Twitter CEO in trouble: Jodhpur Court orders to lodge an FIR

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE- In the case of offensive ‘Brahmanical patriarchy’ poster which reads content written against Hindu religion, Jodhpur court of Rajasthan has ordered to register an FIR against CEO of twitter, Jack Dorsey.

On Thursday, Vice President of Vipra Foundation’s youth group Rajkumar Sharma had filed a plea in the court against sharing of the poster on twitter. The picture which has caused all the outrage is about CEO of twitter Jack holding the offensive poster in his hands during his tour to India.

Their only demand is that Jack should apologize for it as the whole Brahmin community is offended by the poster.

Metropolitan judge Rachna Bissa has accepted the petition and has declared December 1 for the hearings to be held regarding the same. Actually, Jack Dorsey was highlighted in the public and a lot of controversy was created when he was seen holding a political and offensive poster in his hands. The poster read ‘Brahmin patriarchy must be destroyed’.

The interesting fact is, this picture is of Jack’s India tour. In the photograph where Jack is seen holding the poster, many other journalists and women activists were seen along with Jack. After the picture got exposed, a lot of discussions regarding this started taking place on twitter after which the  company had to come forward, take charges of the mistake and apologize for it.

Jack has been alleged of opposing a specific caste and creed. Twitter in one of its statements has said that the poster was given to Jack by a member which means that the company listens to everyone and takes care of all its users.

On behalf of Rajkumar Sharma, advocate Hastimal Saraswat filed the case against Jack under sections 295A 500, 501, 504, 505 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

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