[Marxistindia] condemn arrest of Teltumbe and Navlakha

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 14, 2020


Press Statement

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

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the arrests of Anand  
Teltumbe and Gautam Navlakha on completely trumped up charges in the  
Bhima Koregaon issue. It is a matter of concern that the hon’ble  
Supreme Court did not postpone their arrests in view of the Covid-19  
pandemic.

That Anand Teltumbe, a political scholar of issues of caste and class  
and a member of Babasaheb’s family, and Gautam Navlakha, a human  
rights and political activist, are being arrested on Ambedkar Jayanti  
is a telling comment on the state of affairs in our country.

The CPI(M) appeals to the Supreme Court to review this decision. The  
CPI(M) insists on a fair trial.




For CPI(M) Central Committee Office