FIR against Ashish Khetan for comparing AAP manifesto with Guru Granth Sahib

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police on Wednesday filed an FIR against AAP leader Ashish Khetan for hurting religious sentiments.

A complaint had been filed against Ashish Khetan in Amritsar on Tuesday for hurting religious sentiments of Sikhs.

Khetan had reportedly compared the AAP manifesto with the Guru Granth Sahib and other religious books while launching it in Amritsar.

The AAP is criticism for using the image of the Golden Temple on the cover page of its 'Youth Manifesto' for Punjab assembly polls. The AAP had on Tuesday tendered an apology, saying it did not intend to "undermine any section of the society".

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal had attacked AAP on Tuesday for using the image of the Golden Temple on the cover page of its manifesto with the party's election symbol of broom superimposed on it, saying it amounted to "desecration" of the holy book and sought an apology from AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal.

In a scathing attack on Kejriwal, Badal said the Delhi chief minister was "mentally sick".