A sedition case has been filed against a woman Amulya Leona in Bengaluru after she shouted “Pakistan Zindabad (long live Pakistan)” at a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Amulya Leona had tried to say more, but was stopped and dragged away from the stage by police before she could.
In a Facebook post last week, Amulya, 19, had written: “Whatever country may be – long live for all the countries!”
She had also written: “Long live India! Long live Pakistan! Long live Bangladesh! Long live Sri Lanka! Long live Nepal! Long live Afghanistan! Long live China! Long live Bhutan!”
In Kannada, she wrote that just saying zindabad to another country would not mean she was there. “I am an Indian citizen according to law. It is my duty to respect my country and work for the people here. I will do it,” she posted.
In the video from a “Save the Constitution” protest organised in Bengaluru last evening, where Amulya is seen shouting “Pakistan Zindabad “.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), and two other men, rush to stop her; they try to take away the microphone from her.
“Kya bol rahein hain aap (What are you saying)?” the AIMIM chief says as Amulya tries to continue on the mic.
She manages to pull herself free and shouts “Hindustan Zindabad”.
Just before she is dragged away, she says: “The difference between Hindustan Zindabad (Long Live India) and Pakistan Zindabad (Long Live Pakistan) is…”
Mr Owaisi later said: “We, in no way, support our enemy nation Pakistan.””
Mr Owaisi later said: “We, in no way, support our enemy nation Pakistan.””
Amulya, arrested soon after the event, has been charged with sedition. “We have filed a suo moto case against her under sections 124A(sedition), 153A and B (promoting enmity between different groups) and imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration),” senior police officer B Ramesh said.
