Major opposition parties called on President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday and voiced their concerns over recent incidents of violence, including attacks by cow vigilantes and attempts to “muzzle voices of dissent”.
Seeking urgent intervention of the President, the delegation submitted a memorandum which highlighted several of their concerns including the following :
The delegation led by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi sought the President’s urgent intervention “to ensure the rule of law” in the country and ensure that constitutional democracy and fundamental rights of citizens are protected.
Leaders of prominent Opposition parties including the Congress, the Left parties, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) were part of the delegation. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and Anand Sharma were part of the delegation.
After the delegation met the President, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said, “An environment of fear and insecurity is prevailing in the country and voices of dissent are being muzzled.”
Azad said the delegation drew the attention of the President to the recent political developments which have “seriously undermined the accepted norms of governance and institutional integrity.”
“In a democracy, the rule of law must prevail, but self- styled lumpen elements have indulged in violence, mob lynching of citizens and harassment is being witnessed across the country,” he said.
The memorandum was also signed by Tariq Anwar (NCP), Satish Chandra Misra (BSP), Dharmendra Yadav and Neeraj Shekhar (SP), D Raja (CPI), Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Kalyan Banerjee (TMC), Sharad Yadav (JD-U), V Elangovan (DMK) and others.
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