NEW DELHI: National security does not get compromised when a few people shout slogans, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today said, defending Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara’s clean chit to Amnesty International in a case of alleged sedition slapping which he contended was a “big mistake”.
“National security of our country is not going to be compromised by few people shouting slogans. We are stronger than that, we are bigger than that, we are better than that,” Tharoor said on the sidelines of a conference on IPR organised by O P Jindal Global University (JGU) here.
“Charging Amnesty with sedition law was already a big mistake. The NGO has not advocated violence and no one at the conference did so,” he said, adding “we are not at war at the moment. We don’t have to think in terms of treason and all.”
The former diplomat advocated a law that criminalises any appeal or incitement to violence.
“What we need is a law that criminalises any appeal to violence and incitement to violence and encouragement to violence but not the expression of political opinions or opinions we don’t like,” Tharoor added. (AGENCIES)
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