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Are there political currents underneath the move to impeach the CJI?

Jai prakash Ojha
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Are there political currents underneath the move to impeach the CJI?

It was simply unprecedented. The opposition spearheaded by the Congress wanted the CJI to be impeached and what for? No misbehavior, no incapacity, no violation of constitution but for purely political reasons. The logic was clear. It was to intimidate judiciary.

Isn’t it laughable that you want to impeach CJI just because you don’t like his decisions? The recent verdicts of the apex court on reservation, SC/ST Atrocity Act, Triple Talaq, reopening of 1984 anti Sikh riots case and the taking up of the Hearing on Ram Temple on priority basis have alarmed the Congress/communists/radical Ambedkarite dalit groups /other so called secular social justice parties. The closure of Loya case was just the spark that ignited the wildfire.

Social media is abuzz with vicious hate propaganda unleashed against two of the most credible institutions of our democracy. When opposition loses the elections, they blame EVM. When a judgement goes against them, they blame judiciary. The social justice parties are ardent supporters of reservation in judiciary as they feel their caste groups are not adequately represented in it. The leftists along with the radical Ambedkarite dalit groups blame the SC for being Manuwadi in mindset. And the fact that the CJI is a Brahmin further aids their divisive rhetoric considering the kind of atmosphere that is being created against the Brahmins in the country.

The opposition knew that the minority community and the dalit /OBC community were peeved over with some of the decisions of the court and it is always politically wise to target Brahmins. The opposition engendered the perception and yes, the open revolt of four senior judges of the Supreme Court Court against their CJI helped it in the process, that democracy was in danger and judiciary was delivering pro Hindutva judgments as constitution of benches was done in a partisan manner.

The coming out of the internal differences within the judiciary into public domain provided a god sent opportunity to the opposition. It was alleged that CJI constituted benches and allocated cases without consulting any other senior judge. But then, though the CJI is just the first among equals, he is the master of roster. The internal matter of the apex court should have been left to itself to resolve but unfortunately, the opposition seemed more interested in vote bank calculation and keeping the Ram Temple issue in limbo.

Indian democracy is passing through tumultuous times. Politicians want to intimidate higher judiciary. Strong electoral communities are not willing to accept court verdicts that are perceived against their interests. Bandhs are called by groups supported by political parties to protest against verdicts of judiciary. Judiciary is blamed of acting against the interests of lower castes because of its domination by upper castes.

And remarkably, the law makers are hand in gloves with their constituencies in flouting of court orders and denigration of authority of courts. What a pathetic state of affairs? Vote bank politics has triumphed over Institutional sanctity. The attempt to impeach the CJI is an act that defies logic. No wonder the notice was rejected by the RS chairman. Any democracy can’t accept the lowering of dignity of the apex judiciary and attempts to tarnish its image and launch a slanderous campaign to malign its integrity weaken the public trust in the institution.

The parliamentarians can’t take judiciary lightly because Indian Parliament is not sovereign. Judiciary is a separate co equal authority. Neither the Parliament nor the Judiciary is supreme but both of them derive their authority from the Constitution. The judiciary despite its ups and downs has managed to retain its credibility to a great extent as compared to other institutions. Even today, the commoner has faith in it. Don’t shatter the image of the Supreme Court by drawing it into petty politics.

There have been impeachment of Justices in the past but those were preceded by solid evidences of corruption but this time, even the initiators of notice were confused over what they wanted. Putting up the charge sheet against the CJI in public purview before approaching the RS chairman was simply an ill advised step. The opposition agenda was unethical.

The judiciary on its part needs to put its own house in order first to restore its credibility. The nation can’t afford to go back to the role of judiciary during the seventies when the executive undermined the judicial autonomy with the sole intention of having a committed judiciary or to put in simple terms, the judiciary that furthers the agenda of the party in power. There may be faults with the Collegium system of appointment but at least, it keeps the politicians at an arm’s length from appointments made in judiciary.

पाठकगण तनिक मार्गदर्शन दीजिए, हम स्टेशन पर भटके हुए हैं।

anonBrook
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पाठकगण तनिक मार्गदर्शन दीजिए, हम स्टेशन पर भटके हुए हैं।

(वैधानिक स्पष्टीकरण- यह कथा और इसके सभी पात्र काल्पनिक हैं। यदि इसका किसी भी समकालीन खबर, जीवित या मृत व्यक्ति, नर्तकी, सोफा-काउच अथवा लकड़ी के बोल से कोई भी संबंध पाया जाता है तो यह एक संयोग मात्र ही माना जाएगा। इस कहानी का उद्देश किसी तख्ती-सत्याग्रही की भावनाओं को आहात करना नहीं है। हम आशा करते हैं कि उनकी रोटी अविचलित आती रहे और उन्हें बैठने के लिए बेहतरीन काउच मिलते रहें।)

काफी समय पहले की बात है, हम लखनऊ स्टेशन के प्लैटफार्म पर टहल रहे थे। पता नहीं क्या आफत आई थी कि हम प्रस्थान समय से घंटों पहले ही पहुंच गए। माँ भी न, बेबात हुरियाए रहतीं हैं। खैर, समय काटने के लिए हमने सोचा चलो तनिक जूते ही घिस लेते हैं। तो हम प्लैटफार्म पर आगे-पीछे माछी सरीके मंडराने लगे।

जूता घिसाई की इस प्रक्रिया के दौरान हमनें गौर किया कि स्टेशन पर दुकानें भी हैं। फिर क्या था, हमने जूता खिसाई की योजना आधी ही छोड़ दी और दुकानों के इर्द-गिर्द वाकई मक्खी के जैसे भिनभिनाने लगे।

