The Centre is facing heat after the licence of former additional solicitor general Indira Jaising's NGO was suspended for 6 months for alleged violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. Jaising took to Twitter saying she is being targeted for speaking at the release of author Rana Ayub's book on the Gujarat riots.
She termed the suspension of her NGO's licence as a "blatant attempt to victimise" the organisation and an "act of vindictiveness" on the part of the NDA government.
The response came after the Home Ministry barred the NGO -- Lawyers' Collective -- from receiving funds from abroad and suspended its licence for six months for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
"The Lawyers' Collective condemns the blatant attempt of the government of India to victimise the organisation and its office bearers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover. This is noting but a gross misuse of the FCRA Act which is being used to suppress any form of dissent," the NGO said in a statement.
"It is far too well know that both Anand Grover and Indira Jaising have represented several persons in their professional capacity as lawyers in several cases against the government and the functionaries including the President of the BJP party, Amit Shah protesting his discharge in the Sohrabuddin murder case," the statement said.
"The Home Ministry's order/show cause notice is a mala fide act and an act of vindictiveness on the part of the government. This is being done because of the cases that Lawyers Collective ('LC') and its trustees, Indira Jaising and Anand Grover, are involved in, including but are not limited to Sanjiv Bhatt, Yakub Memon and Priya Pillai," the statement added.
The association accused the government of leaking the notice suspending the NGO's licence to media. "The aim is to destroy the credibility of LC by leaking it to the media, before even serving it on LC. LC till today has not received the order purportedly issued on May, 31 2016, though it is available to the press," it said.
The Home Ministry, while suspending the licence, asked the NGO to submit its reply within 30 days.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh also took to Twitter accusing the Modi government of intolerance. "Indira Jai Singh a Senior Advocate is being targeted for fearlessly taking up People's Cause. Intolerance of Modi Sarkar," he tweeted.
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