"Politicians should be thick-skinned," the Supreme Court said while hearing a plea of a West Bengal-based political commentator seeking protection from arrest in multiple FIRs lodged against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Assamese people. The bench was told by senior advocate Siddharth Agarwal and advocate Ashutosh Dubey, appearing for political commentator Garga Chatterjee, that he had made certain comments on Twitter (now X) in 2020. Agarwal said a number of FIRs were registered against him in Assam and in West Bengal which needed to be clubbed and transferred to a neutral state for further investigation. On August 19, 2020, the petitioner tendered a public apology for his remarks hurting the sentiments of the people of Assam. Agarwal said that bail was given and he was granted protection from arrest in FIRs lodged in West Bengal and Assam by this court on September 9, 2022.