इसी सिलसिले में हमारी बिनाई में एक विचित्र दृश्य आया। एक भिखारी बच्चा फल के ठेले वाले से ‘मोल’भाव कर रहा था। बालक कोई ६-७ वर्ष की आयु का रहा होगा। कम-ज्यादा भी हो सकता है। हमसे लोगों की उम्र सही से नहीं आंकी जाती है। कोई और दिन होता तो हम उस बच्चे को फल खरीद देते। लेकिन खाली दिमाग शैतान का कारखाना होता है और आज तो हम खुद ही पूरे के पूरे खलिहर थे।

हमारे मुख पर कब एक कुटिल मुस्कान आ गई, और कब हम दांत चियारने लगे पता ही नहीं चला, और हमने सोचा कि देखते हैं आगे क्या होगा। इस प्रकार हम स्टेशन पर हो रहे इस मोल-भाव, यानी संक्षिप्त में कहें तो मोल-स्टेशन का पर्यवेक्षण करने लगे।

बच्चा भूखा था, उसे फल चाहिए थे। फल का ठेला लगाने वाला व्यवसायी था, उसे पैसे चाहिए थे।

बेचारे बालक के पास पैसे नहीं थे। और हम ये सब ऐसे देख रहे थे कि जैसे सामने नृत्य नाटिका प्रस्तुत हो रही हो। हम दर्शक हैं, सामने सरोज नृत्य कर रहा है। सरोज हमने मन ही मन बालक को नाम दे दिया था और फल वाले का नाम हमने टिंकास उच्चका रख दिया। सरोज नाम उस मैले लड़के पर फिट बैठता था और फल वाला तो सूरत से ही उचक्का प्रतीत हो रहा था।

नाट्य कुछ यूं आगे बढ़ रहा था- सरोज के पास फल खरीदने को पैसे नहीं हैं। टिंकास ने फल देने से मना कर दिया। वह भी व्यवसाय में है, भिखारियों को रोज-रोज मुफ्त में फल देता फिरे तो खुद भी भीख मांगने के दिन आ जाएंगे। लेकिन सरोज भी पेशेवर भिखारी है। अपनी कला में ऐसा निपुण कि देखने वाले को लगे जैसे वो किसी नर्तकी की नृत्य कला के दर्शन कर रहा हो।

मगर क्रूर उच्चका नहीं पिघलता है। वह इससे बेहतर नृत्य प्रतिभा वालों को भी टरका चुका है। प्रतिभा की कमी से ऊपर उठने के लिए क्या किया जाए सरोज यह सोच ही रहा था कि उच्चका ने मुस्कुराते हुए कहा, ‘ठीक है। मेरे केले-चीकू सब, जहाँ मैं कहूं उठा कर वहाँ कर देना, तो मैं तुम्हें एक फल का गट्ठर दे दूंगा।’

अगले एक घंटे तक सरोज ने खूब दौड़ लगाई, कभी केले यहां, तो कभी चीकू वहां। एक समय तो ऐसा आया कि टिंकास का भाई भी आ गया और उसने भी सरोज से काम कराया।

फिर अंत में एक गठरी में रोल कर के कल के बचे हुए कुछ फल सरोज को थमाते हुए टिंकास ने बोला कि अगली बार केले और चीकू और बेहतर तरीके से संभालोगे तो ज्यादा अच्छे फल गट्ठर में रोल कर देंगे।

सरोज ने भी आंख में आंसू और मुंह पर जबरन मुस्कान के साथ सर हिला दिया।

अब सरोज रोज उच्चका के केले और चीकू के साथ पूरे स्टेशन पर नाचता है और उसे एक रोल फल मिल जाता है।

तब से स्टेशन पर हुए मोल-भाव को हम मोलस्टेशन ही कहने लगे हैं।

#मोलस्टेशन (mole-station)

(पाठकों की सुविधा के लिए- टिंकास= कास टिन; उच्चका= का उच्च)

CM-Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) whips up parochialism in Andhra

G Indira
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CM-Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) whips up parochialism in Andhra

All the parties in Andhra Pradesh, that is, the ruling (TDP) and the opposition (YSRCP and INC) and the newly formed Jana Shakthi (actor Pawan Kalyan’s Party) are striking for the Special Status (SS) for A.P, a newly formed state, a truncated one from united Andhra Pradesh which had held quite a huge – 42 MPs in the Parliament earlier and carried more weight than any state in the South.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in coalition with 6- BJP MLAs has ruled the state for four years. Now they are separated. The reason? Not granting Special Status to the state A.P which is weakened by bifurcation consequent to the loss of revenue-earning powerful Hyderabad city to Telangana.

Special Status was guaranteed both by the BJP and the Congress in the Parliamentary debate during the bifurcation. The BJP went one step ahead and asked for 10-year period instead of usual 5-years. The PM now, Sri Modi, had promised in the pre-election rally of 2014 that he would certainly grant the much- needed Special Status for the beleaguered A.P. One need not keep all the political promises one does as a candidate in pre-election rallies. Political parties do not run governments purely going by the words given in the manifesto. However, some promises which are tied to deep sentiments haunt them.

The Modi government should have kept this promise of awarding Special Status soon after coming to the power in 2014 to A.P. But they made delay. Delays cause damages. The Planning Commission was scrapped. In its place NITI- Aayog has come into place. The Centre is explicit in stating after the formation of NITI-Aayog, there is no place for Special Status to any state and only Special Package could be given.

