BJP files police complaints against Sreelekha Mitra over ‘obscene poster’ of PM Modi at NEET protest

way2barak, July 27: The BJP on Sunday lodged police complaints against Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra seeking her arrest on grounds that she publicly displayed an obscene and offensive image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a students’ protest rally in Kolkata two days ago.

While a complaint against Mitra was lodged at the Anandapur Police Station by BJP leader and party spokesperson Keya Ghosh, reports of complaints having been filed against her at the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police Station and several other police stations across several districts were also received.

“During this rally, Ms Sreelekha Mitra actively participated and publicly displayed a poster featuring a highly derogatory, objectionable and disrespectful cartoon/caricature depicting the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi,” Ghosh’s complaint said.

“The poster was deliberately displayed in a prominent public space to mock, demean and insult the constitutional head of the Government of India in full view of the public and media personnel,” it added.

Responding to the allegations, Mitra said she had joined the protest in solidarity with students and young people but claimed she was not wearing her prescription glasses and, hence, could not clearly see the poster she displayed.

“The police were carrying out a baton charge at the time, so my photograph was hurriedly taken. I never even turned the poster around to check what kind of image of the PM it displayed,” she said.

“I may be opposed to the BJP, but calling me an anti-national is completely ridiculous. It is equally absurd if anyone thinks that I deliberately chose to hold that poster and pose for the photograph,” she added.