AAP’s Ashish Khetan booked for likened poll Manifesto to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Aam Aadmi Party, Ashish Khetan,AAP manifesto cover, Guru Granth Sahib,Amritsar Police,youth manifesto
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AAP’s Ashish Khetan booked for likened poll Manifesto to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Aam Aadmi Party, Ashish Khetan,AAP manifesto cover, Guru Granth Sahib,Amritsar Police,youth manifesto
The Amritsar police late Tuesday booked Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan for his remark equating the party’s poll manifesto to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the religious scripture of the Sikhs.
The case against Khetan, on the charge of hurting religious sentiments, comes on the heels of a controversy over AAP putting its symbol, the broom, on a photograph of the Golden Temple on its manifesto cover.
Sikh pressure groups have not just protested against the two issues, but have also filed complaints with the Election Commission of India for hurting religious sentiments. Party leaders, though not seasoned politicians, have learnt from their experiences in Delhi and pulled out an old trick from their hat – of apologising instead of counter-arguing.