Rahul Gandhi’s reaction came after police invoked UAPA against social media handles, including journalists and activists, over alleged clashes and attacks on mosques in Tripura.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on November 8 said that the truth cannot be silenced by booking people in Tripura under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
He also attacked the BJP, saying its preferred cover-up strategy is to “shoot the messenger”.
The reaction came after police invoked UAPA against social media handles, including journalists and activists, over alleged clashes and attacks on mosques in Tripura.
“Suggesting that Tripura is burning is a call for corrective action. But BJP’s favorite cover-up strategy is shooting the messenger. Truth cannot be silenced by UAPA,” Mr Gandhi said on Twitter.
Tripura Police on Saturday booked 102 social media account holders under UAPA, criminal conspiracy and forgery charges and served notices to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube authorities to freeze their accounts and inform all details of those individuals.
The Tripura Police took this action after registering a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts on the recent violence in the state. .
The state government had on October 29 alleged that a group with vested interests had hatched a conspiracy against the administration to create unrest and tarnish its image in Tripura by uploading fake pictures of a burning mosque on social media after the October 26 incident. It was
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