Recently, there has been an attack on the very FOUNDATIONS of Indian Democracy.
Yeah, I am talking about the arrest of Dr. Partha Sarothi Roy and Prof. Ambikesh Mahapatra, for their alleged invovement in the defamatory attempts on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Sarothi was arrested while participating in a rally opposing the eviction of slum dwellers while Mahapatra was detained for making a cartoon showing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
This is clearly an instance of the violation of the fundamental democratic right of freedom of expression, which is guaranteed to every Indian citizen according to the Indian Constitution.
A group of academicians, scientists and social activists, including National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy and professor Noam Chomsky, have written to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention against the West Bengal government’s high handedness in dealing with scientist Dr Partho Sarothi and Jadavpur university professor Ambikesh Mahapatra.
“This, in our opinion, constitutes a clear violation of freedom of speech and all conceivable rights of an individual due to illegal action by the state police. The state administration has issued public statements in both print and electronic media in support of this barbaric act,” said the letter written by Roy and signed by 55 academicians based out of India and abroad.
Yeah, I am talking about the arrest of Dr. Partha Sarothi Roy and Prof. Ambikesh Mahapatra, for their alleged invovement in the defamatory attempts on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.
Sarothi was arrested while participating in a rally opposing the eviction of slum dwellers while Mahapatra was detained for making a cartoon showing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
This is clearly an instance of the violation of the fundamental democratic right of freedom of expression, which is guaranteed to every Indian citizen according to the Indian Constitution.
A group of academicians, scientists and social activists, including National Advisory Council member Aruna Roy and professor Noam Chomsky, have written to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention against the West Bengal government’s high handedness in dealing with scientist Dr Partho Sarothi and Jadavpur university professor Ambikesh Mahapatra.
“This, in our opinion, constitutes a clear violation of freedom of speech and all conceivable rights of an individual due to illegal action by the state police. The state administration has issued public statements in both print and electronic media in support of this barbaric act,” said the letter written by Roy and signed by 55 academicians based out of India and abroad.
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