PhonePe warns Congress against using its logo on posters targeting BJP in MP — 'will invite legal action'

Mumbai: An alleged posters war between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh received a corporate twist earlier this week, with digital payment company, PhonePe issuing a stern warning to the Congress party over the use of its logo in posters put up by it to hit out at rival BJP.

“The PhonePe logo is a registered trademark of our company and any unauthorized use of PhonePe’s intellectual property rights will invite legal action. We humbly request @INCMP to remove the posters and banners featuring our brand logo and colour,” the company said in a statement on the microblogging site Twitter, Monday.

    The PhonePe logo is a registered trademark of our company and any unauthorized use of PhonePe’s intellectual property rights will invite legal action. We humbly request @INCMP to remove the posters and banners featuring our brand logo and colour 🙏.

It also added: “PhonePe objects to the unauthorized usage of its brand logo, by any third party, be it political or non-political. We are not associated with any political campaign or party.”

Madhya is scheduled to vote for the assembly later this year, and the BJP and the Congress are engaged in a stiff battle for supremacy in the upcoming polls.

The PhonePe statement comes days after posters of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan appeared across Madhya Pradesh, which bore the PhonePe logo and alleged “50 percent commission” graft in the state.

The posters bore the CM’s face on a replica of a QR code with the slogan “50% lao PhonePe, kaam karao [give 50% commission on PhonePe and get your job done]”.


A similar campaign against the previous Basavraj Bommai-led BJP government in Karnataka was run by the Congress in the run-up to last’s year’s assembly elections, which the Congress won by a decisive majority. The “40 percent sarkara” campaign was believed to be an allusion to the “40% commission” row that erupted in April last year following the death of Belagavi-based contractor Santosh Patil. In a purported suicide note, Patil had accused former state minister and BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa of demanding 40 percent commission for a government project.

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan posters in Madhya Pradesh reportedly followed the appearance of similar posters targeted at Congress leader and former CM Kamal Nath, with the slogan “Wanted Commission Nath”.

While the BJP has denied involvement in the Kamal Nath posters and accused the Congress of playing “dirty politics”, the MP Congress alleged it was the BJP’s fear of losing ground in the state which was making it resort to such tactics.

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Meanwhile, a BJP worker in Madhya Pradesh has reportedly filed a police complaint against the posters targeting CM Chouhan.

On Thursday, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister and BJP leader Narottam Mishra hit out at the Congress’s “dirty politics”, while talking to the media.

Mishra showed purported CCTV footage of some people putting up the posters, and alleged “it is clearly seen that Congress workers are putting up these posters”.

Talking about the Kamal Nath posters, Mishra alleged it was “an outcome of Congress’ internal war. Give us proof (if it’s done by BJP), the way we are showing you proof”.

“It is for the first time that PhonePe company has given out a warning. If they approach us with a complaint, we will definitely take action,” the Madhya Pradesh minister further said.

When asked about the PhonePe statement, K.K. Mishra, chairman of Madhya Pradesh Congress’s media cell told ThePrint, “We have not received any notice so far. When we do, we will respond. The law will take its course.”

He added: “MP politics was never so shallow and dirty to resort to such posters. But the BJP which is clearly uncomfortable and sensing it’s losing ground is resorting to such things. But now that they have started it, we will certainly end it.”

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Manipur: 1 killed as ‘rioters’ open fire in Kangpokpi; several injured

 Imphal: One person was killed, and a few others were injured when “rioters” opened firing without any provocation at Haraothel village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Thursday morning, leading to tension in the area.

While the local army unit tweeted that “unconfirmed reports” indicated some casualties in the incident, official sources said one body had been recovered from the area and a few others could be seen lying on the ground.

It was not immediately clear whether they were dead or injured as intermittent firing was still going on in the area, the official sources said.

Giving details, the official Twitter handle of the army, operating in the region, said armed rioters opened unprovoked firing at 5.30 am.

“Own troops deployed in the area immediately mobilised to prevent escalation of situation. While enroute to the site, own columns drew effective fire from armed rioters,” the official “Spear Corps” handle of the army said.

It said the troops “responded in a calibrated manner to prevent any collateral damage. Swift action by troops resulted in cessation of firing.

“Additional columns moved to the area. Unconfirmed reports indicate some casualties. Build up of large crowds in the area also reported. Situation being closely monitored and further details will follow,” it said.

The area is located around 20 kms from capital city of Imphal.

More than 100 people have lost their lives in the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities in the northeastern state so far.

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Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley. Tribals — Nagas and Kukis — constitute another 40 per cent of the population and reside in the hill districts.

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