Literature, cultural knowledge a must: Dinesh Amin Mattu
5th May Literary Fest
Dharwad, May 27: Senior journalist and Chief Minister’s former media advisor Dinesh Amin Mattu said that those who do not have the knowledge about literature and culture of the land would not become complete persons.
Speaking on “Contemporary movements and students view” at a two-day 5th May Literary Fest organized by the Ladai Publication of Gadag, Chittara Balaga of Dharwad and Kavi Publication at Papu Auditorium here on Sunday, Mattu said that those who have the knowledge of literature and culture would not even become harmful. As Vajpayee was in close contact of literature, it was not possible for him to become harmful like Modi, he said.
A students movement started in a hostel in Ahmedabad in 1977 has grown in a big way and it had caused the downfall of Indira Gandhi. This was the strength of the students’ movement. It was responsible for a political change in the country in 1983. It was not started just from one movement. Students were closely observing the farmers movement, linguistic movement, dalit movement, political and boycott of election and others. Most of the dalits had opposed the Mandal Commission report. But they did have neither any benefit nor any loss out of it, he said.
Those who have the literary touch would have human values. It is very difficult to speak to Bhaktas because they do not know literature and history. They do not want others to speak about the government. But they have faith on dictatorship. Even the petrol prices are increasing, there are students who support it, he said.
The biggest problem among students is they would not read history. Rohith Vemula death is not suicide. But it is a sacrifice. After that incident, students movement gained importance in the country. Students movement should become a process. Unfortunately, those who are elected in the organization have been taking wrong decisions. That should not happen, he added.
JNU student Anirban Bhattacharya, students leader Benkikere and others spoke on the occasion.
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
