UP BJP MLA: Better not to speak or will face sedition charge

Tuesday, 18 May 2021Newsdesk

In another instance of the ruling party’s leaders raising questions on the state government’s handling of the Covid situation, Rakesh Rathore, the BJP MLA from Sitapur (Sadar), said he might have to face “sedition” charges if he spoke too much.

New Delhi, 18 May 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, while speaking to journalists in Sitapur, the MLA, when asked why, despite rising Covid cases and the need for more beds, a trauma centre project in Sitapur district was still non-operational, said, “Vidhayakon ki haisiyat kya hai…Hum jyada kahenge to desh droh, raj droh humpe bhi to lagega (What is our status anyway? If we MLAs speak too much, then we too will have to face sedition charges).”

Source -The Indian Express