An FIR has been registered against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Shivamogga disrict of Karnataka over Congress party’s tweet on Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund).
Praveen KV, an advocate by profession, had filed a complaint following which a preliminary enquiry was initiated and the FIR was registered. The complainant has alleged that the Congress had on May 11 posted false and baseless information regarding PM-CARES Fund on its Twitter handle.
While demanding action against the Gandhi, the complainant said the Congress’s twitter handle has posted rumourous statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government.
“A Twitter account handled by All India Congress Committee headed by Sonia Gandhi had on May 11, 2020, published tweets terming PM CARES Fund as PM CARES Fraud. They had claimed that the PM CARES fund is not being used for the public,” Praveen KV told ANI.
“They had also said that the Prime Minister was enjoying and going to foreign trips with this fund. This is clearly rumourous news against the Government of India in this COVID-19 pandemic situation. In this regard, I had filed a complaint. After a primary enquiry, the Sagar Police has filed an FIR against Sonia Gandhi, who heads the INC Twitter account,” Praveen KV said.
Justifying his demand of criminal case against Gandhi and other Congress leaders, Kumar said, “They called PM CARES Fund a fraud and claimed on Twitter that the money donated to the Fund is not being used for the public, instead the money is being used to fund PM Narendra Modi’s foreign trips.”
“These are rumours against the government, so I filed a complaint,” Kumar added.
Some reports state that a case has been file under the IPC Sections 153 and 505 against the Congress chief and other leaders of the grand old party.
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PM Narendra Modi announced the formation of PM CARES Fund following the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
It has been formed to undertake and support relief or assistance of any kind relating to a public health emergency or any other kind of emergency, calamity or distress, either man-made or natural, including the creation or upgradation of healthcare or pharmaceutical facilities, other necessary infrastructure, funding relevant research or any other type of support.
PM CARES Fund is meant for rendering financial assistance, provide grants of payments of money or take such other steps as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees to the affected population.
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