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Both CAA and NRC are utilise the available CSR funds
jharkhand verdict Will JMM-Congress Win iMpaCt delhi & West bengal polls? 10 unconstitutional moves for comfortable living and
issue With reference to the Cover Story “India boils rehabilitation of Hindu migrants
1 over CAA” by Mudit Mathur (December 20)
Volume 17 from Pakistan and other coun-
15 jan 2020 The new citizenship law holds
new Delhi tries. Religious bodies and NGOs
the mirror to the face of today’s
India. It is not an overstatement should also take appropriate
to say that it is premised on the steps to help these refugees.
Orwellian notion that ‘some However, the Central govern-
ment should simultaneously
people are more equal than oth-
ers’. But, it goes against the prin- take steps to ensure that the
ciple of equality unambiguously passing of the CAB does not
affirmed in the Constitution and result in large-scale fleeing
of Hindus from Pakistan and
sits ill with Article 14.
Parliamentary majority is no Bangladesh.
NEW EDUCATION licence to make laws in con- SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL
POLICY ON ANVIL travention of the Constitution. The protests by citizens against
Focus remains on research, motivation of teachers and 6% of Phrases such as ‘reasonable
classification’ and ‘intelligible
GDP spent as public investment in learning 12 the CAA are a reflection on
differentia’ cannot rationalise a the government’s governance
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blatantly discriminatory law. model. Had the government
To our profound sadness, the accepted the Opposition’s sug-
DISTRIBUTE new law shakes the foundations gestion to send the Bill to the
select committee, the confusion,
of India as a secular democ-
CLOTHES VIA PDS racy, negates everything that violence and destruction could
have been avoided. The govern-
the Independence movement
stood for and cheats the ideals ment was overconfident and
Besides, health, education and propounded by the founding overenthusiastic to take credit.
It appears that the Home
industrial competitiveness, fathers. Sad to say, the wider Ministry did not take a feedback
society does not oppose the
clothing is equally important law passionately, but leaves it on the law and order situation
in villages. In both winter and to those who would be directly from intelligence agencies.
The way the police handled the
summers, villagers need season- affected to protest. G DAVID MILTON students’ protest on Jamia cam-
appropriate clothing to save pus added fuel to the fire. The
themselves from the impact of The Citizenship Ammendment international community has
also started critically evaluating
Bill (CAB) is a wrong decision.
the changing climate. People of all religions and com- CAA and commenting on it.
During monsoon, travelling munities have lived in India The spirit of the Bill which
with wet clothes and lack of since years. Then why this dif- the government wanted to
convey has been defeated. CAA
ferentiation now? Why are our
proper shoes adds to the risk political parties always trying to has become an issue of turmoil,
of ill-health and spreading divide India on the basis of reli- division and destruction. The
government must make sincere
gion? Our Constitution does not
infection. Seasonal clothing discriminate people on religious efforts for peace and dialogue.
and wearable could be thought grounds. RS BRAR
Ours is a secular country and
of distributing through Public one should not bring religion The ruling party does not care
Distribution system (PDS) in into the picture for granting about what people want. All it
future. citizenship. Civil society should cares about is votes and their
own rules. Neither the BJP nor
oppose the bill.
NK BAKSHI JUBEL D’CRUZ the Congress has any concern
for society, especially students.
After passing of Citizenship They fear that such movements
Amendment Bill by both Houses may dethrone them.
of the Parliament, the Union They are playing dirty politics
ministries should direct PSUs to in the name of religion as well
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