Mumbai police foils Shiv Sena’s plan of staging a morcha outside Shobhaa De’s house

The Shiv Sena had threatened to stage a morcha outside Shobhaa De’s residence today asking for the celebrated author to give an official apology for questioning the government’s decision to have multiplexes screen Marathi movies at prime-time…

Free speech is becoming more of a myth in this country every passing day. But today we saw a sliver of hope in the idea of freedom of expression as police authorities foiled Shiv Sena’s plan.

The Shiv Sena has threatened Shobhaa De that they would stage a morcha outside the author’s house after she had tweeted against the Maharashta government’s decision to have multiplexes screen Marathi movies at prime-time.

De tweeted about the same, “Have been warned there is a Shiv Sena Morcha heading for my home at 1 p.m.” But to prevent matters from worsening,

the writer was provided with immediate police protection outside her house. She tweeted about that too, “Police barricades are up ! I am feeling perfectly calm and safe ! Thank you, Mumbai Police”

That was not all! After some time passed Shobhaa De was threatened with another morcha coming up but thankfully that didn’t happen either.

Voicing one’s opinion is quickly becoming a crime and political parties like Shiv Sena hardly help the cause of freedom of speech with their regressive ways.

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