B'luru for Justice & Peace urges MPs to act against city-based firms linked to Israeli arms industry
Bengaluru: Bengaluru for Justice and Peace (BfJP), a civil society collective, has issued an open letter to Members of Parliament demanding urgent action against several Bengaluru-based companies allegedly supplying critical components to Israeli defence firms. The letter calls for increased corporate accountability and urges lawmakers to support an arms embargo on Israel, citing the country’s alleged war crimes in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories.
The letter names three major Israeli defence companies, Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, as recipients of key defence technologies from nine Indian firms based in Bengaluru.
These local companies include:
Ace Inotec Manufacturing Private Limited (AIMPL)
Alpha Design Technologies Private Limited (ADTPL)
Alpha-Elsec Aerospace Systems
Amphenol Interconnect India Pvt Ltd
Amphetronix Offset Interconnect Solutions Pvt Ltd
DCX Systems Limited
Defsys Solutions Pvt Ltd
Indo-MIM Pvt Ltd
SASMOS HET Technologies Ltd
Wave Mechanics Private Limited
BfJP alleged that these companies are “complicit in the genocide of Palestinians” and are directly enabling Israeli military actions through the transfer of defence-related components and technologies. Many of the firms listed were previously highlighted in a report by Workers in Palestine, a global alliance of trade unions and civil society groups advocating for a boycott of Israel’s military-industrial complex.
“It is in this context that we warn you that India’s long-standing legacy of solidarity with the Palestinian people, rooted in our own anti-colonial struggle, now stands in grave danger of being irreversibly betrayed,” the letter stated.
The group invoked Article 51 of the Indian Constitution, which speaks to the promotion of international peace and security, along with obligations under the Genocide Convention, as legal grounds for action. BfJP called on MPs to uphold these principles by pressuring the government to end defence collaborations with Israel.
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Gujarat voted for development & good governance, says Pradhan as BJP sweeps local body polls
New Delhi (PTI): Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said the people of Gujarat have reaffirmed their faith in the politics of development, stability and good governance as the BJP swept the local body elections by winning all 15 municipal corporations and 33 out of 34 district panchayats in the state.
Thanking the voters, Pradhan said the result is a testament to the people's unwavering trust in the BJP, the relentless hard work of the party workers and the strength of the organisation under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
“The people of Gujarat have once again made it clear that their trust remains firmly aligned with the politics of development, stability and good governance. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of Gujarat for the support received by the BJP in the local body elections,” Pradhan posted on X.
“Under the guidance of the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Gujarat's Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, this result is a remarkable testament to the people's unwavering trust, the relentless hard work of the Gujarat BJP workers, and the strength of the organisation,” he added.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Gujarat for what he termed a "sweeping mandate" in the local body polls, saying the bond between the state and the BJP has grown even stronger.
Modi said people have voted for the politics of good governance, and assured that the party would work harder to take Gujarat to new heights of progress.
Though final results for 250 taluka panchayats and 84 municipalities were awaited, data from the State Election Commission (SEC) showed that the ruling BJP won most of these local bodies while some were bagged by the Congress, AAP and Independents.
Polling was held on Sunday for 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats and 260 taluka panchayats.
The BJP emerged a clear winner in the municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Rajkot, besides the newly created municipal corporations of Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Porbandar and Surendranagar.
