16-07-2021 The Asian Independent

26 16-07-2021 to 31-07-2021 WORLD
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UP: Dalit groom threatened for riding horse
at his ‘baraat’ gets police protection
The Sardhana police in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, granted protection to a
Dalit man who wanted to ride a horse at his wedding procession.
DR. L. MURUGAN IS A MINISTER IN THE UNION OF INDIA
BUT NOT A MINISTER IN THE EYES OF THE CONSTITUTION!
HE IS, THEREFORE, AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL MINISTER!
(Asian Independent)- In the
Cabinet reshuffle made on July 7,
2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
made Dr. L. Murugan a Minister of
State in the expanded cabinet. While
everyone’s oath-taking went off
smoothly, Dr. L. Murugan’s stirred a
controversy as he has said during the
oath that he hails from Kongu Nadu of
Tamil Nadu! There is no ‘Kongu
Nadu’ in today’s official Indian map or
in the Indian Postal directory or the
very Constitution itself! Yet, he has
had audacity to say so in his oath-taking.
It was not a slip of tongue nor did
he utter the same on his own but for
the inducement or approval of the top
level in the BJP, say, Mr. Modi/ Mr.
Amit Shah/ Mr. J. P. Nadda because
the latters are known to kick-start
some unwarranted controversy and
sarcastically enjoy over it! It is the fascist
style! Mr. L. Murugan is well
known for servility and subservience
as one started his political life from
Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad
(ABVP), the student wing of the RSS
and that was why he has been chosen
for all these dirty games! Surprisingly,
he is a Master of Laws and Doctorate
in Law!! (M.A., LL.M., Ph.D.!) Yet,
he could use the word which is anathema
to the Constitution! Well, to recall
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s definition,
a doubt arises whether he is merely an
educationally qualified one or an intellectual
too.
His ignorance or poor knowledge in
Constitution is exposed in the
WhatsApp social media when he was
talking about the terminology “Union”
and he could not even refer to the
Article 1 (1) of the Constitution which
defines India! (“India, that is Bharat,
shall be a Union of States”) and countered
the usage of the word ‘Union of
India’ by the Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister Mr. M. K. Stalin and his
Ministers as if they are using the divisive
and sessionist word! It is nothing
but an utter ignorance of the
Constitution! It is not known whether
the Law Universities prescribe the
mandatory qualification of one getting
mastered in the Constitution prior to
conferring the Doctorate and if not it
should be done as a pre-requisite and
mandatory throughout India. The PM
and the BJP top leadership wanted a
‘yes man’ to toe the lines of the party
which would escape when the blamegame
arises! Now everyone started
criticizing Mr. L. Murugan and not
any top face hiding behind this game.
This is the game-plan of RSS-BJP.
Coming to the usage of the non-existent
‘Kongu Nadu’ from which
Mr.L.Murugan, during his oath-taking
Meerut: A man
from the Dalit community
was allegedly
warned against riding
a horse for his ‘baraat’
in Meerut’s Sardhana.
Reportedly, the Dalit
groom was told that he
would be murdered if
he performed the
‘ghudchadi’ ceremony
at his wedding.
The man and his
family’s wishes, however,
were fulfilled
after the local police
granted him protection
during the baraat.
Reportedly, uppercaste
men living in the
same area issued
threats to the man,
warning him against
riding a horse.
Accused threatened to ‘kill’ groom
On Thursday, the groom’s father,
Mangeram, went to the Sardhana police
station in Maanpuri. Mangeram claimed
that upper caste men had threatened to
“kill his son, Sooraj, if he dared to ride a
horse”.
The family, that wanted the ‘ghudchadi’
ceremony to be held at Sooraj’s wedding,
sought police protection. After the
complaint was lodged, a police team headed
by station house officer (SHO) Brijesh
Kumar visited the accused’s house, The
Times of India reported.
