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Hiren Gohain
Protests Vs Law: What is the Future of India’s Parliamentary Democracy?
04 Oct 2020
Protesting is part of the fundamental right to freedom of expression in a democracy and something equally important has to be invoked to tilt the scales against it.
Ronak Chhabra
Labour Experts Dismiss Modi’s ‘Boost to Economy’ Brouhaha Over Codes
29 Sep 2020
Reforms in labour laws will not create jobs, if at all, the conditions of employment will be a “disaster”, they say.
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Amid Boycott by Opposition, Parliament Passes Three Contentious Labour Bills by Voice Vote
23 Sep 2020
The move, however, has been criticised by academics and trade unions alike. The unions have called the Bills an attempt to further a “pro-capitalist” agenda and have united in protest. Workers unions…
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Ruckus in Rajya Sabha Means Trust Breakdown Between Government and Opposition
22 Sep 2020
What happened in the Upper House of Parliament on September 20 was unusual and unprecedented.
Ronak Chhabra
Will the Labour Code Bills Take Us Back to the 19th Century?
22 Sep 2020
Experts explain how workers will be stripped of their hard-fought protections; union leaders question the sanctity of tripartite consultations.
PTI
3 Labour Bills Tabled in Lok Sabha, Cong, Left Oppose ‘Changed Versions’
19 Sep 2020
Congress demanded withdrawal of new Bills, while the Left wanted these to be sent to standing committee.
Rosamma Thomas
New Manual Scavenging Bill Stresses on Technology, Ignores Caste
19 Sep 2020
Nearly all sanitation work in India is done by workers from dalit castes and yet the new Bill, set to be tabled in Parliament, evades any reference to lives and demands of sanitation workers.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19: After Govt Says no Data on Dead Docs, IMA Releases List of 382, Seeks ‘Martyr’ Status
17 Sep 2020
A day earlier, Opposition had flayed Modi government for not maintaining data on migrant worker deaths thereby denying any compensation.
PTI
Opposition Leaders Step up Attack on Modi Govt on ‘No Question Hour'
03 Sep 2020
Attempt to “throttle” democracy, says Congress, ahead of Monsoon session of Parlaiment.
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Opposition Reacts to Centre Suspending Question Hour in Monsoon Session, Says it Exposes ‘Autocratic Mindset’
02 Sep 2020
Taking to Twitter, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that it was an example of how “strongmen leaders would use the excuse of the pandemic to stifle democracy and dissent”.