major political outrage, forcing Jitu Patwari to clarify and subsequently apologise for his controversial remark.

In 2020, then Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath referred to former cabinet minister Imarti Devi as an "item" and now more off-the-cuff remarks about Ms Devi, Jyotiraditya Scindia's loyalist, have placed the state Congress chief Jitu Patwari in a major political storm. An FIR has been lodged against Mr Patwari in Gwalior over his "rass-chaashni (sugar syrup)" remark against Imarti Devi.

A video that went viral last night is the genesis of the political whirlpool. In the video, as a journalist asks Jitu Patwari about reports of Imarti Devi reportedly telling voters to support Congress candidates in the Gwalior-Chambal region, he says, "Dekho aisa hai ab Imarti ji ka ras khatam ho gaya - jo andar chaashni hoti hai. Unke liye mai kuch baat nahi karoonga (Imarti Devi has lost her vigour. I won't talk about it anymore)." 

The video kicked up a major political outrage, forcing Jitu Patwari to clarify and subsequently apologise for his controversial remark.