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Sonia Gandhi charged with hurting feelings of Hindus

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Posted online: Thursday , March 27, 2008 at 04:31:54
Updated: Thursday , March 27, 2008 at 04:31:54


Muzaffarpur, March 27: A Muzaffarpur court has admitted a complaint against Congress president Sonia Gandhi charging her with outraging religious feelings of the Hindus in her portrayal as Goddess Durga in a poster at the party's Muradabad office in Uttar Pradesh.

District Judge H K Srivastava admitted the complaint filed by an advocate Sudhir Ojha against Gandhi, Uttar Pradesh and Muradabad district party presidents.

The charges were made under three Sections of IPC: Sections 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class), 295 (a) (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefes) and 120(b) (criminal conspiracy).

After admitting the petition on Wednesday, Srivastava transferred it to fast-track Judge V K Mandal for initiating legal proceedings.

Earlier on December 1, 2007, a magistrate had dismissed Ojha's petition that prompted the lawyer to move the court of the district judge on December 11, 2007.

Ojha, in his complaint, alleged the Muradabad district congress president in league with UP Congress committee chief had put up the poster on the wall of the party's Muradabad office on June 21, 2007. Gandhi was in criminal conspiracy with them in the exercise, he charged.

The poster with Gandhi as 'Durga' was beamed by television channels and its photographs appeared in several newspapers hurting the sentiments of the Hindus, he alleged.

The fast track court is likely to take up hearing of the case next month.

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Christians have become more dangerous than muslims for us by n.krishna on 29 Mar 2008

For decades christians are invading our homes with proposals of conversion to Christianity. With slave labour of nuns and priests who are donated to the church, while they were just kids, christian churches and NGOs have cornered media and educational institutions. Hindus have to convert to ger admission to many christian institutions. These institutions run by nuns and priests are brain washing Hindu kids that there is only Jesus they should pray. In Tiruppati when we go Christians missionaries are accosting us for conversion. Sonia is planted in India to further the conversion and disintegration of India by Opus Dei and KGB. We Hindus are seeing these developments very seriously. We do not want the same thing to happen to christians that happened to them in 1857 where every christian was slaughtered in Delhi as christians are seen anti national and at present we see christians as anti nationals. Like in Israel christians should stop conversion work in India as a first step

A PHIRANGEE WOMAN CAN NEVER BE MAA DURGA by rajababu on 29 Mar 2008

OUR DURGA MAIYA IS BLACK LIKE MAA KAALI, OUR DURGA CAN NEVER BE A PHIRAANGI OR A GORI OR A EUROPEAN, OR SAY A MISSIONERY CHRISTIAN WITH JUST ONE POINT HIDDEN AGENDA FROM VATICAN TO CONVERT AL INDIA IN TO A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY, WELL SHE HAS ALREADY DONE IT WITH HER DAUGHTER PRIYANKA

Time to pack up and leave, sell by date has expired. by DILIP/FRANCE on 28 Mar 2008

This Lady is a social outcast in Europe.Lacks,sophitication,intelligence,demeanour,poise,panache and competence.She is ignorant of hindy culture and civilisation.It is well documenetd that she happens to be the mouth piece of the strident evengelical Pontiff.She must be asked to leave India, close the door firmly from outside, to Mafia land.Leave us hindud to run our political affairs, in Hindusthan, the way we see deemed fit.Aligns should stop decididng for hindus, so pack up and leave,time for Free Loaders and Free Lunch seekers. has come to zilt.

stop demonizing sonia by vishal on 28 Mar 2008

It is ridiculous to think that Sonia personally approves whatever posters some stupid sycophanatic unit of congress is putting up in some backwaters of India. I don't mind criticizing her and her policies, her decisions her coiterie but lampoonign her everything and anything finding conspiracy is whatever she does or doesn't just smacks of unreasonable vindictiveness pettiness and racial hostility. She is a naturalized Indian and that is a fact. Get over it already.

Plastic Gandhi by Yogesh Datta on 28 Mar 2008

This lady should also be charged for treason.

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