Case filed against BJP MP for calling Sonia, Rahul names

Patna, June 20: A case was filed on Saturday against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashwani Kumar Choubey for making offensive remarks about Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, a Bihar government lawyer said. A Congress worker has filed the case against Choubey in Muzaffarpur district, about 70 km from here. Choubey, an MP from Buxar, allegedly described Sonia Gandhi 'Putna' - the mythological demon woman sent by demon king 'Kansa' to kill the baby lord Krishna - and Rahul Gandhi a 'videshi tota' - a foreign parrot on Friday. Hundreds of Congress workers protested and laid seige to Choubey in a hotel in his parliamentary constituency of Buxar since Saturday morning, demanding apology from him. Similarly, Congress workers in Patna, Gaya, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur staged protest against Choubey. Addressing party workers in Nawada district, Choubey said Sonia Gandhi was a 'Italy ki Gudiya' (doll of Italy) and 'zehar ki pudiya' (a poisonous pouch), and both -- the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were sitting in her lap to drink poison.