Accused alleged they had not threatened
groom
Kumar said, “The family told us that
they had not objected to the groom riding
a horse, but had asked them to switch off
the music while passing their house as
they were in mourning after a family
member passed away recently. “
While the accused claimed that the allegations
were false, the Dalit man’s family
had another story to tell. Sooraj’s brother
Ankit claimed that caste-based discrimination
and violence had been reported in the
area in the past as well.
Ankit said that the Thakur family had
assaulted them in the past when they were
building their house and keeping the construction
material on the road. Ankit
added, “The upper castes have objected to
our festivities many times. “
Courtesy : Mirror Now News
A. JAISON, M.A., B.L.
claims to hail, it has to be categorically
stated that he is not a Minister in the
Cabinet of Mr.Modi as his oath-taking
was in violation of the Constitution. It
can be challenged before any High
Court or Supreme Court that he is not a
Minister and yet he functions as a
Minister and his Ministership can be
declared by the Court as unconstitutional
and thus a situation can warrant for
his oath-taking again to fit into the
Constitutional scheme. It is not just his
Stalin urges Centre to act
over protecting Indian
community in SA
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has urged
the Central government to take measures to safeguard the Indian
community in South Africa where violent protests have erupted
since the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma last week.
In a letter to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Stalin
referred to the reports of riots in South Africa affecting the Indian
community and a large section of Tamil population have suffered
economic losses.
"It is learnt that they (Indian community) are also apprehensive
of further escalation of tensions there," he said.
The Chief minister urged Jaishankar to take up the matter with
the South African government through diplomatic means to
impress upon the need for restoration of peace and harmony at
the earliest and also to take adequate measures to safeguard life
and property of the Indian community including people from
Tamil Nadu.
As many as 121 people, mostly of Indian origin, have died in
South Africa's worst post-apartheid era violence in the past week.
Indian origin people, who are the worst sufferers, were forced to
arm themselves in two provinces, especially in Durban city, home
to more than 70 per cent of the 1.4 million Indian origin population
in the country.
own audacity but the audacity of the top
leaders in BJP and Cabinet with scant
respect to the Constitution and their evil
political agenda of ‘dividing and ruling’.
When Mr. Barack Obama took oath
as the President of the USA on January
20, 2009, there was one word out of
sequence which was contrary to the
US Constitution. As per the US
Constitutional scheme, he should have
taken oath as “I will faithfully execute
the office of President of the United
States” whereas he had mistakenly
taken oath affirming, “I will execute
the office of President to the United
States faithfully.” Having realized this
constitutional mistake Mr. Barack
Obama took oath again on the next
day, Wednesday duly administered by
the U S Chief Justice John Roberts.
This is a part of the history. Can this
tacit admission of mistake and corrective
action resorted to by Mr. Barack
Obama himself be expected from Mr.
L. Murugan or Mr. Modi will venture
to correct this? Never. Because it is the
BJP’s hidden agenda to create confusion
and chaos in Tamil Nadu as has
been everywhere because their dream
of riding on the AIADMK-horse did
not fructify in the Tamil Nadu
Assembly elections in 2021.
Admitting mistakes and correcting
them has never been in the DNA of
BJP or Sangh parivar. No High Court
or the Supreme Court will initiate suo
motu action in this regard. But if any
citizen of India files a writ petition
before any High Court or the Supreme
Court of India, citing the deliberate
mistake systematically committed
against the Constitution, then Mr. L.
Murugan has to face the music and he
will be left with no option other than
running to the President of India for
oath-taking afresh to stick on to the
ministerial berth and enjoy the position
as he longs for it. The Scheduled
Caste people including Government
and PSU employees have seen what
kind of service he has done to the
Scheduled Castes when he was the
Vice Chairman of the National
Commission for Scheduled Castes
leaving the SCs, and even the
Arundhatiyar community which he
himself belongs to, in a miserable condition
when he had the authority to
rescue the victims but reported to have
joined hands with the oppressive caste
Hindus in many cases, if not all.
A. JAISON, M.A., B.L.,
General Secretary,
Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Rationalist
Youth Movement (ARMY),
Chennai-600 010
Tamil Nadu, INDIA.