Rahul Gandhi on Sacred Games row: My father lived, died for India, no ‘character’ can change that

A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking removal of some “offensive scenes” from the Netflix series Sacred Games, alleging that some of its content were inappropriate and derogatory in nature and harmed the reputation of the former prime minister.

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Rahul Gandhi said he believed in the freedom of expression unlike BJP and RSS. (File)

Days after a Kolkata Congress worker filed a complaint against Netflix and producers of the web series Sacred Games for allegedly insulting former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said freedom of expression is a “fundamental democratic right”. He said the views of a character of a fictional web series cannot change the fact that his father Rajiv Gandhi “lived and died in the service of India”.

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BJP/RSS believe the freedom of expression must be policed & controlled. I believe this freedom is a fundamental democratic right.

My father lived and died in the service of India. The views of a character on a fictional web series can never change that.#SacredGames

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 14, 2018

“BJP/RSS believe (that) the freedom of expression must be policed & controlled. I believe this freedom is a fundamental democratic right. My father lived and died in the service of India. The views of a character on a fictional web series can never change that,” Rahul tweeted.

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The Congress had initially backed the local leader who filed the complaint, saying everyone has the right to protest in a peaceful, democratic manner. The Congress high command had argued that some dialogues in the show were based on lies projected by the BJP for “political gains”.

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