New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- All India Students' Association (AISA) national president Neha Bora on Saturday pointed out the "primary contradiction" between the executive issuing peace bonds even though the Constitution allows for the right to dissent. She asserted that peace bonds were being "weaponised" to curb democratic protests.

She said that AISA, the student wing of CPI(ML) Liberation, will not be a part of "normalising" the signing of peace bonds. Bora argued that signing such peace bonds was "no less than" singing away the democratic right to dissent.

"On one side, the constitution gives us the right to dissent. On the other hand, such peace bonds are invoked only to detain people in the name of breach of peace. We were detained withi...