Congress seeks MP Cabinet’s dismissal for ‘shielding’ minister who made remarks on Colonel Qureshi
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The Congress on Wednesday urged President Droupadi Murmu to dismiss the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet, alleging that the state government had blocked the judicial proceedings against minister Vijay Shah for his remarks allegedly targeting Army spokesperson Colonel Sofiya Qureshi last year.
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In a letter to Murmu, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari said that the government’s refusal to sanction Shah’s prosecution showed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was shielding its leaders from accountability and obstructing the judicial process. He added that the government is providing political protection to a “loudmouth” minister.
On May 13, 2025, the BJP leader said, at an event in Mhow, that those who had widowed the daughters of India had been taught a lesson by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “by sending the sister from their own community”. He repeated the remark immediately after saying it the first time.
While the BJP leader did not name a person, Opposition parties had alleged that the minister was alluding to Qureshi, one of the spokespersons during the media briefings relating to Operation Sindoor held by the external affairs ministry and the defence ministry.
On May 14, 2025, the Madhya Pradesh High Court took suo moto cognisance of the matter and ordered the registration of a case against Shah.
Shah was subsequently booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for endangering the...