Women lawyers and activists, on Tuesday, protested outside the Supreme Court demanding a fair probe into the sexual harassment allegations levelled against CJI Gogoi by a former staffer. Only yesterday, he was given a clean chit in the matter by an in-house inquiry panel. More than two dozen women were detained and section 144 has been imposed in the area.
Delhi: Women lawyers and activists today held a protest outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with sexual harassment case against CJI Ranjan Gogoi. Section 144 has been imposed outside SC following the protest. pic.twitter.com/oefGGSCRCJ
— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2019
Annie Raja, General Secretary of National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW), told India Today TV that the protest was being held to question the method adopted by the in-house investigation panel which gave a clean chit to Ranjan Gogoi. The NFIW is a far-left organization that considers Islamic Terrorism in Kashmir to be ‘indigenous uprising’.
The protest was also attended by other Left organizations. All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), an ‘independent’ Leftist organization with Brinda Karat as one of its patrons, too, joined the protest. The members of the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) also joined the protest.
At the Mandir Marg police station Jagori, NFIW, AIDWA, SNS, NTUI members among others protesting #SupremeInjustice pic.twitter.com/NBFhDc9uOw
— #MeTooIndia (@IndiaMeToo) May 7, 2019
Kalpana Vishwanath, the founder of the Safetipin app which is partners with organizations such as Ford Foundation and UK Aid among others, too joined the protest and talked about the apparent lapses in due process.
Listen to Kalpana Vishwanath, founder of @SafetipinApp, talk about the lapses in due process. pic.twitter.com/n7ygU2puju
— #MeTooIndia (@IndiaMeToo) May 7, 2019
Apart from such far-left organizations, the protest was also attended by campaigns with extensive links to foreign-funded NGOs. Members of the Right to Food Campaign (RFC) joined the protest. RFC is an “informal network” of organizations that have been campaigning extensively against Akshaya Patra, the ISKCON affiliated entity that provides midday meals to children. One of the activists associated with it considers Brahmins to be obstructions to India’s development.
Annie Raja , Koninika of National Federation of Indian Women @PJ_NFIW , @johriamrita and Ayesha of Right to Food Campaign @rozi_roti , and Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Delhi were peacefully protesting; detained from outside SC #SupremeInjustice
— Anumeha (@anumayhem) May 7, 2019
The RFC has PUCL, an organization with extensive links to ‘Urban Naxals’, in its steering committee. It also has the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), a foreign-funded NGO that has been interfering in various matters related to the internal security of the country, in its steering committee. Donors to the HRLN include Misereor which is partners with Sherpa, the same NGO that filed a plea against the Rafale deal in France. Sherpa is also partners with George Soros’ Open Society Institute.
CJI Gogoi had claimed that the allegations against him were a plot to dissuade him from hearing important cases. He is currently hearing review petitions in the Rafale matter and a contempt plea against Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Considering the entities which are protesting against the clean chit given to him, the plot has certainly thickened.
