Eight People the Modi Govt Gifted a Get-Out-of-Jail Free Card to Since 2014

'It’s become a new normal in Indian politics for students and activists to be incarcerated across India for expressing dissent and being vocal about certain actions and policies of the Narendra Modi government. The draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act – UAPA – has been clamped on almost all such persons, even for the flimsiest of charges... Even as the government, armed with the UAPA, is upping the ante against those protesting its policies, the Narendra Modi government has been lenient its attitude towards those on its side of the political-ideological fence even when they have been accused of serious offences. The process began with the CBI’s refusal to appeal the discharge of Amit Shah from the Sohrabuddin-Kauser Bi murder case in December 2014...'

[Full article on The Wire.]