Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Bills, including the Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the\nFreedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill,\ntabled by Cabinet minister Shanti Dhariwal on July 30, were discussed Monday\nand subsequently passed by voice vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the discussion in the state Assembly on the Rajasthan Protection from Lynching anti-mob lynching Bills, Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria said that there already are sufficient provisions in the Indian Penal Code to penalise those who commit such offences. He said that the Bill defines two people as a mob, which goes against the definition of a mob, and accused the government of trying to please a particular community through the Bill. \u201cDon\u2019t push the state into a fire just to make a certain community happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore termed the Bill\na \u201cblack law, which will affect generations to come.\u201d He said that the proposed\nlaw doesn\u2019t consider \u201cbare minimum\u201d carefulness. \u201cIn its statement, the Bill\nsays that it was constituted following a Supreme Court judgement. However, the\nsaid judgement says that it is the Parliament which should create such a law\n(and thereby, not the state),\u201d Rathore said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also said that the Bill states that it has been made for \u201cvulnerable persons\u201d but doesn\u2019t define them, and that its provisions contradict the related IPC provisions. Former BJP minister Jogeshwar Garg \u201cthanked\u201d the Congress government for bringing the Bill, saying that the circumstances in the society were such that it was needed. He, however, said he was apprehensive about the anti-mob lynching Bills, saying that, for example, if he and his daughter run into an eve teaser on the road, and that person is caught and assaulted by locals, then he and his own daughter will also be punished, merely for resisting, since the Bill also holds accountable those who witness a lynching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transport Minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas made an\nimpassioned plea for the Bill, saying that his parents and family members get\ndisturbed at the visuals of lynchings which are flashed on television and how\nit shouldn\u2019t exist in a society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BJP MLA Abhinesh Maharshi said that, \u201cmaybe the government\u2019s intentions are good,\u201d but said the anti-mob lynching Bills are found wanting on several counts. Former Jaipur Mayor and now BJP MLA Ashok Lahoty said that, \u201cthe Bill is in favour of cow smugglers\u201d and that it is being brought in to \u201cbenefit a particular community and against the majority.\u201d BJP MLA Madan Dilawar too said that the Bill is being brought in \u201cto protect thieves, dacoits, smugglers and cow murderers.\u201d BJP MLA Avinash also said that it was being introduced for a \u201ccertain community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Congress leader and now an Independent MLA, Sanyam\nLodha, said that photos, messages and videos of assaults and lynching which do\nthe rounds on TV and social media, are unbearable to watch. He attacked the\nOpposition stating that \u201ca former Union minister in BJP garlanded mob lynchers\nin Jharkhand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Replying to the objections raised by the Opposition, Shanti\nDhariwal said that \u201cthe state which was known as the most peaceful state became\ninfamous for lynchings.\u201d He said that if the IPC and the CrPC were sufficient\nto deal with the said crimes, as suggested by some BJP leaders, then how come\nsuch crimes haven\u2019t stopped, and why did the SC need to ask the government \u201cto\ncreate a separate offence\u201d for lynching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Opposition\u2019s counter that the SC had asked the\nParliament to pass such a law, Dhariwal said that the Union government has\nevinced no interest in such a law and that the subject was part of the\nConcurrent List, hence the state can move ahead with such legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defending the definition of mob as two or more persons, he\nsaid that two people have the ability to grievously harm a third person, hence\nthey\u2019ve been defined as a mob, and that the proposed laws in Manipur and Uttar\nPradesh also defined mob as two or more persons. \u201cLynchings have a negative\nimpact on social harmony, hence we\u2019re bringing in a progressive law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker C P Joshi later adjourned the Assembly sine die.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Honour killing, anti-mob lynching Bills passed by Assembly of Rajasthan which make the, cognisable, non\u2013bailable and non-compoundable offences with life imprisonment and fine up to Rs 5 lakh. The bill to curb honour killing also has a provision of death penalty for the convict. Following \u201cmany\u201d such lynchings \u201cresulting in loss of livelihood, injuries and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":4478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[376,79],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-4477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-anti-mob-lynching-bills","tag-bill-acts-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4479,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477\/revisions\/4479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4477"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=4477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}