Rita Bahuguna jailed for Maya slur

Last Updated: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 15:01

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Moradabad: UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who was arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati, was on Thursday remanded in judicial custody triggering a major political controversy with her party accusing the Mayawati government of indulging in personal vendetta.

Joshi, who was arrested last night in Ghaziabad district while she was on her way to Delhi, was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate K K Shrivastava who remanded her in judicial custody for 14 days.

She was taken to the district jail. She has been booked under section 153 A (delivering inflammatory speeches) and section 109 of IPC (using abusive language) besides provisions of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for making remarks allegedly defamatory to Mayawati in connection with her government's compensation to rape victims.

Officials said the offences registered against her were non-bailable.

Though she has regretted her remarks and apologised to Mayawati if her comments had hurt her, Joshi accused the Chief Minister and her MLAs of instigating violence at her residence in Lucknow and termed it as a conspiracy against her.

"All this has happened at the behest of UP Chief Minister....under the sponsorship of the state government. The FIR has the name of culprit Babloo Tiwari, a BSP MLA, who was spearheading the attack," Congress leader Digvijay Singh told reporters.

"The police was told what is going to happen. When the incident took place, all senior officials were at CM's residence... Congress will fight the way in which Mayawati government is using law to suppress its political opponents," Singh said adding the party will fight it "at whatever level we are made to".

Another Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari said Mayawati was resorting to strong arm tactics to cow the Congress into submission.

"With the kind of lawlessness that prevails in UP, you can make out a case for anybody for anything," Tiwari said adding one cannot draw any conclusions from an FIR.

"Ransacking the house of the UPCC chief is going to be the last nail in the coffin of the Mayawati government - you mark my words today," he said.

The UP Congress chief had last night charged Mayawati with setting her house in Lucknow on fire. "There should be an FIR filed against her (Mayawati) and she should be arrested. This jungle law in UP should be brought to an end," she said.

Joshi's house on Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in a high security zone, a stone's throw from the Chief Minister's secretariat, was attacked last night allegedly by masked BSP activists.

A portion of the house was also set on fire and vehicles burnt.

Meanwhile, President of SP in UP Akhilesh Yadav said that there were many examples in the state where the SC/ST Act has been falsely invoked. There has been a complete breakdown of law and order in UP, he said adding police has been acting on the orders of the BSP.

Bail plea turned down

The bail application of UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi, arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati, was on Thursday rejected by a local court here.

The bail plea was turned down by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate K K Shrivastava.

Bureau Report

First Published: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 15:01

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DEV - PUNE
Now the govt has only one logo play with the emotions of women and term it WOMEN EMPOWERMENT and extract the maximum benefit out of it. A woman speaks about other women this is Ms. Rita

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aakash - lucknow
i cant belive some people taking mayawati`s side go with shrimati rita bahuguna ji shes the one who have emotions for people not for money and maya shes a money crow

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Save India - Pune
I really fell shame on my birth now as in my India the A woman is fixing the price of the rape of a woman. by what soever means, from where this pricing inittailly came. The most of the such short of EMPOWERED WOMEN belongs to Congress only Like Ms. Joshi who is making the life of a woman hell on the name of WOMAN EMPOWERMENT.

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aakash - lucknow
Rita ji we are with you,you just get out of jail and we will see her in next election we the people of uttar pradesh will bring ur party to power .and the people like her then will be arrested for curruption and misuse of police .who says shes a woman she dont look like one bloody basterd .rita ji you are most respectble person and wht you done to her was absolutely right infact she shud be kicked with boots

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mahesh - ncr
apt misuse of law -by woman against woman just like IPC 498a, and against the society like Domestic Viloence act

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Pardeep - Shimla
Great example of politics & ego clash between empowered women.

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Mrahi - Pune
Perhaps the best illustration of ``women empowerment`` . NCW (National women for commission ) makes large hue and cry when anyone is alleged of rape. Rita Bahujuna was Chairperson of NCW and see is provoking the mob to rape dalit CM and she will give mayawati 1 crore as compensation.. Women pampering is the social service in this country. Rita bhuguna, is involved with serval incidence to make husabnds life miserable during he was state women commission chairman. God give them back waht they do with others....!!!

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Dharam - Delhi
What is quite evident in both the parties involved, Congress as well as BSP, first of all is the lack of values and secondly, as people`s representative, the leaders of both the parties lack a sense of responsibility.
Ms. Bahuguna Joshi was absolutely wrong in doing what she did. Equally wrong was BSP leader in letting her partymen burn Ms.Joshi`s house and letting the police sit quietly without even trying to prevent these holigans.
To add further, these politicians would waste taxpayer money by installing the proceedings of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha over the acts of two incapable and irresponsible leaders.

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Sif_Member - Pune
Think of a scenario, where a male MP would have made these remarks against UP CM. Mr. Digvijay and Co. what would have been your stand then. People who live in glass-house should not throw stones.

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Sif_Member - Pune
Congress, Please Excuse us. Donto play dirty polictics of divide and rule. You talk about lawlessness in UP, where were you when the North Indians were being attacked ruthlessly, many students who along with their parents had aspired to become something in life, died during the attack. What are you doing for n number of lost lives in Australia. What are you planning for the draught situation which is being predicted for whole North India. What have you done for the lakhs and lakhs of people who were rendered jobless within beginning four months of the current year. NOTHING!!!!, because you donot have time to think over these issues,
You have now targetted the Indian women to woo votes. 33% reservation for women in Indian Parliament. 50% reservation for women in local jobs. etc etc. Now you are playing a new tantrum by saying a dalit woman ``Get raped, i will give compensation of 1 carore``. Does this sound healty and cutural from the mouth of a woman Cong leader. Wooing the voters, doesn`t mean crossing the limits of culture. Being a woman, she is trying to provocate other women. Ridiculus!!!!!