FIR against Congress veteran Salman Khurshid's niece sparks row with 'vote jihad' appeal, case filed

An FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party leader and Congress leader Salman Khurshid's niece, Maria Alam Khan, for her controversial speech in which she appealed for 'vote Jihad' terming it as necessary in the current situation for the minority community to defeat the BJP government. The FIR also mentions Salman Khurshid’s name.

Earlier today, Maria Alam Khan stirred a major controversy as she appealed and



exhorted people at a public rally in Farrukhabad to take to ‘vote jihad’ to dislodge the Modi Government.

Addressing a public gathering, Salman Khurshid’s niece and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Maria Alam Khan appealed to people for ‘jihad for votes’ to oust the Modi government while also fuming over some members of the community rallying behind Mukesh Rajput, the BJP candidate from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency.