The Modi government refers to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who became the 14th Prime Minister of India in May 2014. The government is headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a coalition of political parties.
Under Modi’s leadership, the government has focused on transformative initiatives aimed at economic growth, infrastructure development, and national security. Some of the landmark policies include the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), demonetisation of high-value currency notes in 2016, and the controversial revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, which ended the region’s special status. The Modi government has also emphasized initiatives such as ‘Make in India,’ ‘Digital India,’ ‘Skill India,’ and the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ (Clean India Mission).
While it has received praise for boosting economic growth and improving infrastructure, it has also faced significant criticism. Its handling of the anti-CAA protests, the 2020 farmers’ protests, and issues surrounding the delivery of data—such as the absence of a national census and the lack of transparency regarding COVID-19 death tolls—has sparked public debate. The government has also been criticized for its response to social issues, such as the Hathras rape case and the conflict in Manipur.
Despite these challenges, the Modi government, now in its third term, continues to maintain a dominant political presence, securing electoral victories at both state and national levels.
This amended law, UAPA will definitely, definitely.. I can say it one more time, DEFINITELY be misused. The reason is simple : now that it has been made a law, the power passes from the hands of a few good-intentioned people into the hands of a million policemen. Do you yourself believe that every policeman will use it with discretion?
why are you afraid?? This bill is for safety of indians not just of hindus. if anybody thinks that he/she will be declared terrorist wrongfully he/she has every right to appeal supreme court if a convicted terrorist can appeal supreme court and supreme court opened for him at late night thjen why not for a innocent people…
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
Civil Liberties are not same through the world. Beheading criminals is still prevalent in some countries. In Singapore and Malaysia,{two highly civilised countries} persons who possess drugs beyond a limit are executed.
In India we don’t do that in the name of “civil Liberty” WE are afraid even to prosecute the culprits.
When persons challenge laws, and law enforcement authorities take their own sweet time to prosecute and prove crimes,it is absolutely necessary for Govt to have powers to PROTECT the SOCIETY.They have been elected to safeguard and protect the lives of citizens. please allow them to do their job .
Usually a person strongly suspected to be guilty of acts of terror, will be called a terrorist. After all, we also call Masood Azhar a terrorist, but he has not faced any trial. It all depends on how the Centre uses this amendment to the UAPA – whether in a fair manner or vindictively.
The author says that in any other country such law would have created uproar. Does author considers those small kingdoms in Gulf as countries, where much more draconian law is in place?
If this is a history tutorial, we could cover the British and the Mughals as well. In the initial years after independence, it may have been necessary to establish the authority of the state, in places where it had been a little faint. The IAF being used on our own citizens – something we are now reluctant to do against the Maoists – is recorded history. However, what was expected was that these challenges to state authority would gradually subside as a national identity became more universally accepted. AFSPA being in force in Manipur for fifty years. Kashmir in churn for thirty years. One million men in the Central Armed Police Forces. People who speak up for civil liberties and human rights being derided as anti national. I do not see these as the signs of a strong, powerful nation, determined to crush the forces that would undermine its sovereignty or use terror against its citizens.
First time I show you are supporting current government views. If civil liberties are abused and state made spectator while crimes are happening, law abiding citizens suffer than civil liberties are in the law books only.
Victims right are more or equal to culprits and must be protected. There may be some cases innocent getting punished but justice must be done faster so the jails are less crowded of innocents.