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Let me try to politely address each of your point one by one: Its unconstitutional and abuse of power whether current government did it or previous government

Let me try to politely address each of your point one by one: Its unconstitutional and abuse of power whether current government did it or previous government did it. We can name it anything; "arrest", "detention" or a "trip to Disney". But it does not change the meaning when police takes you away. Do you think India's law & order system is so weak that they have to arrest a lawmaker and take him to a far corner of country because of a tweet? And they made the whole country safe by arresting a lawmaker? Its really surprising that either you don't you know that Municipal Corporation of Capital of India (Delhi) is not run by BJP government (the ruling party) or you conveniently shared false information with HN. [1] Not only that, its the ruling party of India who is delaying the planned 2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election because they fear their defeat. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Corporation_of_Delhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_Corporation_of_Delhi [2] https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/mcd-polls-delayed-councillors-press-bjp-leadership-to-extend-tenures-7842033/ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/mcd-polls-del...

Throwaway0988 4y ago
> Its unconstitutional and abuse of power whether current government did it or previous government did it. Agreed, I wasn't trying to make it sound okay (it isn't) — rather was just trying to point out that this has been going for a while. What others might see as "ruling party trying to establish monarchy" is simply revenge in their eyes. This will continue to happen with the next change of government as well. > We can name it anything ... when police takes you away. Again, I was pointing out that this might as well be a simple case of police detaining someone they feel could a threat to peace with Johnson's visit — won't be the first time either. I'm not trying to defend the government, just trying to offer another perspective to the people holding pitchforks. > Do you think India's law & order system is so weak that they have to arrest a lawmaker and take him to a far corner of country because of a tweet? Religion is a sensitive issue in India — really, when public figures try to incite people through social media (not talking about this incident in particular), speeches or any other medium, the only options left are to sit and watch what may turn into a riot (leading to loss of lives and destruction of property), or simply arrest the person preemptively. Is there any alternative? And yes, people with power (which includes Modi, Owasi, and all politicians in general) often do get away with these remarks, kind-of proving how law and order is "weak". > And they made the whole country safe by arresting a lawmaker? Which is the point I was trying to make — this seems to be a detention, a temporary action taken as a precaution (and yes, with zero proof). The guy will most likely be sitting in jail while Johnson is in India, and be free once his detention ends. > Its really surprising ... conveniently shared false information with HN. Ouch, that assumption of malice. The way you worded it seems like contempt... Do we really need to be at each others throat, can't we just be two people simply discussing a topic (that just happens to be politics)? To answer your question, I was actually unaware of the (weird?) structure for government bodies in Delhi[0]. Given how you framed your question, I guess I'm more of a buffoon than the evil-guy-trying-to-sow-misinformation... [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137298

Throwaway0988 4y ago

> Its unconstitutional and abuse of power whether current government did it or previous government did it. Agreed, I wasn't trying to make it sound okay (it isn't) — rather was just trying to point out that this has been going for a while. What others might see as "ruling party trying to establish monarchy" is simply revenge in their eyes. This will continue to happen with the next change of government as well. > We can name it anything ... when police takes you away. Again, I was pointing out that this might as well be a simple case of police detaining someone they feel could a threat to peace with Johnson's visit — won't be the first time either. I'm not trying to defend the government, just trying to offer another perspective to the people holding pitchforks. > Do you think India's law & order system is so weak that they have to arrest a lawmaker and take him to a far corner of country because of a tweet? Religion is a sensitive issue in India — really, when public figures try to incite people through social media (not talking about this incident in particular), speeches or any other medium, the only options left are to sit and watch what may turn into a riot (leading to loss of lives and destruction of property), or simply arrest the person preemptively. Is there any alternative? And yes, people with power (which includes Modi, Owasi, and all politicians in general) often do get away with these remarks, kind-of proving how law and order is "weak". > And they made the whole country safe by arresting a lawmaker? Which is the point I was trying to make — this seems to be a detention, a temporary action taken as a precaution (and yes, with zero proof). The guy will most likely be sitting in jail while Johnson is in India, and be free once his detention ends. > Its really surprising ... conveniently shared false information with HN. Ouch, that assumption of malice. The way you worded it seems like contempt... Do we really need to be at each others throat, can't we just be two people simply discussing a topic (that just happens to be politics)? To answer your question, I was actually unaware of the (weird?) structure for government bodies in Delhi[0]. Given how you framed your question, I guess I'm more of a buffoon than the evil-guy-trying-to-sow-misinformation... [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31137298