'They are afraid that if they approach a police station for filing a complaint they might themselves get arrested under some random charges.'
'Government cannot pick and choose as to against whom they want to take action and against whom they do not want to take action.'
'The situation in Nuh could have easily returned to normalcy if the trader class wished so, but they didn't.'
The way the Bahraich riot has played out should worry the BJP. The party has emboldened Hindu youngsters to such an extent that its MLAs feel the need to go to the police against their party members. Is this what the BJP wants, asks Jyoti Punwani.
'Not only are Muslim homes and shops being bulldozed, but the cops are filing random FIRs even against people who died two-three years ago, against those who have moved to neighbouring states since almost two years to work there.'
'How was it possible for Singh to have got a government job, and that too one involving the handling of guns, had he been insane?'
'Thousands of hijabis students are waiting to resume their education'
The Centre on Thursday disputed in the Supreme Court the figure pertaining to alleged attacks on Christian institutions and priests, terming the data "wrong" and claiming the petitioners wanted to keep "the pot boiling" to sully the image of the country abroad.
'Those who support the attacks should realise that beating Kashmiri students can't help anyone change the result of the game.'
The bill for amendments to the UAPA was passed by Parliament on August 2 and it received the President's assent on August 9. The amended Act allows the Centre to designate individuals as terrorists and seize their properties.
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