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SC remark draws ‘everyone take bullets?’ retort in Moitra case
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain TMC MP Mahua Moitra's plea to join a police interrogation via video conferencing, telling her that having chosen politics she cannot 'fear eggs' when…
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain TMC MP Mahua Moitra's plea to join a police interrogation via video conferencing, telling her that having chosen politics she cannot 'fear eggs' when freedom fighters took bullets. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu declined to interfere with a Calcutta High Court order directing her to appear in person before investigators in a case over allegedly provocative Facebook posts.
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke slammed the remarks, asking whether the court now wants everyone to take bullets. The case stems from a June FIR in West Bengal's Nadia district filed by a BJP leader, accusing Moitra of posting videos that hurt religious sentiments and threatened communal harmony. The charges include promoting enmity between groups.
The Indian Opinion
The Supreme Court's 'fear eggs' jibe at Mahua Moitra feeds a lazy narrative that politicians must be invulnerable to be legitimate. Freedom fighters did take bullets, but the court is conflating colonial-era sacrifice with a routine police summons over a Facebook post. The real test is not whether Moitra fears eggs, but whether the FIR against her passes the basic test of free speech under Article 19. Watch if the Calcutta High Court lets this case proceed or quashes it.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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