Shah vs. Owaisi over Criminal Code Bills

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"The bills are a threat to civil liberties," said AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi as he took on Home Minister Amit Shah. Here's how Amit Shah defended the bills...

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00:00So this Modi government, by snatching away the powers of the judiciary, is becoming a judge-jury execution.

00:07I am surprised.

00:09There is a law in this country that prohibits terrorism.

00:13And a member of this honorable assembly,

00:16opposes it in the name of human rights?

00:19Sir, this is very dangerous.

00:31You have done a dangerous job.

00:35There will be no competition for terrorism.

00:37Civil liberties will be in danger.

00:39And the biggest thing in this, sir,

00:42in this you will notify someone, a terrorist.

00:46Why won't the court do it?

00:48How will the police notify a terrorist?

00:50Will you notify a terrorist to an organization?

00:53So this Modi government, by snatching away the powers of the judiciary,

00:57is becoming a judge-jury execution.

01:00I am surprised.

01:02There is a law in this country that prohibits terrorism.

01:06And a member of this honorable assembly,

01:09opposes it in the name of human rights?

01:12Why won't the court do it?

01:14Terrorism is the biggest violator of human rights.

01:18You brought back sedation.

01:21You didn't use the word sedation.

01:24For three to seven years,

01:26you gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court,

01:28that this provision will not be brought back.

01:30That is, any journalist,

01:32who writes investigative journalism,

01:34you will use it.

01:36And you will put it in jail and burn it.

01:39In Uttar Pradesh,

01:41in every gangster act,

01:43in every four seats,

01:45you are putting all these laws.

01:47And you will give permission to a police officer for all these laws?

01:50Instead of state treason,

01:52we have done country treason.

01:54Anyone can take over the government.

01:56Anyone has the right to do it.

01:58For this,

02:00in this country,

02:02no one will have to go to jail,

02:04even if it is our government.

02:06I keep explaining the difference.

02:08The OAC is laughing tax-wise.

02:12But,

02:13no one can speak against this country.

02:16No one can harm the interests of this country.

02:20We had to bring back those provisions,

02:22that the ministers and the police,

02:25who get this opportunity,

02:27to keep people in jail for years,

02:29no crime is proven against them.

02:32Today, in our beloved country, India,

02:35the most under-trials are Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis.

02:40Some people,

02:42with this new initiative,

02:44are trying to give their color.

02:46But,

02:47your color,

02:49your thinking,

02:50your thoughts,

02:52your vision,

02:53congratulations to you.

02:55We are the diseases that carry forward the spirit of constitution.

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