Caste, the cancer afflicting Sanatan Dharma https://www.allindiansmatter.in/caste-the-cancer-afflicting-sanatan-dharma/ But when Udhayanidhi Stalin points out how Sanatan Dharma has been corrupted, all of us are annoyed. How dare he call for its eradication? Ambedkar called for the ‘Annihilation of Caste’. Bapu too, in his own gentle manner, called for it. None of them called for a genocide of Hindus or the upper castes. Let’s not allow sanghis and bhakts fool us into believing it.

All reformers warned about the danger institutionalised oppression poses to the existence of Sanatan Dharma but we have not heeded the warnings. What is being sought to be eradicated is Varna Vyavastha and the prejudices it instils in all of us and the oppression which is its very creed. That cancer afflicting Sanatan Dharma must be eradicated. Otherwise, one day, it will ensure the demise of Sanatan Dharma itself.

  On the Hindutva Narrative - Discussion after screening of "who killed Gandhi"
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A35gQbrGhf8

Canada’s Startling Claim Punctuates Tension With India Over Separatists NYT 19-9-2023 https://dnyuz.com/2023/09/19/canadas-startling-claim-punctuates-tension-with-india-over-separatists/ The allegation that India was involved in the killing of a Sikh leader in Canada came after New Delhi had accused Western countries of inaction on secessionist groups.

 India’s response has been a reflection, in part, of domestic politics. The Indian government has long maintained that the Khalistan cause carries little support in Punjab. Yet governing-party officials painted the Sikh-dominated farmers’ movement of 2020 and 2021, the biggest
challenge to Mr. Modi’s decade-long rule, with the same broad “secessionist” brush they have applied to extremist Sikh elements abroad.

Adjournments nibble away at personal liberty, UAPA consumes youth: https://theleaflet.in/adjournments-nibble-away-at-personal-liberty-uapa-consumes-youth-umar-khalid-completes-three-years-in-prison/
Gursimran Kaur Bakshi·September 19, 2023 Umar Khalid completes three years in prison

Between 2016 to 2019, 5,922 persons were arrested under the UAPA and only 132 have been convicted. Of those arrested in 2018–20 under the UAPA, 53 percent are persons below thirty years of age, as per the statistics of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Access to justice is really all about the right to be heard. However, Khalid has become a victim of the court’s constant adjournments, unannounced recusals and the prosecution counsel’s unavailability.

The Supreme Court will have to navigate its way through a seventeen-thousand-page chargesheet filed against Khalid and hundreds of witnesses to impart justice to a scholar. When the Supreme Court came to the rescue of journalists Teesta Setalvad and Arnab Goswami saying “deprivation of liberty even for a single day is one day too many”, should not three years of youth be enough for the court to at least give a fair hearing to Khalid?

Women’s Reservation: Modi’s masterstroke could alter poll dynamics in 150 Lok Sabha seats  Parimal Peeyush September 19, 2023  https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/womens-reservation-modis-masterstroke-could-alter-poll-dynamics-in-150-lok-sabha-seats/3248665/
The role played by women has been crucial to the BJP’s performances in the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and 2019. The Women’s Reservation Bill can significantly add to that momentum.
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States like Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Goa, were among 12 states, accounting for 200 Lok Sabha seats, where women registered higher voter turnout than men. In all these states, barring Tamil Nadu (39) and Kerala (20), the BJP secured emphatic wins in the 2019 general elections that saw the party bag 303 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats.

Much of this emphatic victory was attributed to the crucial role played by women voters in the elections. As per CSDS data, the BJP polled 37 per cent of the total votes in 2019, with women accounting for over 36 per cent of those votes.

Gujarat flood: Govt’s decision to close Narmada Gates for Modi’s ‘birthday wishes’ triggered ‘man-made’ disaster, says Opposition https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/gujarat-flood-govts-decision-to-close-narmada-gates-for-modis-birthday-wishes-triggered-man-made-disaster-says-opposition/3247311/ The opposition parties, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have named this disaster as “man-made disaster” for deliberately opening 23 gates out of 30 of Sardar Sarovar dam. September 18, 2023

The Opposition parties – Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) – have named this disaster as “man-made disaster” for deliberately opening 23 gates out of 30 of Sardar Sarovar dam causing a difficult time for Gujarat. So far, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued 37 people trapped in the floodwaters of Dhami river in Aravalli district’s Demai village and almost 10,000 people have been shifted to safer areas.

Pal Ambaliya, chairman of the Gujarat Kisan Congress, the farmers’ wing of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) said, “In doing that, vested interests have certainly been protected but scores of people had to suffer large-scale damage. For example, farmers of Saurashtra, Kutch and north Gujarat regions had been longing for water for the past one month. But they were not given water because they (the government) were waiting for September 17.”

Is the Modi Govt Guilty of Assassinating a Canadian Citizen? A Former RAW Chief Responds to Trudeau The Wire Sep 19, 2023 In an interview to discuss the allegations made by the Prime Minister of Canada in the Canadian parliament yesterday that he has “credible” reasons to believe that “agents of the Government of India” were responsible for the assassination of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in June, one of the most respected former Heads of India’s Intelligence Agency R&AW has said “it is absolutely bizarre – we have never assassinated people.” Amarjit Singh Dulat repeatedly made clear that India is a liberal democracy and assassinating people, whether at home or abroad, is not something India’s intelligence or security agencies have ever even contemplated leave aside carried out.

