The Yogi government has been accused of scuttling the right of the people to use democratic means of protests against policies of the Central and state governments.
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NEW DELHI — The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has announced cash rewards to those who will give information about “absconding” activists booked for protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens in December last year.
Media reports said that the UP administration has declared 14 protesters as absconders out of which eight are wanted under the Gangster Act. The police have put up look-out notices outside their houses and also at different public places.
Meanwhile, a TV channel reported that plainclothes policemen raided the home of an activist, Zainab Siddique. However, since she was not present there, the police nabbed his father. During the raid, the family members tried to resist the police who, according to the report, resorted to force and beat up Siddique’s sister and brother.
A video clip shared on social media shows a woman asking the cops why they have come to their home. “You cannot use force against women,” she can be heard saying.
This happened in Lucknow, UP.
UP police came to activist Zainab Siddique’s house, and asked if She was involved in Anti CAA protest.
After that Police allegedly used brutal force on Zainab’s family members including women. pic.twitter.com/js5t3JNMqa
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) November 6, 2020
Last year, after the protests and a violent police response across different cities and towns of the cities consuming at least 20 lives, the government had announced that it will recover damages from the protesters who were charged with arson and for breaching public and communal harmony.
The police in Lucknow, where one person was killed, had then arrested more than three dozen protesters, including social activists, rights defenders, political workers and even a retired IPS officer, for organising protests.
The Yogi government has been accused of scuttling the right of the people to use democratic means of protests against policies of the Central and state governments.
