Former Bureaucrats Urge VP Dhankhar To Defer Naseer Hussain’s Rajya Sabha Oath

Over two dozen retired civil service officers including former IAS, IPS, IFS and the IRS on Wednesday wrote a letter to vice-president Jagdeep Dhankar urging him to not administer the oath of office to newly elected Rajya Sabha member Naseer Hussain till the completion of judicial proceedings on the raising of “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans are completed.

These slogans were hurled during Hussain’s victory celebration in the Karnataka Assembly premises. ‘It has come to our notice through the press that upon the results of the recent Rajya Sabha Elections by the Election Commission of India declaring Syed Naseer Hussain to have been elected to Parliament from the State of Karnataka, some of the chosen supports of Syed Naseer Hussain, openly proclaimed ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans in celebration after he won the Rajya Sabha elections inside the Vidhan Soudha, a sacred temple of Democracy, which is a protected area. All supporters who accompanied Syed Naseer Hussain to celebrate his election victory inside the protected area of the State Legislature Building Vidhan Soudha had entered the building through his recommendation and knowledge’ the letter read.
“Therefore, we sincerely request your kind self to put the administration of the Oath to the newly elected member of Rajya Sabha Syed Naseer Hussain on hold till the completion of judicial proceedings and absolve said member of his involvement in the entire episode. We request your kind self to initiate appropriate action in this regard on priority.” the letter further said.

A Bengaluru court on Tuesday granted three days of police custody to the three people arrested in connection with the case. The individuals under suspicion are Iltaz from Delhi, Munawar from RT Nagar in Bengaluru, and Mohammed Shafi Nashipudi from Byadagi in Haveri district. Dr. G Parameshwara, the Home Minister of Karnataka, stated that the FSL report has verified the chanting of “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans during the celebratory event for Naseer Hussain’s victory at the Vidhan Soudha complex.