Why should the Canadian PM Trudeau say this, I have never seen this before in my 25 years of experience. Even if he has discussed this with the Indian PM.  i (amarjit singh dulat) cant believe that we would order the assasination. India has never done anything like this..

Canadian Prime Minister on the floor of national legislature: <https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1703860132369891580>. Investigation on the links between agents of the Government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh. India has rejected as “absurd and motivated” a claim by Canada’s

Trudeau accuses India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS0IxFGbNY Sep 19, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing India's government of being behind the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar who was brazenly shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc and national security law expert Leah West talk about the bombshell accusation.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/canada-pm-trudeau-indian-govt-nijjar-explained-8946248/  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the Indian government played a role in the killing of a Khalistani separatist in that country in June. The Canadians have also expelled an Indian diplomat, and India has retaliated with a top Canadian diplomat’s expulsion on Tuesday (September 19). Nijjar was the chief of the separatist organisation Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF).

https://youtu.be/CwiVgBTiwac

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66848041 India denies role in Canadian Sikh leader's murder

How Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder in Canada fuelled tensions with India https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66158842

When did we last time get engaged in such a public tiff with another country other than Pakistan and China? That too with a country that attracts a large number of Indian students and also highly skilled workers in the quest for higher income?

Canada suspects India involvement in Sikh leader murder case | The World  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYeu_Gj16gwSep 19, 2023  The Indian government has rejected Canada’s allegations that New Delhi may have been involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia. Professor of Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, Brahma Chellaney, says without any arrests or indictments being made by Canadian authorities, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations have further strained relations between the two nations.

“Very surprising…” Washington DC based foreign policy expert decodes Trudeau’s claim on Nijjar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFVTaS6SwW8 ANI News
 Sep 19, 2023 Michael Kugelman, Director of South Asia Institute at Wilson Center reacted to Justin Trudeau’s government expelling Indian diplomat from Canada and alleging India for killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a pro-Khalistani separatist.

'Deeply Concerned': US, UK & Australia React After Canada Accuses India Of Killing Khalistani Leader Nijjar https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/deeply-concerned-us-uk-australia-react-after-canada-accuses-india-of-killing-khalistani-leader-nijjar  September 19, 2023, After PM Trudeau levelled allegations against the South Asian country, he also reportedly spoke to some of Canada's closest allies like the UK, the US and Australia.

@congress प्रवक्ता सुप्रिया श्रीनेत और गौरव वल्लभ को सुनिए। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNkFF9fAINw   Import duty on Apple reduced during G20

Declaration on Seeds and Farmers’ Rights, 2023

Bharat BEEJ Swaraj Manch (India Seed Sovereignty Alliance) We reject attempts to privatize/usurp India’s genetic commons. the State must safeguard the natural rights of farming and indigenous communities. We urge the State to resist as bio-piracy   Digital Sequence Information (DSI) is being used by corporations for selective manipulation to claim patents. We reject the narrow definition of “access and benefit” as a monetization tool to gain exclusive intellectual property rights over plant varieties. For the full text of the declaration

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Women's Reservation Bill: Yet Another Smoke and Mirrors Trick with Godi Media in tow https://youtu.be/CwiVgBTiwac

<https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/modi-govt-clears-womens-quota-bill-27-years-after-it-was-first-introduced/articleshow/103767705.cms>.

Women's Reservation Bill: Yet Another Smoke and Mirrors Trick with Godi Media in tow Courtesay S Sen in  Whats app

I. The devil is in the details: "(T)he proposed reservation could come into force by 2029 after the constituencies are redrawn as part of the delimitation exercise based on the decennial census expected to get under way in 2026."
Hence, as per the "leak", there'd be no move towards immediate implementation.
Not only that, the implementation would be contingent upon taking up and completion of the next decennial census -- now inexplicably held up by the regime -- to be followed up by delimitation of constituencies.
Two big, completely unnecessary, "Ifs"!

II. A bill once introduced in the Rajya Sabha never dies -- because the upper house never dies -- unless superseded or rejected by the lower house.
Hence, the bill introduced by the UPA Government in the Rajya Sabha and approved by it in March 2010 is still very much alive.
The narrative of "lapse" presented below is plain false.

III. The Congress in its just concluded CWC meet -- Sept. 16-17 in Hyderabad -- has categorically demanded the passing of the pending bill in the Lok Sabha during this "Special Session". (Ref.: <https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1703279060435263616> and also <https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1703808646558421128>.)
In the report below, this has been completely suppressed and, in fact, implicitly denied.

IV. The real purpose, as it appears, is not to implement women's quota in state and central legislatures -- as has already been done in case of urban and rural local elected bodies -- but to try to disrupt the Opposition INDIA alliance, given the known differences. Hence, no attempt at arriving at a consensus via prior consultations.

It's now for the (other) INDIA alliance partners to respond with due sagacity.

<<The government refused to confirm the decision, but sources said that the proposed reservation could come into force by 2029 after the constituencies are redrawn as part of the delimitation exercise based on the decennial census expected to get under way in 2026.

The bill was first introduced in 1996, and even cleared by the Rajya Sabha in March 2010, but lapsed after the Lok Sabha failed to pass it.

Sources in the government were confident of the prospects of the bill in Parliament this time as well as of enlisting the necessary support from states. They said Congress would have to come along and pointed to states which are with BJP, its allies as well as parties which though not part of the NDA have been in support of the measure.>>