Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was charged under IPC Sections 153A (promoting enmity) and 295A (outraging religious feelings) along with the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, for his 2018 remark warning that a BJP reelection could turn India into a “Hindu Pakistan,” eroding minority rights and secular values. The complainant, Advocate Sumeet Chowdhary, argued the statement insulted India’s constitutional ethos, while Tharoor declined to apologize. In August 2019, a court issued an arrest warrant against the MP. The case hinges on whether political critiques of majoritarianism violate criminal provisions.