For one or two years the TDP agreed and carried the Special Package award on its shoulders. Later it saw the opposition parties i.e the Y S Rajasekhar Reddy Congress Party (YSRCP) and Pawan Kalyan’s Jan Shakthi (JS) vociferously campaigning for a Special Status. So, the TDP did not want to be lagging behind in this emotive issue of Andhras and joined the band wagon. Moreover, the TDP by that time was mired in economic impropriety. The funds allocated by the Centre for building the new capital, Amaravati and Polavaram- Project Dam were clearly misused. The Enforcement Directorate (EC) found fault with the TDP government for not having transparency in spending.

Chandra Babu Naidu’s government seems opaque in money matters. Naidu is not Mr Clean. His voters and BJP voters are the same with no differentiation. Right now, he is wooing all the majorities i.e the Hindus to his fold by making parochial comments and vilifying PM Modi. The Central BJP, being busy with Karnataka election, is not paying due attention to what is going-on in A.P.

After Karnataka, it needs to concentrate on Andhra Pradesh. CM Naidu is of the view that the BJP needs him in the state, not the other way round. He is ignoring the fact that post-2014 elections, the BJP is echoing in the minds and hearts of people in Andhra. It is not a lesser known entity as earlier, in the southern part of Andhra.

To win in Andhra Pradesh the BJP has to adopt:

1. To confront with the TDP head-on, on issues of misuse of funds allocated by the Centre and on religious conversions that are happening on massive scale by the missionaries in A.P. The demography in the state is changing rapidly. CM Naidu’s so-called secular nature supports those fraudulent conversions. He is in no way inimical to them.

2. After the surge of the BJP Hindutva nationalism at the Centre, Naidu changed the tag now, to project himself a mighty Hindu, which he was otherwise averse to earlier. This should be exposed. In (Thirumal Tirupati Devasthanam) TTD-Balaji temple, he appointed Christians as Board members and as Chairman. Many have raised their voice on this issue and condemned it in Andhra. A Christian member of TTD, who happens to be a TDP-MLA, V. Anitha, recently on 23rd April resigned after severe protests by the Hindu bodies. So, Naidu is not a holy cow.

3. CM Naidu promised that he would fight for granting Dalit-Christians the status of SCs, which is unconstitutional. He cannot win Christian votes in Andhra with any amount of wooing as YSRCP’s founder himself is a Christian. The BJP should demand Naidu’s stand on Dalit-Christian reservation.

4. Apart from the above, the BJP should develop a clear programme on how to develop Andhra Pradesh. For, there are, right now, bandhs, protests and fasting (one recently on 20th April by Naidu himself on his birthday) and other innovative types solely for the purpose of progress and development of Andhra Pradesh, which in the view of Andhraites is stalled by the Centre by not granting Special Status. This sentiment has been strongly drilled into the people’s minds by the CM Naidu. This has to be dispelled totally.

Criminal Law amendment: सरकार ने तो कर दिया अब समाज कब करेगा ?

alaknanda
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Criminal Law amendment: सरकार ने तो कर दिया अब समाज कब करेगा ?

Criminal Law amendment…और अंतत: दुष्‍कर्मियों के लिए फांसी का प्रावधान हो ही गया, फांसी अर्थात् अपराधशास्‍त्र और दंडनीति के अनुसार सजा का अंतिम अस्‍त्र।

कठुआ, उन्‍नाव और सूरत में बच्‍चियों के साथ दरिंदगी करने वालों का उदाहरण सामने रखते हुए कल केंद्र सरकार ने अपनी कैबिनेट मीटिंग में बच्‍चियों से दुष्‍कर्म करने वालों के लिए फांसी की सज़ा के प्रावधान वाले ”क्रिमिनल लॉ (अमेंडमेंट) ऑर्डिनेंस 2018 ” को मंज़ूरी दी है।

इसके बाद ये कहा जा सकता है कि कम से कम कानूनी तौर पर तो उन दुष्‍कर्मियों के खिलाफ उचित दंडनीति बन ही गई। इसमें सर्वाधिक गौर करने वाली बात है कि अब यौन अपराधियों का डाटाबेस बनेगा जिसका ब्‍यौरा ‘एनसीआरबी’ (नेशनल क्राइम रिकॉर्ड ब्‍यूरो) रखेगा, और ऐसा डाटाबेस बनाने वाला भारत विश्‍व का नौवां देश होगा।

यूं तो इस Criminal Law amendment ऑर्डिनेंस में हर उम्र की महिलाओं के दुष्‍कर्मियों को सजा के नए सिरे से प्रावधान किये गये हैं मगर 12 साल या उसे कम उम्र की बच्‍चियों के साथ बर्बरता करने वालों को ‘फांसी’ दिये जाने के प्रावधान की चौतरफा तारीफ हो रही है, और होनी भी चाहिए क्‍योंकि इस उम्र में बच्‍चियां दुर्व्‍यहार का किसी भी प्रकार (शारीरिक व मानसिक) से प्रतिरोध नहीं कर सकती।

दुष्‍कर्म के खिलाफ पॉक्‍सो एक्‍ट के बाद ये दंडनीति का आखिरी कदम है, सरकार की ओर से दंडनीति का सर्वोच्‍च उपाय भी ये ही है मगर अन्‍य कानूनों और दंडविधानों का जो हश्र अब तक हम देखते आ रहे हैं, उसी तरह इसके भी बेजां इस्‍तेमाल को रोका जा सकेगा, इस पर संशय बराबर उभरता है। हालांकि सरकार की ओर से पूरे बंदोबस्‍त किए गए हैं जिनमें अदालती कार्यवाही को ”समयबद्ध” किया जाना और अग्रिम ज़मानत पर रोक सबसे खास है। कानून के भय के इस बंदोबस्‍त के बाद हम आशा कर सकते हैं कि अब दुष्‍कर्म की घटनाओं में कमी आएगी।

