The council claimed that the bar is the "voice of the common men" and asked the top court to defer the issue to parliament. But is the statutory body, led by BJP-member Manan Kumar Mishra, only acting as a pressure group on behalf of the government?
Since the BJP’s rise to power in 2019, Karnataka has been subject to the relentless imposition of RSS-BJP agendas which have ruptured its very identity, orientation, and social fabric
CPI Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Saturday urged all political parties, which are committed to democracy, to come together to resist and defeat the RSS-BJP game plan.
"Our job is to resist these forces, our job is to ensure that democracy in India is protected, our job is to raise the issues of people. We are doing that," Rahul Gandhi said.
Hindus outside the Hindi belt have always treated their gods and goddesses as part of the family. They tease them and also pray to them. Their gods and goddesses eat, drink and make merry, just like them. The RSS resents this human-divine proximity.