Pawan Khera has tendered unconditional apology: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Shillong: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that Congress leader Pawan Khera has tendered an unconditional apology.

Khera was arrested at the Delhi airport on Thursday in connection with a case lodged against him at the Haflong police station in Assam.

Sarma tweeted, "The majesty of law shall always prevail. The accused has tendered an unconditional apology (Para 7) We hope that keeping the sanctity of public spaces, no one will use uncivilized language in political discourse hereafter. @assampolice will follow the matter to its logical end,".


Abhishek Manu Singhvi submitted that the petitioner would not press the prayer for quashing of the FIRs since the petitioner would be advised to pursue the remedies which are available to him in accordance with law before the appropriate High Court. However, the petition has been pressed for clubbing of the FIRs in one jurisdiction since it has been urged that the gravamen of all the FIRs (lodged presently at Lucknow, Varanasi and Dima Hasao) is one and the same, namely, the press conference at which certain objectionable words were used.


Singhvi has stated that the petitioner has since clarified that the use of the language was inadvertent, though inappropriate, and that he would not stand by the use of such language. However, Singhvi states that the petitioner tenders an unconditional apology.

Khera was released on bail in a case involving his alleged insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"I was asked to deplane as if I was a terrorist. It can happen to anyone tomorrow," Pawan Khera said after being freed from police lock-up.

The FIR against the senior Congress leader was lodged on Wednesday. The FIR was lodged by Samuel Changsan. Case was filed under section 153A/153B(1)/500/504/505(1)(b) and 505(2).

The complainant was regarding a comment by Pawan Khera on the Prime Minister and his father.

On February 20, Union Home minister, Amit Shah in a rally in Nagaland slammed Congress leader Pawan Khera for insulting the PM by calling him 'Narendra Gautam Das Modi'. "The language used by a Congress spokesperson (Pawan Khera) for PM Modi today is not his statement, but a statement that's in accordance with Rahul Gandhi's nature. Rahul Gandhi used abusive language for PM Modi in 2019 and as a result, Congress lost its Opposition status," Shah said.

He said, "We cannot reduce to the level of congress leaders and therefore people here must give befitting reply to Congress leaders by voting for BJP-NDPP alliance".