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The Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) seeking permission to protest against the alleged “genocide” in Gaza by Israel. 

Citing India’s foreign policy, the Mumbai Police last month rejected an application moved by the All India Solidarity Organisation to protest over the issue at Mumbai's Azad Maidan. The CPI(M) challenged this rejection before the High Court.

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The petition was rejected by a bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad.

“Our country has enough issues. We don't want anything like this. I am sorry to say, you are all short-sighted. You are looking at issues in Gaza and Palestine. Look at your own country. Be patriots. This is not patriotism. People say they are patriots,” the Court remarked, as reported by Bar and Bench.

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The Court further schooled CPI(M) asking it to address civic concerns.

“You are an organisation registered in India. If you could take up issues like garbage dumping, pollution, sewerage, flooding. We are just giving examples. You are not protesting on those but on something happening thousands of miles outside the country,” the Bench said.

“You don’t know the dust it could kick up.. getting on to the Palestine side or the Israel side. Why do you want to do this? It’s obvious, going by the party you represent that you don’t understand what this could do to the foreign affairs of the country,” the Bench cautioned.