परंतु जितने सवाल कानून के दुरुपयोग को लेकर उठ रहे हैं उतने ही फांसी पर भी। जिन देशों में भी फांसी आमचलन में है, उनमें भी इस तरह के अपराधों का आंकड़ा कम नहीं हुआ है।

अपराधशास्‍त्र के इतिहास में एक किस्‍सा सदैव सुनाया जाता है कि जब फ्रांस में जेबकतरों से लोग ज्‍यादा परेशान होने लगे तो जेबकतरों को सरेआम फांसी का नियम बना लिया गया लेकिन फांसी देखने के लिए जो भीड़ जमा होती थी उसमें भी जेबें कटती थीं। ऐसे में सवाल उठता है कि क्‍या ये सज़ा उन वहशियों के लिए किसी भय को व्‍याप्‍त कर पाएगी क्‍योंकि अन्‍य अपराधों से हटकर कोई ‘दुष्‍कर्मी’ सिर्फ एक अपराधी नहीं होता, वह मनोरोगी भी होता है।

अपराधशास्‍त्र में सजा देने के जो 5 मकसद बताए गए हैं उनमें फांसी को दूसरे नंबर पर यानि deterance की श्रेणी में रखा गया है। इसका अर्थ ही प्रतिरोध है यानि ऐसा दंड देना कि वह व्यक्ति दोबारा अपराध न करे और उसे सजा मिलती देख दूसरे भी अपराध न करें।

हालांकि सजा देने इसके आगे के मकसदों को दंडोपचार पद्धति कहा जाता है,क्‍योंकि इसमें अपराधी को expiation यानी प्रायश्चित करता है। यह एक मनोवैज्ञानिक नैतिक दंड है जिसे अपराधी खुद ही अपने लिए तय करता है। प्रायश्चित करवाने के लिए सरकारें, अपराधी को प्रायश्चित करने लायक स्थितियां बना कर दे सकती हैं।

सजा देने का चौथा मकसद अपराधी का Reformation यानी सुधार और पांचवा Rehabilitation यानी उसका पुनर्वास परंतु पुनर्वास आदि का कार्य तो दंडप्रक्रिया को पूरा करने के बाद ही अमल में लाया जा सकता है, फिलहाल हालात ऐसे हैं कि दुष्‍कर्मियों से निपटना सरकार की ही नहीं, समाज की भी प्राथमिकता बन गया है।

अपराधशास्‍त्र के तमाम प्राविधानों को अब तक जिस ढीले-ढाले तरीके से इस्‍तेमाल किया जाता रहा है, उसने ही जघन्‍य अपराधों में बेहिसाब वृद्धि की परंतु अब सरकार द्वारा दो महीने की समयबद्धता निर्धारित कर देने से कुछ भय तो अवश्‍य पैदा होगा अपराधियों में। हां, कानून का दुरुपयोग रोक पाना एक बड़ी चुनौती होगी, वो भी इसलिए क्‍योंकि बच्‍चियां ही नहीं हर उम्र में की महिलायें भी समाज में और यहां तक कि अपने घरों तक में ”कथित इज्‍ज़त वाले मानदंडों” का आसान शिकार होती हैं।

बहरहाल, यह बात तो हम सभी जानते हैं कि फांसी की सजा भले ही भय उत्‍पन्‍न कर सकती हो मगर यह किसी मनोविकार को दूर नहीं कर सकती। मनोविकार तभी दूर किया जा सकता है जब स्‍वस्‍थ तन के साथ-साथ स्‍वस्‍थ मन तैयार करने की जिम्‍मेदारी समाज अपने ऊपर ले।

नि:संदेह सख्‍त दंड के प्राविधान की जिम्‍मेदारी सरकार की है और इसीलिए बेटियों के प्रति इस क्रूर एवं जघन्‍य कृत्‍य करने वालों को मौत तक ले जाने वाला कदम सरकार ने उठाया है मगर इसे आखिरी कदम नहीं माना जा सकता क्‍योंकि अधिकांश मामलों में देखा गया है कि कानून की प्रक्रिया चाहे कितनी भी सख्‍त क्‍यों न हो किंतु उसके अंदर निहित मूल भावना का लाभ अपराधी ही उठा ले जाते हैं। इसलिए मुकम्‍मल इंतजाम तभी संभव है जब समाज आगे बढकर इस कलंक को मिटाने का संकल्‍प ले।

यूं भी बच्‍चियां सिर्फ सरकार की जिम्‍मेदारी नहीं हैं, वह समाज का भविष्‍य भी हैं।

स्‍वस्‍थ समाज के लिए स्‍वस्‍थ मन-मस्‍तिष्‍क वाले लोगों का होना उतना ही जरूरी है जितना कि कठोर दंड प्रक्रिया के अनुपालन के लिए उसके दुरुपयोग को रोकने का इंतजाम किया जाना।

आज तमाम ऐसे उदाहरण हमारे सामने हैं जिनमें सख्‍त कानून का अत्‍यधिक दुरुपयोग हुआ और अंतत: न्‍यायपालिकाओं को हस्‍तक्षेप करना पड़ा। बात चाहे दहेज एक्‍ट की हो अथवा एससी/एसटी एक्‍ट की।

इसलिए बेहतर होगा कि सरकार के साथ-साथ समाज का हर वर्ग बिना राजनीति किए इसमें अपनी सहभागिता निभाए और एक ऐसा वातावरण तैयार करे जिसमें बच्‍चियों बेखौफ होकर अपने अरमान पूरे कर सकें।

Exclusive report, from future, on how CJI was impeached

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Exclusive report, from future, on how CJI was impeached

Hello Everyone

This is the Court Reporter from Supreme Court of Mahismati and this is my third report from the court premises. Earlier two were regarding the crackers ban and judge’s Press Conference.

