Pawar said the existing provisions of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) are sufficient to protect national integrity.
Pawar said the existing provisions of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) are sufficient to protect national integrity.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar welcomed it on Tuesday. Center moves to review sedition law, stating that the archaic law should not be used against citizens of a free country. The veteran leader also called upon the people to raise their voice against inflation, unemployment and deteriorating law and order situation.
“Today we stand as citizens of a free country. The right to dissent should not be suppressed by terming it as sedition.Sharad PawarNCP leader
Addressing a press conference in Kolhapur, Mr Pawar said: “The Center has taken a stand to review the sedition law. We welcome it. It was brought by the British in 1890 so that it could be used against anyone who was opposing the British Raj. But today we stand as citizens of a free country. The right to dissent against the government should not be suppressed by terming it as sedition.”
Mr Pawar, in his additional affidavit filed before the probe panel looking into the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence, had given a statement to repeal the sedition law saying that Section 124 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was misused against people had gone. who criticized the government. The veteran leader had said that the existing provisions of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) are sufficient to protect national integrity.
Taking a U-turn, the Center on Monday told the Supreme Court that it has decided to re-examine and re-examine the provisions of Section 124 (A) of the IPC.
‘Communal issues are distracting’
Earlier, Mr Pawar criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government, saying issues like price rise, unemployment and law and order have taken a backseat and non-issues like Hanuman Chalisa And Ayodhya is rising. “It shows that those who are ruling the country cannot solve the basic problems of the people. And all these communal issues are being raised only to divert people from the real people.”
“People in power don’t even bother to look into these pressing issues,” Mr Pawar said. “People will protest for this and start an agitation,” he said.