Mumbai: A complaint has been registered against Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP state president Nitin Gadkari for their alleged derogatory statements against the prime minister during a rally, police said on Friday.
"An FIR has been registered against Thackeray and Gadkari for the statements made in their speech on March 20 at the Swan mill compound in central Mumbai," a senior police official from the Kalachowkie police station said.
The complaint was filed since the speeches made were allegedly in violation of the model code of conduct and the leaders had allegedly made derogatory statements against the Prime Minister, the official said.
"The complaint was filed after a report was submitted by the collector's office," he said, adding the police had taken legal opinion prior to registering the offence against the two leaders.
"The sections applied on both Thackeray and Gadkari are bailable," the official said.
After examining recordings of the speeches made by the two leaders, Mumbai Collector I A Kundan had submitted her report to the Kalachowkie police station to decide if any action should be taken.
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