Owaisi Slams Centre’s NSA Move Against Student Protesters: “Are Young Indians a Threat to National Security?”
In a searing indictment of the Modi government’s handling of the ongoing NEET paper-leak protests, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Centre of hypocrisy and authoritarianism after the Ministry of Home Affairs empowered the Delhi Police Commissioner to detain people under the National Security Act (NSA), 1980.The order, effective for three months from July 19 to October 18, authorises Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar to exercise preventive detention powers under Section 3 of the NSA. This allows authorities to hold individuals for up to 12 months without formal charges if they are deemed a threat to national security or public order. The move comes amid intensifying demonstrations by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar, where students whose futures have been upended by alleged exam irregularities have clashed with police.Speaking to reporters outside a red-sandstone landmark in the capital, Owaisi delivered a blistering response that cut straight to the heart of the controversy:Continue Reading