Bhopal: Former Minister of Madhya Pradesh Raja Pateriya was arrested by Panna district police on Tuesday early morning at his residence in Hatta Town at around 5.30 pm.

After producing him in the Court he was sentenced to 14 days of judicial custody, said police. A massive row had erupted in MP on Monday, over a viral video in which Pateriya was seen telling party workers to be prepared to murder Modi PM Modi in the sense of defeating him in polls to save the Constitution.

 

Raja Pateriya in his address at party workers meeting he said that PM Narendra Modi will finish elections. Modi will create divisions on the basis of religion, caste and language and the future life of Dalits, tribes and minorities is in danger. If Constitution is to be saved then be ready to murder Modi, in the sense by defeating him.

Pawai police registered an FIR against Raja Pateriya of Panna district on Monday based on a complaint lodged by a PWD sub-engineer. Pateriya was booked under various sections of the IPC 504 (Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation).

In the complaint, the sub-engineer Sanjay Khare had alleged that Pateriya had trespassed into the PWD Guest House on Sunday on the pretext of a short stay and held a meeting of Congress workers, where he talked about murdering Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The opposition Congress seems divided on the controversy generated by its senior leader and ex-Madhya Pradesh minister Raja Pateriya’s be prepared to murder Modi statement.

Madhya Pradesh PCC President and former CM Kamal Nath issued a show cause notice to him seeking a reply within three days on why he shouldn’t be expelled from the party over his highly objectionable statement. However, the Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Dr Govind Singh defended Pateriya on Tuesday.

By murder, Pateriya meant defeating Modi in elections. He is a leader who is committed to non-violence, forget about violence by humans, he is even opposed to the violence meted out to animals. He shouldn’t have been arrested in the matter, he said. Both Pateriya and Govind Singh are known to be Digvijaya Singh loyalists.