You are either pro-Constitution or anti-Constitution, there is no in-between: Luqman Bantwal
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Youth Congress President Luqman Bantwal on Wednesday said that people in this country can either be pro-Constitution or anti-Constitution, and there is no in-between.
Speaking at an event organized during the visit of Mohammed Haris Nalapad in Mangaluru, Luqman said the silence of the people from the majority community is not right for the society and that they should speak up when the minority communities are being oppressed.
"Our silence hurts this country more than the hate-mongering words of RSS and fascist forces," he said.
“When there is injustice happening to Muslims in this country, your silence is a curse to the society. We should break the silence and fight the fascist forces. There is no grey area in current politics, either you are pro-Constitution or you are anti-Constitution, there is no in-between” he said.
He further added that the country is under crisis and a virtual fight is being fought between those who believe in Gandhi and those who follow Godse.
“We are Gandhians. We are the followers of Dr. Baba Ambedkar. We believe in the Constitution of this country. Our party has a history of 130 years. We gave independence to this country. And today we are fighting the anti-Constitution ideology,” he said during his speech.
“Our forefathers (Congressmen) gave independence to this country by struggling for it and laying down their lives for it. Today, we all should pledge that we will not let anyone compromise with our freedom and Constitution, that was given by our forefathers,” he added.
“Indian Muslims are more patriots than any of the BJP or RSS members. BJP and RSS members did not make any sacrifice during the freedom struggle, it was Muslims, Dalit, and people from Backward Classes who worked tirelessly for India’s freedom struggle under the Congress supervision,” he added while speaking about the boycotts Muslims are being subjected to by right-wing organisations.
“As the President of District Youth Congress, I want all of you to pledge that we will not hesitate to lay down our life, sacrifice everything to save this country, to save this country’s Constitution.” He added.
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Mere breakup not enough for abetment to suicide: Delhi HC
New Delhi (PTI): Merely breaking up may not amount to instigation for a case of abetment of suicide under the criminal law, the Delhi High Court has said.
Justice Manoj Jain made the observation while dealing with a bail plea by a man accused of abetting the suicide of his former partner, who hanged herself five days after his marriage to another woman.
Granting bail to the accused, the court observed that the instigation should be of such a nature that leaves the deceased with no option but to commit suicide.
It said only a trial would establish whether the deceased's "extreme step" was on account of provocation, instigation, "merely on account of her being hyper-sensitive girl" or for some other reason.
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In the present case, the court noted, there was no dying declaration, and the parties were in a relationship for around eight years, during which there was no complaint from the deceased.
The court observed there was a considerable time gap between the date when the parties stopped talking and the date of the suicide.
"Apparently, it seems to be a case of a broken relationship and quite possibly, the deceased, having come to know that the applicant has got married to someone else, has chosen to finish herself," the court said in the order passed on February 24.
"Though broken relationship and heartbreaks have become common these days, mere breaking-up of relationship may not per se constitute instigation so as to make it to be a case of abetment under Section 108 BNS (abetment of suicide)," the court order read.
According to the father of the deceased, his daughter had been trapped by the accused, who pressured her to convert to his religion for marriage, and it was under such pressure that his daughter committed suicide by hanging herself with a chunni in October 2025.
The accused was arrested in November 2025.
The court observed that, according to the woman's friends, she was upset, and they never claimed anything on conversion. The accused had stopped talking to her from February 2025 onwards, it said.
According to the order, the man was let out on bail on a personal bond and surety bond of Rs 25,000 each.
The accused submitted that the parties were in a cordial relationship for around eight years, but the woman's parents were against the relationship since they belonged to different religions.
He alleged that it was her parents who forced her to sever the relationship.
