Opinion |
Based on a complaint lodged by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) man in Kokrajhar, Assam, against Jignesh Mevani, a member of the Gujarat assembly, the Assam police acted with extraordinary speed. It rushed to Palampur in north Gujarat, and arrested and brought him to Assam. After he was given bail, the police rearrested him — this time on a complaint lodged by a policewoman, who accused him of assaulting her and outraging her modesty while he was being brought to Kokrajhar from Guwahati airport.
Officials of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation refused to stop the demolition drive in Jahangirpuri even after the Supreme Court had stayed the drive. The demolition itself came amid the demand of the Delhi BJP chief after violence in the area that ‘illegal’ houses and properties of the rioters be identified and demolished.
