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Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls High Commissioner Riva Ganguly Das to ‘discuss’ matter and asks her to ensure safety of the country’s diplomats posted in India.
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Screw the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court – now it is a free for all. Everyone will do whatever they can get away with. Welcome to New India…
Congress CM s will implement laws passed by Pakistan parliament . Their loyality to India is becoming suspect. They opposed abolition of article 370. They are opposed abolition of tr-ripple Tallaq . They Don t want Hindu and other non-Muslim refugee should be given sympathetic consideration in granting Indian citizenship. Their heart always beats for cross -boarder Muslims. Nothing can be more shameful.
Is this the level to which our political discourse has descended ? If you do not agree with us, your heart beats for Pakistan, some of you may actually be getting a monthly stipend from the ISI. Each Chief Minister – barring some who buy horses for a living – has been democratically chosen by the people of his state. Sometimes by voting out the previous incumbent. A few years down the line, he may meet the same fate. 2. India’s modern history is divided into neat five year blocks. What was achieved during each tenure, what the hits and misses were, can be neatly tabulated. That would be a better way to judge parties and leaders.
Well said!
After a lifetime of observing public affairs, have learnt to discount what the constitutional experts say. Any Senior Advocate worth his Bentley can argue both sides of the same case with equal conviction. Go to the extent of saying that secularism is a “ nebulous “ concept. 2. In strict law, CAA is not a slam dunk. If anything, it defies the basic structure of the Constitution. It is already before the apex court. Not a contested title suit where latitude exists. To uphold it would require upending the constitutional order. So state governments would wait expectantly for the SC’s verdict. 3. Not everything is cast in legal stone. If a dozen important states refuse on a point of principle to implement this law, the path ahead would turn rocky. To give a more prosaic example, see the large crowds defying curfew to mill about the streets of Gauhati. Sometimes tact outweighs brute force.
Just today we had Supreme Court justice wondering out loud whether the basic structure of the constitution really is unchangeable. Withy mighty big hint that it’s not.
Don’t care whether Sickularism is Nebulous, but Constitution certainly is.
The basic structure doctrine is bogus — genesis in apex court’s power grab, as in appointing their own through the dubious Collegium and constantly wanting to do yhe executive’s job.
Keshavanand Bharti case set the basic structure b.s. by the thinnest of majority verdicts (6-5).
Screw the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court – now it is a free for all. Everyone will do whatever they can get away with. Welcome to New India…
This duffer CM are only caretakers of state how come they forget their job is temporary for 5 years
Congress CM s will implement laws passed by Pakistan parliament . Their loyality to India is becoming suspect. They opposed abolition of article 370. They are opposed abolition of tr-ripple Tallaq . They Don t want Hindu and other non-Muslim refugee should be given sympathetic consideration in granting Indian citizenship. Their heart always beats for cross -boarder Muslims. Nothing can be more shameful.
Is this the level to which our political discourse has descended ? If you do not agree with us, your heart beats for Pakistan, some of you may actually be getting a monthly stipend from the ISI. Each Chief Minister – barring some who buy horses for a living – has been democratically chosen by the people of his state. Sometimes by voting out the previous incumbent. A few years down the line, he may meet the same fate. 2. India’s modern history is divided into neat five year blocks. What was achieved during each tenure, what the hits and misses were, can be neatly tabulated. That would be a better way to judge parties and leaders.
Well said!
After a lifetime of observing public affairs, have learnt to discount what the constitutional experts say. Any Senior Advocate worth his Bentley can argue both sides of the same case with equal conviction. Go to the extent of saying that secularism is a “ nebulous “ concept. 2. In strict law, CAA is not a slam dunk. If anything, it defies the basic structure of the Constitution. It is already before the apex court. Not a contested title suit where latitude exists. To uphold it would require upending the constitutional order. So state governments would wait expectantly for the SC’s verdict. 3. Not everything is cast in legal stone. If a dozen important states refuse on a point of principle to implement this law, the path ahead would turn rocky. To give a more prosaic example, see the large crowds defying curfew to mill about the streets of Gauhati. Sometimes tact outweighs brute force.
Just today we had Supreme Court justice wondering out loud whether the basic structure of the constitution really is unchangeable. Withy mighty big hint that it’s not.
Don’t care whether Sickularism is Nebulous, but Constitution certainly is.
The basic structure doctrine is bogus — genesis in apex court’s power grab, as in appointing their own through the dubious Collegium and constantly wanting to do yhe executive’s job.
Keshavanand Bharti case set the basic structure b.s. by the thinnest of majority verdicts (6-5).
Cant agree more!