Independent MLA from Gujarat’s Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani on Monday got bail from Assam court in the matter involving tweets about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Sunday, the Kokrajhar court had reserved its decision on the bail application.
Jignesh Mevani was arrested by an Assam police squad on Thursday in Gujarat’s Palanpur after a local BJP leader in Assam’s Kokrajhar lodged a complaint against him. Mevani, an outspoken critic of Prime Minister Modi, has described his detention as “vendetta politics by the PMO (Prime Minister’s Office).”
“It’s a BJP-RSS plot to smear my image. They’ve been doing it for a long time. They did it to Rohit Vemula, Chandrasekhar Azad, and now they’re going after me,” he said to reporters.
He has been charged with criminal conspiracy, trespassing on a place of worship, inciting religious fervor, and provocation that could result in a breach of peace.
Mevani’s tweets, according to BJP leader Arup Kumar Dey, are “likely to excite a part of the public belonging to a certain community.”
