Information and Broadcasting Minister and Senior BJP leader&nbsp; Prakash Javadekar hit back at the critics and said that blaming Modi Government and BJP for sedition case against intellectuals as absolute falsehood spread by the vested interests.<br />''<br />''Putting up a strong defence of the government, while talking to PTI in New Delhi yesterday, Mr Javadekar noted that the FIR was filed after a Bihar court's order on a petition and the government has not filed the FIR. He said, it was an absolute falsehood spread by vested interests and asserted that the development had nothing to with either the party or its dispensation at the Centre.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The FIR was lodged in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district against 49 intellectuals and artists, including Aparna Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Ramchandra Guha, for alleged sedition after they wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi against growing incidents of lynching. The case was registered after a Chief Judicial Magistrate passed an order on a petition filed by a lawyer alleging that the writers had tarnished the image of the country.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | October 9, 2019 1:49 PM
Blaming Modi govt, BJP for sedition case against intellectuals 'absolute falsehood': Javadekar