‘Be patriots, raise issues of our country’: Bombay HC rejects CPI(M)’s ‘untenable’ plea to hold protests against Gaza ‘genocide’ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/bombay-hc-rejects-cpim-untenable-plea-protests-against-gaza-genocide-10149882/
The bench then dismissed the “untenable” plea on the ground of locus of the petitioner. Justice Gautam Ankhad, that police rejected the application on the ground that the protest was against the country’s foreign policy, and therefore it will create law and order situation the state government’s counsel said police had received objections to the proposed protest, and taking law and order situation into consideration, the authorities denied permission.
Later in the day, the CPI(M) politburo, said in a statement: “While doing so, the court went to the extent of calling into question the patriotism of the party. Ironically, the bench appears to be unaware of either the provisions of the Constitution, which enshrines the rights of a political party, or the history of our country and our people’s solidarity with the Palestinians… The observations smack of distinct political bias in line with the central government.”
@ShabnamHashmi @jawharsircar
What is happening to our country!! The judges should then question the Mahatma why he fought against racial discrimination in South Africa
Shameful . @cpimspeak must challenge this. We must stand against genocide perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians.