|
CPI-M blasts Shiv Sena, demands action
against Palghar police officials
Tuesday November 20, 2012 04:37:51 PM,
IANS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Delhi: The CPI-M
Tuesday denounced the Shiv Sena for playing upon "reactionary
politics of identity" and urged the Maharashtra government not to
pander to the Sena.
Criticising the arrests of two young women for posting anti-Sena
remarks, the Communist Party of India-Marxist sought action
against police officers who slapped cases against them.
"The Congress-NCP state government must take immediate action and
stop pandering to the whims and fancies of the Shiv Sena, as it
has often done in the past," a CPI-M statement said.
A statement released by the CPI-M's Maharashtra unit said the
Marxists had always opposed "the violent culture of regional
chauvinism practiced by the Shiv Sena" and now also by the
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
It said the Shiv Sena ideology was deeply communal and reminded
that the late Bal Thackeray hailed the demolition of the Babri
Masjid.
"The Shiv Sena was deeply complicit in the Mumbai riots and the
violence against Muslims after the Babri demolition."
"Thirdly, the Shiv Sena's politics was deeply anti-working class
and anti-Communist, and in this it received the full and
consistent support of successive Congress governments and of the
big capitalists of Mumbai."
Accusing the Shiv Sena of being "deeply anti-Dalit", it pointed
out the physical attacks by Shiv Sainiks on the Dalit Panthers in
the early 1970s led to the death of Panther activist Bhagwat
Jadhav.
"Finally, there was the Shiv Sena's opposition to democracy and
support of dictatorship.
"This was made amply evident by Thackeray's support to the
Emergency; his open glorification of Hitler; and the Shiv Sena
attacks on journalists, cultural and literary figures and others
who dared to be critical."
It said it was this intolerance which led to the "arbitrary
arrests of two young girls in Palghar and the attacks on the
hospital of the uncle of one of them".
The women were arrested because they opposed on Facebook the
shutdown that followed Thackeray's death Saturday.
The CPI-M demanded that the cases against them be dropped and
sought "strict action" against the police officers who instituted
these cases and also against the goons who attacked the hospital.
"The CPI-M has always, and will in the future, continue to fight
the chauvinist, communal, casteist and anti-working class policies
of the Shiv Sena."
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
I |
|
|
|
|
More Headlines |
|
IBM, Brazil's richest man to be partners in
chip factory |
|
UAE, Brunei hold talks on education |
|
Bangladesh condemns Israeli 'atrocities' in Gaza |
|
Girls' arrest for questioning Mumbai
shutdown: Govt. orders probe |
|
In
Myanmar, Obama calls for end to Rakhine state violence |
|
Bhopal Gas survivors to knock on PM’s door
on 28th anniversary |
|
SC slams centre over 2G auction
|
|
Education reforms necessary to develop
quality system: Narayanasamy |
|
Stampede during Chhath festival in Patna, 18
killed |
|
Man overcomes drug addiction, reclaims $10 mn fortune |
|
|
|
Top Stories |
|
 Mamata's no-confidence move not useful:
Karat
Trinamool
Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's no-confidence motion against the
UPA will not be useful at this stage as the government has the
numbers, CPI-M leader Prakash Karat said Monday. He added
»
Congress ridicules Mamata over no-trust move
Trinamool doesn't have the numbers for no
trust: BJP
|
|
|
|
Most Read |
|
 Israeli aggression continues, Gaza death
toll 91
Newly launched Israeli air strikes
killed three more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Monday, taking
the toll to 91 on the
»
Nine members of family killed in Israeli airstrike: Medic
|
|
Action after Katju's reaction: 9 arrested for vandalising Palghar clinic
It was unfair, Shaheen Dadha who was arrested for posting a
comment on Facebook after Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's death
said Tuesday as police nabbed
»
Girls' arrest for questioning Mumbai shutdown: Katju e-mail forces govt. to order probe
|
|
|
|
News Pick |
|
Sunita Willams returns from space with new
record
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has returned to earth
after 127 days in space with a new record under her belt - the
most spacewalking time by
»
|
|
SC slams centre over 2G auction
The
government Monday came under fire for not complying with the
Supreme Court's order to auction the entire spectrum that became
available following the cancellation of 122 2G licences in 22
circles in February. "We were very unfairly
»
|
|
Stampede during Chhath festival in Patna, 18
killed
At least 18
people, including children and women, mostly devotees, were killed
and several others were injured in a stampede during Chhath
festival celebrations in Patna Monday »
|
|
 India draw first blood in series against
England
India Monday won the first cricket Test comfortably, making light
work of a spirited fight back by England after following on.
England, who put up a gritty batting display in the second innings
on the fourth day, gave up rather tamely, their last
»
|
|
|
|
Picture of the Day |
|
 |
|
President Pranab Mukherjee at the National Education Day 2012
function to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad, in New Delhi on November 11, 2012.
(Photo:
Sanjiv Misra) |
|
|
|
Recommend the story to
your friends |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comments
|
Quick links