Uttarakhand BJP today said sedition charges should be slapped against Chief Minister Harish Rawat and his aides for allegedly "sitting silently" through a programme here where foreign wrestlers "abused" India and Indians in the name of entertainment.
Taking strong exception to Rawat not reacting to alleged "objectionable" language being used against his country and countrymen by foreign wrestlers at a much-hyped fight in the city recently, Padesh BJP spokesman Munna Singh Chauhan said it was "another form of sedition" for which Rawat should be booked immediately.
"Foreign wrestlers abused India and Indians in the presence of the Chief Minister, his aides and advisors and they sat through the programme silently. It amounts to sedition and they must immediately be booked," Chauhan said.
Canadian wrestler Brody Steel and some other wrestlers accompanying him from abroad had made allegedly racist remarks against Indians in the presence of the chief minister, his ministerial colleaguesand officials and yet they did not react, he said.
The remarks were allegedly made at a wrestling show titled, "The Great Khali Returns" where the former WWE wrestler from India took on Brody Steel and his tag team partners.
The programme was part of Rawat's youth outreach intitiative called CM4YOUTH.
If Congress can file sedition charges against a BJP office bearer at Bajpur in Udhamsingh Nagar district for making a statement against Rahul Gandhi why shouldn't sedition charges be levelled against the chief minister and his aides who give "silent support" to "anti-India" remarks being made by foreign nationals, he asked.
