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Trivedi refuses bail, in prison till Sep 24
On a day when his arrest unleashed public outrage all over the country and his supporters staged protests in Mumbai and Kanpur, political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi steadfastly refused to seek bail in the sedition case, prompting a city court to remand him in judicial custody till September 24.
Having found themselves on the defensive following a groundswell of support for him from across the country, the city police chose not to press for Trivedi’s custody — a development that resulted in the Bandra-Kurla Complex police producing the controversial cartoonist from Kanpur before a Bandra Court on Monday afternoon.
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil also went on record, saying that the State Government had nothing to do with the complaint filed against Trivedi and that it would consider his case sympathetically and explore the possibility of ensuring his early release.
On his part, Trivedi — dressed in a black kurta and jeans — not only refused to seek bail but also declined to appoint a lawyer to fight his case. The court remanded Trivedi to judicial custody till September 24. Following his remand in judicial custody, he will now be lodged in Arthur Road prison.
“If telling truth makes me a traitor then I am one. If raising voice against injustice makes a traitor, then I am one. If loving the nation makes me a traitor, then I am one...,” Trivedi said in a written statement read out by friend Alok Dik**** outside the Bandra court.
Trivedi, who was arrested immediately after he surrendered before the BKC police on Saturday evening, has been charged under Section 124 (A) of the Indian Penal Code for sedition and for various other offences under Information Technology Act and Prevention of Insults to National Symbols Act, 1971. Trivedi, who has been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged against him in December last year by an RPI activist Amit Katarnayea, has been accused of putting banners mocking the Indian Constitution at social activist Anna Hazare’s rally held on a BKC ground and uploading the same content on his website.
Earlier in the day, the police relented to the IAC’s demand and allowed its Mumbai convenor Mayank Gandhi, Dik**** and lawyer Vijay Hiremath to meet Trivedi. Trivedi said he was fine and was committed to fighting the charges by refusing bail. In a statement, the Mumbai IAC stated: “A person who is anti corruption cannot be called anti-national. The sedition charge is completely unacceptable and Aseem has vowed to fight against that act.”
Sonia, PM, Advani delight of cartoonists, says Thackeray
Yesteryear cartoonist and Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray avers that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, veteran BJP leader LK Advani and NCP chief Sharad Pawar are among the current political leaders who are a cartoonists’ delight.
Having made a living as cartoonist from the late fifties to mid-sixties, Thackeray spoke his mind, when he dwelt upon the issues relating to the art of cartooning in the fourth and final part of an interview published in the Sena’s official mouth-piece Saamna on Monday.
On a day when he expressed his optimism that his nephew and MNS chief Raj Thackeray would carry forward his legacy as a cartoonist, Thackeray disagreed with the interviewer that there was currently a dearth of political leaders who would provide excellent material to cartoonists.
“Yes. During the intervening period, there was a dearth of political leaders who would have made good cartoons. However, we now have quite a few. Among them are: Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and Prithviraj Chavan and Sharad Pawar. We also have LK Advani”.
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with Free Press Journal in the late fifties and started his own cartoon-dominated weekly Marmik in the early sixties. “Who will carry forward my legacy ( as a cartoonist)? I think it is Raja ( Raj Thackeray),” the Sena chief said. He conceded that his cartoons of the past were like the sharp nails of a tiger. “That’s why the roar of the Shiv Sena tiger was heard all over Maharashtra,” he said.
On a day when his arrest unleashed public outrage all over the country and his supporters staged protests in Mumbai and Kanpur, political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi steadfastly refused to seek bail in the sedition case, prompting a city court to remand him in judicial custody till September 24.
Having found themselves on the defensive following a groundswell of support for him from across the country, the city police chose not to press for Trivedi’s custody — a development that resulted in the Bandra-Kurla Complex police producing the controversial cartoonist from Kanpur before a Bandra Court on Monday afternoon.
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil also went on record, saying that the State Government had nothing to do with the complaint filed against Trivedi and that it would consider his case sympathetically and explore the possibility of ensuring his early release.
On his part, Trivedi — dressed in a black kurta and jeans — not only refused to seek bail but also declined to appoint a lawyer to fight his case. The court remanded Trivedi to judicial custody till September 24. Following his remand in judicial custody, he will now be lodged in Arthur Road prison.
“If telling truth makes me a traitor then I am one. If raising voice against injustice makes a traitor, then I am one. If loving the nation makes me a traitor, then I am one...,” Trivedi said in a written statement read out by friend Alok Dik**** outside the Bandra court.
Trivedi, who was arrested immediately after he surrendered before the BKC police on Saturday evening, has been charged under Section 124 (A) of the Indian Penal Code for sedition and for various other offences under Information Technology Act and Prevention of Insults to National Symbols Act, 1971. Trivedi, who has been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged against him in December last year by an RPI activist Amit Katarnayea, has been accused of putting banners mocking the Indian Constitution at social activist Anna Hazare’s rally held on a BKC ground and uploading the same content on his website.
Earlier in the day, the police relented to the IAC’s demand and allowed its Mumbai convenor Mayank Gandhi, Dik**** and lawyer Vijay Hiremath to meet Trivedi. Trivedi said he was fine and was committed to fighting the charges by refusing bail. In a statement, the Mumbai IAC stated: “A person who is anti corruption cannot be called anti-national. The sedition charge is completely unacceptable and Aseem has vowed to fight against that act.”
Sonia, PM, Advani delight of cartoonists, says Thackeray
Yesteryear cartoonist and Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray avers that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, veteran BJP leader LK Advani and NCP chief Sharad Pawar are among the current political leaders who are a cartoonists’ delight.
Having made a living as cartoonist from the late fifties to mid-sixties, Thackeray spoke his mind, when he dwelt upon the issues relating to the art of cartooning in the fourth and final part of an interview published in the Sena’s official mouth-piece Saamna on Monday.
On a day when he expressed his optimism that his nephew and MNS chief Raj Thackeray would carry forward his legacy as a cartoonist, Thackeray disagreed with the interviewer that there was currently a dearth of political leaders who would provide excellent material to cartoonists.
“Yes. During the intervening period, there was a dearth of political leaders who would have made good cartoons. However, we now have quite a few. Among them are: Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi and Prithviraj Chavan and Sharad Pawar. We also have LK Advani”.
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with Free Press Journal in the late fifties and started his own cartoon-dominated weekly Marmik in the early sixties. “Who will carry forward my legacy ( as a cartoonist)? I think it is Raja ( Raj Thackeray),” the Sena chief said. He conceded that his cartoons of the past were like the sharp nails of a tiger. “That’s why the roar of the Shiv Sena tiger was heard all over Maharashtra,” he said.
