UN on Kejriwal, Congress: Hope everyone’s civil & political rights protected | India News – Times of India
A spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said the world body “hopes” that in India and any country that is having elections, people’s “political and civil rights” are “protected” and everyone is able to vote in a “free and fair” atmosphere.
Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric made these remarks on Thursday while responding to a question on the “political unrest” in India ahead of the upcoming general elections in the wake of the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of Congress’s bank accounts.
UN’s response comes a day after US also reacted to a similar question on the two issues. Last week, Germany had aired its views about the CM’s case, prompting a sharp response from India. PTI
MEA: India proud of its independent institutions
On Wednesday, hours after India summoned a senior US diplomat to protest remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest, Washington reiterated that it encourages fair, transparenttimely legal processes.
On the US diplomat being summoned in Delhi, state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, “I’m not going to talk about any private diplomatic conversations. But, of course, what we have said publicly is what I just said from here, that we encourage fair, transparent, timely legal processes. We don’t think anyone should object to that, and we’ll make the same thing clear privately.”
Indian foreign ministry officials summoned acting deputy chief of mission Gloria Berbena to their office in South Block. The meeting lasted for over 30 minutes.
On Thursday, India said US state department‘s recent remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest are “unwarranted” and asserted that the country is “proud of its independent and robust democratic institutions” and committed to protect them from any form of undue external influences.
Any “external imputation” on India’s electoral and legal processes is “completely unacceptable”, foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric made these remarks on Thursday while responding to a question on the “political unrest” in India ahead of the upcoming general elections in the wake of the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of Congress’s bank accounts.
UN’s response comes a day after US also reacted to a similar question on the two issues. Last week, Germany had aired its views about the CM’s case, prompting a sharp response from India. PTI
MEA: India proud of its independent institutions
On Wednesday, hours after India summoned a senior US diplomat to protest remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest, Washington reiterated that it encourages fair, transparenttimely legal processes.
On the US diplomat being summoned in Delhi, state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, “I’m not going to talk about any private diplomatic conversations. But, of course, what we have said publicly is what I just said from here, that we encourage fair, transparent, timely legal processes. We don’t think anyone should object to that, and we’ll make the same thing clear privately.”
Indian foreign ministry officials summoned acting deputy chief of mission Gloria Berbena to their office in South Block. The meeting lasted for over 30 minutes.
On Thursday, India said US state department‘s recent remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest are “unwarranted” and asserted that the country is “proud of its independent and robust democratic institutions” and committed to protect them from any form of undue external influences.
Any “external imputation” on India’s electoral and legal processes is “completely unacceptable”, foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
