My arrest planned conspiracy designed by PMO, act of cowardice: Jignesh Mevani

Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani on Monday alleged that his arrest by the Assam Police is a preplanned conspiracy designed by the Prime Ministers Office to destroy him ahead of assembly elections in the state and termed it an act of 56inch cowardiceMevani also announced that he would take to the streets and ensure a Gujarat Bandh on June 1 on a raft of issues seeking action against those behind the leak of 22 exam papers the recent recovery of Rs 175 lakhcrore worth of drugs from the Mundra Port and to press for the withdrawal of all cases against Dalits in Una and against minorities in the stateMy arrest is an act of 56inch cowardice and it has undermined Gujarats pride Mevani said at a press conference in an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modis 56inch chest assertionMy arrest by the Assam Police was a preplanned conspiracy It was in blatant disregard to protocol and rules for an MLA added the Independent MLA from Vadgam who has pledged his support to the CongressMevani was picked up by the Assam Police from Gujarat on April 19 and taken to the northeastern state after a purported tweet that Modi considered Godse as GodAfter being released on bail in the case the Dalit leader was rearrested on charges of assaulting a policewoman A court in Barpeta granted him bail in the case and urged the Gauhati High Court to consider directing the Assam Police to reform itself to prevent registration of false FIR like the present caseMevani said he had only tweeted asking the prime minister to give a call for peace and harmony in Gujarat a state he considers Mahatmas templeDoes this mean you do not want to appeal for peace and harmonyI challenge BJP leaders to say Godse murdabad from Red Fort if they are not Godsebhakts he saidIt is my charge that this is a conspiracy designed by the Prime Ministers Office Gujarat elections are due soon and this is being done to destroy me I fear there is every chance that by now they may have planted something on my computer which has been seized by them he added at the Congress headquarters hereMevani also asked what the interest of the BJP or the prime minister could be in arresting him over a mere tweet as if he were a terroristSuch things are very dangerous for our democracyHe alleged that the woman police officer was put under pressure to complain against him but he will not go against her oumlut of generosity The attempt to harass him had failed Mevani declaredOn Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarmas claim that he was not aware of the arrest he said It is impossible that the Assam CM does not even know about my arrest He got offences registered against me at the instance of his political bossesIn Mevanis view it is shameful that the judiciary had stated that Assam is becoming a police stateDetailing his next course of action he said he would fight all the cases registered against him the manner in which all cases against Patidar community registered during their agitation have been taken back all cases against Dalits in Una and against minorities in my Vadgam constituency should also be taken backPaper leak cases be investigated by a SIT Special Investigation Team and Gautam Adani be investigated in the case of seizure of drugs worth Rs 175 lakh crore from Mundra port he said putting out a list of demandsThe Gujarat legislator said there have been 22 paper leaks in Gujarat Rs 175 lakh crore worth of drugs found in Mundra port and a Dalit woman pressed rape charges against a sitting minister an issue that was discussed in the Gujarat assembly No action has been taken in these casesBesides Mevani added there was no action against the organisers of a Dharam Sansad for genocide against a particular community but there were two FIRs against him on a tweet and a woman was used to get another case registeredWhat does it show What is the intention and priority of the Modi government he askedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever