Waquar Hasan, IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi Feb 16: Students, activists and journalists held a protest demonstration Tuesday against the attack on students, teachers and journalists at the Patiala House court yesterday calling it ‘shameful’ and ‘fascist hooliganism’. While activists and students protested at Jantar Mantar, journalists took out a protest march from Press Club of India to the Supreme Court and submitted a memorandum to the apex court.
“At Patiala House, the way RSS and BJP goons dragged out, beat up and abused students, journalists and teachers in the courtroom, it has proved that emergence of fascism is on peak. If we don’t strongly oppose this shameful act today, every justice-lover citizen of this country will be targeted by these fascist goons tomorrow,” said the protesters at Jantar Mantar.
Scores of people in lawyer’s attire beat up JNU students, teachers, journalists and activists Monday just before the hearing of Jawaharlal Nehru student union president Kanhaiya Kumar who was arrested Friday on sedition charges.
BJP MLA OP Sharma was also caught on camera beating Ameeque Jamei, youth leader of Communist Party of India and editor of an Urdu daily.
Denouncing Sangh groups and its affiliates, the protesters said “these are the same Sanghi brigade who used to salute British rulers. These are the same people who used to be informer against freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh.”
On the other hand, around 800 journalists signed a memorandum and submitted to the registry of the Supreme Court. The apex court has reportedly agreed to hear the issue Wednesday.
