Friday, February 23, 2024

It's their choice.

"A farmer was killed and a few others injured on the Punjab-Haryana border as protesters resumed their 'Dilli Chalo' agitation, with Haryana Police firing tear gas shells to thwart attempts to breach barricades at Shambhu and Khanauri." "Farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa identified the victim as Subhkaran Singh (21)." DH. Farmer leaders demanded 'martyr' status for the deceased man and charges of murder against police officers for firing on protesters. They also demanded a postmortem examination by a 'board of doctors' to determine if the man was killed by a live bullet or a rubber bullet. TOI. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in power in Haryana in coalition with the Jannayak Janta Party. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is member of BJP. wikipedia. The same Mr Khattar was Chief Minister of Haryana on 25 August 2017 when at least 41 people were shot dead by police, 32 of them in Panchkula in Haryana, and more than 300 were injured as rioting broke out after religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted of rape. wikipedia. Since his conviction, Ram Rahim has been released four times on parole, the last being for 50 days in January 2024. "Since his conviction in 2017, the dera chief has spent 184 days outside the jail and will be in Baghpat for another 50 days, taking the count to 234 days." HT. He was seen cutting a cake with a sword and BJP leaders participated in his online religious discourse and interactive sessions. TIE. Mr Khattar is not the only BJP chief minister to preside over shooting Indians. In June 2017, "At least five farmers were killed and several injured in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district...when police fired on protesters demanding better prices in the drought-ravaged region that recorded a farm suicide every five hours in 2016-17." HT. Consuming poison is a painful and prolonged way to die, a bullet in the head is much more comfortable and quick. Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan of the BJP was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (MP) (wikipedia) when the farmers were euthanized. Mr Chauhan was also the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in 2013 during the Vyapam scam, in which candidates obtained high marks in examinations to recruit government officials and obtain seats in medical colleges, by bribing state officials. "The scam also led to between 23 and 40 'unnatural deaths' of involved individuals, though unofficial figures run well into more than 100 custodial deaths including the erstwhile MP Governor's son and deaths in staged road accidents." wikipedia. No one has even been charged, let alone convicted, for the largest culling since Independence. Hundreds of thousands of Indians are renouncing their citizenship. mea.gov.in. Euthanasia is allowed in other countries but active euthanasia is banned in India, even for the terminally ill. wikipedia. In other countries it's your choice. Here it's Theirs.  

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