In November 1998, the then-President of India K.R. Narayanan noted on a file seeking his assent for the appointment of four Supreme Court judges: “It would be consonant with constitutional principles and the nation’s social objectives if persons belonging to weaker sections of society like SCs and STs…are given due consideration. Eligible persons from these categories are available and their under-representation or non-representation would not be justifiable.”
In the recent years, On May 16, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced to make Bengali language compulsory in all schools from Class I to Class IX, including private English-medium schools, of the state.
“If the student chooses Bengali, Hindi, English, Urdu , Gurmukhi, Nepali, Alchiki as a first language, he/she may opt for two other languages of their choice. One of the three languages would have to be Bengali. The two other choices are completely dependent on what the student chooses. This method would enable them to reach regional, national and international standards,” she wrote in her Facebook post.
Bengal respects all languages and languages of all States. Our three language formula shows how we really do…India…
Posted by Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Even though most schools in the state had provisions for teaching language, Bengali as one of the three languages was not mandatory.The government’s move had far-reaching political and social implications than Ms Banerjee could comprehend.
As people of the proposed state of Gorkhaland in the Darjeeling hills officially speak Nepali, the state government’s decision was met with massive hostilityAs the protests in the hill district turned violent, the West Bengal government responded with asking the Centre to deploy the army to bring law and order in the region. The police fired tear gas shells and lathi charged the protesting crowd who tried to break barricades and hurled bricks at the copsCM Banerjee also called for CRPF personnel, including two-all women force. The CRPF on Monday said that the situation is slowly coming under control even as Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in some areas, and 600 additional paramilitary forces were stationed in the district on Wednesday. The section 144 feels like a disrespect to people in the incident of The Jallianwala Bagh , that took place on 13 April 1919 as the same section 144 was used by the British Raj and even after so many years with so many law minister and being the biggest democracy country of the world our government couldn’t stop the practice of using section 144 with the protesters it seems the government forgets that section 144 breaks the article 19 of our constitution that’s seems like when it come to the government it can break any constitution of India it would be better to re write the article 19 by mentioning that the government and the politicians are exceptions and has every right to break any constitution of India.
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