SUNIL NEGI
After the Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur’s two judge Bench order directed the state DGP to lodge an FIR against the Tribal Affairs minister of Madhya Pradesh Vijay Shah for his highly derogatory remarks against the defence officer Colonel Sofia Qureshi commencing the criminal proceedings , the Supreme court today rejected his appeal to stay the criminal proceedings with the apex Court chief justice hearing the plea saying that nothing will happen to you in a day as you know who you are ?
The petitioner was requesting for the stay in the criminal proceedings as he feared his possible arrest.
However, the honourable chief justice of S C B.R.Gawai duly agreed to hear the plea on Friday tomorrow.
It seems that the days of Vijay Shah as minister in Madhya Pradesh government are numbered as not only had his video of derogatory remarks against Colonel Sofia Qureshi gone viral in social media but even his party leaders including the national BJP chief had reprimanded him with the National Women Commission chairperson issuing a detailed statement in X strongly criticizing the minister for not only using derogatory remarks against a woman officer of repute Colonel Sofia Qureshi but has disrespected the entire women community.
The veteran CONGRESS leader and party chief , including leader of the opposition in the upper house of parliament Mallikarjun Kharge has also took this issue extremely seriously terming the remarks of the minister as utterly shameful, undignified and obnoxious. While hearing the petition today the chief justice of Supreme Court B.R.Gavai asked in annoyance what sort of comments are you making ? You should show some sense of sensibility . He directed Vijay Shah minister to approach the High Court again and render apologies.
It may be recalled that this controversy erupted on May 12 when the minister of Tribal Affairs of Madhya Pradesh was addressing a meeting in Raikunda village, in Madhya Pradesh in which the local MLA and the minister and area MP Mrs Thakur was also present.
The minister lost his temper and said that the way the terrorists have first undressed the husbands of our sisters and then killed them in Pahalgam our PM Modiji has sent their ( terrorists ) sister in Pakistan to make you naked and avenge etc.
This clearly indirectly compared Colonel Sofia Qureshi as the sister of terrorists. The video of his speech was posted in social media and then on television channels inviting the attention of the party high command and opposition leaders who reprimanded him strongly and asked to seek apologies in the media, which the minister did but then again laughed in front of camera.
The name of prime minister and the BJP has been vitiated by such derogatory remarks connecting Modiji’s name by such politicians to shameful controversies woth the aim to apply butter of psycophancy said the BJP workers on the condition of not disclosing their names.
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