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Tushar Gandhi asks Kerala to drop student protest cases
The Hindu reports that Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and president of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, has urged the Kerala government to quash all chargesheets and cases filed against students who…
The Story in Brief
The Hindu reports that Tushar Gandhi, great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and president of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, has urged the Kerala government to quash all chargesheets and cases filed against students who protested in solidarity with a nationwide student movement. In a letter to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday, he called the prosecutions disgraceful for a Congress-led government, especially when national Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have backed the protests.
Mr. Gandhi said the state should follow the Congress’s national leadership and drop every FIR and case, regardless of the students’ political affiliations. He appealed for immediate corrective action and asked the government to avoid such blunders in future.
The Indian Opinion
One narrative paints Kerala as hypocritical, a progressive state that prosecutes the very dissent its national leaders champion. Another argues law and order cannot be selective, and students must face consequences if they broke rules. Both sides miss the core test: does the Congress-led government follow its own rhetoric on democratic rights? Tushar Gandhi’s letter puts that question squarely before the Chief Minister. The answer will come when Kerala decides whether to quash or pursue these cases.
Source: thehindu.com
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