UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric shared that he’s hopeful on Thursday that in India, and in any nation holding elections, folks’s political and civil rights are fostered, and all residents can vote in a free and truthful ambiance.
A day after India denied accepting Washington’s enchantment for equity in authorized circumstances concerning opposition events, however calling it “unwarranted” and “unacceptable,” the United Nations stepped into the boiling difficulty, expressing its hope that all residents can take part in the nation’s parliamentary elections in a free and truthful democracy, PTI reported.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric shared that he’s hopeful on Thursday that in India, and in any nation holding elections, folks’s political and civil rights are fostered, and all residents can vote in a free and truthful ambiance.
Dujarric spoke in response to a query concerning political unrest in India forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, after the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of the opposition Congress Party’s financial institution accounts.
“What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone’s rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote in an atmosphere that is free and fair,” Dujarric was quoted by PTI in its report.
The United Nations’ assertion follows the same response from the United States on the arrest of Kejriwal and the freezing of the Congress occasion’s financial institution accounts. On Wednesday, after India summoned a senior US diplomat to protest remarks concerning Kejriwal’s arrest, Washington reiterated its place, asserting that it goals to promote truthful, clear, and well timed authorized processes.
On the problem of US diplomat being summoned, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller mentioned: “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.”
While, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, throughout his weekly press briefing in New Delhi, regarded any exterior intervention on India’s electoral and authorized processes as “completely unacceptable”. In India, authorized processes are pushed “only by the rule of law”, Jaiswal asserted.
