{"id":38064,"date":"2015-06-20T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T11:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38064"},"modified":"2015-06-20T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T11:15:37","slug":"complaint-filed-against-choubey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/complaint-filed-against-choubey","title":{"rendered":"Complaint filed against Choubey"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38065\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38065\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/chaube.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/complaint-filed-against-choubey\/chaube\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/chaube.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chaube\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/chaube.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/chaube.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38065 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/chaube.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Complaint filed against Choubey \" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Complaint filed against Choubey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A complaint was today filed against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey in a Darbhanga court for his controversial remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi even as angry Congress workers staged a dharna outside the MP&#8217;s hotel in his Buxar constituency seeking a written apology.<\/p>\n<p>Darbhanga district Congress leader Ramnarain Jha filed a complaint against Choubey in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate G K Shrivastava for &#8220;filthy&#8221; comments against the AICC president and vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a BJP workers&#8217; meeting at Rajauli in Nawada district on Thursday night, Choubey had described Sonia as the demonic mythical character &#8216;Putana&#8217; and referred to Rahul as a parrot.<\/p>\n<p>Jha said he was hurt after seeing insulting comments on Sonia and Rahul in the print media and TV channels.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer Pawan Chaudhary said they have urged the court to direct registration of case against Choubey under IPC sections 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 500 (punishment for defamation) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace).<\/p>\n<p>He said the CJM has admitted the complaint and transferred the matter to First Class Judicial Magistrate court which will hear it on June 30.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of Youth Congress workers held a dharna outside a hotel in Buxar where Choubey is staying.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Buxar Youth Congress president Satyendra Ojha protesters have been sitting on dharna outside the hotel and raising slogans against Choubey and BJP since morning, a Buxar report said.<\/p>\n<p>Buxar Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Gautam Kumar and Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sunil Kumar are on the spot and are trying to convince the protesters to end the stir.<\/p>\n<p>State Youth Congress president Kumar Ashish told PTI in Patna that agitation would continue till the MP tenders a written apology for &#8220;demeaning&#8221; remarks on Sonia and Rahul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A complaint was today filed against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey in a Darbhanga court for his controversial remarks against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi even as angry Congress workers staged a dharna outside the MP&#8217;s hotel in his Buxar constituency seeking a written apology. 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