Chennai Apr 21 PTI The ruling DMKs student wing on Thursday expressed shock over Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevanis arrest by the Assam police and alleged political ulterior motive to itThe partys student wing expressed confidence that the Gujarat MLA would walk free soon by beating the false caseThe Gujarat legislator getting arrested by Assam police all of a sudden for posting a tweet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has political ulterior motive and it is shocking the party allegedThe DMK said it stood behind Mevani and asserted that the leader from the western state would not fear such tactics of the BJP governmentIn a statement youth wing secretary CVMP Ezhilarasan described Mevani as his friend and asked him to remain strong Stand courageously my dear friend The DMK youth wing stands behind you The DMK functionary who is also an MLA said he was confident that the Gujarat legislator would attend a two-day national conference of his partys youth wing here on April 30 and May 1Mevani is one of the special invitees to the proposed DMK meet here PTI VGN ROH ROH

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI The Congress on Thursday termed as undemocratic and unconstitutional the arrest of Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani over his tweets with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot imprison the truth by trying to crush dissentThe Congress attacked the BJP government over Mevanis arrest by the Assam Police and alleged that Prime Minister Modi was scared and running helter-skelter by such actions Mevani an independent MLA from Gujarat who has pledged his support to the Congress was arrested from Palanpur town in Gujarat on Wednesday night over a tweet and taken to Assam by air in the early hours officials saidFlaying the arrest of Mevani Gandhi said it is an insult to the people who elected him as a public representativeModi ji you can try to crush dissent by abusing the state machinery But you can never imprison the truth Gandhi said on Twitter using hashtag DaroMat and SatyamevaJayateHe tagged a report saying that Assam Police has taken Mevani into custody over his tweets on Prime Minister ModiThe dictator is now running scared The self-anointed shehanshah of the country is deeply prejudiced as also is running helter-skelter The arrest of our friend colleague Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani by police of Kokrajhar Assam in Palanpur Gujarat just for a single tweet asking the prime minster to appeal for communal amity and brotherhood in Gujarat reflects the deep-rooted prejudice the scare the fear among those sitting in the citadels of power in Delhi today Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told reportersDoes the prime minister and the BJP think that they can browbeat Mevani and every voice of this country irrespective of political affiliation rising for communal amity for brotherhood for cohesion for walking hand in hand together for progress of India he askedSurjewala also asked if those in power think they can trample upon the Constitution and murder the rule of law in broad daylightDo they think that appealing for communal amity brotherhood and cohesion is now a crime in this country Is communalisation and spreading hate and fear the only mantra that this government has he askedThe Congress leader claimed that such voices will neither bow down nor be cowed down be it of Mevani or millions and millions of Indians not necessarily belonging to the political spectrum who want that India should progress and should walk hand in hand without being blocked through differentiation of caste and religionWe shall continue this fight Mr ModiWe will not be cowed down he assertedSurjewala said the entire Congress and every conscious citizen of the country is standing shoulder to shoulder with MevaniWe will fight we will not be afraid we will not bow down It has always been a call of Rahul Gandhi that we will fight against every arrogant power and will neither bow down nor hold back he said daring the government to arrest Gandhi or all those who want communal harmony to be maintained in the country at all costsHe also alleged that the BJP government has attacked the basic civilisation of this country but will never be able to defeat itThe undemocratic manner in which the Assam Police has detained Gujarat MLA is anti-constitutional and an insult to the people who have elected him as a public representative Congress workers will raise their voice against oppression the Congress said on its official Twitter handle in HindiCongress leader KC Venugopal also dubbed Mevanis arrest as unlawful and unconstitutional and alleged authoritarianism by the BJPThe unlawful and unconstitutional arrest of Mevani at midnight by Assam Police is the latest proof of authoritarianism under BJP Such an arrest of a peoples representative not only betrays their fear of criticism but also attacks the foundations of our democracy he said in a tweet According to a document shared by officials of the Assam Police an FIR has been lodged over a tweet by Mevani few days back However the tweet has been withheld by Twitter It was about Nathuram GodseMevani is an independent MLA from Vadgam seat in Gujarats Banaskantha and had pledged his support to the Congress but did not join it yet for technical reasons He however had said that he will contest the next election on a Congress ticket PTI SKC SKC DV DV

New Delhi Apr 21 PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday termed as undemocratic and unconstitutional the arrest of its MLA Jignesh Mevani and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot imprison the truth by trying to crush dissentMevani was arrested by the Assam Police from Palanpur town in Gujarat on Wednesday night over a tweet and taken to Assam by air in the early hours officials saidFlaying the arrest of Mevani Gandhi said it is an insult to the people who elected him as a public representativeModi ji you can try to crush dissent by abusing the state machinery But you can never imprison the truth Gandhi said on Twitter using hashtag DaroMat and SatyamevaJayateHe tagged a report saying that Assam Police has taken Mevani into custody over his tweets on Prime Minister ModiThe undemocratic manner in which Assam Police has detained Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani is anti constitutional move and an insult to the people who have elected him as a public representative Congress workers will raise their voice against oppression the Congress said on its official Twitter handle in HindiCongress leader KC Venugopal also dubbed Mevanis arrest as unlawful and unconstitutional and alleged authoritarianism by the BJPThe unlawful and unconstitutional arrest of Jignesh Mevani at midnight by Assam Police is the latest proof of authoritarianism under BJP Such an arrest of a peoples representative not only betrays their fear of criticism but also attacks the foundations of our democracy he said in a tweet According to a document shared by officials of the Assam Police an FIR has been lodged over a tweet by Mevani few days back However the tweet has been withheld by Twitter It was about Nathuram GodseMevani is an independent MLA from Vadgam seat in Gujarats Banaskantha He recently joined the Congress PTI SKC DV DV