“Only god will do justice”: Father of Bihar youngster arrested for abusive remarks against PM
Bharwara: The father of Mohammed Rizvi alias Raja, the young man jailed after a video surfaced of him using abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in August, says the family has been left devastated financially, socially, and emotionally.
Speaking to The Hindu, Rizvi’s father, Mohammed Anish, who runs a small two-wheeler repair shop in Bharwara village, said he has not been able to afford legal help for his son, nor has the family received a copy of the FIR from the police.
“I don’t have the means to fight a case. The police beat him so much that when I saw him, he looked half-dead,” Anish told The Hindu. “What was his crime, other than being poor?” he asked, his voice breaking.
The incident occurred on August 27 near Bithauli Mor on National Highway-27, where a local Congress unit had set up a reception stage for Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra. After the leaders left, Rizvi was recorded on the same stage making derogatory comments against the Prime Minister. Once the video spread widely on social media, the BJP’s Darbhanga district president filed a complaint. Later that night, police from Simri and Singhwara stations arrested Rizvi from his home.
Anish said his son used to work as a casual car driver to support the household. Since the arrest, the family’s livelihood has collapsed. Customers have stopped coming to his shop, and rent arrears have piled up.
“I run this shop on rent,₹15,000 a month. I have not been able to pay for several months,” he said. “Some days I go home with nothing. I feel helpless.”
His wife, Chand Bibi, is a heart patient, and the stress has further weakened her health.
Anish, the only Muslim resident in the locality, said he has now taken a vow not to speak about the incident due to emotional exhaustion. “If I break my vow, Allah will not forgive me,” he told The Hindu. “I have left everything to God.”
Rizvi is the third of eight siblings. Family members say he is weak in jail and suffering from continuous headaches, but they cannot afford medical treatment.
When asked how he expects his son to be released without legal intervention, Anish responded softly: “He will be released only when God wills.”
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Siddaramaiah in 'helpless situation', under some 'compulsion', claims Cong MLA Rajanna
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Bengaluru (PTI): Amid claims that Siddaramaiah's confidants are being targeted within the ruling Congress in Karnataka, following recent actions against some party leaders, senior MLA K N Rajanna on Friday alleged that the chief minister is "helpless" and under some "compulsion" as he is not standing up to defend his people.
The comments from the former minister, who is considered close to Siddaramaiah, came after Congress took action against some of its minority community leaders--considered close to the CM--following allegations of an internal conspiracy against the party candidate in the Davanagere South bypoll held on April 9.
Rajanna himself was sacked from the Ministry last August on the instructions of the party high command, following his alleged comments criticising top party leader Rahul Gandhi's "vote theft" charge.
"There will be vested interests in the party who will try to conspire against those who have been loyal to the party and want the party to grow for the welfare of the people. Nothing can be done about it. What we expect from our chief minister is that when such a situation arises, he should stand strong, but he is not standing and that is a sad thing," Rajanna said in response to a question whether Siddaramaiah's followers were being targeted in Congress.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "... I don't know what his thinking is. But we did not expect such a helpless situation from Siddaramaiah."
When asked who had made Siddaramaiah helpless, the former minister said, "I won't say who, you understand it yourself."
"People are saying that those close to Siddaramaiah are being targeted...I don't know what compulsions Siddaramaiah has. If he tells, we can know, but he won't say. I don't know under what compulsion he is following this neutrality," he said, adding that the CM is helpless and a person becomes "helpless" when his/her voice shrinks.
The Congress recently suspended MLC K Abdul Jabbar from the party's primary membership and relieved another MLC Naseer Ahmed from the post of chief minister's political secretary. This action came after a group of Muslim leaders accused members of their own party of "conspiracy" to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South.
Following the action against Jabbar and Naseer Ahmed, speculation is that Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan may also face action during the next cabinet rejig, as these three wanted a Muslim to get the bypoll ticket in Davanagere South, which the party gave to the late MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's grandson Samarth Mallikarjun. They also did not actively participate in campaigning.
Citing a Kannada saying that there is no punishment for the mistakes committed by the King, Rajanna, in what seemed to be a veiled dig at Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, asked, "Does sharing a stage with a person (referring to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev) who said, 'Who is Rahul Gandhi? I don't know,' not amount to indiscipline?"
Referring to AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge's statement on whether poverty could be ended by taking a dip in the Ganga at Prayagraj, he said, "...but this person (again referring to Shivakumar) goes there and compliments UP CM Yogi Adityanath for arrangements made for the Kumbh Mela. He also goes to Ambani family marriage, while Rahul Gandhi did not even accept the invitation."
"I'm not saying that action should be taken against this person too, but the party will have to observe these things also," he added.
Rajanna further pointed out that no action was taken when veteran Congress leader and late MLA from Davanagere South Shamanur Shivashankarappa made a speech seeking votes for BJP candidate B Y Raghavandra during Shivamogga Lok Sabha polls, and asked if this did not amount to indiscipline.
"The same people were at the helm then (referring to Shivakumar as KPCC chief), even a verbal warning was not given to him (Shivashankarappa)," he said, adding that, similarly no action was taken when Samarth Shamanur filed his nomination in Davanagere South before the party announced its candidate for Davanagere South-- that was also an act of indiscipline.
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