<p>Congress nominee from the Saharanpur Lok Sabha seat Imran Masood was on Saturday arrested after a case was registered against him for his controversial remarks against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A video clip depicting Masood saying he would “chop Modi into tiny pieces” if the Gujarat chief minister decided to “make Uttar Pradesh into a Gujarat” went viral on the Internet on Friday.<br /><br />He was arrested from his residence at Saharanpur early on Saturday. Masood was later produced before a district court, which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody after rejecting his bail application. <br /><br />The Congress nominee, however, showed no signs of remorse over his remarks. <br />“I am prepared to go to jail hundred times for speaking against Modi,” a defiant Masood said after coming out of court. <br /><br />He also claimed that the controversial video footage was eight months old. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also endorsed the claim, though he made it clear that it was not the party’s culture to use such words.<br /><br />Masood’s supporters, who gathered in large numbers near the court premises, created a ruckus and police had to resort to mild lathicharge to disperse them.<br /><br />Incidentally, Imran was earlier given a Lok Sabha ticket from Saharanpur by the Samajwadi Party (SP).<br />However the SP party later dropped Imran’s nomination after former Congress leader Rashid Masood threatened to contest against him if his son Shaadan was not given a ticket. Rashid’s son and Imran’s cousin Shaadan Masood was later fielded instead.</p>
<p>Congress nominee from the Saharanpur Lok Sabha seat Imran Masood was on Saturday arrested after a case was registered against him for his controversial remarks against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A video clip depicting Masood saying he would “chop Modi into tiny pieces” if the Gujarat chief minister decided to “make Uttar Pradesh into a Gujarat” went viral on the Internet on Friday.<br /><br />He was arrested from his residence at Saharanpur early on Saturday. Masood was later produced before a district court, which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody after rejecting his bail application. <br /><br />The Congress nominee, however, showed no signs of remorse over his remarks. <br />“I am prepared to go to jail hundred times for speaking against Modi,” a defiant Masood said after coming out of court. <br /><br />He also claimed that the controversial video footage was eight months old. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also endorsed the claim, though he made it clear that it was not the party’s culture to use such words.<br /><br />Masood’s supporters, who gathered in large numbers near the court premises, created a ruckus and police had to resort to mild lathicharge to disperse them.<br /><br />Incidentally, Imran was earlier given a Lok Sabha ticket from Saharanpur by the Samajwadi Party (SP).<br />However the SP party later dropped Imran’s nomination after former Congress leader Rashid Masood threatened to contest against him if his son Shaadan was not given a ticket. Rashid’s son and Imran’s cousin Shaadan Masood was later fielded instead.</p>
