Majlis-e-Librandu - February 08, 2024
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Congress Releases ‘Black Paper’ on Modi Government’s Failures
https://thewire.in/article/congress-releases-black-paper-on-modi-governments-failures
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Aadhaar claimed it's 100000th victim, you could be next!
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Rahul Gandhi Reservation policy Ground opinion a tight slap to randia
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TIL that Dr. Ambedkar represented Raghunath Karve in Bombay High Court, who was charged for writing indecent articles about homosexuality and birth control in his magazines.
https://indianliberals.in/content/fighting-for-freedom-the-tumulous-legacy-of-raghunath-karve/
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Excluding same-sex marriage, exempting adivasis, and criminalizing unregistered live-in relationships: UCC is neither Reform nor Uniform
On 27 June 2023, while addressing BJP party workers in Madhya Pradesh, PM Narendra Modi raised the issue of Uniform Civil Code. Shortly before, the 22nd Law Commission had issued a circular seeking public suggestions on the policy. UCC, considered a key agenda for BJP ahead of the elections, remained a hotly-debated subject for several months. Media proclaimed it as another master-stroke of Modi, while demanding answers from opposition and critics. BJP supporters began hailing it as a certificate of secularism, and a refusal to support the policy as a counterargument to secularism.
Meanwhile, Sushil Modi, BJP MP and the chairperson of parliamentary standing committee on law and justice tasked with discussing the policy, announced that the Adivasis would be kept out of UCC. It was also reported that the commission report on UCC would exclude same-sex marriage, the much-needed reform in India.
Over the last few years, BJP leaders have proclaimed UCC as a policy to bring a uniformity in India, while describing personal laws as a threat to national unity. UCC has also been hailed as a policy of reform. Yet, the fact is, the sole objective behind Uniform Civil Code, like most other policies, schemes, and announcements of the Modi Government, is an electoral agenda. It is a bogey to be used against the Muslims, and not a policy of reform. In fact, there is not even a concrete idea of UCC. For most of the BJP supporters, UCC is supposedly an act that will punish the Muslims. None of the overzealous supporters of UCC bothers to explain what the policy is, or should be, and its most popular premise, of polygamy, is a fallacious argument. The practice of polygamy among Muslims is lower than Christians and ST groups, and has a greater correlation to a lack of education.
In India, the “laws” which deal with marriage, divorce, maintenance, guardianship, succession, are governed by various personal laws. These laws are diverse customs followed by different religious and ethnic groups in India. It has often been argued that the existence of personal laws makes India a non-secular nation. This is an erroneous argument. Personal laws are “customs having the force of law”, which exists within the Constitutional Framework. Just as the liberty of faith does not make the Constitution religious, the liberty of religious customs, does not make it non-secular.
Furthermore, in India, the Constitution is supreme. It goes much beyond a separation of state and religion. Religion is subservient to the Constitution. The Constitution permits us to practice any faith, but holds boundless power to legislate on any religious practice which goes against the spirit of the Constitution.
21st Law Commission of India had discussed the issue of Uniform Civil Code, and had received over 75,000 public suggestions on the policy. Its report was published as a consultation paper on the Reform of Family Law on August 31, 2018. The commission, while calling for reforms in personal laws, reported UCC as “neither necessary nor desirable”.
The idea of Uniform Civil Code was discussed by the Constituent Assembly of India. Dr Ambedkar's position in the Constituent Assembly debates towards a uniform civil code was that such a code would be desirable, but for the moment would remain voluntary.
> Tracts of the Constituent Assembly debates reveal that there was no consensus in the Constituent Assembly about what a potential uniform civil code would entail. While many thought uniform civil code would coexist alongside personal law systems, while others thought that it was to replace personal law. There were yet others who believed that a uniform civil code would deny freedom of religion. It was due to this uncertainty about what exceptions were acceptable as ‘freedoms‘ and what exceptions would in fact deny this very freedom that led the assembly to contain the provision of uniform civil code in Article 44 of the constitution
Wake up babe, new propaganda movie just dropped.
