CPI leader Annie Raja, activists holding protest to demand Gaza ceasefire detained in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 9: Senior CPI leader Annie Raja and prominent activists, including economist Jean Dreze, holding a protest near Khan Market to demand a ceasefire in Gaza were detained on Friday, officials said.
Carrying banners reading "Ceasefire Now" and "Stop the Genocide", Raja and Dreze with along with dozen CPI supporters tried to march towards the Israel embassy.
They were detained and taken to the Tughlak Road police station in a bus, an officer said.
They were released after being held in detention for some time, the officer added.
"We were marching towards the Israel embassy with some banners. We were not raising slogans. Before we could reach the embassy, we were picked up by police and detained," Belgian-born Indian welfare economist, social scientist and activist Dreze told PTI.
"We were taken to Mandir Marg police station around 11 am. I was released around 5 pm, the others were released shortly after that," he added.
CPI Secy. Annie Raja, economist Jean Drèze and several other peace activists were detained by the Delhi Police for protesting Israel’s continuing genocide against Palestinian people.
— CPI - Communist Party of India (@CPI_National) August 9, 2024
India’s stated position is to support Palestine. This behaviour of Delhi police is condemnable. pic.twitter.com/HJLh9ql25d
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Remarks against PM Modi: SC stays proceedings against Tharoor
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings before a trial court against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case lodged against him for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan issued notice to the Delhi government and the complainant in the case.
The notice is returnable in four weeks.
Tharoor has moved the top court against Delhi High Court order which refused to quash defamation proceedings against him on August 29.
The Congress leader had sought setting aside of the trial court's April 27, 2019 order summoning him as an accused in the criminal defamation complaint filed by Rajiv Babbar as also the November 2, 2018 complaint.
The criminal complaint was filed against Tharoor in the trial court by Babbar, who claimed that his religious sentiments were hurt by the Congress leader's statement.
In October 2018, Tharoor had claimed that an unnamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader had compared Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling".
The Congress leader had said it was an "extraordinarily striking metaphor".
