How does India’s state run railways allow such a poster to appear on train coaches
How does India’s state run railways allow such a poster to appear on train coaches
In an attempt to hide their culpability in communal riots, the BJP often argues that more communal riots have taken place under Congress regime as compared to their regime. The argument is fallacious as the Congress has ruled the country and various states much longer than BJP. Secondly, Congress ruled state governments are practically throughout the length and breadth of the country. Therefore one is comparing longer term of the Congress in wider geographical area with shorter term of the BJP. It is like comparing apples to oranges.
The way godmen and godwomen are thriving, with an influential section of their followers in the executive, the legislature and the judiciary, and even in premier scientific and technological establishments, the Constitution’s hope of the inculcation of "scientifi c temper" lies shattered. The assassination of Narendra Dabholkar, a rationalist devoted to the eradication of superstition, on the one hand, and the roaring "success", until very recently, of the self-proclaimed godman Asaram "Bapu" in spreading unfounded beliefs, on the other, are pointers in this regard.
one of the first decisions of Nitish Kumar as chief minister [of Bihar] in 2005 was to dismantle the Amir Das Commission, which had been set up by the Rabri Devi government to investigate the role of the Ranvir Sena. Justice Amir Das confirms that the commission, if not dissolved so hastily, would have exposed the political connections of the Ranvir Sena. Some of the men named in his report, Das points out, are part of the Nitish Kumar government.
The Supreme Court bench hearing the Muzaffarnagar cases issued notice on a writ petition filed by Mumbai-based Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP), victim survivors praying for the appointment of a High Powered Committee of Court Commissioners to survey the four worst affected districts (Shamli, Baghpat, Meerut and Muzaffarnagar), assess details of the dead and missing as also the scale of damages and monitor the transparency and quality of the probe/investigation and report back to the Supreme Court. Petitioners have also asked for directions to transfer the investigations to the CBI. The state government that had filed a status report has been asked to respond to the allegations by the petitioners that powerful accused are being dropped as accused and serious offence of rape and gender violence have not been recorded. The petition has also prayed for investigations into the overall criminal conspiracy, behind which majoritarian outfits are involved, which is related to communalizing the atmosphere prior to the elections using the services of supremacist outfits especially the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Individual incidents of conflict have been converted into mass mobilization by these outfits with hateful anti-minority propaganda being a ready tool.
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