Post 2014, The Ruling Dispensation Does Not Pretend To Defend India's Liberal Democracy: Senior Advocate Indira Jaising
Live LawSenior Advocate Indira Jaising, while referring to the Central Government on Saturday said that the "ruling dispensation no more pretends to defend liberal democracy and instead tries to convince us that the freedom struggle never happened and is rather happening now." Battles against Emergency strengthened the Constitution While explaining the nature of the battle that existed during Emergency, Jaising said, "During the emergency our battles revolved around the implementation of social and economic rights. Post 2014, ruling dispensation does not pretend to defend liberal democracy Distinguishing the Emergency from the situation today, Jaising said, "After 2014, the ruling dispensation.actually say in all their utterances that they do not believe in liberal democracy. While referring to the lectures of Madras High Court judge Justice GR Swaminathan and Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant from the recently conducted Adhivakta Parishad where the judges had quoted from Ramayana and Kautilya, Ms. Jaisingh said, "It is ahistorical to suggest that there is continuity in political thought between the Vedas and the Constitution.
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