Keep national security above politics: Kiren Rijiju's to Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Aug 29 Union Minister of State for Home Affairs (MoS, Home) Kiren Rijiju has urged Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi to keep national security interests above politics, a day after the latter expressed concerns over the arrests of five activists regarding the Bhima-Koregaon viciousness.

Taking to his Twitter handle, Rijiju stated, "As Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had proclaimed that Maoists are the No.1 threat to India's internal security. Presently the Congress president straightforwardly underpins the front organisations and sympathisers of the Maoists."

"Keep national security above politics," MoS Home included.

Remarks from Rijiju came a day after Rahul Gandhi attacked the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and questioned the capture of five activists by the Pune Police regarding the Bhima Koregaon violence case.

"There is put for one NGO in India and it's known as the RSS. Shut down every other Ngo. Correctional facility all activists and shoot those that whine. Welcome to the new India. #BhimaKoregaon," the Gandhi scion tweeted.

Pune Police had on Tuesday raided the homes of unmistakable Left-wing activists in a few states and captured five of them - artist Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, exchange unionist and attorney Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in Delhi.

The raids were done as a part of a probe into the brutality amongst Dalit and the upper station bunches at Koregaon-Bhima town close Pune after an occasion called Elgar Parishad on December 31 a year ago.

A police official later said that the five captured are suspected to have Maoist connections and had professedly subsidized the Elgar Parishad conference.

The police have booked all the denounced under Sections 153 A, 505(1) B,117,120 B,13,16,18,20,38,39,40 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Then, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notification to the Maharashtra government and the state's police head, saying "it shows up" that standard working strategy was not appropriately followed in the captures of five activists and this may add up to an violation of their human rights.

The Maharashtra Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police have been requested to present a 'truthful report' in the issue inside about a month.

Apart from Rahul Gandhi, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury likewise censured the captures, saying that it was an "outright assault on popularity based rights in the nation," and that it was more terrible than the announcement of the Emergency in 1975.

The Bhima Koregaon violence erupted while watching the 200th commemoration of the Bhima-Koregaon fight in January. A young passed on and a few others, including 10 policemen, were harmed in the violence.

The police have booked all the denounced under Sections 153 A, 505(1) B,117,120 B,13,16,18,20,38,39,40 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Apart from Gandhi, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury additionally censured the captures, saying that it was an "explicit assault on majority rule rights in the nation," and that it was more regrettable than the announcement of the Emergency in 1975.

The Bhima Koregaon brutality emitted while watching the 200th commemoration of the Bhima-Koregaon fight in January. An adolescent passed on and a few others, including 10 policemen, were harmed in the brutality.