Sedition Case In Jharkhand Plane Takeoff Row: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's Big Charge On Officer
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Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari allegedly forced officials at Deoghar airport to clear a chartered flight for take-off past sunset
Sedition charges have now entered the row over BJP MPs allegedly forcing a take-off clearance for their chartered plane at Jharkhand's Deoghar airport. Nishikant Dubey, Lok Sabha member from Godda, today filed a police case against the local Deputy Commissioner, Manjunath Bhajantri, under Section 124A (sedition) and others under the Indian Penal Code.
Mr Dubey and the IAS officer earlier had a tiff on Twitter. By the evening, the MP filed a 'Zero FIR' in Delhi that'll be transferred to the local police in Jharkhand.
The row has political context, too. It comes when Chief Minister Hemant Soren is staring at a possible disqualification for allegedly awarding a mining lease to himself, and his party, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, is alleging a BJP hand in it. Both JMM and its partner Congress say the BJP is trying to topple the government by misusing institutions and with bribes.
