Central executive committee of Students Federation of India condemns the brutal lathi charge of Telangana Police on the peacefully protesting activists of SFI and other left organisations at Indira Park today. In this lathi charge state secretary of Student Federation of India Kota Ramesh and others sustained serious injuries.

 

This was a peaceful protest organised by various left organisation including SFI, CITU and TSF. Many other organisations joined the protest. This was a protest to save the democratic right to protest- to save the place of protest in the city ‘Dharna Chowk’. It was a peaceful protest when police personnel in close association with TRS associated goons without any provocation attacked the protesters and brutally thrashed the protesters. Many activists are hospitalised.

 

It is important to mention that TRS Government in an autocratic manner issued a diktat to ban any kind of protest at the Dharna Chowk. As name indicates Dharna Chowk is a place where people organise protests to raise their voice and discontents. As in other cities, in the name of urbanisation and administration there is an effort to snatch the places where common people can exercise their democratic right of protest.  It is important to mention here that, ‘Dharna Chowk’ near Indira Park was earlier assigned for protests. As the policy of ruling class, TRS mobilised some of its supporters in the name of common citizens and attacked the protesters with police.

Students Federation of India is firmly with this ongoing movement and demands a judicial inquiry into the unprovoked lathicharge, CEC also demands that, action should be taken against the culprit police personnel and the goons who attacked the protesters. 

             

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Central Executive Committee of Students’ Federation of India condemns in strongest possible words the planned and heinous attack on SFI Tripura state secretary comrade Nabarun Deb and his family members by the hooligans of the BJP and RSS last night.  Comrade Nabaruna and his family were attacked by a group of BJP cadres three times yesterday. First these hooligans attacked Nabarun Deb’s house when he was not in his house. They in a most inhumanly way physically abused and threatened his old parents. After this incident these hooligans attacked Nabarun Deb’s uncle’s house and threw a bomb there. At midnight when comrade Nabarun Deb was coming back after registering FIR against these antisocial elements of the Saffron family, they again attacked the comrade with weapon. It was with the resistance of local people that they were forced to escape.

 

This shows the real face of BJP and their violent mode of operation. The manner in which these goons attacked old parents shows the shameful character of RSS. They always use violence against the organized democratic movement and its leadership. However, RSS should remember that this terror tactics will be defeated by the people’s unity in Tripura as well as elsewhere.

 

Comrade Nabarun Deb is popular leader of the state and a front leader against the communal politics of the BJP. BJP is trying to spread its venomous politics in the state of Tripura and is using all kinds of methods including money and muscle. They consider SFI as a major hurdle in these nefarious plans. SFI state unit and CEC are determined to fight against these forces and students of the nation are with comrade Nabarun Deb.

 

Central Executive Committee of Students’ Federation of India demands immediate action against the culprits. We will intensify students’ struggles against these communal forces throughout India.

 

The Central Executive Committee of SFI extends all its support for ongoing struggle of All India Kisan Sabha for justice for late Pehlu Khan, a Dairy farmer who was killed by self proclaimed ‘gou rakshaks’ at Alwar. It was a was part of conscious efforts and conspiracy by the Hindu Communal forces led by the RSS to systematically and slowly poisoning the society with communal hatred and intolerance with the aim of dividing the people for narrow political and electoral benefits.

 

The AIKS has successfully interpreted the issue of cow protection as an agrarian issue rather than a communal issue. The RSS – BJP efforts to prevent cattle trade and closing down of cattle fair is an assault on the rights of peasantry on their cattle wealth.

 

This is not an isolated incident; similar developments are there in throughout country. Student community of the nation is facing the similar attacks in campuses where self proclaimed pseudo nationalists are trying to dictate their saffron terms undermining the democratic process and rights of the students. We are in struggle against these forces and feels that only a broader unity of all sections of the society can successfully protect our Constitutional rights.

CEC of SFI calls upon all its units to support and participate in the communal amity meeting at village and local levels across the country on 30th April 2017.  This will ensure better unity of the people in the resistance against the communal forces all over the country since this is serious issues that endanger the unity and peaceful existence of the country and the people.

 

In a disturbing episode, Pakistani government has rejected the request of the Indian high commission to allow consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav; former navy personnel who was sentenced to death by Pakistani military court on 10th April.

 

It has been highlighted by various commentators that entire procedure has been conducted in an extremely secretive manner, with glaring legal loopholes. This has been used by the right wing elements in the both the country to flare up animosity between both the countries. A regressive cacophony is being raised that Indian government should adopt a similar approach with the Pakistani war criminals that are in Indian jails. Such an approach will derail the entire diplomatic process between the two countries.

 

SFI condemns the attitude of the Pakistani government and demands that due legal process be followed. Indian government must pursue all available diplomatic channels to ensure that justice is done to Kulbhushan Jadhav. We are with the family and friends of Kulbhushan in this moment of grief.

 

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