Petition seeks action over 'derogatory' statements about Mahatma Gandhi, HC issues notice

NAGPUR: (Mar 18) The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the Maharashtra Home Department and city police over a petition demanding action against a journalist and another person over alleged derogatory statements about Mahatma Gandhi.

At a programme organised by the Sakal Hindu Samaj Sammelan, senior journalist Pushpendra Kulshrestha made highly objectionable statements and stated that Gandhi can not be termed the Father of the Nation, alleged petitioner Ashwin Bais, a local Congress functionary.

The petition, filed through Advocate Akash Moon, sought a direction from the high court to Sitabardi police in the city to act on his complaint against Kulshrestha and Nishant Gandhi, organiser of the February 15 programme,