Himanta Sarma’s ‘shooting’ at Muslims video: Left parties move Supreme Court

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India leader Annie Raja have moved the Supreme Court seeking action against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for remarks targeting the Muslim community, Live Law reported on Tuesday.

Advocate Nizam Pasha mentioned the matter before Chief Justice Surya Kant seeking urgent listing.

“We seek urgent intervention of this court with respect to disturbing speeches made by the sitting CM of Assam, including a recent video posted where he is shown as shooting at members of a particular community,” Live Law quoted Pasha as submitting before the court. “Complaints are filed, but no FIRs are registered.”

The petitions were filed against a video shared by the Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which depicted Sarma symbolically firing at images of two Muslim men at point-blank range. The video, which was posted on Saturday, has since been deleted following criticism.

The clip combined what appeared to be original footage of the BJP leader handling rifles with artificial intelligence-generated images portraying Muslims as targets. On-screen text included slogans such as “Foreigner free Assam”, “No mercy”, “Why did you not go to Pakistan?” and “There is no forgiveness to Bangladeshis”.

Responding to the plea, Kant observed that ahead of elections, political battles find their way into the Supreme Court, Live Law reported.

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