Farmers body demands release of five activists
Wednesday - August 29, 2018 11:36 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi Aug 29 (IANS) The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of five right activists arrested by Pune police a day earlier on charge of being Maoist supporters.
In a statement here MKSS founding members Shankar Singh Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey said: "we strongly condemn the attempt to mislead people through deliberate use of term urban Naxals both by BJP politicians and those in the media."
The activists claimed that the arrests are a "blatant attempt" to prevent the intelligentsia from raising voice against injustice oppression and exploitation.
"It is a prelude to making sure that the space for dissent and democratic expression is closed and even the threats to the Constitution go unchallenged" they added.
--IANS sm/tsb
In a statement here MKSS founding members Shankar Singh Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey said: "we strongly condemn the attempt to mislead people through deliberate use of term urban Naxals both by BJP politicians and those in the media."
The activists claimed that the arrests are a "blatant attempt" to prevent the intelligentsia from raising voice against injustice oppression and exploitation.
"It is a prelude to making sure that the space for dissent and democratic expression is closed and even the threats to the Constitution go unchallenged" they added.
--IANS sm/tsb
