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Sabina Yasmin does not start with politics. Over the phone from Nadia’s Kaliganj, she begins the chat with her daughter.
“I am a mother first. Everyone calls me ‘Tamannar ma’ (Tamanna’s mother) I don’t know how to fight a political battle. I am fighting for my daughter and to ensure that no mother faces the same fate as I do, ever,” she says.
Last year, Sabina’s nine-year-old daughter Tamanna was killed after Trinamool Congress supporters allegedly targeted the homes of supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Molandi village following a by-poll victory. Now Yasmin is contesting as a CPI(M) candidate. Her daughter’s killers have not been brought to justice. “I cry every day. But my daughter gives me the strength,” Sabina says.
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“If they considered me anti-national and jailed me for it, but are now releasing me, it must mean it was a mistake. Otherwise, why would they release someone they believe is anti-national back into society?”
These were the words of Sonam Wangchuk when he addressed the press after his first press conference on Tuesday, March 3, following nearly six months in custody.
When asked about the allegations against him by the government, he said that in court they were shown to “be meaningless or, at best, misunderstood, at worst, mischievous, but I want to believe it was some misunderstanding”. He went on to say that “linguistic misunderstandings” were one of the reasons for his detention.
He also said he wants the judiciary to record a judgment in the case, apart from revoking the order, which would help future executives understand how to use and especially how not to use laws such as the National Security Act.
Wangchuk was confident of his victory in the court, but he was looking for a “win-win”– a victory with not just his release but also the victory to advance the cause of Ladakh and the Himalayas.
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