{"id":143240,"date":"2020-11-30T00:25:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=143240"},"modified":"2020-11-30T00:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T18:55:01","slug":"empathy-not-authority-crucial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/empathy-not-authority-crucial\/","title":{"rendered":"Empathy, not authority crucial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Farmers Vs State Power<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\nBy Insaf<\/strong>
\nAll eyes are on the farmers versus State power battle. The two-day \u201cDelhi Chalo\u2019 protests against the new farm bills have caught the attention of the country, with social media channelling the determination and grit of the sons of the soil to brave the wrath of State governments. In particular, the Haryana government and its police used every trick to stop thousands of the marchers\u2014 cement and steel barricades, parked trucks on the road, water cannon and teargas shells, trenches, boulders etc. But the wave is unstoppable as the angry farmer from Haryana and Punjab in thousands is prepared to take on the mighty and is coming prepared with his ration of food, water to lay siege on Delhi. In Uttar Pradesh, separate rallies from Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand were also stopped, but national capital has finally bowed down. With the farmers\u2019 rubbishing the Union Agriculture Minister\u2019s appeal for talks on December 3 and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal refusing to give permission to the police to convert nine stadiums into makeshift prisons for the protesting farmers, the Centre has buckled down and allowed the farmers to protest at Nirankari grounds, Burari, north-west Delhi. The Centre has also said it is open for dialogue, but the AIKSCC demands action and withdrawal\/amendments in the bills. Mere words and verbal commitments will not suffice. Is Modi government willing to eat crow?<\/p>\n

Targeting \u2018Love Jihad\u2019
\nThree BJP-ruled States have upped the ante against \u2018love jihad\u2019. Madhya Pradesh and Haryana are not far behind Uttar Pradesh, where Yogi Adityanath\u2019s Cabinet on Tuesday last, approved the draft ordinance of a stringent law to deal with religious conversion for sake of marriage. It\u2019s no secret it boosts the Sangh parivar\u2019s ego and targets a community on make believe grounds that \u2018Hindu women have been converted forcibly by Muslim men on pretext of marriage\u2019. While it entails a 1-5 year jail for violators, Madhya Pradesh wants to get more aggressive. Its proposed Dharm Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Bill 2020, entails a 10-year jail term, parties concerned will have to submit an application to the DM before conversion for marriage,\u201d a five-year jail term for gurus, priests, maulvis and kazis who will conduct such marriages, and that registration of organisations conducting such marriages will be cancelled. The draft bill is expected to be placed in Assembly session beginning December 28. The Khattar government in Haryana has set up a 3-member committee to draft a law on similar lines. Guess it won\u2019t be difficult as Himachal Pradesh, MP and UP will provide ready ammunition for the controversial toxic law.<\/p>\n

Bihar\u2019s Political Rumble
\nSigns of rumble tumble in Bihar following the close fought election are already emerging. The Speaker\u2019s election witnessed high decibel commotion. Opposition mahagathbandhan not only raised a hue and cry over Chief Minister Nitish Kumar\u2019s presence in the House (he\u2019s a member of Legislative Council), but demanded a secret ballot. The demands were shot down by Pro-tem Speaker on grounds these were unfounded. BJP\u2019s VK Sinha emerged victorious defeating RJD candidate AB Choudhary. But there\u2019s more than meets the eye. The RJD was hoping that \u2018conscience voting\u2019 may tilt the scales in its favour. However, the \u2018Lalu tapes\u2019 have muddied the waters. On Wednesday last, Sushil Modi posted an audio tape of an alleged conversation between RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, lodged in Ranchi jail and MLA Lalan Paswan, wherein Lalu is \u201cluring the NDA MLA to go missing for the voting, so that the Grand Alliance has its Speaker, then topple the government and return he is promised a ministerial berth\u201d. The tapes have gone viral and the IGP, Jharkhand has sought an inquiry into the tapes. Be that as it may, guess this is only a beginning. More dirt is expected to fly.<\/p>\n

BJP Eyes Telangana \u2018Gully Poll\u2019
\nBaffling\u2014an expression to explain the line-up of BJP national leaders campaigning for Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council poll! Not just the voter or observer, even ruling TRS is intrigued at the length the BJP is going to in these \u2018gully elections.\u2019 Other than himself, National President Nadda has Home Minister Amit Shah, Prakash Javdekar, Smriti Irani, Yogi Adityanth, Devendra Fadnavis among others to canvass and at stage even PM Modi\u2019s charm was being considered. Plus, a list of freebies: free tabs to poor families\u2019 kids with free Wi-Fi facility for online studies, free drinking water supply to all households; property tax waiver in all SC colonies and slum areas, free metro and bus travel for women, free power supply to those consuming less than 100 units of power etc are promised. Expectedly, the TRS is neither leaving any stone unturned to retain power. It not only is campaigning hard but has a big billed rally planned by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. What needs attention, however, is Rao holding an emergency meeting with top police officers on Wednesday last, alerting about a possible \u2018conspiracy by certain political elements to foment communal violence so that these polls are deferred\u2019! Should one read it as signs of weakness? The fear of BJP juggernaut rolling here too is not ruled out.<\/p>\n

End of Era In Assam
\nAn era has ended. Assam bid an emotional farewell to former three-term Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in a 25-km-long procession route and with full State hours on Thursday last in capital Guwahati. Gogoi had not only a long innings as Chief Minister from 2001 to 2016 but was the State\u2019s longest serving CM, who importantly was instrumental in ushering peace and stability in the State after two decades of insurgency. Considered a \u2018secular leader in theory and practice\u2019, his mortal remains were taken to a church, namghar, mosque, temple and a Bihu function field, as per his last wish. BJP Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal described him as a \u2018father figure\u2019 and tributes from President to PM to various Chief Ministers have poured in to the family. However, there hangs a question mark over the future of the Congress in the State. Will son and MP Gaurav Gogoi be able to fill the void?<\/p>\n

Gangsters\u2019 Safe Haven
\nLooking for a safe haven, eye Uttarakhand. It emerges gangsters are making the authorities uncomfortable in this northern hill State. Recent cases of arrests suggest that \u2018wanted\u2019 men by the police in Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Haryana were hiding in some of its cities, till they ran out of luck. These include three shooters wanted in Haryana, a wanted gangster by Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi police, a dreaded gangster from Punjab and some others, and all of whom carried a bounty ranging from Rs 50000 to Rs 2 lakhs. Is it a result of poor vigilance by the police force, is a question raised. No say the top brass. Criminals after committing a crime in their State or wanted, normally escape to another State, is an explanation. But the fact that arrests happened is a sign of the police\u2019 efficiency and if one is to make a comparison of numbers nabbed in other northern States, then Uttarakhand would have far less cases. Well argued, but a close watch needs to be kept if the trend continues. Perhaps it may wane given the \u2018safe haven\u2019 theory is given away.\u2014 INFA<\/p>\n

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