Subramanian Swamy faces criminal case for `minority-baiting'

Janata Part MP Subraminian Swami who is orchestrating a campaign against the murky dealings in the allocation of second-generation radio spectrum for telecom licencies by the UPA government at the centre, has now been slapped with a criminal case for alleged remarks that suggested revoking voting rights for Muslims.

The crime branch of the Delhi Police registered a case against Swami under section 153A (spreading enmity between communities) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a newspaper article written in July this year, police sources said.

The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) through senior lawyer R K Anand filed a case against Swamy for his remarks in the article.

Swamy in an article in a newspaper is reported to have suggested that Indian Hindus collectively respond to terror acts.

"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 (larger Hindu society) which is Hindustan," Swamy is reported to have written in the article.

"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.