The Left parties are campaigning throughout the country in defence of people’s constitutional rights which are under attack by the RSS-BJP.Today at Jammu hundreds of CPI (M) and CPI workers assembled at Press Club Jammu protesting against mounting attacks against the JNU students by Delhi Police under the directions of BJP led GOI. The protesters were shouting slogans against the hate and slanderous campaign launched by Sangh parivar targeting students and left parties. The BJP wants to capture universities and run them like RSS shakhas. What happened in Patiala court sufficiently demonstrates the designs of BJP and its affiliates. BJP functionaries are openly threatening democracy and the right to debate and dissent thereby weakening the very foundations of our constitutional rights.The protesters were demanding; immediate release of all JNU students arrested, Withdrawal of the cases of sedition against JNU students, Stop harassment of Kashmiri students studying in different universities particularly in JNU, Putting a stop in encroachment of universities by police authorities.The organizers wanted to take the procession in the city but police prevented them.
The CPI and CPI (M) leaders Abdul Rehman Takroo and Sham Prasad Kesar addressed the protesters and pledged to carry forward the message of brotherhood and tolerance in whole of the state. Besides, Omprakash Sharma and Ganshyam Charak left leaders also addressed demonstrators.Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, CPI (M) leader and MLA while addressing the rally underlined the necessity of broader mobilization against the offensive of RSS and its other affiliates against the voices of debate, discussion and dissent. Whatever the BJP led Government of India is doing is fraught with serious consequences. The campaign of RSS is deliberately designed to polarize the situation. It is time that left and democratic forces unitedly resist this onslaught of communalism. (KNS)