FIR Against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Over Hate Post on Social Media

Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over an alleged hate post on social media, informed Election Commission officials on Friday.

This FIR was registered following a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) alleging that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, in a recent social media post allegedly targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

It is alleged that Surya uploaded a similar post on March 19 on ‘X’ and YouTube which got one million views, 5400 retweets and 13 likes. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, the complaint alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act.