[Marxistindia] Anti-Constitutional Stand

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 4, 2016

 

Press Statement

 

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

 

Anti-Constitutional Stand

 

The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, has grossly violated
his Constitutional position as Chief Minister by declaring that "Those
unwilling to say Bharat Mata ki Jai have no right to stay in the country".
What the Chief Minister has said is that those who do not agree with the
Hindutva version of nationalism have no right to stay in the country.  This
is the view of an RSS activist and not that of a Chief Minister who has
sworn to uphold the Constitution.

 

The Polit Bureau demands that the Chief Minister Fadnavis retract this
statement immediately.

 

The climate of hate and intolerance being created is also illustrated by the
rabidly communal stand of Ramdev when he said that he would have cut off the
heads of those who do not shout the slogan hailing Bharat Mata. This speech
is an incitement to violence and communal hatred.  The concerned authorities
should immediately file a case under the relevant provisions of the Indian
Penal Code.

 

 

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