[Marxistindia] Stop violent attacks on citizens

[news from the cpi(m)]

February 24, 2016

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Stop Violent Attacks on Citizens

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI (M) expresses its grave concern and anguish over
the growing signs of hatred and use of violence unilaterally to intimidate
individuals, groups, identities who hold views contrary to those of the
perpetrators. 

 

We are shocked over the acid attack on the social activist turned AAP
functionary Soni Sori in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. Sori had to be
brought to Delhi for urgent medical attention and continue to be in
hospital.

 

We are outraged by the brazen violence by the mob belonging to an extreme
right wing group to force a policeman, Yusuf Sheikh in Latur in Maharashtra,
to be paraded and install a saffron flag in Ambedkar Chowk which was in a
sensitive part of the town. As a part his call of duty he was trying to
restrict these miscreants to carry out their intention which could lead to
repercussions leading to law and order problem. Sheikh grievously injured
and undergoing treatment in Latur has reportedly complained "I phoned the
control room and appraised them about the situation. Using my mobile, I
called the in-charge of the Renapur station on his cell phone. But still,
they failed to send reinforcements in time. The policemen reached Pangaon by
10.10 am. By then, the mob had assaulted me brutally and humiliated me by
parading me." 

 

Similar violence was let loose on Kanhaiya Kumar and academics and
journalists while he was in police custody and was being produced in the
Sessions Court in the Patiala House precinct. 

 

Particularly disturbing is the inaction, complicity and failure to apprehend
the perpetrators by the law enforcement agencies. It is also clear that such
brazen acts which show utter disregard for laws of the land could not be
spreading rapidly but for this complicit role. No doubt, the overall
atmosphere in the country which smacks of intolerance, hatred and
polarisation has apparently emboldened the perpetrators.

 

We demand that the Central Government, particularly the Prime Minister, who
recently claimed that he is the PM of the whole country and not just of the
BJP, to come out categorically and initiate measures to stop such blatant
violations of law and the constitutional principles. Citizens must be
emphatically reassured, constitutionally will not be allowed to be breached.

 

 

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