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FIR against Congress leader Gohil for calling Modi "fake OBC"

Ahmedabad: An FIR was today registered against Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil under Representation of Peoples Act for promoting enmity between two classes in connection with elections for his remark that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi

PTI Published : May 11, 2014 11:29 IST, Updated : May 11, 2014 15:43 IST
Accusing Modi of “garnering sympathy by invoking his caste status”, Gohil had said, “He belongs to rich and prosperous Modh-Ghanchis who were never given any kind of reservation nor were included in OBCs before Modi became CM.  

In the way encounters were fake in Gujarat, Modi is also a fake OBC”.

The Congress leader had quoted from Gujarati lexicon ‘Bhagvadgomandal' to claim that Modhs are rich people living in a particular village and Ghanchis belong to the prosperous trading class.

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