NSUI activists stage protest against Disha Ravi's arrest in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Feb 16: Activists of the National Students' Union of India, the student's wing of the Congress, staged a demonstration here on Tuesday against the arrest of city based environment activist Disha Ravi in the 'toolkit' case.
They raised slogans and demanded her release.
The Left-wing "All India Students' Association" had on Monday staged a similar protest here.
Holding placards and wearing black masks, the agitators raised slogans, "Free Disha Ravi".
Their placards read, "Standing for Farmers is not sedition", and "When injustice becomes law, Resistance becomes duty".
A protest was organised in the city on Monday as well, where historian Ramachandra Guha too had participated.
Guha said people are being persecuted for their views.
He alleged that people are arrested even if they participate in non-violent protests.
The Congress Karnataka unit chief D K Shivakumar on Tuesday condemned the arrest and said India was becoming an authoritarian state, which the citizens must realise.
"The arrest of Disha Ravi is an attack to weaken the moral strength of India's youth and make dissent illegal," Shivakumar alleged.
Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had asked how an act of supporting farmers could be charged under sedition and had condemned the "politically motivated act by Delhi Police".
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PM should tell his MPs to do better homework before raising issues in Parliament: Cong
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday asked Prime Mi nister Narendra Modi to tell his MPs to do better homework before raising issues in Parliament.
His reaction came after BJP MP K Laxman accused the Congress and other opposition parties of appeasement and doing votebank politics by giving OBC reservation to Muslims.
"Today in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian National Congress was accused of appeasement because of its stance on reservations for Muslims on the basis of backwardness," Ramesh said in a post on X.
"Here is what the Prime Minister had himself said on this subject on Feb 9, 2022. The PM should tell his MPs to do better homework," the Congress leader said, while sharing an undated video of the Prime Minister.
In the video, PM Modi is saying that in Gujarat too, there are 70 such castes in Muslim community which were OBC.
"In my Gujarat, when I was there, they received the benefits under OBC category, but I did not see that in the media," the prime minister said in the video.
