"A single-judge bench of the Karnataka high court said it does not behove schools to teach children to criticise government policies or insult constitutional functionaries for taking particular policy decisions." The Wire. "The Karnataka High Court has said abusive words used against the Prime Minister was derogatory and irresponsible but it does not constitute sedition, while quashing a case of sedition against a school management." Strange that, "The Gujarat high court has dismissed opposition leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case. Mr Gandhi was sentenced to two years in jail for his comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname at an election rally. He was disqualified as an MP following his sentencing." BBC. What about frogs, snakes and monkeys? Are they derogatory and irresponsible, or criminal defamation? "You (the opposition) will sit on the same tree...there are frogs, snakes and monkeys too because there is flood water below. There is such a flood of support and popularity of Modi ji that all of them are trying to climb a tree," said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan. What about 'creepy, crawly'? Is that derogatory or defamation? In response to India's objection to a float "marking the 39th anniversary of Operation Blue Star, depicted a tableau of assassinated former prime minister Indira Gandhi with blood on her clothes," Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau said, "We have an extremely diverse country and freedom of expression is something that we value, but we will always make sure that we are pushing back against violence and extremism in all its form." NDTV. India condemned Trudeau's support of "freedom of expression" as 'vote bank politics'. BT. We should know. After all, 'vote bank politics' was born right here in India. Sikhs in London distributed sweets the day Mrs Gandhi was shot. quora. At that time, the UK government's position was that celebrating someone's killing was in very bad taste but was not a crime. India's first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel accused the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) of distributing sweets when Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse who was a member of the RSS. Logically. In November 2022, Chief of RSS Mohan Bhagwat said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a swayamsewak and pracharak, and even today he is working as a pracharak." India.com. 'Pracharak' means a 'publicist', 'the promoter of a cause or idea tries to make it popular'. Collins. Modi never forgets to remind us about the "dark days of Emergency" under Mrs Indira Gandhi and said, "I pay homage to all those courageous people who resisted the Emergency and worked to strengthen our democracy." NDTV. Pity, courageous people like Telugu journalist Thulasi Chandu are threatened with murder these days. The Wire. Democracy without freedom of expression. Only prachar.
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