Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy is likely to be questioned by Delhi Police on Monday in connection with a case of writing an ‘inflammatory article’ in a newspaper.
A senior police official said they will examine Swamy, who was granted interim protection till January 30 by the Delhi High Court against his possible arrest. Swamy is in Ranchi and expected to reach the capital tomorrow.
However, he said that he was not aware of any intimation from police regarding his questioning. Delhi High Court on Friday had granted interim protection to Swamy and asked him to give an undertaking that he would not write such articles in the future.
The court also issued notice to the Delhi Police, seeking its response to Swamy's anticipatory bail plea. Delhi Police had on October three registered a case of spreading enmity between communities against Swamy for his remarks suggesting revoking of voting rights of Muslims.
The Crime Branch registered a case under Section 153A (spreading enmity between communities) of Indian Penal Code for his newspaper article in July this year. The Harvard-educated economic scholar, Swamy in an article in a newspaper had suggested Indian Hindus collectively respond to terror acts.
He wrote: "We need a collective mindset as Hindus to stand against the Islamic terrorist... If any Muslim acknowledges his or her Hindu legacy, then we Hindus can accept him or her as a part of the Brihad Hindu Samaj (greater Hindu society) which is Hindustan.”
"Others, who refuse to acknowledge this, or those foreigners who become Indian citizens by registration, can remain in India but should not have voting rights (which means they cannot be elected representatives)," Swamy had written.