By TCN News,
Hyderabad: Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee (CLMC) has condemned the attack on eminent Human Rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan by Hindutva extremists. As the attack has been carried out in the premises of the Supreme Court, this shows that even the apex court is not safe from Hindutva extremists, said CLMC General Secretary Lateef Mohd Khan and termed the attack on Bhushan as attack on the Supreme Court itself.
“It is a matter of deep concern that Supreme Court is not safe from Hindutva terrorists and they entered into the premises by crossing all kinds of security. Thus, this committee states that the attack on Mr. Prashant Bhushan is actually an attack on Supreme Court’s dignity,” Khan said in a press statement.
He said that the attack is part of a greater conspiracy of Hindutva groups to terrorize people who are against their ideology. The attack has been carried out by workers of an extremist group Sri Ram Sene to teach Bhushan a lesson allegedly for his statement on Kashmir.
“Civil Liberties believe that attack on Prashant Bhushan is a pre-planned and part of greater conspiracy of Hindutva to terrorize the people who are against their ideology. To consider this as pre-planned, it is not so easy to enter the premises of the Supreme Court. Any person who wants to enter the premises of Supreme Court, have to produce a pass or a letter from any lawyer of the court. Entrance to the Supreme court by the terrorists of Sri Ram Sena, one can say that even the Supreme Court is not safe from the clutches of Hindutva terrorists. It is their practice to attack on common and armless people by threatening, assaulting and creating fear. They are working on Hitler’s ideology. By attacking Prashant Bhushan on premises of Supreme Court, they have given a signal that they can do any kind of act anywhere in the country and no one can stop them,” Khan said.
CLMC has urged the central government not to go soft on Hindutva terrorism. “Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee states that this is the high time for the Indian government to think over its soft corner on Hindutva terrorism and the organizations that are related to this terror network. Government of India should review its policy on internal security which is under threat due to this Hindutva Terrorism. This committee believes that freedom of speech is the fundamental right assured by the Constitution of India. Talking on the issue of Kashmir is not a crime; instead it is an expression of humanity towards them. It is often seen that those who are speaking against Armed Forces Special Powers Act, violation of human rights, rights of the Kashmir people on self-determination, are under attack; this has become a culture of Hindutva.”
He demanded the government to order a judicial enquiry into the incident by a sitting judge of Supreme Court.