The nation was in for a shock on Tuesday as the Centre took an unconscionable stand of not opposing pregnant Jamia student Safoora Zargar’s bail plea before the Delhi High Court.
Zargar is an accused in the Delhi riots case and has been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
Her bail plea had been rejected by Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana, observing, “When you choose to play with embers, you cannot blame the wind to have carried the spark a bit too far and spread the fire.”
Rejection the bail application, the Court had also observed that the “accused persons have conspired to disruption to such an extent that it would cause disorderliness and disturbance of law and order at an unprecedented scale.”
But ever since the day the Patiala House Court denied bail to Zargar, the nexus of left-liberals and radical Islamists have been hounding the Modi government.
It is well-known that the Courts in the country decide cases on the basis of factual matrix, but an entire establishment of self-acclaimed liberals and radical Islamists found an opportunity to call PM Modi ‘fascist’.
Left-liberals claim that since the accused Jamia student is pregnant, she never should have been arrested. The logic may be outrageous but at least the Modi government has fallen for it.
Representing the State when Zargar’s bail application came up before the Delhi High Court, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the State had agreed on ‘humanitarian ground’ to release Zargar on regular bail.
Mehta further argued that it must be recorded that the bail was not being opposed on humanitarian grounds and that it will have no implication on the merits of the bail plea.
Hearing on Safoora Zargar's bail plea begins before the Delhi HC.#SafooraZargar pic.twitter.com/81mmNvuBVH
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) June 23, 2020
Do the humanitarian grounds genuinely create an occasion for the Centre to agree to a bail plea? We fear they don’t.
Only on Monday the Delhi Police had told the Court that Zargar was not entitled to bail on the grounds of pregnancy.
It had contended that the law doesn’t differentiate on this basis, and 39 deliveries have taken place in prison over the past one decade.
Delhi Police said, “…there is no exception carved out for pregnant inmate, who is accused of such heinous crime, to be released on bail merely because of their pregnancy. The law provides for adequate safeguards and medical attention during their custody in jail.”
When in other cases, a distinction is not made due to pregnancy, what was the need to not oppose Safoora Zargar’s bail plea?
Most likely, the Modi government was trying to win the favour of the left-liberals lobby- the deep State that still holds the power to build narratives.
But if the Centre thought that the left-liberals will stop calling PM Modi ‘fascist’ because it did not oppose the bail plea, it was grossly mistaken.
Twitter is filled with reactions that continue to vilify PM Modi, and left-liberals are saying that a case wasn’t even made out in the first place.
The Islamist-left nexus is simply not revealing that the Centre did not oppose the bail plea, and they already claiming victory over the Modi government.
In fact, Sagarika Ghose went on to tweet, “A cop-DSP- ferrying Hizbul terrorists #DavinderSingh smoothly gets bail as police fails to file chargesheet in 6 months. A pregnant #SafooraZargar accused of an ALLEGED inflammatory speech is however denied bail. Golmaal hai bhai, sab Golmaal hai.”
A cop-DSP- ferrying Hizbul terrorists #DavinderSingh smoothly gets bail as police fails to file chargesheet in 6 months. A pregnant #SafooraZargar accused of an ALLEGED inflammatory speech is however denied bail. Golmaal hai bhai, sab Golmaal hai. #ReleaseSafooraZargar
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) June 23, 2020
She, of course, did not mention that National Investigation Agency (NIA) had itself tweeted, “Delhi Police had arrested Davinder Singh in a separate case. He continues to be in judicial custody in NIA case. Investigation is in full swing in NIA case and a chargesheet will be filed against Davinder Singh and other accused persons in the first week of July, 2020.”
Delhi Police had arrested Davinder Singh in a separate case. He continues to be in judicial custody in NIA case. Investigation is in full swing in NIA case and a chargesheet will be filed against Davinder Singh and other accused persons in the first week of July, 2020. https://t.co/ubvmAl80tX
— NIA India (@NIA_India) June 19, 2020
But leftists seldom care about facts, and they have already started vilifying Modi government by drawing a misleading comparison between Zargar and Davinder Singh.
Congressman Srivatsa also tweeted, “Safoora Zargar got bail because of tremendous pressure and support by people on social media, especially after Davinder Singh got bail. Your voice matters. Keep raising it.”
Safoora Zargar got bail because of tremendous pressure and support by people on social media, especially after Davinder Singh got bail.
Your voice matters. Keep raising it 👊🇮🇳
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) June 23, 2020
This is what happens when you try to befriend an antagonistic political ecosystem.
If the Modi government thought that its foes will stop calling it authoritarian and anti-Muslim, then that is not really happening. Rather ‘public pressure’ is becoming the buzzword.
#SafooraZargar has been granted bail on humanitarian grounds. This is good news, but she should have been granted bail in the first week of arrest because she meets all the legal conditions for bail.
— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) June 23, 2020
Safoora Zargar finally gets bail.
This is the power of people.
Public pressure works.
Your voice matters.
Continue to raise your voice and support for justice, freedom and equality.
Remember this is essentially what democracy is.— Arfa Khanum Sherwani (@khanumarfa) June 23, 2020
जामिया मिल्लिया की छात्रा सफूरा जरगर को दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट ने दिया जमानत,दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट के निर्णय का हम स्वागत करते हैं। pic.twitter.com/9CD4y25vHO
— Indian Youth Congress (@IYC) June 23, 2020
Good news that #SafooraZargar got bail. But she had to apply four times, go to High Court for redress and get it on humanitarian grounds. Reveals complete fear of lower courts to grant bail in UAPA cases irrespective of evidence
— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) June 23, 2020
Modi government should take this as a bitter lesson. It went out of its way to not oppose the bail plea, but what it got in return was more ridicule and bitter propaganda.
