The Congress Party on Wednesday welcomed today’s decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash two different FIRs registered against BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas. Chandigarh:  The Congress Party on Wednesday welcomed today’s decision of Punjab and Haryana High... The post appeared first on .

The Congress Party on Wednesday welcomed today’s decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash two different FIRs registered against BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas. Chandigarh:  The Congress Party on Wednesday welcomed today’s decision of Punjab and Haryana High... The post appeared first on .

Chandigarh [India], October 12 (ANI): The Congress Party on Wednesday welcomed today's decision of Punjab and Haryana High Court to quash two different FIRs registered against BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas.

New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The security of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas has been upgraded to 'Y+' category from 'Y' following recent threat assessment, sources said on Thursday.

Chandigarh [India], May 2 (ANI): Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday stayed the arrest of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and poet Kumar Vishwas in a case registered against him for his alleged statements against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Chandigarh Apr 26 PTI Former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas on Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him in Punjab over his inflammatory statements against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal In the petition Vishwas also a poet submitted that the case registered against him by the Rupnagar police was a sheer abuse of the process of law and politically motivated The manner in which the investigating agency is proceeding it is apparent that it investigating agency is trying to curtail the liberty of the petitioner by adopting a procedure unknown to law Kumar said in his petition filed through his counsel Mayank Aggarwal and Himanshu Gupta It was further submitted that the registration of the FIR against Kumar is absolutely illegal arbitrary and unjust and it is nothing but a means to wreak vengeance through politically motivated criminal investigation by using the state machinery for oblique motive of political gain The petition is yet to be listed for hearing The petitioner stated the lodging of the FIR reveals an apparent malafide intention and the abuse of the process of law The case has been registered at an alien jurisdiction at Rupnagar Police Station which has nothing but an oblique motive to settle political scores as the alleged statementsinterviews were given in Mumbai he said The case was lodged against Vishwas in Rupnagar towns Sadar police station on April 12 The former AAP leader ahead of the assembly elections had accused Kejriwal of supporting separatists The Punjab police on April 20 had visited Vishwass home in Ghaziabad and summoned him for questioning Vishwas was booked following a complaint in which it was alleged that he gave inflammatory statements against Kejriwal on news channels and social media platforms alleging Kejriwals links with separatist elements The complainant had claimed that when he was roaming in villages along with AAP supporters for the redress of peoples grievances some unknown masked men stopped them and called them Khalistani Similar incidents have been occurring regularly All this started after Kumar Vishwas gave inflammatory statements against AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on news channels social media platforms alleging AAP links with separatist elements the complainant had said The FIR was registered under various sections including 153-A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place etc 505 whoever makes publishes or circulates any statement rumour or report 120-B criminal conspiracy of the IPC and 125 of the Representation of People Act PTI CHS VSD RAX RAX

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 21 (ANI): Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) on Wednesday demanded immediate cancellation of the FIR registered against Congress leader Alka Lamba and former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and poet Kumar Vishwas, stating that it has only been registered to settle the personal agenda as they have been critical of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Chandigarh Apr 20 PTI The Punjab Police on Wednesday visited homes of former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and Alka Lamba of the Congress in connection with a case registered over inflammatory statements against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Both leaders have been booked and summoned for questioning on April 26 The case was lodged against Vishwas and Lamba in Rupnagar towns Sadar police station on April 12 The former AAP leader ahead of the Assembly elections had accused Kejriwal of supporting separatists Lamba has been accused of backing the remarks made by Vishwas Vishwas shared information in a tweet about a police team visiting his Ghaziabad home on Wednesday morning and warned that AAP chief Kejriwal will one day betray Punjab The Punjab Police visited in the morning I am forewarning BhagwantMann whom I had inducted into the party that the person sitting in Delhi who is being allowed to play with the power of people will one day betray you and Punjab said Vishwas in a Hindi tweet Congress leader Alka Lamba said the Punjab Police pasted a notice outside her Delhi home summoning her for questioning in the case The notice said she has also been nominated as an accused in the case The move drew the ire of the Opposition in Punjab which accused the Bhagwant Mann-led government of acting like AAP leader Arvind Kejriwals puppet and using the force to silence critics Rupanagar Senior Superintendent of Police Sandeep Garg said over the phone We have registered a case under relevant provisions of the law against Kumar Vishwas In a notice Vishwas has also been asked to produce evidence to support his allegations A complainant stated to be an AAP supporter alleged that Vishwas gave inflammatory statements against Kejriwal on news channels and social media platforms alleging links with separatist elements The complainant claimed that when he was travelling in villages along with AAP supporters for the redress of peoples grievances some unknown masked men stopped them and called them Khalistani Similar incidents have been regularly occurring All this started after Kumar Vishwas gave inflammatory statements the complaint said As a result of these statements and videos the peaceful atmosphere of the state of Punjab is likely to be disturbed alleged the complainant The FIR has been registered under various Sections including 153-A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place etc 505 whoever makes publishes or circulates any statement rumour or report 120-B criminal conspiracy of the IPC and 125 of the Representation of People Act When contacted Superintendent of Police Rupnagar HS Atwal said Lamba has been summoned for questioning in the case while pointing out that she had supported Vishwass inflammatory statements against Kejriwal She has been asked on what basis she supported the Vishwass claims he said Punjab Congress Legislature Party leader Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the police action and said AAP came to power on the promise of bringing a change but it seems it has started taking revenge Bajwa said it appeared to be an indirect message to political opponents to either fall in line or be ready to face the same fate Former Congress MLA Navjot Sidhu also slammed the Mann-led government over the action Pb Govt is acting like ArvindKerjwails puppet Police action against DrKumarVishwas LambaAlka ji shows that it is being used to silence his critics Congress stands firmly with Alka ji Will accompany her to police station to protest against politicisation of Pb Police said Sidhu in a tweet BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh said the Punjab CM on behalf of his mentor Kejriwal is making blatant misuse of police force to unleash political vendetta against political rivals Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said Kejriwal is misusing the state police to settle personal scores It was an outright abuse of power by an extra-constitutional authority like Kejriwal who has no legitimate or constitutional authority to exercise control over the Punjab Police he said Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal termed the police action against Vishwas as violation of the constitution AAP spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said he was surprised to see that the Congress and BJP leaders have come to the defence of Vishwas He said they should have faith in the Punjab Police and let it do its job The Punjab Police had earlier booked Delhi BJP leaders Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and Naveen Kumar Jindal The state police had booked Bagga who is a BJP spokesperson and has been attacking Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over the movie The Kashmir Files on charges of making provocative statements promoting enmity and criminal intimidation Police had registered the case against Jindal for allegedly sharing on his Twitter handle a doctored video clip of a media interview of Kejriwal PTI CHS SUN COR VSD RDK

