Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani, who was arrested by the Assam Police from Gujarat late on Wednesday, 20 April, for two of his tweets that allegedly "pose a threat to disturb tranquility," and later flown to Assam and produced in court in Kokrajhar on Thursday, 21 April, has alleged that his arrest was "vendetta politics and this is by PMO."
The complaint against Mevani, filed by local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arup Kumar Dey at Kokrajhar Police Station, stated that the 41-year-old leader, in one of his tweets, had said, "PM Modi worships Godse" and "...that the PM on his Gujarat visit must make an appeal for harmony in light of the recent events of communal violence in the state."
Mevani, who had extended support to the Congress last year, was apprehended from the Palanpur Circuit House at around 11:30 pm and had been taken to Kokrajhar police station in Assam.