Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale, Saturday claimed that he was arrested on orders from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Gokhale was arrested twice in three days over an alleged “fake tweet” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Modi is hurt by a tweet. Not by deaths of 135 innocent people,” TMC leader in a tweet.
“I was arrested on orders of BJP, got bail, re-arrested, & got bail again – all in a span of 4 days. I’m grateful to the Hon’ble judiciary for upholding my liberty. BJP is hilariously mistaken if they thought this would break me. I’m only going to come at them harder,” he wrote.
He went on to say: “I was given no notice for 5 days after an FIR was filed in Ahmedabad. The police told me that the IB was tracking me & told CISF to intercept me at Jaipur airport. Ahmedabad Police who were in Delhi for a different case were told to rush to Jaipur to arrest me.”
“A frivolous case was filed for sharing a tweet made by someone else. Funnily the police have no clue who that person is. The aim was to find a way to target me, throw me into jail, and keep me there,” read his tweet.
Gokhale termed the incident a “Modi & Shah textbook perfected in UP & Gujarat.”
“Ironically I was arrested twice in 3 days for a tweet about Morbi bridge collapse. And till date, the owners of Oreva company who built the faulty bridge haven’t even been named in an FIR let alone arrested. Modi is hurt by a tweet. Not by deaths of 135 innocent people,” Gokhale said in a series of tweets.
He explained: “The 2nd complaint in Morbi was filed against me on behalf of BJP’s ally Election Commission. Surprisingly, the case for “electoral interference” was filed after polling for both phases was over. EC, however, is ok with communal speeches & roadshows by Modi on poll day.”
