Thiruvananthapuram, December 21: A Trivandrum Court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in connection with a case filed against him for allegedly defaming Hindu women in one of his books. Thiruvananthapuram Chief Judicial First Class Magistrate issued the arrest warrant against Tharoor after the Congress leader failed to be show up at the court. Neither Tharoor nor his lawyer were present, after which the arrest warrant was issued against him. Kolkata High Court Stays Arrest Warrant Against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for 'Hindu Pakistan' Remark.

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This is not the first time that Tharoor has been issued an arrest notice. On August 13, a city metropolitan magistrate's court had issued the warrant against the Thiruvananthapuram MP, based on a case filed by advocate Sumeet Chowdhary. However, the Kolkata High Court had stayed his arrest warrant. Shashi Tharoor Condemns Arrest of Payal Rohatgi For Objectionable Video Against Nehru-Gandhi Family, Wants Her Released.

In July last year, Tharoor had said if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it would create a condition leading to the formation of a 'Hindu Pakistan'.

Addressing an event in Thiruvananthapuram, Tharoor had said the BJP will write a new Constitution which will pave the way for a nation, much like Pakistan, where the rights of minorities are not respected. "If they [BJP] win a repeat in the Lok Sabha, our democratic constitution as we understand it will not survive as they will have all the elements they need to tear apart the Constitution of India and write a new one," the Congress leader had said.

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