Source: “Eminent Parliamentarians Monograph Series – Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee” – Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi, 1990 Prof. Bal Raj Madhok, a former Member of Parliament, was a close associate of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Hailing from Skardu, he was instrumental in launching the Jammu Praja Parishad in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir for representing the […]Read More
Continuing our series on the speeches made against the Places of Worship Act at the time of its introduction in the Parliament, we will now look at the final speech made against the act by Parbani MP Shri Ashok Anandrao Deshmukh. Shri Ashok Anandrao Deshmukh was a well known leader of Shiv Sena from the […]Read More
It is the duty of the Muslim nationalist leaders to inaugurate and carry on an extensive propaganda to destroy this notion and to impress on the minds of their co-religionists the truth that Hindus are not Kafirs, and that even on the occasion of fights and quarrels, their temples, their women, and their property are inviolable and unassailable.Read More
Source: “Eminent Parliamentarians Monograph Series – Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee” – Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi, 1990 I have discussed this matter with many people who represent this point of view and others who are not orthodox. Somehow, the country is divided today. How to proceed in the matter? As I said, it is not […]Read More
As a continuation of our series on the speeches made against the Places of Worship Act at the time of its introduction in the Parliament, the speech made by Varanasi MP Shri Shreesh Chandra Dikshit is shared here. Shri Shreesh Chandra Dikshit was a retired IPS officer who joined politics in 1984. He also became […]Read More
I want that we should go on the path of progress and make reforms in our social structure. But, we will do it in such a way that we can carry the bulk of the people with us not carry them by force in this House or carry them by threads of sweeping agitation outsideRead More
Continuing our series on the speeches made against the Places of Worship Act at the time of its introduction in the Parliament, the speech made by Pali MP Shri Guman Mal Lodha is shared here. Shri Guman Mal Lodha was a freedom fighter who rose up the ranks in active politics during the 1960s. He […]Read More
It is said that we are a secular State. How far is it desirable for Parliament to pass a law which will be applicable to only one section of the community?Read More
The Places of Worship Act, 1991 – prohibits conversion of any place of worship and provides for the maintenance of its religious character as it existed on 15th August 1947. As per this act, if a mosque stood at a place as on 15th August 1947, then that mosque shall remain so irrespective of its […]Read More
Ever since the Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019, the country has seen various protests opposing a humanitarian act which was passed with the motive of providing refuge to persecuted minorities from our neighbouring Islamic countries. Ironically, neither those protesting against the legislation nor the spokespersons of […]Read More
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