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| Sedition charges against 'pro-Pak' students to further 'alienate' them, says Omar | | Meerut 'anti-India' episode | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 7: On Monday, around 60 Kashmiri students at private Swami Vivekananda Subharti University in Meerut were expelled for three days from the hostel after they had allegedly supported Pakistan cricket team against India in the Asia Cup match between the two sides on Sunday last and raised pro-Pakistan slogans. They were also asked to vacate the hostel. The authorities in the University took this action after preliminary investigations. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, who belongs to the community to which these pro-Pakistan Kashmiri students belong, disapproved of the anti-national conduct of these students. SSP, Meerut, Omkar Singh, said that on the basis of the complaint submitted by the University chancellor PK Garg, unnamed Kashmiri students have been booked under section 124 A (sedition), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 427 (mischief) of IPC. They were, according to one report, were booked for sedition and the district authorities ordered a magisterial inquiry. The action against the Kashmiri students not only rocked the Assembly on March 4, but also made Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to condemn the action. Condemning the slapping of sedition charges against the students, Omar Abdullah said it was an "unacceptably harsh punishment" that will ruin the future of the students and will further alienate them (from the national mainstream). He also said that he would take up the matter with his UP counterpart Akhilesh Yadav and try to get the charges dropped. Akhilesh obliged him and dropped the charge of sedition. What is all this? How could Omar Abdullah, who holds a constitutional position and is duty bound to protect the constitution, side with those who allegedly celebrated the Pakistani victory over India in the Asia Cup?. The authorities in the University took the action they deemed appropriate in the larger national interest. If they committed an act of sedition, they deserved punishment in accordance with the law of the land. They cannot be spared. Omar Abdullah would do well to allow the law to take its own course and bring to justice those who committed crime. But he is unlikely to adopt that approach. After all, he himself has umpteen times during the past many years violated the Indian laws. But the main culprit is the UPA Government which has only promoted fissiparous tendencies. |
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