Farmers Movement Archive

Citizen forum protests in support of lawyer Prashant Bhushan

Amritsar, August 24 The Democratic and Progressive organisations under the banner of Citizen Forum Amritsar on Monday came in favour of activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan and organised a protest against ‘unnecessary’ curbs on the right to free expression as fundamental rights given to the citizens in the Constitution. The organisations condemned the alleged repression of pro-people organisations and prominent citizens in the country under the garb of Covid-19. The protesters alleged that it was a calculated move of the ruling NDA government at the Centre to curb the voice of the citizens of the country. They raised the issue and demanded that the government must ensure that the freedom of speech of the Indian citizens as guaranteed in the Constitution was not curbed and to take back anti-people laws and ordinances by the Central Government. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Parminder Singh urged the conscientious citizens of the country should join hands to defeat the nefarious forces which were hell bent on destroying the social fabric of the society by infusing a sense of fear among the people. “The need of the hour is to restore dignity and autonomy of the institutions, particularly the judiciary, to uphold the fundamental values of our freedom struggles and sacrifices of freedom fighters,” he said. The activists expressed solidarity with activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan and pleaded the apex court to take his case on merit. Among those present on the occasion included Master Sucha Singh, advocate Kanwaljit Kaur, Prof AS Sidhu, Prof Inderjeet Kaur, advocate Navjeet Singh, prof SS Sohal, Dr SS Dhillon and farmer leader Rattan Singh Randhawa.

The Tribune

2020-08-25