Jignesh Mevani, Gujarat MLA slammed the central government saying he was being targeted. His accusation came a day after he was denied permission to hold a rally in Mumbai.
An FIR has been filed against him by the Pune police for allegedly “creating communal disharmony” during a “provocative speech,” on December 31. However, Mevani maintains that he uttered not a word of his speech was inflammatory.
“Members of Sangh Parivar and the BJP made a childish attempt to tarnish my image and target me, it is an after effect of the Gujarat results and it is also because they have a sense of fear about 2019”, the newly-elected MLA said.
“Not even a single word of my speech was inflammatory, I am just being targeted. No part of my speech was provocative or inflammatory”, Mevani said at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday.
“I am an elected representative. BJP is scared of me. We want a caste-less India. Don’t Dalits have the right to protest,” the Dalit leader said.
Mevani also refuted instigating violence at Bhima Koregaon and claimed that he had never visited the place or participated in the shutdown.
The Dalit leader also claimed to know PM Modi’s stand on the violence at Bhima Koregaon. He said that should attack against Dalit continued they would teach BJP a lesson in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.