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Will these stand judicial review. Articles 25-28 guarantee the citizens to practice and propagate the religion of their choice, without malice and coercion.
In a complete subversion of basic rights, NDTV founders Radhika and Prannoy Roy were today prevented from leaving the country. Both journalists had tickets to return to India on the 16th, just a week later. They have been stopped from traveling abroad on the basis of a fake and wholly unsubstantiated corruption case initiated by the CBI that was filed two years ago and in which Radhika and Prannoy Roy have been fully cooperating. Today's action is, along with events like raids on media owners, a warning to the media to fall in line - or else.
Complete Subversion Of Media Freedom In Action Against NDTV Founders
As is evident from their past record, in the guise of freedom of press, it is very likely that these people may be planning to do an anti-India/anti-Kashmir campaign for Pakistan. After all they are sellable to the highest bidder.
Will likely be something that makes it incredibly difficult to convert (rather than a complete ban) even for an individual doing it of their own free will/desire; making it almost impossible for rabid evangelists to harvest souls in droves the way they used to do with impunity, and still try to do.
There are freedom of religion statutes in various states that prevent conversion through coercion, inducement and organized missionaries. However you cannot impose restrictions on an individual who voluntarily wants to convert. I believe it's one of the fundamental rights and courts will be wary any meddling with fundamental rights (as should we be)
All those fancy legal words and phrases don't mean much in a country like India to be honest. The laws you claim may have been there, but they were clearly not effective enough; because evangelical extremist activity is rampant in India, especially in certain pockets, and has only somewhat slowed down due to a clamp on their foreign funding through NGO's by the current Gvt, and through naked street assertion by Hindutvadi Groups.
As I said, nobody cares about individuals who seriously want to convert of their own volition, but there are enough technical ways/loopholes to make it so discouragingly/prohibitively difficult even for a single individual doing it willingly, that the real target - large scale soul harvesting through trickery/bribery/coercion - is more or less shut down.
How to make it happen and handle the Supreme Court, just like on the matter of 370, is up to the BJP leadership & legal team.
This law will help us put behind bars these foreign NGOs and conversion activists and pastors who do it openly and can't be taken to task legally. Now this business will come to an end with this law. Conversion is a industry in India which gets foreign funding.
Fundamental rights are not just fancy legal terms, those are fundamental articles of citizenship that a state guarantees its citizens. Attack on one fundamental right is an attack against all fundamental rights, including rights to life, free speech, right to elect, etc. We the citizens cannot be nonchalant about our our own constitutional rights.
Governments can ensure that existing laws are vigorously enforced. If your enforcement mechanism is faulty, no matter what new bill you bring they all will be ineffective.
I've said it before, I'll say it again; there are ways to curb rights without outright banning them. I do agree on more effectively enforcing the laws/mechanisms in place though.
The point with stupid people. They just can’t stand with achieving something decent. If he had stuck to Kashmir he would have been considered competent and capable. The moron just can’t stop trying to take it to Hindu Disney land.
The 350-crore-rupee mystery: The financial transactions that led to SEBI's order asking VCPL to make an open offer for NDTV
The 350-crore-rupee mystery: The financial transactions that led to SEBI's order asking VCPL to make an open offer for NDTV
The 350-crore-rupee mystery: The financial transactions that led to SEBI's order asking VCPL to make an open offer for NDTV
They lost their credibility the day Radia tapes were leaked defrocking Barkha Dutt and they chose to retain her in spite of the taint. This effectively comes as the last nail in their coffin as far as credibility and honesty goes.
Btw - India bulls is rumoured to be PC & Kamal Nath's company funded by their slush funds.
You are right. Any bill to curb conversion may go against the constitution. Too bad the venerable cast system has given an upper hand to missionaries. Who are the people being converted? Labourers and workers who are exploited. If someone promises food, education, jobs and other freebies, (along with making them aware of their rights) they'll readily take it without complaints, instead of facing oppression from the upper castes.
Tomorrow a Hindu could go door to door and ask non-hindus to convert to Hinduism. He then conducts mass events for conversion. Would that be illegal if the law is fair and for all? It is unconstitutional and senseless. Fix the caste system, keep a tab on NGO money and things will be fine.
There is more to religion than job & food. Religion cannot promise job or food as corollary to conversion, that would amount to a false claim and rank inducement. People who fall for inducement don't understand religion, nor do those who offer such inducements.
Congress is so screwed up, they can't find one suitable leader and now they are back to square one. Sonia Gandhi systematically did not allow any state level leader to grow and today congress party is paying the price. I won't be surprised if congress splits further in Rajasthan, Gujarat and MP and regional parties are created by leaders like Pilot and Sindhia.
