Acting on a complaint filed by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) , the J.C. Nagar police has charged Amnesty International India under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which defines sedition as brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the Government of India.
Kavita Krishnan, Secretary at Aipwa’ All India Progressive Women”s Association on a Facebook post however pointed out to an observation that according to her own words “Such a statement, spoken by a ruling party representative on prime time TV, is incitement to violence”
Here is a video-clipping of the said interview. We will let you judge for yourself if there is any truth in the allegation made.
Feature image courtesy shethepeople.tv
