Controversy around citizenship amendment bill
Ever since this country got independence, the nation hadn’t seen such divisive and ill minded government. No other government gave so much troubles to people as much as this government did, continuing to assault and defeat the tenets of constitution in the last four and half years since they have been in power.
Decisions such as demonetization, universal linking of Aadhar, GST and other pushed the people of this country into difficult situations. The silent encouragement that the government gave to Gau Rakshaks caused a lot of damage to people and their lives.
Now after all this damage the government has decided to bring in amendment to the citizenship bill, which will create more hardship to people.
In its election manifesto in 2014, the BJP had said all the illegal Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries would be accorded the citizenship. The bill would be brought in to fulfil this promise.
This is one part of the communal agenda of the BJP because in the current bill, the word Hindu is nowhere mentioned in reference to the bill. But, all the others who have entered India prior to 2014, except for the Muslims, would be granted citizenship of the country.
This has been vehemently opposed in North Eastern states. Asom Gana Parishad which helped the BJP form the government has also said the same thing because it would be wrong to perceive the immigrants on the basis of their faith, India being a sovereign country.
The BJP which has been engaging in politics using this illegal immigration as the core topic, suddenly bringing up this bill shows the depths that the party is plundering in the recent times. The bill was passed in the lower house even amidst the opposition of Asom Gana Parishad. If the upper house passes this, it can be implemented. But this has been opposed in north eastern states.
Our Prime Minister probably does not know what he is speaking about and he does not seem to understand anything apart from the lessons of hatred he was taught at the RSS Shakha. He does not respect constitution or has his own reading ability much like the last BJP PM Vajpayee who was a statesman.
He went to Kerala and spoke against the Supreme Court verdict on the issue of women being allowed to worship inside the temple. Would he have the semblance to speak sense about the immigrants of Assam?
The Citizen Amendment Act is much against the concept of India. To consider faith as the pertinent factor to grant citizenship is much against the principles of democracy. All the illegal immigrants were born and have lived in north eastern states. What does it mean when the government says they will not get the citizenship if they are not born to hindu parents? To discriminate between its own subjects is never a good thing for a nation.
This bill can never be defended. Protests have been held in Assam and other NE states against this. This bill may help consolidate hindu votes, but this would defeat the very purpose of solidarity and integrity of the nation.
Even to offer 10% reservation to economically backward upper castes is something that cuts against the principles of the constitution. No one can defeat the Modi team in taking controversial measures. The government has always been keen on shutting the voice of dissidence with the polls drawing close.
The government is all set to destroy JNU by way of foisting cases on Kanhaiya Kumar, Khalid and the others by charging them with sedition. This is a three year old case that has got fresh lease of life right at the time of elections.
Because Kanhaiya Kumar has expressed his desire to fight LS elections from Bihar. This is a case of settling scores. This path taken by the Modi government is that of Fascist and dictatorial one. People will give a befitting answer to this in the upcoming elections. The response given by the people of five states which defeated the BJP is resounding enough.
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Speaker rules out discussion on Guv''s conduct amid K''taka Assembly standoff
Bengaluru (PTI): In an effort to end the logjam over the Governor's address that has stalled proceedings for the past week, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader on Wednesday ruled that legislators should not discuss Thaawarchand Gehlot or his conduct in the house, saying such debates send the wrong message to the public.
The House has witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments since the session began on January 22 over the issue of the governor's conduct.
During his address to the joint sitting of the Karnataka legislature on January 22, Gehlot read out only three sentences from the 122-paragraph speech prepared by the state government.
The speech included criticism of the Centre for replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajivika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), portions of which the governor declined to read.
Concluding his address in about two minutes, the governor left the house, triggering a commotion as Congress legislators attempted to gherao him and raised slogans.
While the opposition BJP accused the ruling Congress and its ministers of "insulting" the governor and demanded action, the treasury benches countered by claiming the governor had "insulted the National Anthem by leaving before it was played."
The house again witnessed heated arguments on the issue earlier in the day, leading to adjournment.
During the interruption, Khader held a meeting with ministers and opposition members to resolve the impasse.
When proceedings resumed, the speaker delivered his ruling.
Referring to the events of January 22 and the subsequent debate, Khader said the conduct and discussions had conveyed the wrong message to the public.
"Our conduct as members of this House and the opinions expressed must be in good taste and in accordance with constitutional provisions. They must uphold the dignity of the House and its members. We must introspect in this direction," he said.
He stressed the need for caution to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in the future.
"Let us end this matter here, continue the discussion on the motion of thanks to the governor, and refrain from discussing the governor or his conduct in this house," the speaker said.
Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka said the house should express regret over what he termed an "insult" to the governor.
Responding, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the situation would not have arisen had the governor read out the entire address.
"Asking the house to express regret is not appropriate. Why did the governor leave even before the National Anthem was played," Siddaramaiah asked.
BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar reminded Siddaramaiah that as Leader of the Opposition in 2011, he had asked then Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj to curtail his address.
Bhardwaj had subsequently placed the address on the table of the house, requesting members to treat it as read.
Siddaramaiah said the situation in January 2011 was different from the present one.
The debate grew intense, leading to another adjournment of the house.
