Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Italia was arrested by the Crime Branch of Surat Police on Monday for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a state minister and BJP’s Gujarat unit chief. A case was registered against Italia in September last year for allegedly making defamatory remarks about Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Shanghvi and BJP state unit chief CR Patil. The complaint was lodged by BJP worker Pratap Chodwadia and the case was later handed over to the crime branch. The arrest of former Gujarat AAP chief Italia is the latest in a string of troubles for the party. Senior AAP leaders including former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are currently lodged in Tihar Jail. Apart from this, AAP’s national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI for nine hours on Sunday in the Excise Liquor Policy case. Italia had made controversial remarks in a video that went viral in August last year. In the video, Italia can be heard calling Harsh Sanghvi ‘drugs Sanghvi’.
BJP activist Pratap Chodwadiya had filed a case against Italia alleging that he had made derogatory remarks against a state minister and the BJP’s state unit chief. Italia has a history of making controversial comments about prominent politicians. Last year, he was detained by the Delhi Police for his alleged derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a video purportedly ahead of the 2019 general elections, Italia was heard calling PM Modi a “neech aadmi” (a lowly person). Surat, April 17 (IANS) Gujarat Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Italia was arrested by the Crime Branch of Surat Police on Monday for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a state minister and Gujarat BJP chief. have done. A case was registered against Italia in September last year for allegedly making defamatory remarks about Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Shanghvi and BJP state unit chief CR Patil. The complaint was lodged by BJP worker Pratap Chodwadia and the case was later handed over to the crime branch.
The arrest of former Gujarat AAP chief Italia is the latest in a string of troubles for the party. Senior AAP leaders including former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are currently lodged in Tihar Jail. Apart from this, AAP’s national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI for nine hours on Sunday in the Excise Liquor Policy case. Italia had made controversial remarks in a video that went viral in August last year. In the video, Italia can be heard calling Harsh Sanghvi ‘drugs Sanghvi’. BJP activist Pratap Chodwadiya had filed a case against Italia alleging that he had made derogatory remarks against a state minister and the BJP’s state unit chief. Italia has a history of making controversial comments about prominent politicians. Last year, he was detained by the Delhi Police for his alleged derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a video purportedly ahead of the 2019 general elections, Italia was heard calling PM Modi a “neech aadmi” (a lowly person).