PTI, JAIPUR: Spaces of debate and disagreement are “shrinking” in the country, warned activist Aruna Roy, who said holding a mere opinion against the government is akin to “sedition” these days.
Aruna Roy was speaking at the session, “The Right To Know”, on the second day of the Jaipur Literature Festival at the Diggi Palace here on Friday.
“When you close the space for dialogue and when you say that certain kind of thought is itself seditious this is when you are on a very dangerous ground,” said Roy.
Referring to the case of Anand Teltumbde, a social justice activist booked by the Pune police in Bhima Koregaon violence, she argued that the situation was particulary worrying for an information activist as asking for “information of any sorts” can be termed “seditious”.
“Anand Teltumbde has been told he is working against the state and thereby possibly going to be accused of sedition. This is very worrying for an information activist because information of any sort can be termed seditious.