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Scientific reason to be vegetarian (Mr. Amogh leela prabhu)
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[OCT 23] Don't use home mini-bars on dry days, keep underage away: U'khand's new excise policy
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/dont-use-home-mini-bars-on-dry-days-keep-underage-away-ukhands-new-excise-policy/articleshow/104226294.cms
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Had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming lmao
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/vigilantes-turn-slaughterers-for-petty-gains-101706807616056-amp.html
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The most tolerant religion is discussing genocide in detail lol
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Savarkar’s Grandson Launches Book Titled Make Sure Gandhi Is Dead
https://zeenews.india.com/india/savarkar-s-grandson-launches-book-titled-make-sure-gandhi-is-dead-2715247.html
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Bastar teaser: Adah Sharma is willing to gun down ‘pseudo-intellectuals’ in Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s latest propaganda movie
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bastar-teaser-adah-sharma-is-willing-to-gun-down-pseudo-intellectuals-in-vipul-amrutlal-shahs-latest-propaganda-movie-9146545/
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PM Modi played Fake OBC Card to Fool the Indians - Rahul Gandhi
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Oof history student got cucked to rocket engineering student after debunking her propaganda on ram mandir.
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GDF video on Kashmir was banned by the Modi Government
https://youtu.be/cvhddK3tWNY?si=OwrBWKgE-BxlS1w6
This video was banned by the Modi Government. No way. Something something authoritarian China.
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among Directive Principles of State Policy rather than Fundamental Rights
BJP/RSS view on UCC has often been contradictory and reactionary. RSS and Jan Sangh maliciously attacked the reforms to Hindu Code Bill, introduced by Dr BR Ambedkar. RSS termed the bill “an atomic bomb on Hindu society”, and launched a vicious campaign against Nehru and Ambedkar. Jan Sangh passed a resolution against the Bill, calling it discriminatory. Even in the 70s, RSS Sarsanghchalak Golwalkar was against UCC, and saw it unessential for nationalism or unity.
The Uniform Civil Code brought by the Uttarakhand government, which has excluded same-sex marriage, exempted Adivasis, and criminalized unregistered live-in relationships, shows that the BJP's idea of UCC is neither reform nor uniform. The UCC Bill, introduced by Uttarakhand, has brought further variation in civil laws, by having different laws for different states. BJP has also opposed same-sex marriage in the Court, calling it “contrary to Indian ideals and cultural norms”, and same-sex marriage as a “slippery slope”.
It is worth mentioning that there are several drafts of a progressive UCC in public. However, whether it is through reforms in existing personal laws, or a uniform civil code, the idea must be driven by honest and sincere values, rather than a communal agenda.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rishianand/p/excluding-same-sex-marriage-exempting
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Why is this sub filled with bigots and mods don't take any action? Downvote and report these bigots
https://np.reddit.com/r/Uttarakhand/s/i6PIwqCQE2
What do these ideological grandchildren of Nazis on IT cell payroll expect to see outside of a mosque? The already repeatedly debunked claims of Muslims being responsible for population "explosion" are made with the vilest of communal slurs with impunity. Yesterday they were making the master plan of sending muslims to concentration camps(in the official subreddit of a popular city) and today this.
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"Jai Shree Ram" and Ram Mandir Flying Banner in Vancouver🇨🇦 today
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Mumbai Police finds over 200 ED case documents in possession of gang involved in extortion
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The highlights here:
a gang busted
200 ED case docs recovered
₹164cr allegedly extorted
possible collusion of ED official
Source: Mumbai Police finds over 200 ED case documents in possession of gang involved in extortion
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John Brittas - “Our Ram is Gandhi’s Ram, Your Ram is Nathuram”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aak4fEoxU8
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A licence for Bajrang Dal like goons to enter your Bedrooms is what UCC - Live in all about!
This is only one aspect of it but you can understand how conservatitism is being established in the name of policing the freedom of relationships. The love liberates you from your mind blocks and now love is being Controlled. How far will people support this ?
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Here is the clarification of Rahul Gandhi on Godi Media who twisted his words for General Category of reservations.
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All trans people are beggars and therefore shouldn't recieve any benefits!!!!
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