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SC Pegasus Ruling Historic; An Indictment of Modi Government: Dushyant Dave

SC Pegasus Ruling Historic; An Indictment of Modi Government: Dushyant Dave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Er8fzUM8g Oct 27, 2021

In a 18-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dushyant Dave, a former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, said the judgement is based on the Supreme Court’s assumption that Pegasus was used and that the right to privacy of Indian citizens was breached. He says the language used by the Supreme Court about national security and privacy “clearly establishes the Court is worried about the infringement of citizen’s right”.

Dushyant Dave says: “The Supreme Court has clearly and categorically stood with the citizens of India”. He adds: “It has told the government enough is enough”. He says the Supreme Court has said: “We are here as watchdogs”.

Pegasus Project: जासूसी कांड पर Supreme Court का ऐतिहासिक आदेश, कटघरे में Modi सरकार | Arfa Kahnum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YE9PfKVrkE 27 Oct 2012

The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a committee of experts to probe the case of alleged spying of Indian citizens through Israeli spyware 'Pegasus'. The court said that privacy cannot be violated under the guise of national security.
The Supreme Court said its endeavor is to uphold the constitutional aspirations and rule of law without indulging in "political rhetoric", but added that the petitions filed in the matter raise "Orwellian concerns".
Orwellian refers to that unjust and authoritarian position, idea or social condition, which is destructive to the welfare of a free and open society.
A bench of Chief Justice NV Ramana, Justice Surya Kant and Justice Hima Kohli quoted English novelist Orwell as saying, "If you want to keep something a secret, you must also hide it from yourself."

"Won't Be A Mere Spectator": SC's Earful For Modi Govt, Appoints Committee To Probe Pegasus Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnjDHtFBneA Oct 27, 2021

"More than a month after reserving its interim order in the Pegasus Snooping Case, the Supreme Court finally today announced its order in the case. The Supreme court appointed an independent committee comprising three technical experts who will be supervised by its retired judge Justice R V Raveendran. The committee has been tasked to conduct a “thorough inquiry” into allegations of use of Pegasus software for unauthorised surveillance by the govt. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said the committee will “enquire, investigate and determine” whether Pegasus Spyware was used to snoop upon the Indian citizens? What steps did the GoI take? Were there any enquiries conducted post-2019 revelations regarding the Pegasus spyware? and whether it was the Government of India which bought the Pegasus spyware?
A very important order has been given by the Supreme Court today. The Pegasus snooping row has already kicked up a political storm with much of the monsoon session being disrupted over the issue. But the issue is beyond just a political slugfest between ruling party and the opposition. The Issue is about the Citizens of India and their rights. That Right to Privacy is a fundamental right and snooping of citizens means breaching that fundamental right. it is important to find out who is responsible for this.
Today, the Supreme court of India has asked the committee to submit its report within 2 months. Additionally, the Supreme Court had some very pertinent observations for the Government of India which has remained rather stubborn over the Pegasus issue calling it a conspiracy by anti-national elements.

Prime Time With Ravish Kumar | Pegasus Snooping Case Highlights: Supreme Court Forms Probe Panel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JczpmsqBJ2k  Oct 27, 2021

11 months of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha movement: Dr Sunilam

डॉ सुनीलम: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AiXYIRE1zsiakT5RF4DbfvFe-bOo?e=Hxdaf7 
किसानों को न्याय दिलाने का ऐतिहासिक आंदोलन: दशा और दिशा  

The strength of the movement led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha is the farmer activists of 550 farmer organizations who have declared that till the law is not repealed, there will be not return home.
All decisions of the movement are taken after a long process of deliberation. The 32 Jathabandis of Punjab discuss any issue first. The working group members of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee also discuss at their level and a decision is taken in the open meeting of Samyukta Kisan Morcha as accepted by all organizations.

Meanwhile, the central government is working on a strategy to tire the agitators and compromise them with neglect, but the base of the movement is expanding. Public opinion is also constantly changing in favor. However, Godi Media has left no stone unturned to defame the entire movement. Despite this, farmers are being successful in taking their messages to the villages through social media.

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From Bardoli to Singhu ..

What Today’s Farm Protests Share with Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha  Ramachandra Guha https://janataweekly.org/what-todays-farm-protests-share-with-vallabhbhai-patels-bardoli-satyagraha/
October 17, 2021

The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, which was led and organised by Vallabhbhai Patel, emphatically demonstrated the power and potential of non-violence in the cause of peasant self-respect. In this struggle, kisans in rural Gujarat mobilised against the oppressive agrarian policies of the colonial state.

Almost a hundred years separate the peasant struggle that Patel led in Bardoli with the kisan andolan of today. Yet the parallels are hard to miss. On the one side, the role of women in sustaining the movement, and the quiet heroism of the satyagrahis, who have braved winter, summer, monsoon and a pandemic and kept their struggle going. On the other side, the attempt by the state to stall and delay, to divide the movement, and to spread falsehoods about its leaders.

Back in the 1920s, the collaborators with the raj included Brahmin revenue officials and hired goons brought in from outside Gujarat. Now, in the 2020s, it is the police and the godi media that aid the postcolonial state, the first in suppressing the peasants, the second in distorting their message and defaming their leaders.

Indeed, in the range of repressive methods used against the farmers – water cannons, the installation of metal spikes on roads, internet shutdowns, hate-filled propaganda – the Modi-Shah regime has exceeded even the White Man’s raj.

“it is a fact beyond challenge that India has given a singular proof to the world that mass non-violence is no longer the idle dream of a visionary or a mere human longing. It is a solid fact capable of infinite possibilities for a humanity which is groaning, for want of faith, beneath the weight of violence of which it has become almost a fetish. The greatest proof that our movement was non-violent lies in the fact that the peasants falsified the fears of our worst sceptics. They were described as very difficult to organise for non-violent action and it is they who stood the test with a bravery and an endurance that was beyond all expectations. Women and children too contributed their great share in the fight. They responded to the call by instinct and played a part which we are too near the event adequately to measure. And I think it would be not at all wrong to give them the bulk of the credit for preservation of non-violence and the consequent success of the movement.” - Sardar Patel, 1931