The irony of ironies is that they claim to stand for "secular" government. While they bend over backwards to get the support of the Muslim and Christian Minorities.
These Blasphemy laws are brought about by the Congress party due to the pressure exerted on them by the Muslim/Catholic clergy.
On one hand, its A-ok for the Muslim imams to castigate/call names about Hindus and Jews (yes there are Jewish people living in India), its A-ok for Catholic clergy to denigrate Hinduism during their sermons, however the moment one makes a comment about Muslim/Christian practices he/she is deluged by lawsuits.
The western media is oblivious to this, and paints the Congress party as the paragon of virtue and the BJP party as Hindu nationalist. However they fail to list some important facts.
The "Hindu nationalist" party was founded by an Atheist and considers him its founding father
The "Hindu nationalist" party is the only major party to abolish the inclusion of data about a persons Caste in official documents
The "Hindu nationalist" party was the party that pushed forth the law that requires that at least 33% of the Parliament seats should be reserved for Women
The "Hindu nationalist" party was the one that pushed for a nationwide independent agency to investigate claims of corruption.
etc
etc
The so called "secular" congress party was against all of these!
hopefully the Congress party will lose the upcoming election(already suffered some major defeats in the state -elections) and we will be able to get rid of these anti-science/anti-progressive dinosaur for good!
The blasphemy law is Anti-constitutional, and hopefully the courts will throw it out.Kudos to Sanal Edamaruku for stating facts to religious fundies.
Clause (h) of Article 51-A of Constitution of India states that :‘It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to develop the scientific temper, humanism and spirit of inquiry and reform.’
PS: I'm disgusted to see that the blasphemy laws have made their way into India thanks to these assholes.!!
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