KOLKATA: A Kolkata court has summoned Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor for his remark that the BJP will pave the way for creation of a “Hindu Pakistan” if voted to power again, lawyer-petitioner Sumeet Chowdhury said here today.
Chowdhury moved a petition before a metropolitan magistrate’s court yesterday, alleging that Tharoor’s comment created disharmony and was “a deliberate and malicious act intended to outrage religious feelings”.
Tharoor was also sued under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (1) M Dasgupta directed issuance of the summons to the Congress leader through post and on his Twitter handle.
The court directed him to appear before it on August 14, the next date of hearing. (AGENCIES)
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