Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge has dissented to the NHRC appointment on the grounds that candidates from marginalised communities were not considered.
The Congress on Saturday suggested that Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar could have been saved had Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah responded to his desperate pleas for help and the parliamentary committee for privileges had taken his suicide threat seriously.
Delkar, an Independent MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli serving his seventh term, was found hanging in a Mumbai hotel last month. A purported suicide note had accused top administrative officials in Dadra and Nagar Haveli of harassment.
Declaring its resolve not to allow the suicide by a sitting MP be hushed up, the Congress also released copies of letters Delkar had purportedly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla before taking the drastic step.
Did PM ignore MP Mohan Delkar s pleas for help, asks Maha Cong (Ld)
By IANS |
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Sat, Mar 13 2021 20:36 IST |
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Mumbai, March 13 : The Maharashtra Congress said on Saturday that seven-time MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mohan Delkar, had sought help several times from the Prime Minister as well as top BJP leaders, but he was allegedly ignored , forcing him to end his life.
Terming the Lok Sabha MP s suicide as a grave tragedy for Indian democracy , state Congress spokesperson and general secretary Sachin Sawant said that the late Delkar had written a series of letters to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, appealing for assistance.
Gujarat massacre 2002: After 19 years, victims still waiting for justice
By Sameer| Updated: 4th March 2021 11:30 am IST File photo
By Muslim Mirror Network
The Alliance to Save and Protect America from Infiltration by Religious Extremists (ASPAIRE) held its third part of a series of discussions on “Resisting the Assault on Democracies in India and the US” on February 28, 2021. The focus was on revisiting the 2002 Gujarat massacre, which had seized the attention of the national and international media, with prominent activists, who had been closely associated with the riots, participating in this webinar.
The speakers included, Dr Shak Ubaid, co-chair ASPAIRE, Vijaylakshmi Nadar, investigative journalist and Bureau chief of The India Observer, New Jersey, Nishrin Jafri, daughter of congress minister Ahsan Jafri, who was brutally killed in the Gujarat riots, Father Cedric Prakash, jesuit priest, activist who headed the Concerned Citizens Tribunal (CCT) which doc