BREAKING | BJP Minister Vijay Shah Approaches Supreme Court Against MP HC Order Directing FIR Over His Comments On Col Sofiya Qureshi

BJP Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah has moved the Supreme Court against Madhya Pradesh High Court's suo motu direction for registration of FIR against him over his comment calling Colonel Sofiya Qureshi a "sister of terrorists".

To recap, Colonel Sofiya Qureshi had become the face of the 'Operation Sindoor' after she gave press briefings about the military operations carried out by the Indian Air Force against Pakistani terrorist sites.

However, Vijay Shah courted controversy by saying, "Jinhone humari betiyon ke sindoor ujade the… humne unhiki behen bhej kar ke unki aisi ki taisi karwayi" [Translation: Those people (terrorists) who had wiped out the sindoor (vermilion) of our sisters (in the Pahalgam terror attack)... we avenged these people by sending their sister to destroy them.

While passing suo motu directions yesterday, the High Court described Shah's remarks as 'disparaging,' 'dangerous,' and 'language of the gutters'-not merely targeting the officer in question, but denigrating the armed forces as a whole. It further observed that, prima facie, offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, are made out against the Minister.

It was added that the remarks had the 'propensity' to fuel an impression that, irrespective of the selfless duties of a person towards India, such a person could still be derided "only because that person belongs to the Muslim faith".

Ultimately, the DGP was directed to forthwith register an FIR against Shah by yesterday evening and warned of contempt proceedings in case of non-compliance. Hours after this order was passed, the MP police booked Shah under Sections 152, 196(1)(b), and 197(1)(c) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

Case Title: KUNWAR VIJAY SHAH v. THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH, Diary No. - 27093/2025