Strong condemnations for intolerant sedition on expressing intolerance!

Day after about 49 celebrities have been booked under sedition, the fellow celebs had voiced against the mutiny by throwing their condemnation for curbing the voices and freedom of expression.

Speaking about the move of insurrection of the voices, the Actor and political hopeful Prakash Raj had expressed his frustration on the motive of fencing the freedom of expression and further questioned the uncertainty of the rights of the common people if the rights have been curbed for the celebrities who had earned societal standards. He urged Prime minister Narendra Modi to lead the country as its leader, and not to lead the party, by hearing and responding to the condemnations and critics that were flagged against his governance. He added that through booking the sedition, Prime minister threatens the people who questions his government. He cited that the country won't be live up to the truth if these robust laws were thrown on the people who expressed the truth.

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While placing his condemnation, director Rajiv Menon had asserted the grounds of judiciary that considers addressing to the Prime minister is sedition and further examined the need of bringing the celebs under sedition for expressing their intolerance.

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Tamil Nadu progressive writer artists association had extended its support for the celebrities and condemned the act of cracking down the voice through robust laws where it had indicated that addressing to the Prime minister to acquire his attention on the societal issue is usual way of prohibiting the raise of such societal crimes and levying sedition on the responsible citizens had shown that the democratic grounds has been dulli-fied. 

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Senior Congress leader and former President of Congress party Rahul Gandhi had accused the government for flagging 'one leader, one policy' that had framed the clause of dissension under sedition and further slashed the government towards shaping democratic country to an authoritarian state.

These condemnations have been lining up in the wake of registering FIR against 49 celebrities, writers and activists across the nation who had addressed the Prime minister through their open letter in July 2019 with the move to express their deep concerns over the unprecedented rise of communal violence in the country that had targeted the religious and ethnic minorities. It has been reported that the FIR has been filed against these celebrities under the grounds of sedition, hurting religious feelings, public nuisance and committing breach of peace.

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The reports say that the case has been lodged against them at Sadar police station in Muzzafarpur, Bihar with accord to the judicial order issued by the magistrate court through citing the petition tabled by the advocate Sudhir Ojha. The advocate had said that all these 49 celebs have been accused because they intentionally defamed the image of the Prime minister and his governance.

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Of those 49, Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap, Ramachandra Guha, Aparna Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aparna sen, Revathy Asha were notable ones who have now been booked with sedition for collectively writing to the Prime minister over the rise of intolerance, hate crimes and lynchings that are allegedly committed against Muslims, Dalits and other minorities. 

In their letter, they had cited that 'Jai Shri Ram' has been becoming the chant for war cry and further urged the Prime minister to unleash the stringent actions against such hate crimes rather than just addressing the issue in the Parliament. The letter ends with their collective stand that says 'criticizing the ruling party does not imply criticizing the nation'.

 

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