On 4 April 1968, Bansgaon MP Molhu Prasad delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha on the atrocities against the Scheduled Castes and their negligible representation despite reservation.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
Farid Zakaria, in a programme on CNN a couple of years ago, had commented that liberals are the most illiberal, thinking that theirs’ is the only view that is correct. By attacking a Union Minister within the premises of a University, they have proved Shri Zakaria correct. How can one pontificate about free and liberal thinking when they stop someone having a different view from speaking?
Farid Zakaria, in a programme on CNN a couple of years ago, had commented that liberals are the most illiberal, thinking that theirs’ is the only view that is correct. By attacking a Union Minister within the premises of a University, they have proved Shri Zakaria correct. How can one pontificate about free and liberal thinking when they stop someone having a different view from speaking?