Jignesh Mevani Arrested: The Assam Authorities, which jailed Mr Mevani, plan to take him from Ahmedabad to Guwahati today.

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, that had actually prolonged assistance to the Congress in September 2021, was arrested by the Assam Police from a Circuit House in Gujarat’s Palanpur late last night. He was taken to Ahmedabad last night and then to Assam today.

Mr Mevani, a Dalit leader and convenor of political celebration Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, was detained for presumably “spreading out enmity between areas” on social media. His Twitter account reveals that some current tweets by him have been held back by the micro-blogging website because of a request by authorities.

“The noticeable Dalit leader from Gujarat was jailed right after a First Info Report or FIR under area 153A of the Indian Penal Code, which takes care of offenses associated with advertising enmity between areas, was signed up at Kokrajhar police station in Assam,” his assistant Suresh Jat told information firm Press Count on of India.

“According to a record shared by the authorities of the Assam police, an FIR has actually been lodged over a tweet by (Jignesh) Mevani couple of days back. However, the tweet has actually been kept by Twitter. It was about Nathuram Godse. Mevani was very first offered Ahmedabad by roadway and afterwards taken to Assam by air early today morning,” Mr Jat told Press Trust fund of India.

Gujarat Congress head of state Jagdish Thakor as well as other Congress leaders rushed to Ahmedabad Airport after learning about his arrest and yelled mottos versus the judgment BJP federal government.

Jignesh Mevani is the Participant of Legal Setting Up or MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam. He is a legal representative lobbyist as well as former journalist. He is an independent MLA, but has actually extended support to the Congress.

Jignesh Mevani together with political protestor and also JNU’s former students’ union leader Kanhaiya Kumar had actually held a press conference with Congress’s Rahul Gandhi in September last year, where Mr Kumar had signed up with the Congress celebration as well as Mr Mevani extended his support to Mr Gandhi till the end of his term as an independent MLA, complying with which he would join the Congress.

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Last Updated: 21 April 2022