The Citizens For Democracy (CFD) will organise a one-day workshop on ‘Constitutional Administration and Activism of the Judiciary’ at the Gandhamaneni Sivaiah Krishnareddy Bhavan in Tirupati on Sunday. The former Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Justice M.M. Rao will be delivering the keynote address.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, CFD secretary and former IAS officer L.V. Subramanyam and former Chief Election Commissioner (Andhra Pradesh) Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar said that the workshop is aimed at highlighting the recent police cases against activists from the Opposition parties and other public organisations in the State.
The CFD functionaries said that the organisation condemns the growing ‘intolerant’ atmosphere and the crackdown on criticism against the State government. They objected to the indefinite extension of Section 30 of the Police Act in several places, blocking public gatherings of political parties, pre-trial house arrests, and illegal detention of leaders from various parties and associations in the wake of recent agitations. The forum leaders alleged that the ruling YSRCP party were ‘misusing’ the police machinery to file criminal cases against Opposition activists without any evidence.
