On September 23, 2025, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta compared Delhi government officials to Hanuman and said they remembered their authority only when faced with a situation akin to having their “tails set on fire”.
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A Delhi court on Saturday directed the police to submit a status report on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over her alleged remarks likening Delhi government officials to “Hanuman”.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts directed the Station House Officer of Kashmere Gate police station to file the report by October 15, the next date of hearing.
The case stems from a complaint filed by Ram Niwas Sharma, who alleged that Ms. Gupta, on September 23, 2025, compared Delhi government officials to Hanuman and said they remembered their authority only when faced with a situation akin to having their “tails set on fire”.
According to the complaint, Ms. Gupta also linked the reference to Hanuman to the programme being held at the doorstep of “Marghat Wale Baba”, a Hanuman temple in the Yamuna Bazar area near Nigambodh Ghat, named after its location near a cremation ground.
The remarks were allegedly made during the launch of a Delhi Transport Corporation interstate bus service connecting Delhi with Baraut in Uttar Pradesh.
The court noted the complainant’s allegation that “during the public address, while purportedly threatening and admonishing government officials for not working systematically, the proposed accused [Ms. Gupta] made the following statement (or words to the same effect): ‘These Hanumans remember their temporary powers only when their tail catches fire; before that, they forget it.’”
Mr. Sharma said in his plea that the remarks had hurt his religious sentiments and sought directions for registration of an FIR and further action.
Published – October 04, 2026 12:06 am IST
