Meerut court to hear a plea against Rakhi Sawant and her Narendra Modi dress: TOI
A city NGO said the actor had disrespected the prime minister by posting pictures of herself in the outfit, which was dotted with his photographs.
A court in Meerut will hear a plea against actor Rakhi Sawant for wearing a black dress with photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi plastered all over it, The Times of India reported. The court accepted a petition by a city NGO named Progressive Women Welfare Society on Friday. The NGO’s vice president, Lata, claimed Sawant had “degraded the position of the Prime Minister not just in India but also across the world,” by posting pictures of the outfit online, which had subsequently gone viral.
The NGO’s lawyer told the English daily that they have filed a case under the public indecency and defamation sections of the Indian Penal Code. The court will hear the case on August 17.
Sawant had generated a great deal of interest when she made the images public, leaving many on Twitter amused, and others uncomfortable. She had then clarified that she had put the pictures up only after getting permission from the Bharatiya Janata Party and its president Amit Shah.