In an interesting turn of events, 74 Rajya Sabha Sadasya of Mahismati joined hands and sent a letter of understanding to the Vice President of Mahismati. The group initiated the impeachment proceedings against the CJI as only the other day they had asked CJI to contribute to Pooja Pandal in their Residential Society KV Sector 93 which CJI flatly refused. This was good enough reason as Gross Misconduct and sign of incapacitation on part of CJI. No respecting member of any Residential Society refuses to share the contribution on Pooja Pandal or other religious functions which are celebrated all year round in our great nation.

The above financial dispute appears as Prime reason for the request to Impeachment and there are 4 other reasons which forced the right thinking members to proceed without delay. Other 4 unconfirmed reasons are as below-

• CJI refused to inform the details of Duckworth Louis system and empirical formula even though all lawyers/members/judges/society members pleaded with folded hands
• CJI was humbly requested to share the secret for Dosa Omlette which he makes frequently but he refused
• CJI was gifted with IPL passes for DD and SH games and he forced the fellow judges to watch those games live in stadium on his behalf
• Last but not the least, CJI advised all judges to declare their assets in public domain and inform the common folks the reasons for change of fortune once they were elevated to the present ranks

However as a surprising turn of events, the VP rejected the peaceful proposal to impeach the CJI and the peaceful herd has come back to Supreme Court. One of the Ring leader, lawyer Mr Brashtant Pusan has shown his amazement for the rejection of the proposal by VP. Mr Pusan clarified that Mr VP cannot reject this proposal in his capacity and the word “PROVEN MISCONDUCT TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL” or “VP CAN ACCEPT OR REJECT” are written in the constitution for cosmetic purpose only.

Mr Pusan also vows to impeach the VP once he is free from another pressing issue which requires his immediate attention. You see, he is standing for the election of the president in his Patel Nagar Mohalla Samitee. This election is very crucial for him as he has never won any election in his life and does not want to take any risk at this crucial juncture.

The story is unfolding as we speak and stay tuned for more in the matter

BJP must clear its stand on Anti-Hindu law allowing temple control by state

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BJP must clear its stand on Anti-Hindu law allowing temple control by state

Recently an outrage broke out that, like many others, didn’t make much news in the so called “national” media as it relates to discrimination against Hindus. The outrage was about the appointment of TDP MLA Vangalapudi Anitha on the board of Tirupati Tirumala Devsthanams (TTD) board.

The reason being that she is a Christian, and in an interview stated that she never went anywhere without a Bible. The clip of this interview in Telugu went viral on Social Media, especially in Andhra Pradesh, sparking this outrage. She has since resigned, and now claims to be a Hindu and a devotee of Lord Venkateshwar.

BJP MP Mr. GVL Narsimha Rao was quick to question Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. And on a debate on Times Now he argued would it be okay for a Hindu to be presiding over the affairs of Mecca Masjid? A fair point! However, what he didn’t argue was that ONLY Hindu temples are under Government control and not any other religions’ worship place, be it Masjids, Churches or Gurudwaras. What he didn’t question was why a “secular” Government has a say in the religious affairs of Hindus.

Now, as I imagine, many readers would be confused that such a thing even happens. Not many are even aware of the existence of the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Act. Even though we all love to hate and ridicule the extreme commercialization of temples, the “tickets” on ‘Darshan’, the VIP lines, none of the now confused people looked for answers and only blamed the “money hungry”, “greedy” Pujaris, who in reality are not paid very well.

It’s easy to blame Brahmans and not look for answers, but the real culprit here is the Law and its name is Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Act or HRCE for short. As per this law despite article 26 of the Indian Constitution providing people of all religions with the freedom to manage their religious institutions, state-level Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Acts have allowed states to assume financial and management control of over a hundred thousand Hindu temples, including magnificent ancient temples of immense religious significance. These HR&CE departments are headed by a cabinet minister or by ostensibly autonomous, but government appointed, boards which includes both politicians, and non-Hinds.

The misuse of funds is rampant. Hindu Temple land is routinely given away to other religions to build their religious buildings. Sometimes even those buildings are funded by Temple money. The money that was donated to the TEMPLE by the HINDU devotees for the use of the Deity of that Temple! Those funds are NOT for politicians to use on personal convenience or play “secular” (i.e. appeasement) politics with.

Consider the year 2002. Karnataka State Govt received around Rs 72 crore from 251,000 temples. But only Rs 10 crore was returned to the temples while rest of the funds were used for other purposes including funding of Rs 50 crore for madrassas & Haj subsidy and Rs 10 crore for Churches. Temple money of Hindu devotees is used on Muslims and Christian causes!

