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by Anhad
23rd April 2022 | Saturday
Condemning the increase in blatant misuse of the state power by BJP, unlawful- undemocratic arrest of Jignesh Mevani by Assam Police and harassment of his associates and their families by Gujarat Police.
Late-night on 20 April 2022, Jignesh Mevani, MLA from Vadgam Assembly Constituency, was arrested from the government circuit house in Palanpur, Banaskantha district, Gujarat, by Assam Police. The arrest was made on a complaint filed by Arup Kumar Dey, a BJP member from Khokrajar, Assam, who took offence to one of the tweets posted by him during the visit of PM Narendra Modi in Gujarat. In his tweet, Jignesh Mevani appealed to PM Narendra Modi to take out time and restore peace in Himmatnagar and Khambhat areas, where communal violence had recently occurred following Ram Navami processions, especially in residential areas with a sizable minority population.
Anhad believes that being one of the most vocal opposition leaders and an elected public representative, Jignesh Mevani was performing his duty to hold PM Narendra Modi accountable and asking him to speak up on the issue of rising communal violence in India, on which Narendra Modi is always found silent. It is important to note here that since Narendra Modi has come to power at the Centre, incidents of communal violence, according to Home Ministry have increased by 28% starting from 2014 till the end of 2017, with 822 incidents being recorded in 2017 alone. These incidents of communal violence did not stop in 2017, as according to the latest data on the
