Re: [IAC#RG] Sandhiv Pragya Singh Thakur

Supreme Court rejected the bail application of Pragya Singh in September 2012.

If there's no bail, fast track hearing should be allowed.

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On 12-Mar-2013, at 10:39, Anamika R <anamikaiac@gmail.com> wrote:

> Corruption is not only about its existence but its absence as well.
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> Corruption is not only in terms of notes, it is also in terms of trade offs of lives, exploitation, morals, scruples, values, support systems, and others.
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> If there is someone who doesn't make a difference to the vote bank or to the media, is fighting for her life and is in great danger, it's a trade off of human values and our tradition.
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> It is this corrupt crumbling of the society ethos that leads to corruption of 'notes'.
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> We need to address such issues as well.
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> On 12-Mar-2013, at 10:17, Vidyut Kale <wide.aware@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Highly encourage people to rise above the trap of thinking with a lens of religion to see the larger picture. What is sold to Muslims as special treatment to Hindus and to Hindus as special treatment to Muslims is consistent in one way - the extremists, hate mongerers and assorted nut jobs of both enjoy free rein. The sarkar only punishes those who will not retaliate. It isn't about religion. It is about what sarkar can get away with.
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>> There far more Muslims rotting in prisons on false cases, their lives ruined. There is a fairly well established "default" of arresting "suspicious Muslims" and interrogating them whenever something happens - guilty or not. This is something right wing extremists will not publicize, because it does not suit their agendas for the masses to realize that the victimization is NOT along lines of religion, but power, because most of the guys spreading the discontent are themselves "above law".
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>> Similarly, I don't know if Pragya Singh Thakur is guilty or innocent. The bike is not the only thing against her) and nor are her supporters so much without voice that her innocence would go unheard. Similarly BJP might ignore her, but if she were completely innocent, they would most certainly exploit her as a Hindu icon victimized by the state. However, her abandonment by BJP is less to do with her religion and more about her not having any strategic value - she is neither the spotless victim nor the powerful vote jockey. Remember, you had BJP stalwarts protesting when Babu Bajrangi got thrashed in jail, so I'm not going to believe it is an overdose of morals that is responsible for her abandonment. There are reasons why an accused is not defended while a convicted, confessed and proud killer not only escapes a death sentense, but commands covert fans from beyond the walls.
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>> It wasn't about human rights either. BJP conveniently defends or violates rights with unapologetic switching in the name of strategy. Human rights did not lead to any significant caring for victims of the riots by the BJP - for example.
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>> And no, this isn't about the Gujarat riots, only an example of comparative morality. The BJP silence is among the biggest proofs of Pragya's lack of threat to security - if not innocence.
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>> All that said, I fail to see how this is IAC business in terms of taking it up. This isn't corruption unless we are expanding the reach of the definition drastically to include grey areas in ethics.
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>> Vidyut
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