United Nations: A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is “hopeful” that people’s “political and civil rights” will be protected in India and any other country where elections are held, and Everyone will be able to vote in a “free and fair” environment. UN Secretary-General’s Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Thursday said this in response to a question on the political situation in India ahead of the upcoming national elections in the wake of the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the ban on transactions from the bank accounts of the opposition party Congress. Made comments.
“We have great hope that in India and any other country where elections are held, everyone’s rights will be protected, including political and civil rights,” Dujarric said at a regular news conference on Thursday. . And everyone will be able to vote in a free and fair environment.” A day before this reaction of the United Nations, America had also reacted to a similar question regarding the arrest of Kejriwal and ban on transactions from the bank accounts of the Congress Party. Hours after India summoned a senior US diplomat in protest over some comments made on Kejriwal’s arrest, Washington on Wednesday reiterated that it encourages fair, transparent and timely legal processes.
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller had said, “I am not going to talk about any private diplomatic conversations, but certainly, what we have said publicly, that is what I have said from here that we Encourage fair, transparent, timely legal processes. We don’t think anyone should have any objection to this. We will make this clear personally.”
Foreign Ministry officials in New Delhi had summoned the acting deputy chief of the US Embassy, Gloria Barbena. This meeting lasted for more than 30 minutes. Terming as ‘inappropriate’ the US State Department’s comment on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, India on Thursday said it is proud of its independent and strong democratic institutions and will not allow them to be subjected to any kind of unnecessary external influence. Committed to protecting from. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Kejriwal in a money laundering case related to the excise policy ‘scam’.(Agency)