Under the current government, India has witnessed increased paranoia against dissent.
Rajnath Singh says the BJP would strengthen sedition law against 'anti-nationals'. The Congress has promised to end the same law. These are two completely different ideas of India and our freedom.
There is a deliberate plan to create false demons, then make capital by making these individuals political punching bags. The idea is to spread fear, silence the critic and the criticism.
In a 1995 judgment, the Supreme Court had said even a slogan like ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ doesn’t merit charges of sedition. Then why are the students of JNU being tried on absurd, and shaky, grounds?
In modern societies, dissent should be given more, not less, space. It is an opportunity to engage with diverse kinds of thought. Not to arrest them.
This is one colonial inheritance that all our governments since Independence have never been able to give up.
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Zakir Ali Tyagi’s ordeal is the latest reminder that the ‘draconian’ online policing law shouldn’t be revived to tackle ‘hate speech’.
The "new social media policy" to check "anti-India" activities that’s under consideration could have far worse implications than what we had.
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