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To understand simply just how bad this law is, here are just two of the uncountable examples of how HR&CE ruins temples:

  1. Overflowing with sewage HR&CE land is neglected.
  2. A Cemetery is being built over a Ganpathy Temple land in Tiruneveli
Cemetery on Temple Land (photo from- Reclaim Temples Movement twitter handle @ReclaimTemples)

Here’s a simple table that lays down the injustice being done to Hindus:

Why HRCE and other laws are Anti-Hindu

The HR&CE along with Anti-Hindu RTE Law is also the core of the Lingayat issue. This is also the reason why Ram Krishna Mission tried to claim to be a separate religion. They want to become a separate religion and a minority because the so-called “secular” Constitution of India is actively hostile towards Hindus!

And so my simple and direct question to Mr. GVL Narsimha Rao and the BJP is, “What is your stand on the Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Act?”

As a party that claims to look out for the interest of Hindus, your silence on some of the most important Hindu issues like HR&CE and RTE discrimination against Hindu owned schools is deeply troubling. And as a supporter of the Party and the ideology, as a BJP voter and above all else as a Hindu, I demand that BJP state its stand on HR&CE clearly!

Undemocratic, unconstitutional and extrajudicial legacy of Congress

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Undemocratic, unconstitutional and extrajudicial legacy of Congress

On 20th April Congress along with other supporting parties met the Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and handed over an impeachment notice which seeks sacking of the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. It was the first time in the history of India that a Chief Justice of India is sought to be impeached.

Just a day before i.e. on 19th April the Supreme Court bench comprising of Justice Chandrachud, Justice Khanwilkar and Chief Justice Dipak Misra delivered a rare and historic judgement in the matter of conducting further probe in the circumstances of the unfortunate death of Judge Loya based on some PILs filed. The key highlights of the verdict are:

  • Petitions seeking any further inquiry were quashed based on the merits of the case.
  • The bench held that the statements of the judges present with Judge Loya who confirmed the death to be natural and unfortunate cannot be doubted.
  • It also pulled up the petitioners, the liberal cabal and Congress party suggesting that political battles need to be fought in the hall of democracy and not in courts.

It is clearly evident to the courts and public alike that the sole intention of these PILs was to attack Amit Shah because they are unable to contain him and the BJP electorally. The Supreme Court verdict in Justice Loya case has come as a scathing blow on parties trying to settle political scores and liberal cabal as they went from pillar to post to gain mileage out of this issue. The intolerance over this verdict has resulted in Congress seeking impeachment of the Chief Justice of India who is also presiding over matters which may cause more heart burn to this lobby.

However, this unprecedented step by Congress the GOP (Grand Old Party) to cast aspersions, try to subvert or pressurize judiciary does not come as a surprise to many because they indeed have a rich legacy of being undemocratic, unconstitutional and at times extrajudicial.

Almost 4 decades ago, on 12th June 1975, the Allahabad High Court declared in a judgement that the then Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi of the ruling Congress party was guilty of malpractices and misuse of government machinery to get elected from Raibareilly. Her election was declared illegal and she was banned from contesting any election for the next 6 years. As a counter, On 25th June 1975, 2 weeks from the date of the verdict Emergency was imposed in the country. The fundamental rights granted by the Constitution of India to its citizens were suspended and what followed was the darkest period in the Indian history since independence.

It was also during the Emergency that the wholesale changes to Indian Constitution took place through the 42nd Amendment including changes to the preamble (socialist and secular got inserted). The key intention of this amendment was to curtail the powers of courts and give unrestrained power to the Parliament to amend any part of the constitution.

Even before Emergency, in the year 1971 Indira Gandhi led Congress Government through 24th amendment had tried to subvert the Supreme Court of India which in 1968 in its judgement had ruled that the fundamental rights of citizens cannot be altered by Parliament and will need the Constituent Assembly that drafted and approved the constitution to be re-convened to do so.

Subsequently, the Supreme Court in 1973 again ruled against the amendment and established the sanctity of the fundamental rights. Congress was again upset with the judgement and for the first time in the history ignored the seniority of 3 Supreme Court Judges and Judge Ray was made the next Chief Justice.

But subversion of democracy, constitution and judiciary did not start with Emergency. It was always in the Congress ecosystem and ways of working. In the year 1946 Congress Party held elections to elect its President. Three members stood for Presidency-Sardar Patel, Nehru and Kriplani. Sardar Patel was selected by 12 Pradesh Congress Committees (PCCs) and 2 PCCs voted for Kriplani but Congress Party did not respect the mandate by PCC and Nehru was made the President by asking first Kriplani and then Patel to stand down.

In 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose was one of the most popular Presidents elected by the AICC (All India Congress Committee) delegates had to resign as he was unable to run the affairs and had to eventually part ways with the Congress Party.

In 1998 Congress veteran leader Sitaram Kesari was unceremoniously removed from the post of Congress President to pave the way for Sonia Gandhi to become the next President. Many journals and leaders claim that he was infact locked up in a bathroom in order to prevent him from for contesting and getting re-elected for Congress President post.

Coming back to recent times, In the beginning of this year Congress opposed the Triple Talaq bill and it could not be passed in the Rajya Sabha which was drafted to provide justice to Muslim sisters. However, this matter also has a history. Congress party subverted justice to Muslim women which was offered by Supreme Court in the year 1985. Shah Bano a Muslim woman, a mother of five children was divorced by her husband against which she filed a case in Supreme Court. The highest court decided in her favour and she got the right to alimony from divorced husband. However, Congress party at the helm of majority in Loksabha under Rajiv Gandhi passed an act in the Parliament restricting the divorcee women’s right to alimony only for a period of 90 days from the date of divorce.

