More trouble for Minister Vijay Shah

State Cabinet Minister Kunwar Vijay Shahs

By Bhavana ‘Aparajita’ Shukla :

After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), now the Madhya Pradesh High Court rapped BJP leader and State Cabinet Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah over his controversial remark about Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who played crucial and commendable role in Operation Sindoor. Taking suo motu cognizance, the Madhya Pradesh High Court (MPHC) directed registration of FIR against BJP Minister Vijay Shah for his comment calling Colonel Sofiya Qureshi a ‘sister of terrorists’. It is being reported that court ordered to file FIR without any delay. Court observed his offences under Section 192 of the BNS. As Colonel Qureshi is an adherent of Islam, and referring to her as a ‘sister of terrorists’ has the propensity to create the feeling that, irrespective of a person’s selfless service to India, they can still be derided solely because they belong to the Muslim community.

In its finding, the court said that along with Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, were the faces of the armed forces briefing the media on the progress of Operation Sindoor. The Minister made the unpardonable statements against Qureshi. His statement was found as an catalyst that encourages feelings of separatist activities by imputing separatist feeling to anyone who is Muslim, which thereby endangers the sovereignty or unity and integrity of the country.

The court directed the State Police chief on Wednesday to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Vijay Shah. Shah said that the terrorists had “wiped the Sindoor of our sisters and daughters, and we sent their own sister (hint towards Qureshi) to give it back to them in kind” while addressing a programme in Mhow on Tuesday. “They stripped Hindus and killed them, and Modiji sent their sister to return the favour. We couldn’t undress them, so we sent a daughter from their community.. You widowed sisters of our community, so a sister of your community will strip you naked. Modiji proved that the daughters of your caste can be sent to Pakistan to take revenge,” the Minister had added.