The controversy surrounding the Parliament Ram Mandir skit intensified on Sunday after a clash broke out at the residence of Purnia MP Pappu Yadav, who had portrayed a temple priest wearing saffron robes during the performance in Parliament on Friday.
Police here have registered eight first information reports (FIRs) against as many people, including Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and Congress leader Pappu Yadav, for allegedly circulating AI-generated images, videos and misleading information on social media about the redevelopment work at the Manikarnika Ghat.
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and seers have filed police complaints and FIRs against Rahul Gandhi, Pappu Yadav, and Awadhesh Prasad for a skit performed in Parliament, alleging it mocked Sanatan culture and ridiculed Indian traditions concerning Ram Temple donations.
Opposition MPs, including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, staged a symbolic protest in Parliament, enacting the "theft" of Ram Temple donations. The INDIA bloc demanded Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation and questioned his absence, also protesting police action against student agitators.
The incident occurred when both leaders attempted to board the van carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, but were stopped by security guards.
Pappu Yadav has been asserting that he will contest the seat he had won thrice in the 1990s, with the claim of "assurances" from Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
Earlier in the day, Pappu Yadav secured a bail from the Patna high court in connection with the killing of Communist Party of India-Marxist legislator Ajit Sarkar in 1998.
The Supreme Court has asked the CBI as to where and which prison RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav should be shifted to put an end to his activities violating all conceived rules under the prisons manual.
The former MP is alleged to have murdered CPM legislator Ajit Sarkar in Purnea.
Controversial Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Thursday was expelled from the party for six years over anti-party activities.
Expelled Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Monday hit back at Lalu Prasad for calling him "Mir Jafar and Jai Chand" and said his former mentor acted like "Duryodhan" and "Kansh" for the Yadav caste.
This follows a Supreme Court directive to move Yadav to a jail outside Bihar.
The Bihar government on Thursday suspended the chief warden of the Beur jail after the Patna High Court took exception to a lavish party allegedly hosted by former member of Parliament Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in the prison premises.
Yadav was asked to surrender by the Supreme Court in connection with murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA Ajit Sarkar's murder.
Why MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy and his party, the BJP, are angry with Pappu Yadav.
RJD chief and railway minister Lalu Prasad on Sunday argued there is no machine that could identify the place from where one is making a call.
Posters with pictures of Rahul and the convicted muscle man have been put up by Yuva Shakti -- an organization owing personal allegiance to Yadav -- in state capital Patna and Madhepura, a Yadav stronghold. Interestingly, Pappu Yadav is not a member of the Congress party.
Yadav, who recently quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal over differences with party president Lalu Prasad Yadav, is an accused in the killing of Communist Party of India leader Ajit Sarkar.
The Indian Medical Association has condemned Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav's drive against doctors accusing them of charging "exorbitant" fees.
The Supreme Court has asked the CBI where to shift the RJD MP, in prison in connection with a murder case, to stop his activities.
It stayed a Patna high court order granting him bail in the Ajit Sarkar murder case.
"Under the fact and circumstances of the case, we do not find merit in his appeal," a Bench comprising Justice S B Sinha and Justice Markandeya Katju said dismissing the bail petition challenging the Patna high court order.
A bench headed by Justice S B Sinha, however, allowed the RJD leader to approach the court in future for other relief on the ground of his bad health. The bench also said that all efforts will be made to conduct the trial through video conferencing for the MP, who is facing problems in movement due to morbid obesity.
He re-entered Beur Jail in violation of rules once he had stepped out of it.
A Patna court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to Rashtriya Janata Dal Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav and former Member of Legislative Assembly Rajan Tiwari for the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Ajit Sarkar. During the trial, the CBI produced 61 witnesses in support of its case, while 27 witnesses were produced by the accused in their defence. Sarkar, a legislator from Purnea, was shot dead by men acting on Yadav's orders on June 14, 1998.
Jan Adhikar Party leader Pappu Yadav joined the Congress on Wednesday and announced the merger of his outfit.
UPA has reasons to cheer. The Delhi High Court has allowed RJD MP Pappu Yadav, who is lodged in Tihar jail, to participate in the trust vote on July 22.
Controversial former Member of Parliament Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who was acquitted in the murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Ajit Sarkar last year, joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday.
Elected from Madhepura in Bihar in a bypoll in October last year on a Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket after Railway Minister Lalu Prasad vacated the seat, Yadav took the oath in Hindi.
A Bench comprising Justice N Santosh Hegde and Justice S B Sinha issued notices to a sessions judge in Madhepura for issuing a production warrant against Yadav when it was not required.
The Supreme Court took serious exception to which in the former MP is being given special treatment at the Patna Medical College.
The court directed that the medical report be made available to it within 10 days.
According to Yadav's counsel, the two cases have a lot in common.
Taking note of the visit of Yadav to Madhepura during the last parliamentary elections while being in judicial custody, the court asked the district judge to furnish all relevant judicial papers concerning the visit.
Opposition MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, staged a protest in the Parliament House complex against alleged donation theft at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and "police excesses" against student protesters. The INDIA bloc vowed to continue their agitation, demanding accountability from the government, particularly Home Minister Amit Shah, on these issues.
Bihar MP Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav, has faced criticism for his controversial remarks regarding women's reservation in Parliament, with his comments sparking outrage and prompting a notice from the Bihar Women's Commission.
Pappu Yadav, an accused in the killing of Communist Party of India leader Ajit Sarkar, was recently shifted from Beur jail in Patna to Delhi's Tihar jail.
