Delhi, Feb 23: Amid a political furore, senior Congress leader Pawan Khera was detained by the Assam police from the airport tarmac of Delhi on Thursday. Prasanta Kumar Bhuyan, IGP L&O and spokesperson of Assam police told the media that, a team of Assam police left for Delhi to take remand of Pawan Khera in connection with the Haflong police station case.
Assam Police said that “A case has been registered against Pawan Khera at Haflong police station in Dima Hasao district, our team is in Delhi, and we have requested Delhi Police to arrest him. We will bring him to Assam after permission from the local court.”
आज हम सभी Indigo की फ्लाइट से रायपुर जा रहे थे, तभी हमारे साथी @Pawankhera जी को झूठ बोलकर फ्लाइट से उतार दिया गया।
पुलिस ने हमें बताया कि असम पुलिस ने FIR दर्ज की है।
लेकिन पुलिस के पास किसी भी प्रकार का कोई लिखित गिरफ्तारी आर्डर नहीं है।
: @rssurjewala जी pic.twitter.com/1RJ90ctHzL
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 23, 2023
Meanwhile, in a video shared on Congress’s Twitter handle, Pawan Khera said that he does not know why was he deboarded.
मुझे कहा गया कि आपके सामान को लेकर कुछ समस्या है, जबकि मेरे पास केवल एक हैंडबैग है।
जब फ्लाइट से नीचे आया तो बताया गया कि आप नहीं जा सकते हैं। फिर कहा गया- आपसे DCP मिलेंगे।
मैं काफी देर से इंतजार कर रहा हूं। नियम, कानून और कारणों का कुछ अता-पता नहीं है।
: @Pawankhera जी pic.twitter.com/637WUlBDpJ
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 23, 2023
पवन खेड़ा जी को असम पुलिस गिरफ्तार करके ले जा रही है।
उन्होंने कौन सा ऐसा जुर्म किया है कि उन्हें गिरफ्तार किया गया?
ये तानाशाही नहीं तो और क्या है?
: @SupriyaShrinate जी pic.twitter.com/PqUVYG0QKK
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 23, 2023
“I don’t know. I was told that your baggage has to be checked. I said I do not have any luggage except a handbag. When I came down, I was told that I cannot go, a DCP would come. We are waiting for the DCP for the last 20 minutes. I don’t know why I am being stopped,” he said.
Today, our senior leaders were travelling from Delhi to Raipur on an Indigo flight. They had all boarded the flight when our leader @Pawankhera Ji was asked to disembark from it & later arrested.
This is UNDEMOCRATIC.
We vehemently OPPOSE this dictatorial behaviour. pic.twitter.com/UpStDowk9y
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 23, 2023
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Why was Khera detained?
BJP has demanded the arrest of Khera over allegations that he insulted PM Narendra Modi. The demand came after Khera flubbed PM Modi’s name during a press conference while demanding a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row.
At the press conference, Khera while demanding a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row said, “If Narasimha Rao could form a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), if Atal Bihari Vajpayee could form a JPC, then what problem does Narendra Gautam Das…sorry Damodardas…Modi have?” he said, appearing to confirm the middle name with a colleague.
The BJP has alleged that Khera’s fumble was deliberate and that his comments were made with the blessings of the top levels of Congress.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said, “Make no mistake- pathetic remarks by courtier Pawan Khera on PM’s father have blessings of the top levels of Congress, which is full of entitlement and disdain against a person of humble origins being PM. India will not forget or forgive these horrible remarks of Congressmen.”
Meanwhile, the Congress has defended Khera, calling the FIR flimsy and accusing the Modi government of acting like goons by preventing him from joining the AICC Plenary.
