AGRA: Granting bail to three Kashmiri students booked and jailed on charges of sedition for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory in a T-20 cricket world cup match last year, the Allahabad HC said, “The unity of India is not made of bamboo reeds that will bend to the passing winds of empty slogans.”
In his order, justice Ajay Bhanot said, “The foundations of our nation are more enduring. Eternal ideals bind the indestructible unity of India. Constitutional values create an indissoluble union of India. Every citizen of the country is the custodian, and the state is the sentinel of the unity of India and the constitutional values of the nation.”
Significantly, the order also stated that “students travelling freely to different parts of the country in their quest for knowledge is the true celebration of India’s diversity and a vivid manifestation of the country’s unity.”
