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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that goons were being sent to the homes of young people who had taken part in the protests in July against the alleged mismanagement of competitive examinations. While the students had faced the media, Union Home Minister Amit Shah or Prime Minister Narendra Modi “do not have the courage to do so”, Gandhi said.
He was speaking at a press conference with protesters from New Delhi, Mumbai, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. They included a 32-year-old woman who had been injured after pellet guns were fired at her on July 20. Another woman present had purportedly been struck by a police officer on her private parts.
Gandhi alleged that Shah was responsible for the violence against protesters. “Either he did not know that this violence was being carried, in which case he is incompetent,” he said. “And if he ordered the violence against the students, then he is culpable.” Read on.
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg has been directed by an Indian parliamentary panel to apologise within three days for Facebook’s action of temporarily removing a video posted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meta is the parent organisation of social media platform Facebook.
Nishikant Dubey, the head of the panel, said that if Zuckergberg’s fails to apologise, “we will revoke the ‘safe harbour’ protection currently provided to his social media platforms, a privilege that they have been misusing”.
Considering the allegedly abusive language, and violent and objectionable content that is shared on the platforms, “a flood” of first information reports will be filed against the Meta chief in the country, he said. Read on.
The authorities should seek to understand the concerns of young people who had been protesting against alleged irregularities in the conduct of exams, said the Supreme Court. “We need to tread carefully so that these youngsters do not indulge in violence,” said Chief Justice Surya Kant.
He added that the better option would be to “counsel and pacify them”. “Listen to them and understand why they are shouting,” Kant said.
The court was hearing a petition by retired Air Force officers seeking action against the organisers of the protests that spread across the country in July. The petitioners claimed that allowing protesters to march to Parliament despite permission being denied for it would set a dangerous precedent. Read on.
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said that the political campaign would operate as a pressure group for now. The decision was taken because “what India needs right now is a pressure group”, he added.
Dipke said that the protests held in Delhi against alleged mismanagement of competitive examinations showed the citizens’ dwindling trust in “the political system, the judiciary, the media or the Election Commission”. Read on.
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