Communal Violence Bill is a travesty of democracy

Like any legislation, the proposed Communal Violence (Prevention) Bill 2011 must be judged by two things. First, the intent behind the formulation of such a law and second, the justification of intent. Conceived by the Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council (NAC), the bill’s original draft divided India’s population into two categories: the “Group” and “Others”. “Group” was defined as members of minority communities, SCs and STs, with the rest of the population clubbed as “Others”. 

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