If we analyze the conduct of Congress Party over the years we realize that to there is no other party as undemocratic, unconstitutional, extrajudicial and to put in their own words as intolerant as the Congress. And this fact has been again proved by their decision to bring Impeachment motion against the standing Chief Justice of India. Surprisingly, Kapil Sibal who is leading the charge on Impeachment motion, himself was advocating when in power that Removal of Chief Justice should not be put in hands of politicians.

With all this legacy Congress leaders, Communists and liberals still run campaigns that there is growing intolerance, Constitution and Democracy are in danger due to the functioning of the BJP government led by Narendra Modi.

Finally on 23 April, the Chairman of Rajya Sabha rejected the notice to impeach the Chief Justice but I do believe people at large understand the manifestations of this lobby and will teach them some lessons that only a vibrant democracy can teach.

No, India wouldn’t have been much different without Nehru

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No, India wouldn’t have been much different without Nehru

There is a sudden upsurge in Nehru mania among Indian leftists, and it is quite understandable. The English left feels left out of the day to day general discourse and feels infiltrated by the pesky, bad-English, cow-herder, Hindutva trolls in the like of some English news channels. It needs some reinvigoration of sorts before the election which the founder of modern Indian national congress could provide or at least they think he can.

Anyways, there is no denying that Nehru made some serious and successful efforts especially in regards of higher education and social legislation but making Nehru the pole on which Indian mathematics, science, logic, literature, and drama of the past 5000 years revolves is absurd. Nehru’s contributions should also be viewed under the light of an unchallenged unparalleled 17-year firm rule over the modern Indian state.

Unscientific? Who?

It is also unworthy to see all of India’s scientific achievements in Nehru’s light. Nehru wasn’t there nor contributed anything when partial fractions were understood in the Rigvedic age. Nor did he create the flourishing schools of logic and grammar with India only the second civilization to have done so in such ancient time.

Nehru didn’t help Aryabhatta in almost accurately calculating earth’s circumference. Nehru was not the prime minister when Indians invented the number system. He was not there when Indian mathematicians were calculating trigonometric values and so much more.

Even in the modern age, Nehru was no factor in the rise of Ramanujam, CV Raman or SN Bose and many others like them. If there are so many achievements of people who knew nothing of Nehru’s India how can, then the country be unscientific without him?

Indians moreover have most of the times accepted logical arguments be that of the Buddha against the materialism and the cruelty of many practices of the Vedic religion or that of allowing modern norms contrary with the traditional way of things.

Nehru and the Rest

Image by Ashok Datta Hindustan times/Getty images

Compare Nehru to his contemporaries like Patel and Ambedkar who were much farther sighted in foreign policy and economy, the biggest failures of Nehru, and the shiny object doesn’t look shiny anymore. India still suffers from Nehru’s disastrous foreign policy and socialist economic ideas which the left abhors highlighting. Had Nehru not been the first prime minister and a pragmatist like Ambedkar would have seated in the top chair, things would have been better if not the same.

India may not have suffered from abject poverty and little growth which the English left gleefully describes as “Hindu rate of growth.” India would not have constant problems in the state of J&K. India would not have seen the humiliating defeat of 1962 and would not have allowed China to pin it down as it has currently.

Some nuts don’t change history

This, however, does not change the fact that the current ruling establishment does have many who believe in fantasy like jet planes in Vedic age. Some people believe that mythologies are real, but such people are everywhere.

Does Mike Pence being an evolution denier change that Americans have more innovations to their name than any other country? Or will V.P Pence at the helm change American scientific thought altogether? Nobody believes this to be the case for the US but why then for India? Someone’s personal yet absurd belief cannot be argued as the representation of a nation’s scientific ideas.

India has for ages striven for knowledge and would have continued to do so with or without Nehru. The only thing now remains who needs Nehru more? Scientific thought or leftist ideologues?

Open letter to fellow Hindus: Just ask yourself this one question

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Open letter to fellow Hindus: Just ask yourself this one question

Dear Hindu friends,

Can you lend me your ear for just one minute?

In 2002, they said Narendra Modi instigated Hindus to riot and massacre ‘thousands’ of Muslims. After 10 long years the courts declared that this was a lie. They said the bomb blasts in Ajmer, Samjhauta Express and Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad were a result of Hindutva terror conspiracy. After another 10 years and many lives destroyed, the courts have now declared that this too was a lie. Then they said a 15 year old boy named Junaid Khan was murdered by Hindus in Haryana because he was carrying cow meat. This too was found to be a lie by the courts. More recently they spread rumors that we assault women with semen filled balloons to celebrate Holi. Laboratory tests have shown that this too was a lie.

During each one of the above lies being peddled by leftist Hinduphobes, you unquestioningly believed them and joined in their outrage. You shared Facebook posts, tweets and WhatsApp memes declaring that you are ashamed of being a Hindu. You probably even made videos and photos carrying placards with the hashtag #NotInMyName.

Now that these lies have been exposed by courts and independent investigations, ask yourself one question: Why are you inflicted with such inferiority complex about your heritage that you would denounce it at the slightest nudge?

Our ancestors have endured centuries of barbarian conquests, rape, murder, slavery, discrimination and persecution. They accepted the status of a second class citizen, dhimmi, and paid jizya. Yet they did not relinquish their Gods or faith. They persevered and preserved their traditions to pass it on to us. And here we are, after more than 7000 years, as the only living pagan civilization. It is our duty to those forefathers to preserve what we inherited and pass it on to the next generation, so it can stay alive for another 7000 years and beyond.

Today once again, they are branding us rapists. They are telling us that our temples are places where little girls are raped and murdered. They are passing on cartoons where Shiva Lingam and shoolam are being depicted as instruments of sexual violence. They are once again trying to shame us into renouncing our faith.

