RSS won’t accept Constitution: Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan
Bengaluru, September 2: Senior advocate and social activist Prashant Bhushan said that the RSS would not accept the Constitution, but it would oppose it.
Speaking at Sahitya Sammelan Dakshinayana for Harmony at the Central College here on Sunday, he said that those who are in public life and power should decide to protect the Constitution. But the RSS has never done this work. Interestingly, those who have been opposing the Constitution and posting hateful messages in social media have been following the Prime Minister’s social media. They were inviting them and take selfies. The Organised Army of the RSS has been doing the work of manipulating the news and posting them in social media, he said.
Through false and fabricated news, the thinking process of the people was being changed. But it was not feeding the farmers. Dalits and tribals were being suppressed and exploited and they were not getting justice, he said.
“There is undeclared emergency in the country and the situation is so worst and weak. Those who speak and write against the government are being targeted. Most of the media houses are under the direct control of the central government. They are either being threatened of cancelling the permission or bribing. BJP and Hindu activists are trying to build Hindu nation. They are not respecting the unity in diversity. Thinking freedom in JNU is being suppressed. If it is questioned, they threaten to close the university. They are planning to change the entire education system as they want. Awareness should be created against this. The message which respect the diversity should be spread among people”, he said.
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Voting begins for Assam''s 126 assembly seats
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Guwahati (PTI): Polling for all 126 Assam assembly constituencies began on Thursday to decide the electoral fate of 722 candidates, officials said.
In the high-stakes election, the ruling BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in office, while the Congress seeks to wrest power after being ousted in 2016.
Polling, being held in a single phase, began at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm. Long queues of voters were seen outside polling stations from early morning.
An electorate of 2.50 crore, including 1.25 crore women and 318 from the third gender, can exercise their franchise in 31,490 polling stations across the state.
Prominent candidates include Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Congress state president Gaurav Gogoi, assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary, Leader of the opposition Debabrata Saikia, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi.
Several cabinet ministers, including the AGP’s Atul Bora and Keshav Mahanta, and the BPF’s Charan Boro are also in the fray.
The Congress has the highest of 99 contestants, followed by the BJP (90), AIUDF (30), NDA allies AGP (26) and BPF (11).
Opposition alliance’s Raijor Dal is contesting in 13, AJP in 10, CPI(M) in 3 and APHLC in 2. Outside the two coalitions, the AAP is contesting in 18 seats, UPPL in 18, TMC 22, JMM 16 and there are 258 independents.
The ruling NDA’s main constituents are the BJP, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodo Peoples’ Front (BPF) while the opposition alliance comprises the Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), CPI(M), All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) and CPI(ML).
The counting of votes is scheduled on May 4.
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