JAIPUR: Amra Ram, Rajasthan CPI (M) State secretary along with other leaders of the Communist Party toured various parts of the state to meet the victims who sustained injuries in the Lathi charge during the protest of 2nd April against the Supreme Court’s amendment of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
On April 2, people across the state joined the protest after a call circulated on social media to observe an all-India bandh against the Supreme Court’s amendment of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. People of the SC/ST communities who participated found that several FIRs are registered against them.The CPM leaders said that the Government must ensure that those guilty of the violence are brought to book, and the innocent are not harassed.
Pankaj Singh ADG (Crime)said “Police registers an FIR when private people approach. Prima facie, a complaint might appear false but police may not refuse to register an FIR. A proper investigation will be conducted.”
At a press conference on Monday Amra ram, President of All India Kishan Sabha and also a former MLA said that “We will be gathering at all district headquarters on Tuesday to submit petitions with our demands. The SC/ST Act should be restored. We want all false cases against members of SC/ST communities to be immediately withdrawn.We want to clarify that the government must pursue the matter of the violence that erupted in different parts and bring the guilty to book. Cases were registered against innocent people. Those should be dropped. In one instance, a man who died about a decade ago has been charged. ”
The CPI(M) State secretary further said,“Pawan Jatav, the 27-year-old killed in Alwar, took bullets in the head. Policemen are taught to fire in the air and if they must fire at all at people, they must target the lower limbs so that there are no fatalities. Why are people in protest shot in the head?”
When asked about the State Government restricting the farmer’s march towards the State Capital Amra Ram said, “It is almost as if Rajasthan is not part of a democracy. The chief minister is now meeting people, but these are ‘public hearings’ only in name – the media is not allowed, and only those invited by a BJP legislator are allowed entry. Raje should be asked whether she is CM for the whole state.”
Around 18 people had died across the country in the violence that was unleashed on the SC/ST protest – 17 of these deaths were caused by police firing.
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