FIR against Congress leader Gohil for calling Modi "fake OBC"

The FIR was registered under sections 171 (a) and 153 of IPC for interfering in the exercise of election and promoting enmity between two castes.

Gohil is also charged under section 125 (A) of the Representation of People's Act (RPA) for promoting enmity between two classes in connection with the election and under CrPC section 151 which authorises his arrest by police to prevent any further commission of cognisable offence, the officer said.

Congress and BJP are engaged in an acrimonious exchange over the caste of BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee, who often claims that he was born in a backward class.  

Earlier on May 8, Gohil had released a copy of a circular, which he claimed was issued by the Gujarat government, to claim that Modi “manipulated” records to bring his ‘Modh Ghanchi' caste into the OBC list after he became chief minister in 2001.

Gohil had accused Modi of “indulging in a low level of political gimmickry” after the latter gave a caste spin to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's “neech rajniti” remark against him and claimed that he was being targetted because being born in a “backward caste”.