Leaders as gods: Jaswant’s wife files complaint

Jodhpur :

The wife of the former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader, Jaswant Singh, has filed a complaint against a party MLA for the depiction of top party leaders as “Gods and Goddesses” in a poster saying it had hurt her “religious sentiments”, Sahara Samay sources said.

According to the channel, Sheetal Kumar said the poster prepared by a BJP worker and a local priest not only hurt her religious sentiments but also that of Hindu community.

The poster was released by BJP MLA Suryakanta Vyas and other BJP leaders and all of them were made accused in the complaint apart from the owner of the press where it was printed.

The poster, which was released on April 15 to mark three years of BJP rule in Rajasthan, depicts senior leaders namely L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and A.B. Vajpayee as the trinity — Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara — and Chief Minister Vasundhare Raje as Goddess Annapoorna.

“We have received a complaint but we have not registered any case so far. Additional SP S.S. Godara is looking into the matter and a decision on whether to register a case will be taken on the basis of his report,” Superintendent of Police H.S. Ghumaria said.

Two senior cabinet ministers L.N. Deve was shown as Kuber while Pratap Singh Singhvi was portrayed as Indra. Other cabinet members have been shown as deities and MLAs and MPs of the state as their disciples.

Congress had also filed a complaint in this regard a month ago but no action was taken, they added.

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