Opinion

When people demand their own repression

The tiger that the government claims Mr Modi is, isn’t interested in harming the populace.

JLF this year has also been witness to the rise of the new bilingual Indian writer in the persons of Upadhyay, Kunal Basu and Aaruni Kashyap.

The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the Constitution, which believes that dissent is an essential part of a vibrant democracy.

By any account, this is a huge success, especially against a government with a large majority and with a positive media behind it.

The people’s tribunal was set up in Delhi to expose the trend of excesses that swept the Indian capital and western Uttar Pradesh.

Before this appointment, Mr Maheshwari was serving as special secretary (internal security) in the ministry of home affairs (MHA).

The Indian Constitution has provided equal rights to every citizen of the country.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has been in the thick of Dalit politics since the dilution of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.

The principal Opposition, the Congress Party, is up in arms and has demanded the removal of the state chief minister M.L. Khattar.

Demonetisation has immobilised a large amount of cash, a part of which was black money on which no tax was being paid, says Pranab.

On Karnataka pivots the BJP’s hope of launching the southern leg of its Congress-Mukt Bharat operation.

Rahul Gandhi criticising the Modi government in the US is not an insult to India.

Congress has itself to blame for defection of its MLAs.