UP bypolls: Row over his remark on CJI, SP’s Ram Gopal says video ‘doctored’

Ram Gopal, on with different household members including SP main Akhilesh Yadav, were successful Mainpuri connected Monday, wherever SP campaigner and Akhilesh Yadav’s nephew Tej Pratap Yadav filed his information papers from the Karhal Assembly seat. The spot fell vacant aft Akhilesh, the sitting MLA from the seat, was elected arsenic Member of Parliament from Kannauj successful the caller Lok Sabha elections.

In the video that surfaced connected societal media, Ram Gopal was purportedly asked a question astir a caller remark by the CJI connected the verdict of Ram Janmabhoomi and Babri Masjid rubric suit.

In his response, Ram Gopal is purportedly heard utilizing an “objectionable” word successful an evident notation to CJI Chandrachud.

Later, Ram Gopal denied making immoderate specified notation and sought to clarify the substance further. He claimed that the video had been “tampered with”. He besides demanded an probe by the District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Mainpuri into this “fraud”.

“Today (Monday) was the information filing of SP campaigner Tej Pratap Sigh for the by-election to beryllium held for Karhal Vidhan Sabha. I was besides successful Mainpuri. There was a ample fig of radical from the physics media. Most of them were asking questions astir Karhal, Milkipur and Bahraich,” said Ram Gopal.

He added, “Some mischievous radical person tampered with the video… They enactment a question connected my reply regarding definite irrelevant remarks made by immoderate astir the Bahraich contented and included the sanction of the CJI successful this. No question related to the CJI and the judiciary was asked. Neither person I said thing successful this regard.”