The New Indian Express ·
‘Casteist remarks against Chandrashekhar Azad warrant prosecution’: Delhi court denies Ajeet Bharti bail
NEW DELHI: Social media influencer Ajeet Bharti, accused of using casteist slurs against Member of Parliament Chandrashekhar Azad in his video, invoked caste hierarchy, caste-based notions of purity and the assumed superiority of "upper" over "lower" castes in matters of marriage and lineage, and, therefore, warranted prosecution, a Delhi Court has said.
Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler made the prima facie observation while denying anticipatory bail to Bharti in September 7 order in a case registered under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act).
The judge said that Bharti’s assertion that Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) president, Azad, should make himself worthy of marrying an upper-caste girl was a specific reference to caste and is humiliating.