The two-day Democracy Convention 2024 was addressed by former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, senior Congress leaders Salman Khurshid and Manish Tewari, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, MP Kapil Sibal, CPI-M Kashmir leader Mohamad Yusuf Tarigami, and spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Suhail Bukhari.
Among the proposals put forth by the Democracy Convention were calls to review the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Bills, which allow arrest on mere suspicion and broaden the definition of terrorism to include peaceful protests, such as roadblocks.
12/02/2024