This when the facts of the case are yet to be established beyond doubt through due process. This when no one felt ashamed of their god even after their co-religionists raped and turned Yezidi women into sex slaves in their quest for a caliphate. Or after their padres sodomized thousands of little boys and were graciously pardoned by their head pontiff.

So, stop for a second and think before furthering the agenda of Hinduphobes. Ask for proofs from those trying to guilt trip you into submission and don’t be a gullible fool. Hold on to your outrage at least till the facts are established through due process of law. That’s the least you can do to not defile the memory of your brave Hindu ancestors.

Dissecting Mamata and the Left’s India

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Dissecting Mamata and the Left’s India

If there’s a regional leader who is fiercely lobbying for power at the centre, it is Mamata Banerjee. She is a singularity among regional leaders in terms of aggression. Unapologetic and dangerous, Mamata Banerjee will leave no stone unturned to make the most out of 2019, she is seeing right through the Congress’s reality, which is that they are at their weakest.

Apart from being extremely communal, Mamata Banerjee is a nemesis of India’s functionality, both social as well as economical. She’s an agent of chaos, and if you ask me that why is that so true? I would say it’s her speech that is symbolically similar to purveyors of anarchy throughout history. It involves mastery over a certain kind of identity politics where you vilify one and flatter the other. In Mamata’s case, we all know which communities the earlier reference points to.

Secular leaders have always been about sectarianism & division of people. But the way Mamata addresses Muslims in her rallies is not simply an appeasement tactic, it is a dangerous game of playing around with faith. Faith is a very, very personal matter for abrahamic religions. She is consciously creating a cult among her loyalists, a cult of fearless and hardened people whose sole purpose is to put her into power. She called upon Allah in one of her rallies, it’s not that she did it is what worries me, it is the conviction and prowess she does it with.

Mamata Banerjee’s Bengal has become an infiltration point for Muslims to enter into India and procure government issued identifications. One can find several reports that support my claim. A solid change in the demographics of WB will also be party to that truth. There were reports that the TMC did not allow candidates to file nominations in the recent WB Panchayat Polls. If that isn’t a threat to democracy, and a brazen attack to suppress political opponents, then I refuse to accept the establishment media’s pushy narrative of the same with the BJP, which mind you, hasn’t suppressed any political candidate using such tactics. Taking notice of the TMC’s dirty politics, the HC ordered a push in the deadline for filing nominations. The gravity of the situation created by Mamata Banerjee in Bengal should scare people, if elected to the centre, Mamata will be akin to Mao.

To be obvious of the growing intimacy between the TMC and the Congress we can look back at the India Today Conclave that took place in Kolkata last November. It was a well articulated pitch demonstrated by the Congress’s showmen to wilfully pledge loyalty for fighting side by side in 2019. It is when the establishment’s media takes an indirect but unanimous oath to support someone politically should the current government be worried. The media has for long been the most powerful tool of the establishment to pursue their hunger for raw power, time and again this has remained undisputed. If you ask why her sycophants do not see that Mamata Banerjee is a sublime example of communality and polarisation? Of course they do, everyone does. But since she’s in their interests, she’s let go from the propaganda. Instead, famous and noted journalists ask her strong & stunning questions about her paintings and how she likes cricket. Mamata Banerjee and her ilk are gambling with everything India holds dear, its love, its peace & the sanctity of its truth. The ruthless attacks on the current government prove that Mamata Banerjee is all in, and so is the entire opposition.

We’re living in an era where the post truth is taken at face value and spoon fed to volatile minds. This unconscious polarisation is a dangerous tool of the Left to perpetuate its agenda with impunity. The war bells have rung, the battle lines have been set, it is now up to Narendra Modi to carry the NDA on his shoulders, and India’s responsibility to carry him on ours. Where the post truth appeals more than fact, the world will inevitably stray away from corrective conviction and on to collective confusion. The political Left is responsible for this, to a greater extent, than the Right. Especially in India, the Left has cooked up a lot of hysteria since 2014.

In the process of doing so, it has berated India and its people, rather than the political Right as such. Attacks on Hindu culture & its people has become a sight so regular that it doesn’t even bother me anymore. It only makes it much more evident that the Left has lost all moral principles, which in fact were already redundant within their ecosystem. I’ve always wondered, have these people contemplated over their disgraceful tactic? If not, then they need to. As deep inside their hearts they are going to drown in their own shame. Attacks on a political party on an ideological basis is acceptable, but attacks on a particular sector of people the ideology focuses on, is sheer timidity. Articles about how Hindu festivals are socially constructed with ulterior motives are funny to read, but provide an insight to understand how punctured the Left actually is in terms of their comprehension of India.

India is a country of 1.34 billion people, each dwelling in their own travesties and turbulence. An overall cool tempered, laid back, and a homely group of people waking to the whistle of tea kettles. We’re constantly in a rush to perfect our goals and determine our worth. A broad ranging ethnic environment floods our daily life with diverse ideas and concepts. An economy indulging millions of lives leads India into a diversified hub for development. Each has India to their own whims, unbound by chains of consideration, working through life. If anyone tells you that this country is going to the dogs because of a certain government, they haven’t breathed the essence of India. People have eyes, but they cannot see, or rather choose to not see. India is a convergence of chaos and chastising beauty. Every scenario in India tells a story, finding the inspiration lies within us.

In an organised frenzy, a billion people end their day with dreams in their hearts and a better tomorrow on their minds. Rubbish anyone who tells you otherwise, because you should be the only witness to your reality.

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