India transitioned from being democracy to autocracy’: Joint Oppn’s letter to PM against Sisodia’s arrest

In an attempt to echo the Opposition’s voice in unison, nine leaders of 8 political parties on Sunday (March five) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the arrest of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia inside the excise policy case, and alleged that the misuse of the relevant corporations shows that the us of a has “transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy”.

The leaders alleged that the timings of the lodging of instances or arrests of the Opposition leaders “coincided with elections” which makes it clean that the motion taken become “politically encouraged”.Among the Opposition leaders who had been the signatories of the letter protected BRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao, JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah, AITC chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.However, there have been no representations from Congress, JDS, JD (U), and CPI (M) inside the letter.”We desire you would agree that India remains a democratic u . S .. The blatant misuse of primary organizations in opposition to the members of the opposition seems to signify that we’ve got transitioned from being a democracy to an autocracy,” the leaders wrote. Calling the movement in opposition to Sisodia, who become arrested on February 26 by using the CBI, a “lengthy witch-hunt”, the letter alleged that the allegations levelled in connection with the excise coverage are a “smack of a political conspiracy”. They claimed that Sisodia’s arrest has “enraged” human beings throughout the us of a and alleged that his arrest will “confirm what the sector became best suspecting” that India’s democratic values have been “threatened” beneath the BJP rule.

“The allegations towards Sisodia are outrightly baseless and smack of a political conspiracy. His arrest has enraged human beings throughout the u . S . A .. Manish Sisodia is recognised globally for transforming Delhi’s college schooling. His arrest could be cited worldwide as an example of a political witch-hunt and in addition confirm what the sector become handiest suspecting- that India’s democratic values stand threatened beneath an authoritarian BJP regime,” the leaders wrote.

The letter in addition accused the authorities of softening the investigation in opposition to the Opposition leaders who are being probed on different instances once they joined the BJP.Citing the instance of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who was formerly a Congress leader who joined the BJP in 2015, the letter stated that he became being probed through the important organizations over the Saradha chit fund rip-off, however, the case did not progress after he joined the BJP. “Out of the entire wide variety of key politicians booked, arrested, raided, or interrogated by means of the research businesses under your administration considering 2014, the maximum belongs to the competition. Interestingly, investigation organizations pass gradual on cases in opposition to Opposition politicians who be a part of the BJP,” the letter said.

“Former TMC leaders Suvendu Adhikari and Mukul Roy have been underneath the ED and CBI scanner within the Narada sting operation case however the instances failed to development after they joined the BJP ahead of the meeting polls in the state. There are many such examples. Along with that of Narayan Rane of Maharashtra,” it brought.Pointing out the arrests of Opposition leaders inclusive of Lalu Prasad Yadav, Azam Khan, and others, the leaders wrote that the significant companies have been working as “prolonged wings” of the BJP.Since 2014, there was an boom within the wide variety of raids conducted, cases registered, and arrests of competition leaders. Be it Lalu Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena), Azam Khan (Samajwadi Party), Nawab Malik, Anil Deshmukh (NCP), Abhishek Banerjee (TMC), relevant corporations have regularly sparked suspicion that they have been operating as extended wings of the ruling dispensation at the Centre. In many such instances, the timings of the cases lodged or arrests made have coincided with elections making it abundantly clean that they have been politically stimulated,” the opposition leaders wrote.

“The manner in which distinguished individuals of the opposition had been focused lends credence to the allegation that your authorities is the usage of investigating companies to target or get rid of the competition,” they alleged.

Remaking at the function of the Governors, the Opposition leaders alleged that their offices inside the us of a are “often hindering the governance of the kingdom”. “The places of work of the Governors throughout the united states are appearing in violation of the constitutional provisions and often hindering the governance of the country. They are wilfully undermining democratically elected nation governments and deciding on as a substitute to obstruct governance as in keeping with their whims and fancies,” the letter said.