M Kharge Summoned By Punjab Court Over Congress's Karnataka Poll Promise
NDTV
The Sangrur district court summoned the Congress President after a complaint from Hitesh Bhardwaj, the founder of Hindu Suraksha Parishad Bajrang Dal Hind.
A Punjab court today summoned Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a Rs 100 core defamation related to the party equating the banned Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) with Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Sangh-affiliated Vishwa Hindu Parishad, in its Karnataka Assembly election manifesto.
The Sangrur district court summoned the Congress President after a complaint from Hitesh Bhardwaj, the president of an outfit called "Bajrang Dal Hindustan."
During the recently-concluded Karnataka assembly elections, the Congress in its manifesto compared Bajrang Dal with anti-national organisations like SIMI and Al Qaeda, the petitioner said.
Naming the Bajrang Dal, the Congress in its manifesto promised to ban organisations that promote "enmity or hatred, whether among majority or minority communities".
