New Delhi: The police have arrested eight persons for putting up posters against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in different parts of Ahmedabad city. The posters allegedly say 'Modi Hatao Desh Bachao'. Police said that a case has been registered and further action is underway, reported ANI.
The development comes just three days after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released posters carrying the message "Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao" (Remove Modi, Save the Nation) in 11 different languages. The party said that these posters would be put up across the country on March 30.
Apart from Hindi, Urdu, English, and Punjabi, the posters have also been released in several other languages, including Gujarati, Telugu, Bengali, Oriya, Kannada, Malayalam, and Marathi.
The Aam Aadmi Party organized a large public meeting on March 23 at Jantar Mantar, where Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann addressed the gathering. During this event, Gopal Rai, the party's Delhi State Coordinator, announced that the party will be putting up "Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao" posters across the nation on March 30.
The announcement came a day after posters reading "Modi Hatao, Desh Bachao" appeared on walls and electricity poles across the national capital, with the Delhi Police arresting six people and registering over 100 FIRs in connection with the posters.
“Modi’s government’s dictatorship is at its peak. What is objectionable in this poster that Modiji lodged 100 FIRs over it. PM Modi, maybe you don’t know that India is a democratic country, why so afraid by a poster,” AAP said in a tweet.