L.R. Balley, an associate of Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and presently Chief Advisor of All India Samata Sainik Dal (Regd.) an organisation founded by Dr. Ambedkar has issued the statement that Dr. Anand Teltumbde, coming from a poorest of the poor family of landless labourers, has earned laurels in academic passing from elite institutions like VNIT, IIM, Ahmedabad and earned his doctoral degree in the frontier science of Cybernetics. He ranks among the best educated persons. He has an impeccable unblemished corporate career of 4 decades. As a socially sensitive intellectual Dr. Teltumbde always took cudgel for oppressed humanity and also earned the name among the foremost civil rights activists in the country.
He had been member of the Maharashtra-based Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR) for years and was elected as its General Secretary since 2016 even when he was outside Maharashtra. Such a person has been implicated in the fabricated case of Elgar Parishad, which he did not even attend. When he was illegally arrested by the Police, there was a wave of protests across the world at unprecedented scale. The process of Elgar Parishad case has amply revealed the fabrication of case. The case that stood on the confiscated digital devices, which in absence of the hash values remained wide open to be manipulated by the police must have been dismissed at the inception itself. But under the plea that it would be dealt with at the time of trail and misusing the provisions of the draconian law like UAPA which does not allow anticipatory bail, the innocent persons are held in jail for years.
It may be noted that unlike other accused in this infamous case, nothing has been recovered from him and he stands already interrogated over two days at the instance of the High Court. However, the case is persisted with extreme amoral zeal.
Dr. Anand Teltumbde is a part of Ambedkar family and perhaps therefore the BJP Govt., at the Centre has targetted him to silence Ambedkarites who have been raising their voice on the undemocratic rather tyrannical activities of the Govt. This attitude of the Govt. will be resented.
The Govt. must take note of Ambedkarite’s Concern and stop further harassment of Dr. Teltumbede.
(L.R. Balley)
Chief Advisor, All India Samata Sainik Dal (Regd.)
Mobile : 98723-21664
