Agartala, Aug 01, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala Aug 1: Human rights are an integral part of the Indian constitution and ruling parties often indulge in violating human rights – the imposition of emergency and Sedition Law are just a few such instances. Protests and resistance are keys to saving the human rights and Indian constitution, opined speakers at a seminar titled ‘Human Rights and Indian Constitution’ organized by the All India Lawyers Union in Agartala.
Among others, Former Supreme Court Judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly and CPM MP Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharjee highlighted the importance of safeguarding human rights. The seminar was held on Sunday.
“The constitution cannot be saved without ensuring human rights. Economic justice is one of the main ingredients of human rights in the Indian Constitution. Under the BJP regime, economic disparity is widening rapidly. The country is moving in the opposite direction of the eradication of the economic disparity. BJP government is allowing capitalists in a big way which is against the concept of economic justice and equality”, Ganguly said and added that however, without economic equality, these would remain elusive.
In his speech, Ashok Kumar Ganguly detailed the history of the formation of the Indian Constitution and said the Constituency ceases to exist without human rights.
He continued and said, The Constitution is not a bunch of laws but it determines the limit up to which a law could go. The rights acquired by people have been mentioned as fundamental rights in the constitution. In this connection, he referred to the imposition of emergency during the 70s and the application of Sedition Law in free India.
Echoing the same, Bikash Ranjan cited several instances of violation of human rights in Tripura and other parts of the country and he appealed for a democratic movement to uphold and safeguard the human rights of the people.
He also said the present dispensation is more concerned about what people eat, wear and do in their private spaces.
Summing it up, the speakers in the seminar opined people need to launch democratic movements to save and uphold the essence of the Indian Constitution – human rights.