Rajnath Singh :
You allege that Congress wants “regime change” the Bangladesh route
No. People want “regime change”
Protests with slogan “India against corruption” brought you power
Then :
You embraced corruption
Captured institutions
Manipulated voters list
Time to go !
Waving the Tricolour at Jantar Mantar in a peaceful protest is not a crime. Jailing youth for it is an act of cowardice.
Students. Youth. Journalists. The INDIA bloc. Different banners, one cause. All protests are one: citizens demanding their constitutional rights.
Jantar Mantar belongs to the people of India. We will reclaim it.
Manhandled, dragged, assaulted n misbehaved inside a police vehicle and dumped by the roadside - for the crime of speaking to the media.
This is not merely an assault on an MP. It is an assault on democratic freedoms and the rule of law. More chillingly, it happened within hours of the Supreme Court issuing directions to safeguard peaceful protest and constitutional rights.
I have written to the Hon’ble President of India @rashtrapatibhvn , the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha @VPIndia and the Chief Justice of India seeking urgent intervention and fixing accountability for the police personnel, and action on the question of parliamentary privilege.
The Government cannot intimidate democracy into silence. It cannot substitute the force of the baton for the force of debate. And it shouldn’t expect the people to surrender their constitutional freedoms merely because those in power find dissent inconvenient. The strength of a democracy lies not in its capacity to suppress dissent, but in its ability to address it.
Heading back to my village to be with my family during this moment of grief.
Saurav and Ashu will address a press conference shortly in Delhi.
The CJP will neither back down nor be intimidated.
October 10 will go down as the beginning of the end of this dictatorship.
#India: We are concerned by reports of mass detentions of demonstrators, protest leaders, members of civil society organisations, lawyers and journalists, before and during today’s large-scale demonstrations in Delhi.
We call on the authorities to ensure that the right to peaceful assembly is fully respected and fulfilled.
https://t.co/tqrQyZoXBJ
🇮🇳 Indian police boarded a passenger plane in Delhi to arrest Abhijeet Dipke, leader of the anti-government “Cockroach” movement, before he could attend a protest.
The youth-driven movement, which emerged from frustration over unemployment and exam scandals, was planning to demonstrate against alleged electoral irregularities, demanding the resignation of India's chief election commissioner.
But, of course, this is India, where criticising the government is always an extremely arrestable offence.
Writer: Mhedi