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This is beyond bad. The government has slowly inched to their religions roots and have made religious segregation their primary mandate. I mean, at this rate, w

This is beyond bad. The government has slowly inched to their religions roots and have made religious segregation their primary mandate. I mean, at this rate, we will be no different from Saudi Arabia or other countries where religion dominates all policy decisions. I don't know if Modi is a hard core religious fanatic or if his hands are just tied down by RSS brass who are most likely inciting this nonsense, especially at a stage when the economy is in near doldrums. The government has also passed the equivalent of patriot act in India. https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/10/india-personal-data-protection-bill-2019/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/10/india-personal-data-protec... CAB + NRC + Data bill => Orwelian fucking dictatorship all around. What an awful time to be in India. Sadly, most people will wake up to the reality later than sooner.

dragonsh 7y ago
It will be shameful to be an Indian and not to oppose it, this is completely against the idea of India and the foundations of India. Today Gandhi and all the martyrs of Indian freedom struggle must be crying in their graves. India turned into a religious dictatorship with a handful of politicians using divide and rule and slowly peeling the democracy one layer at a time (by draconian laws, infringing human rights, infringing right to protest, and forcefully suppress dissent). Hopefully sense will prevail and supreme court rule this development as unconstitutional (not so hopeful though, based on recent judgements).
- vinni2 7y ago
  You would be surprised how many highly educated Indians even those who live in the west support Modi and all this. I remember in the Bay Area some Indians were campaigning and raising funds for Modi. I was shocked.
  - kamaal 7y ago
    This is one of the most hypocritical things of being an NRI. You watch people who want a good life in secular, liberal western democracies that makes immigration easy for them. The same people want the very opposite conditions in India. Because: Hate.
- gulabjamuns 7y ago
  Supreme court is in BJP hands.
- gagorder 7y ago
  Supreme court scheduled the next hearing on 22 Jan. So this is going the same route as hearing on 370.
  - dragonsh 7y ago
    I don't understand Indian system so probably my comment should be taken with grain of salt. But this shows that supreme court is not independent enough to preserve attack on democracy even when a fundamental tenet of the constitution is attacked, when the attack is coming from the very people who were suppose to safeguard it i.e. current government. So although there is a separation of powers in a democratic system, it looks like similar to what happens in China, where the courts need to listen to government. In Democracy like in USA "Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, and district court judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, as stated in the Constitution." So this way president and government of the day can have rules favoring its ideology. In India "The Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution." In this the president of India is a titular body working on the directions of prime minister and existing government. So in both the system indeed Judiciary appears to be completely independent but seems government has an influence on it. So in China's communist system and democracy like USA and India its only a difference of semantics but the effect is similar. The government of the day can influence the judiciary.
    - NotSammyHagar 7y ago
      I used to believe the US Supreme court could be a bulwark against one party control, but the Republicans now admit (McConnel) that they stole a spot from Democrats and have been court packing since they got a republican president. I no longer so naive about courts in the US. We've basically lost judicial independence in only 3 years. 3 years is all it took!
vijaybritto 7y ago
"I don't know if Modi is a hard core religious fanatic or if his hands are just tied down by RSS" Modi is a mass murderer(Gujarat 2002). He thrives in Hindu Muslim conflict. Just as expected he has started talking like "You can figure out the rioters from their dresses"(meaning muslims). He is one of the most evil people on earth and runs his image using a massive PR effort. Everything is managed. From media to bollywood. His aid Amit Shah is just as evil as him. With those two running the country now its insanely dangerous for the minorities
- sbmthakur 7y ago
  > Modi is a mass murderer(Gujarat 2002). The judiciary of the country doesn't agree with you.
  - vijaybritto 7y ago
    Yeah the judiciary is a farce

dragonsh 7y ago

It will be shameful to be an Indian and not to oppose it, this is completely against the idea of India and the foundations of India. Today Gandhi and all the martyrs of Indian freedom struggle must be crying in their graves. India turned into a religious dictatorship with a handful of politicians using divide and rule and slowly peeling the democracy one layer at a time (by draconian laws, infringing human rights, infringing right to protest, and forcefully suppress dissent). Hopefully sense will prevail and supreme court rule this development as unconstitutional (not so hopeful though, based on recent judgements).

vinni2 7y ago
You would be surprised how many highly educated Indians even those who live in the west support Modi and all this. I remember in the Bay Area some Indians were campaigning and raising funds for Modi. I was shocked.
- kamaal 7y ago
  This is one of the most hypocritical things of being an NRI. You watch people who want a good life in secular, liberal western democracies that makes immigration easy for them. The same people want the very opposite conditions in India. Because: Hate.
gulabjamuns 7y ago
Supreme court is in BJP hands.
gagorder 7y ago
Supreme court scheduled the next hearing on 22 Jan. So this is going the same route as hearing on 370.
- dragonsh 7y ago
  I don't understand Indian system so probably my comment should be taken with grain of salt. But this shows that supreme court is not independent enough to preserve attack on democracy even when a fundamental tenet of the constitution is attacked, when the attack is coming from the very people who were suppose to safeguard it i.e. current government. So although there is a separation of powers in a democratic system, it looks like similar to what happens in China, where the courts need to listen to government. In Democracy like in USA "Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, and district court judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, as stated in the Constitution." So this way president and government of the day can have rules favoring its ideology. In India "The Chief Justice of India and the Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the President under clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution." In this the president of India is a titular body working on the directions of prime minister and existing government. So in both the system indeed Judiciary appears to be completely independent but seems government has an influence on it. So in China's communist system and democracy like USA and India its only a difference of semantics but the effect is similar. The government of the day can influence the judiciary.
  - NotSammyHagar 7y ago
    I used to believe the US Supreme court could be a bulwark against one party control, but the Republicans now admit (McConnel) that they stole a spot from Democrats and have been court packing since they got a republican president. I no longer so naive about courts in the US. We've basically lost judicial independence in only 3 years. 3 years is all it took!

vijaybritto 7y ago

"I don't know if Modi is a hard core religious fanatic or if his hands are just tied down by RSS" Modi is a mass murderer(Gujarat 2002). He thrives in Hindu Muslim conflict. Just as expected he has started talking like "You can figure out the rioters from their dresses"(meaning muslims). He is one of the most evil people on earth and runs his image using a massive PR effort. Everything is managed. From media to bollywood. His aid Amit Shah is just as evil as him. With those two running the country now its insanely dangerous for the minorities

sbmthakur 7y ago
> Modi is a mass murderer(Gujarat 2002). The judiciary of the country doesn't agree with you.
- vijaybritto 7y ago
  Yeah the judiciary is a farce