New Delhi: The Communist Party of India today welcomed Supreme Court verdict striking down ban on protests at Jantar Mantar.
The Communist Party of India wholeheartedly welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on July 23, 2018 upholding the democratic right of the citizens to protest at Jantar Mantar in the nation capital. The apex court also allowed protests at Boat Club saying that people had a fundamental right to demonstrate to register their viewpoint. Their displacement to Ramlila Maidan had proved a non-starter and robbed protests, including sit-ins at a historic venue like Jantar Mantar.
The SC decision to allow protests at Boat Club was significant as all public demonstrations were banned from the sprawling greens for long since large rallies in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The CPI also said the SC judgment must be welcomed by all who believe in the Constitution, Civil Rights and Political pluralism. (NSS
