Jaipur, February 19 A man who allegedly posted a video threatening to shoot Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and 25 other MPs from the opposition party was detained by police in Kota, Rajasthan, on Thursday, a senior official said.
The man, who identified himself as Raj Singh, spokesperson for the right-wing group Karni Sena, said in the purported video that all BJP and Karni Sena workers were angered by the way 25 Congress MPs verbally abused Speaker Om Birla in the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded first part of the Budget session of Parliament.
"If such an incident occurs again, we will enter the homes of those MPs and vandalise them. I believe this incident occurred on the orders of Rahul Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi, listen carefully, if such an incident occurs again, we will barge into your home and shoot you," Singh said in the video.
"If those MPs are arrested within 24 hours, it is fine. Otherwise, we will shoot them all one by one," he said.
After the video went viral on social media, Singh was detained by the Kota police.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Kota, Tejaswani Gautam told
In the video, a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Birla shaking hands is seen hanging on the wall behind Singh.
Both the BJP and the Karni Sena denied having any association with Singh.
"I want to clarify that the person seen in the viral video has no connection with the BJP. The BJP is a disciplined party committed to nation-building. This type of language and conduct is completely contrary to our ideology and moral values," BJP Kota city president Rakesh Jain said.
A senior Karni Sena leader also said that Singh did not have any association with the group.