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Why is that so surprising? Pavan Khera broke the law of the land (by making unacceptable comments). He is a spokesperson of the National party (main opposition) and he should know better. Just because you think something is laughable from where you are sitting is not so laughable anywhere else (ask Pavan). Look what happened to Carlos Ghosn

[throwaway384629]

Is PM above everyone in a democracy or is Modi a king? So you use a bad name for PM, and PM will send paramilitary forces to arrest you?

Who has used these words on record for opposition leaders: 'Jersey Cow', 'Congress ki Vidhwa', 'Maunmohan', '50 Crore girlfriend'?

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> Is PM above everyone in a democracy or is Modi a king? So you use a bad name for PM, and PM will send paramilitary forces to arrest you?

Nobody is a king including the pm. it is about the land of the law.

> Who has used these words on record for opposition leaders: 'Jersey Cow', 'Congress ki Vidhwa', 'Maunmohan', '50 Crore girlfriend'?

did someone file a case? can you share a reference if there is one?

[throwaway384629]

>> Nobody is a king including the pm. it is about the land of the law.

Its may also be called "Selective enforcement".

>> did someone file a case? can you share a reference if there is one?

I wonder if there is any policeman brave enough who will register a FIR against the PM. This is what happened with Rahul Gandhi asked questions in parliament about relations of PM Modi and Adani. Isn't opposition's job to ask questions and Government's job to provide answers in a democracy?:

>> Rahul's allegations against the PM regarding industrialist Gautam Adani were expunged from the Lok Sabha records on Tuesday. As the House assembled, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi urged the Speaker to look into the privilege notice. "Rahul Gandhi's baseless remarks should be expunged and action should be taken against him," he said. [1]

This is another sad story of a police officer who "took on Modi". A police officer got suspended and now sentenced to life for an old case after he went against Modi:

>> The Gujarat government had originally appealed the court to drop charges against Bhatt and other policemen in the 1990 custodial death case. However, after Bhatt's affidavit against Modi, the Government withdrew its application, and the court initiated criminal proceedings against the policemen. [2]

[1] https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/remarks-on-pm-modi-...

[2] http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-man-who-took-on-mo...

[unmole]

> Pavan Khera broke the law of the land

Which law?

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Defamation? He called PM names

[throwaway384629]

Case was filed under section 153A/153B(1)/500/504/505(1)(b) and 505(2). [1]

Look at the meaning of each section below and you can see how they can add all random sections into the police report to arrest you.

- 153A Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony. [2]

- 153B(1) Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration. [2]

- 500 Punishment for defamation [2]

- 504 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace. [2]

- 505(1)(b) and 505(2) Statements conducing to public mischief. [2]

[1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-natio...

[2] https://indiankanoon.org/

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IPC 499 specifically excludes this:

> Second Exception.—Public conduct of public servants.—It is not defamation to express in a good faith any opinion whatever re­specting the conduct of a public servant in the discharge of his public functions, or respecting his character, so far as his character appears in that conduct, and no further.

You can't criminalise politicians calling each other names and still claim to be a democracy.