Chandigarh Apr 20 PTI The Punjab Police on Wednesday visited homes of former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas and Congress Alka Lamba in connection with a case registered over inflammatory statements against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Both leaders have been summoned for questioning on April 26 The case was lodged against Vishwas in Rupnagar towns Sadar police station on April 12 The former AAP leader ahead of the Assembly elections had accused Kejriwal of supporting separatists Vishwas shared information in a tweet about a police team visiting his Ghaziabad home on Wednesday morning and warned that AAP chief Kejriwal will one day betray Punjab The Punjab Police visited in the morning I am forewarning BhagwantMann whom I had inducted into the party that the person sitting in Delhi who is being allowed to play with the power of people will one day betray you and Punjab said Vishwas in a Hindi tweet Congress leader Alka Lamba said the Punjab Police pasted a notice outside her Delhi home summoning her for questioning in the case registered against Vishwas She has been accused of backing the remarks made by Vishwas The move drew the ire of the Opposition in Punjab which accused the Bhagwant Mann-led government of acting like AAP leader Arvind Kejriwals puppet and using the force to silence critics Rupanagar Senior Superintendent of Police Sandeep Garg said over the phoneWe have registered a case under relevant provisions of the law against Kumar Vishwas In a notice Vishwas has also been asked to produce evidence to support his allegations A complainant stated to be an AAP supporter in a complaint to police had said Vishwas gave inflammatory statements against Kejriwal on news channels and social media platforms alleging links with separatist elements The complainant claimed that when he was roaming in villages along with AAP supporters for the redress of peoples grievances some unknown masked men stopped them and called them Khalistani Similar incidents have been regularly occurring All this started after Kumar Vishwas gave inflammatory statements against AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal on news channels social media platforms alleging AAP links with separatist elements the official release issued by the Rupnagar police quoting the complainant said As a result of these statements and videos the peaceful atmosphere of the state of Punjab is likely to be disturbed alleged the complainant As part of the investigation a notice has been served upon Kumar Vishwas to produce whatever evidence he has to support his allegations said police in the statement The FIR has been registered under various Sections including 153-A promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place etc 505 whoever makes publishes or circulates any statement rumour or report 120-B criminal conspiracy of the IPC and 125 of the Representation of People Act When contacted Superintendent of Police Rupnagar HS Atwal said Lamba has been summoned for questioning in the case while pointing out that she had supported Vishwass inflammatory statements against Kejriwal She has been asked on what basis she supported the Vishwass claims he said Punjab Congress Legislature Party leader Partap Singh Bajwa condemned the police action and said AAP came to power on the promise of bringing a change but it seems it has started taking revenge Bajwa said it appeared to be an indirect message to political opponents to either fall in line or be ready to face the same fate Former Congress MLA Navjot Sidhu also slammed the Mann-led government over the action against Kumar Vishwas Pb Govt is acting like ArvindKerjwails puppet Police action against DrKumarVishwas LambaAlka ji shows that it is being used to silence his critics Congress stands firmly with Alka ji Will accompany her to police station to protest against politicisation of Pb Police said Sidhu in a tweet BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh said the Punjab CM on behalf of his mentor Kejriwal is making blatant misuse of police force to unleash political vendetta against political rivals Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said Kejriwal who used to accuse the BJP-led Centre of indulging in vendetta politics is now following in their footsteps Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal termed the police action against Vishwas as violation of the constitution AAP spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang said that he was surprised to see that the Congress and BJP leaders have come to the defence of Vishwas He said they should have faith in the Punjab Police and let it do its job The Punjab Police had earlier booked Delhi BJP leaders Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and Naveen Kumar Jindal The state police had booked Bagga who is a BJP spokesperson and has been attacking Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal over the movie The Kashmir Files on charges of making provocative statements promoting enmity and criminal intimidation Police had registered the case against Jindal for allegedly sharing on his Twitter handle a doctored video clip of a media interview of Kejriwal PTI CHS SUN VSD RDK RDK

New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The Punjab Police summoned Congress leader Alka Lamba to appear before the special investigation team at Sadar Rupnagar police station on April 26 in connection with her alleged derogatory statement against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ahead of Punjab Assembly polls.