The telangana police department's decision to use the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against 146 activists, including students and retired academics, for allegedly having connections to the CPI(Maoist), a banned organisation, has sparked discussion throughout the state. The chief minister K. chandrasekhar Rao has received a letter in this respect from the National Alliance of People's protests (NAPM), a group that is well recognised for sparking social protests.

Invoking FIR under the terms of UAPA, according to the NAPM, is a troubling development, and he was urged to act quickly. The Tadvai police filed a 52-page FIR against 152 people alleging violations of many laws, including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Tadvai police stated in the FIR copy that on august 19, 2022, complainant V. shankar was attending to business at Pasra Circle when he learned of an assembly of members of the outlawed cpi (Maoist).

Six of the 152 people who had been charged had their charges eventually withdrawn by the department. According to the NAPM, the remaining 146 individuals include women's organisations, attorneys, educators, activists, trade union leaders, students, retired academics, and cultural workers. The group had demanded chief minister Rao to free all suspects detained in connection with this FIR and to promptly close the FIR before the relevant court.

The association demanded the closure of all prior instances in which the UAPA's clause was arbitrarily applied as well as the protection of activists and social organisations. The groups were also advised to quit "subduing" the social movements and activists in Telangana. The UAPA Act was also urged to be rescinded. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) administration has been under fire from the congress state unit, which has asked it to demand that all 146 activists' charges be dropped. They are not offenders. They advocate for social causes, the party claimed.
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G GOWTHAM

25/06/2023 09:39 AM