[Marxistindia] Current Parliament session must enact law against `mob lynching'

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 18, 2018

Press Statement

 

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

 

Current Parliament Session Must Enact Law Against `Mob Lynching'

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal attack on Swami
Agnivesh in Pakur, Jharkhand.  The guilty are identified as belonging  to
the BJP Yuva Morcha. As has now become the norm, the BJP state government
can be expected to treat them with great leniency.  The Polit Bureau of the
CPI(M) demands that proper and adequate medical attention be provided to
Swami Agnivesh and that the culprits be punished immediately.

 

This attack on Swami Agnivesh happened despite the severe indictment of mob
violence by the Supreme Court.  The Supreme Court observations  on mob
lynching have held up a mirror to the Prime Minister and the BJP Central
Government under whose watch such crimes are being committed and private
armies are allowed to rule the roost.  The very fact that the culprits, even
when identified, go unpunished speaks volumes of the patronization provided
by RSS/BJP to them.

 

Following the Supreme Court verdict, the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands
that a comprehensive law be enacted in the current session of Parliament to
meet the apex court direction: "It is the duty of the State to ensure
maintenance of law and order so as to protect secular ethos and prevent
mobocracy." 

 

 

 

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