Congress leader to withdraw complaint against Netflix's Sacred Games after Rahul Gandhi opens his eyes. Here's his letter

A Congress worker from West Bengal who had filed a complaint against Netflix, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and others who were associated with the hit Sacred Games web-series over an alleged insult to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has withdrawn his complaint, citing Rahul Gandhi's tweet on the matter as having opened his eyes.

Rajeev Kumar Sinha had filed his complaint on July 10, four days after Saif Ali Khan-starrer Sacred Games premiered on the streaming platform.

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However, he has now issued a letter where he has stated that he would withdraw his complaint:

Sub: Withdrawal of complaint against Netflix, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, producers of serial Sacred Games.

Dear Sir,

With the inspiration of tweet by our National President and voice of people Sri Rahul Gandhi ji,I learnt that forgiveness is much bigger than anything else in this mortal world.

With the highest respect to Sri Rahul Gandhi, I, Rajeev Sinha, will withdraw a complaint tomorrow July 16 at Girish Park police station, Kolkata, at 12 in the noon which I lodged on 10/7/2018 against Netflix, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and producers of serial Sacred Games,and urge to the ministry of broadcasting to make such guidelines or rules that nobody can use abusive language for our great martyrs in the name of freedom of expression.

I, myself, am the biggest supporter of freedom of expression as the great Gandhian ideology disallows to prevent anybody to speak. I urge people from different fields to maintain the discourse as it can hurt more people like me at some point of time. The intolerance in the country is so high that people get hurt on social media sometimes.

Today Rahulji’s tweet was an eye-opener for me. I completely agree with him that Bharat Ratna Late Rajiv Gandhi ji and his contribution and charisma is above all these petty things. Sri Rahul Gandhi has presented an example of forgiving, and we should stick to our principles of Gandhism, which is non-violent and for the sake of integrity and unity of our Country it is indeed the need of present situation in our country.

Regards
Rajeev Kumar Sinha
Member (WBPCC)

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Tweeting on the matter after at least a pair of Congress complaints were filed, party president Rahul Gandhi had written:

Earlier, urging the Kolkata Police to file an FIR in the case, the complainant who is part of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, requested that appropriate sections of the IT Act and the Indian Penal Code be slammed against Netflix, Siddiqui and the producers of the show.

'Sacred Games' hit popular-online viewing platform Netflix on 6 July 2018 and has been garnering raving reviews ever since. 'Sacred Games' which stars Bollywood actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte and Saif Ali Khan is based on author Vikram Chandra's thriller novel from 2006 by the same name. The First Season of the show, which has gone viral across India, has eight episodes. 

Apart from oozing in confidence and pulling off a complex plot-line through some stellar performances, the Saif Ali Khan-starrer has painted Indian digital screens with some super binge-worthy content-- pulling traditional 'silver screen' shows from the melodramatic family dramas to world-class film production. Here's more on that front. 

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