The chilling reality of BJP’s rule.
Remember this man? Ram Bhakt Gopal.
He was one of the earliest and most disturbing experiments of what unfolded in Delhi under BJP’s rule in collabration with system.
He openly carried a gun and fired at peaceful anti-CAA protesters while Delhi Police watched from a distance.
One protester was shot.
And this Criminal who pulled the trigger was never convicted in that shooting case.
Let that sink in.
A peaceful protester was shot, the police watched, and the shooter escaped conviction for the shooting.
This is the kind of impunity that should terrify every citizen.
In a letter to Sardar Patel on May 14, 1948, Dr Rajendra Prasad stated that members of the RSS could disguise themselves as Muslims to attack Hindus and incite riots.
Damm...he was absolutely right.
Democracy has been battered on the streets of Delhi over the past two days. Thousands of protesters were attacked and detained for demanding accountability from the Election Commission.
Standing in defense of democracy, figures like @cpimspeak Rajya Sabha leader @JohnBrittas, @SFI_CEC President @Adarshmsaji , @dyficec Central Executive Committee Member, @jaickcthomas, @Cockroachisback leaders @abhijeet_dipke, @SauravDassss, and @AshutoshRanka, YouTuber and activist @dhruv_rathee bore the brunt of the Modi government's heavy-handed repression, joining thousands of others who took to the streets.
Peaceful protesters were met with batons, humiliation and mass detention. The Modi government must answer for this assault on democratic rights. You may detain thousands, but you cannot imprison the conscience of a nation
This has to be amongst the most sinister visuals of what is unfolding in Delhi. The police is informed by reporters about unidentified persons in a car with sticks/lathis and yet the car is allowed to drive away!
Think about it for a second.
A planned peaceful protest against election roll fraud is prohibited because the police cites the fear of violence and invokes a section of the law prohibiting gatherings of more than four people in central New Delhi.
The police arrest individuals for speaking to reporters or looking like they are protestors even though they are not raising slogans, carrying placards or weapons of any kind.
But when unidentified persons with a horde of weapons in their motor car are spotted hanging around in this prohibited zone, the police makes no attempt to establish who they are let alone detain them. Instead they are allowed, indeed, encouraged to escape!
I do believe we are now at the public-private partnershipstage of fascism. With lumpens being given free reign to attack those standing up for democracy.
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.
For many of us journalists, John Brittas has become over the years one of the first people we call when we face harassment from the state. He has stood up for journalists and others facing oppression, and has been a strong voice of the Opposition.
Today, he was dragged into a police bus while protesting, assaulted, and dumped on the roadside.
Solidarity with you @JohnBrittas. If this is how the police treat an elected MP, imagine what an ordinary citizen faces.
हरियाणा के मुख्य निर्वाचन अधिकारी और हरियाणा विधानसभा के स्पीकर सगे भाई हैं।
दोनों के दूसरे के काम में पूरी तरह सहयोग करते हैं, एक भाई चुनाव करवाता है, दूसरा चुने हुए सदस्यों का सदन चलाता है। बड़ा पारिवारिक माहौल है ।
ഭരണകൂടം അതിൻ്റെ സർവ്വ അധികാരവും ഉപയോഗിച്ച് സമര വീര്യം മാത്രം കൈമുതൽ ആയ സമര സഖാക്കളെ തടവിലാക്കിയത് എന്തോ ധീരകൃത്യം ആയി ആഘോഷിക്കുന്ന സംഘികളെ കണ്ട്!
ആത്മാഭിമാനവും അവകാശ ബോധവും ഉള്ള മനുഷ്യർ സമരം ചെയ്യും ,അറസ്റ്റ് വരിക്കും ,തെരുവിൽ തല്ല് കൊള്ളും.
നിങ്ങൾക്ക് പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുള്ളത് മാപ്പ് പറച്ചിലും ഷൂ നക്കലും ആണ്..
ഇങ്ങനെ പേടിക്കാതെഡേ! വടി വെട്ടാൻ പോയിട്ടേയുള്ളൂ .
Here’s what the government and Delhi police are really telling you: ‘Guys, ’twas a famous victory! We won the match hands down. We saw to it that the rival team could not show up at the ground.’
That’s assuming this was a T20 fixture and dismissing any other contests or formats in this series yet unfolding. And ignoring the fact that the rival teams humbled them repeatedly, sometimes hilariously, at multiple venues beyond Jantar Mantar.
It’s also assuming that employing brute force to deny young people entry to a designated protest site in the capital of their own country, using 35,000 or more security personnel to do so, cancelling 250 trains, arresting people on board aircraft, yanking them off buses, detaining thousands across Delhi and the country at their homes or in police stations, cracking down on independent journalists, and deploying their discredited media attack hounds – was a victory.
And meanwhile CJI Surya Kant who made the Cockroaches a household word has added another fascinating insect to his lexicon, advising the authorities that “one should not use a hammer to kill a fly." Cockroaches, flies, gosh! What’s next in the queue, spiders that trap themselves in their own webs?
Today Delhi brought alive the old Sanskrit saying Vinash Kale Viprita Buddhi. When doom approaches, the mind losses its balance and judgement.
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.
SFI All India President Adarsh M Saji, SFI Delhi State Secretary Sooraj Elamon, SFI CEC member Abhijith Manilal and hundreds of comrades have been attacked and detained at Rajiv Chowk while marching towards Jantar Mantar.
My respect for Imran Khan is a million times greater than for all the Khans, Kapoors and Kumars of Bollywood combined.
The day Modi loses power, Bollywood will suddenly find its voice and have a thousand stories to tell. But speaking against someone after they lose power takes no courage. What matters is who dares to speak when that person still holds all the power.
When history asks who stood up and who looked away, Imran Khan will have his answer.