{"id":3557,"date":"2018-08-29T15:26:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T09:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2018-08-29T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T09:56:43","slug":"prakash-karat-can-only-shout-swamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/prakash-karat-can-only-shout-swamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Prakash Karat can only shout: Swamy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<p class=\"title\">A day after\u00a0Communist Party of India (Marxist)<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0leader\u00a0<\/span>Prakash Karat<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0attacked the Centre over raids conducted in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader\u00a0<\/span>Subramanian Swamy<span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u00a0on Wednesday said that the former can only raise his voice, but will not practice democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>&#8220;Let him (Karat) shout, it doesn&#8217;t matter to us. These people can only raise their voice but won&#8217;t practice democracy themselves. We got information and the government had to act on it. The matter will go before the court, whoever feels it is wrong can have their lawyers and fight their case. This is how democracy functions but Naxals don&#8217;t understand how it works,&#8221; Swamy told ANI.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, raids were carried out in\u00a0Mumbai,\u00a0Ranchi,\u00a0Hyderabad,\u00a0Faridabad,\u00a0Delhi, and Thane as part of the probe into the violence at Maharashtra&#8217;s\u00a0Koregaon Bhima\u00a0village. Post the raids, five people were detained for their alleged connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.<br \/>\nSoon after the arrest, Karat termed the raids as a &#8220;brazen attack on democratic rights.&#8221; He further added, &#8220;We are demanding that all the cases against these people be withdrawn and they be released forthwith.&#8221;<br \/>\nVaravara Rao, Arun Ferreira,\u00a0Gautam Navlakha, Varnan Gonsalves and Sudha Bhardwaj were arrested following the raids that were conducted by the Pune Police. The police have booked all these accused 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.<br \/>\nActivists Varavara Rao and Sudha Bhardwaj were detained in\u00a0Hyderabad\u00a0and\u00a0Faridabadrespectively, while\u00a0Gautam Navlakha\u00a0was arrested from\u00a0Delhi. A search was also conducted at activist Stan Swamy&#8217;s residence in\u00a0Ranchi. However, he was not arrested.<br \/>\nThe Bhima Koregaon violence erupted while observing the 200th anniversary of the Bhima-Koregaon battle in January. A youth died and several others, including 10 policemen, were injured in the violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after\u00a0Communist Party of India (Marxist)\u00a0leader\u00a0Prakash Karat\u00a0attacked the Centre over raids conducted in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, 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