The Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has served 10-minute notice to Republic TV Editor-In-Chief Arnab Goswami with regards to a breach of privilege motion against him.
Arnab received the notice from the Maharashtra Assembly at 2.50 pm asking him to appear in person at 3 pm, if not action could be initiated against him.
This is a breakdown of the democratic process and non-maintainable in the court of law.
The Maharashtra Assembly has not followed due process of law to serve notice with regards to a breach of privilege against Arnab.
As per procedures, the Maharashtra Speaker should first decide on the motion and then conduct a debate in the assembly.
If the members of the House find prima facie privilege and contempt against Arnab, the Speaker would forward it to the Privileges Committee by following due procedure.
At present, there is no Privileges Committee in the Maharashtra assembly.
If there is no such committee yet formed by the assembly, there is no question of the Speaker summoning Arnab to appear before the august body.
Therefore, the notice served to Arnab is illegal and non-maintainable in the court of law.
It would be very hard to believe that Uddhav does not know the due procedure to serve notice. After all, he is the chief minister who is advised by the state advocate general.
If he knows, why is he serving non-maintainable notices to Arnab?
Answers are not far-fetched. Uddhav is in a total fix because Republic TV is the only channel that has been exposing his government’s bid to bury the Sushant Singh Rajput death case as his son Aaditya Thackeray’s name has been dragged into it.
Aaditya, in fact, had earlier denied any role in the Sushant case by giving a statement.
Uddhav government has been facing brickbats for misusing Mumbai police to close Sushant’s death as a case of suicide.
There are several unanswered questions that the people have been asking about the veracity of the suicide theory floated by Maharashtra administration, including the Mumbai police and Cooper Hospital, with the help of friendly media, who are peddling fake news.
People are asking why wasn’t the time of the death mentioned in its report? Why was the autopsy conducted at night by Uddhav Thackeray-patronised Cooper Hospital, which is a punishable offense? Why was the autopsy of Disha Salian done two days after her death? Why was Disha Salian’s autopsy report changed twice?
These are the questions worrying Uddhav and is afraid of losing his post once the name of a big person in his cabinet comes into the public domain.
Time For Supreme Court To Take Cognisance
Amidst all this, the honorable courts, especially the Supreme Court, should take suo moto cognizance and take appropriate action within the framework of the law against the fascist and goonda government in Maharashtra.
A word for Sharad Pawar and Sonia Gandhi. They should take steps to curb the fascist government, if not their stakes in politics will dwindle.
A word also to the friendly media. If that can happen to Republic TV, it would happen to them in the future. Pray, this gang realizes this quickly.