Journalist Gauri Lankesh:
Latest Bold Voice Against Sangh Assassinated
In
an assassination that has shocked people all over the country,
journalist Gauri Lankesh has been shot dead at her home in Bengaluru by
unidentified men on a bike. Gauri Lankesh was a bold and intrepid
independent journalist who wrote tirelessly against communal fascists in
India. The manner of her death appears to be similar to the
assassinations of Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi, in
which the Abhinav Bharat, a saffron terrorist outfit, had been
implicated. The fact that the killers of Dabholkar, Pansare and Kalburgi
are yet to be punished is a comment on the impunity which these
terrorists enjoy.
The
rise of the BJP and the Modi regime has emboldened the forces of Sanghi
terror in the country. They indulge in widespread threats of violence –
and assassinations – to silence voices of dissent. Gauri Lankesh was
one voice, who in spite of being convicted in a criminal defamation case
by a BJP leader, had refused to be intimidated or silenced.
We
demand justice for Gauri Lankesh. The anger against her assassination
will only strengthen the determination of democratic forces in India to
keep the flame of dissent alive and shining bright. 
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