Office In Turkey? Congress Lodges FIR Against BJP’s Amit Malviya, Journalist For Defamation

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Last Updated:May 21, 2025, 00:11 IST

The enactment successful a station connected X, said that BJP's IT Cell caput Amit Malviya and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Arnab Goswami, made a malicious effort to malign Congress.

The Congress Legal Cell said it was a "malicious attempt" to malign the party. (Image: PTI)

The Congress Party connected Tuesday filed an FIR against BJP person Amit Malviya and a reputed writer alleging defamation and accusing them for spreading malicious disinformation astir the grand-old enactment having an bureau successful Turkey.

The Indian Youth Congress’ Legal Cell (IYC), successful a station connected X, said that BJP’s IT Cell caput Amit Malviya and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Arnab Goswami, made a malicious effort to malign Congress and they volition not enactment silent.

“Under the absorption of  @IYC In-charge Shri @Allavaru Ji, National President @UdayBhanuIYC Ji, and Our Chairman @RoopeshINC Ji, an FIR has been registered nether non-bailable sections against @amitmalviya and Arnab Goswami Editor-in-Chief, @republic for defaming the law bureau of the Leader of Opposition, Shri @RahulGandhi ji," the station said.

In their post, the enactment besides mentioned defamation of “the law bureau of the Leader of Opposition" Rahul Gandhi.

“This malicious effort to malign @INC, provoke unrest, and undermine nationalist information is simply a nonstop onslaught connected democracy. We volition not enactment silent. Let this beryllium a wide message: Any effort to dispersed fake quality against our enactment oregon its enactment volition beryllium met with steadfast ineligible and governmental response," it added.

Earlier today, Malviya called Gandhi “modern property Mir Jafar" and said that the Congress person is “speaking the connection of Pakistan and its benefactors". Malviya made these remarks aft Gandhi called retired External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar implicit Operation Sindoor.

Allegations Against Malviya, Goswami

In its complaint, the grand-old enactment alleged that Malviya and Goswami started spreading a fake assertion that the Istanbul Congress Center successful Turkey is the bureau of the Indian National Congress.

“This enactment was executed with wide and undeniable transgression intent to deceive the Indian public, defame a large governmental institution, manipulate nationalist sentiments, incite nationalist unrest, and undermine nationalist information and antiauthoritarian integrity," the FIR work arsenic shared by the party.

“This orchestrated run is not a specified ethical lapse but a deliberate transgression conspiracy, executed with premeditation to origin nationalist harm, destabilize the nation, and beforehand partisan agendas. The accused person abused their positions of influence-Mr. Malviya arsenic a cardinal governmental strategist and Mr. Goswami arsenic a salient media figure-to perpetrate a sedate battle connected truth, nationalist safety, and nationalist interest," the FIR work further.

Malviya Reacts

Additionally, Amit Malviya shared Arnab’s clip connected X and wrote “The FIR is for this video. Imagine."

Meanwhile, earlier Congress announced the filing of the case, Republic had issued a corrigendum, saying it had inadvertently erroneously utilized an representation depicting Congress bureau successful Turkey.

Following Turkey and Azerbaijan’s enactment for Pakistan aft India’s Operation Sindoor, the calls to boycott these 2 countries person gained momentum.

Turkey and Azerbaijan backed Pakistan and condemned India’s caller strikes connected panic camps successful that state and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) nether ‘Operation Sindoor’. Pakistan besides utilized Turkish drones connected a ample standard successful the conflict.

While India’s commercialized ties with the 2 countries person already travel nether scrutiny, aggregate acquisition institutions, including Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), person either suspended their collaboration with universities successful Turkey oregon are considering it.

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