Chitta Ranjan Behera

Jul 23, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Chitta Ranjan Behera |Sanjay N. Parate |George Abraham |Bharat Dogra

“We must not harbour any illusion about the present government being weak. It will be in an offensive mode more than what it was in its earlier avatar. On the other hand, Arundhati Roy symbolizes how to struggle, write, speak and smile in difficult times. The power that be fears only this smile and the people’s struggles. Arundhati Roy is the voice of these struggles; and the government is terror-stricken because of this voice. That is why she is being implicated in criminal cases.

Jul 16, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Subhash Gatade |Joseph Kishore |Bharat Dogra |Chitta Ranjan Behera

1‘India Will Awake to Police Raj’!““I am reminded of Pandit Nehru ‘s speech “ At the stroke of midnight India will awake to freedom” . At the stroke of midnight night 1st July 2024 India will awake to police raj,” (1)There are rare occasions when a simple tweet underlines the unfolding reality in stark terms. Noted lawyer and human rights activist Indira Jaising’s tweet a fortnight back created similar ripples. Her concern was over the three new criminal laws coming into operation the next morning.

Jul 16, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Chitta Ranjan Behera |Sanjay N. Parate |George Abraham |Sabiha Mazid

The Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah who introduced the three new criminal bills to Lok Sabha on 11 August 2023 and again presented the amended trio to the said House on 20 Dec 2023 had delivered his impromptu narratives in justification of the said Bills on both occasions. The Minister did also hold a Press Conference on 1st July 2024 heralding the enforcement of the three new criminal Acts.