Lucknow: Varanasi Police on Saturday registered a case against Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and two other MPs for allegedly insulting Sanatan Dharma and hurting religious sentiments during an opposition protest in Parliament, an official said.
Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, is an Independent MP from Purnia constituency in Bihar, while Awadhesh Prasad is the Samajwadi Party MP from Faizabad seat in Uttar Pradesh.
Seer Jagatguru Balak Das said the manner in which Pappu Yadav insulted Lord Ram and Sanatan Dharma in the House was unforgivable. “No follower of Sanatan Dharma can forget this act. It has hurt our religious sentiments. So we have demanded that a case be registered,” he said.
The opposition MPs enacted a skit to highlight the temple donation theft.
As part of this, they placed donation boxes in front of the stairs leading to the Makar Dwar of Parliament. The MPs, including Rahul Gandhi, put money into the boxes, while a saffron-clad Pappu Yadav, who sat near the boxes, slipped it into his pockets.
The INDIA bloc MPs also demanded Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation and questioned his absence from House proceedings.
The lawmakers raised slogans such as “Amit Shah istifa do”, “Amit Shah sadan mein aao” and “Chadhawa chor, gaddi chorh”.
