Kochi: The high court has said that the organizers are responsible if the rally participants chant provocative slogans. The court directed the police to take legal action in the incident where a child shouted provocative slogans at a Popular Front rally in Alappuzha.
Leaders are prima facie responsible and should be prosecuted by the police. The leaders who organize the rally also have a responsibility to control the ranks. It is important to find out whether the slogan was called with the knowledge of the leaders or whether they were complicit in the provocative slogan. The court ruled that those who violated the law of the land should be prosecuted and might be investigated freely without the influence of the references in this judgment.
Popular Front activists and Bajrang Dal activists called for a rally in Alappuzha on the same day. The petition filed by Ramaraja Varma was dismissed by Justice P.S. V. Order of Kunjikrishnan. During the hearing, the court asked whether the child had chanted slogans at the rally mentioned in the petition. What’s going on in this country? Asked if he might call anything at the rally.
The apex court had on May 20 directed the district police chief to ensure that the rallies do not lead to law and order problems. The Alappuzha DySP reported that there was a large police presence and that two cases were registered once morest the Popular Front and Bajrang Dal activists in connection with the rally. He also said that a case has been registered once morest two persons for chanting provocative slogans at a Popular Front rally.
English Summary: Kerala High Court Against ‘provocative sloganeering’ in PFI rally in Alappuzha
