Nitin Gadkari threatens legal action over PM's assassination allegations
BJP leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari has threatened "legal action" against "anti-social elements" following former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid's tweet which alleged that RSS/Gadkari "is planning to assassinate" PM Modi. The tweet, which Shehla Rashid maintains was sarcastic, pertains to the alleged plot by Maoists to assassinate PM Modi. It got uncovered a few days earlier by the Pune Police. Here's more.
Gadkari's tweet aimed at Shehla Rashid
Shehla Rashid unmoved by Gadkari's threat
Following the discovery of the alleged assassination plot, Shehla Rashid tweeted, "Looks like RSS/Gadkari is planning to assassinate Modi, and then blame it upon Muslims/Communists and then lynch Muslims #RajivGandhiStyle". Maintaining that her tweet was sarcastic, Rashid also ridiculed Gadkari's threat of legal action, calling it a cowardly, and insecure over-reaction by the BJP leader.
Shehla Rashid ridicules Gadkari's threat
Meanwhile, what did the letter allege?
The letter hinting at an assassination plot to eliminate Modi was released by ANI, where 'R' says "defeating Hindu fascism has been our core agenda" and blames the "Modi-led Hindu fascist regime" of "bulldozing its way into lives of indigenous adivasis." BJP's expansion would mean "immense trouble for the party," it says. To end 'Modi-raj,' "targeting his roadshows could be an effective strategy."
