'Direct Your Govt to Act': Opposition Leaders Write to President on Father Stan Swamy's Death 'We are urging your immediate intervention as the President of India to direct "your government" to act against those responsible for foisting false cases on him.' A file photo of human rights activist Stan Swamy. Photo: PTI Rights18 hours ago New Delhi: Leaders of major national opposition parties have written to President Ram Nath Kovind urging his intervention in holding accountable those responsible for the detention, ‘inhuman treatment’ and death of human rights activist Father Stan Swamy. The letter is signed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham chief M.K. Stalin, Jharkhand Janmukti Morcha chief Hemant Soren, Janata Dal (Secular) chief H.D. Deve Gowda, JKPA’s Farooq Abdullah, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav, CPI’s D. Raja and CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury.