BJP ST Morchaโs national general secretary Hayithung Bill Lotha has threatened Richard Marak that the latter would face Rs 10 crore defamation suit and jail term if he does not apologise for his remarks against Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma.
In a statement issued on Friday, Lotha termed Richard Marak, the Meghalaya State president of Youth Congress, as a โsmall-time functionaryโ of the Congress party.
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He also said, Richard Marak has gone astrary with โmad cow disease and schizophreniaโ.
The BJP ST Morcha leader also said: โHe (Marak) is a โSmall Kid โ Bachcha in politicsโ and has got no political locus-standi and heft in indulging in Pan-India political discourse.โ
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Lothaโs comments come as he reacts to Richard Marakโs remarks on being declared Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma as the โIconic North-East heroโ by the former.
Lotha said: โWell It was declared Conrad Sangma became an โIconic North-East heroโ and โin toto and whole ball of waxโ all the political party leaders and civil societies like NESO-led student bodies appreciated Conrad and even pro-talk faction of United Liberation Front of Asomโs (ULFA) general secretary, Anup Chetia on February 5 praised and congratulated Conrad for his โbold standโ.โ
According to a report published by The Shillong Times on February 7, Richard Marak said โsome unknown person called Hayithung Bill Lothaโ was praising Conrad for thwarting the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the Rajya Sabha.
The report quoted Marak as saying: โLooks very much like a paid PR stunt to save face for all the fiasco that Conrad Sangma has been facing recently regarding his lip service protest against the CAB of his political masters. Who Lotha is no one knows or cares and how he represents the NE people to hail a failing pseudo-leader/puppet as an iconic hero is beyond understanding.โ
Reacting to this comment by Marak, Lotha said: โThis low level Congress Youth member โhurling baseless, fallacious and conjectural chargesโ, mentioning that โConrad must have paid a pretty penny to the writerโ, are totally a โJocose, waggish, glib, zany and frivolousโ in nature and content.โ
Threatening to lodge a Rs 10 crore defamation case against Marak if the does not apologise, Lotha said: โTill the time this bachcha Richard Marak shall humbly apologise, he faces the danger of facing a 10 Crores defamation penalty and going to jail for up to two years.โ