New Delhi:

Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera was given interim bail hours after his dramatic arrest from the Delhi airport at present, after being taken off a flight to Chhattisgarh capital Raipur over an alleged insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“There has to be some level of discourse, we are protecting you,” Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud mentioned, listening to the Congress petition in opposition to instances registered in Uttar Pradesh and Assam.

Nearly 50 Congress leaders launched a uncommon protest on the tarmac, refusing to let the flight depart, after Mr Khera was faraway from the flight. 

Mr Khera was arrested over his controversial feedback at a press convention lately. He had flubbed PM Modi’s identify whereas demanding a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani-Hindenburg row. “If Narasimha Rao could form a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee), if Atal Bihari Vajpayee could form a JPC, then what problem does Narendra Gautam Das…sorry Damodardas…Modi have?” he mentioned, showing to verify the center identify with a colleague.

The Congress argued within the Supreme Court that it was a “slip of tongue” and Mr Khera had apologised. The Supreme Court accepted the occasion’s request to membership all of the FIRs in opposition to him.

“I for one don’t believe in crossing boundaries. But if you have crossed boundaries, this can’t be the reaction. It was unfortunate. He did a play on words which he shouldn’t have as per me. “I genuinely received confused whether or not it’s Damodardas or Gautamdas.” This came on television. He also said I made a mistake,” mentioned lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi. 

Earlier at present, Mr Khera was compelled to exit the IndiGo flight after he and different Congress leaders boarded it; they had been heading to Raipur for a gathering of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). 

“It’s a long battle and I’m ready to fight,” he mentioned as he was whisked away by the police.

The BJP insists that Mr Khera’s fumble was deliberate.

Make no mistake- pathetic remarks by courtier Pawan Khera on PM’s father have blessings of the highest ranges of Congress, which is filled with entitlement and disdain in opposition to an individual of humble origins being PM. India is not going to overlook or forgive these horrible remarks of Congressmen.

– Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 20, 2023

“Make no mistake – pathetic remarks by courtier Pawan Khera on PM’s father have blessings of the top levels of Congress, which is full of entitlement and disdain against a person of humble origins being PM. India will not forget or forgive these horrible remarks of Congressmen,” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had mentioned.

The Congress mentioned the BJP is performing out of worry and desires to dam the occasion’s plenary session due to the “successful Bharat Jodo Yatra of Rahul Gandhi”. Last week, the Enforcement Directorate carried out searches on Congress MLAs in Chhattisgarh over allegations of money-laundering.

“This is nothing but a rattled government and its high-handedness,” Congress’s Supriya Srinate instructed NDTV.