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CHENNAI
In the aftermath of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announcing a commission, headed by retired High Court Judge K.N. Basha, to urge the State authorities connected the projected measure against caste and honour-linked hatred crimes successful State Assembly connected Friday, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Villupuram MP D. Ravikumar and VCK Assembly level person and wide caput Sinthanai Selvan, connected Saturday said that the DMK authorities indispensable walk the instrumentality against caste and honour-linked hatred crimes successful the adjacent Assembly league earlier the State elections owed adjacent year.
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Ravikumar said that helium welcomed the committee to springiness its recommendations to the State authorities regarding the bill, but added that the committee has nary mandate arsenic connected contiguous to taxable a study wrong a specified timeframe. “I invited the announcement of the commission...such a committee whitethorn beryllium indispensable to person assorted sections of the nine and the stakeholders. However, the Commission should beryllium mandated to hole a measure wrong 3 months and the instrumentality should beryllium passed successful January adjacent year,” helium said.
Mr. Ravikumar said that a committee doesn’t request to sermon and deliberate the basics - the merits and demerits of passing the said law. “The National Law Commission has already fixed a draught instrumentality successful 2012 and the Supreme Court has fixed elaborate guidelines successful the Shakthi Vahini vs Union Government case. The VCK besides has fixed a measure to the State government. I anticipation that the K.N. Basha Commission is asked to hole a measure successful 3 months. A committee whitethorn beryllium indispensable to person each stakeholders...so I invited the commission.”
He further recalled respective commissions formed successful the past, which weren’t fruitful.
“We demanded a instrumentality to instrumentality reservations successful promotions...which adjacent the neighbouring States, including the BJP-ruled states, person already passed. But, lone a Commission was formed. Similarly, a Commission was formed during Kalaignar’s past tenure to look into the contented of Panchami lands. The Madras High Court successful 2015 asked the State authorities to signifier a sheet to look into Panchami lands. The AIADMK authorities had identified astir 2.5 lakh acres. Not adjacent 200 acres person been handed implicit yet,” helium said.
VCK Assembly level person Sinthanai Selvan said that helium welcomed Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s determination to signifier a committee aft stating successful the Assembly that a abstracted instrumentality was not indispensable to tackle this circumstantial hatred crime.
“It is invited that helium has changed his stance aft listening to respective progressive voices. He whitethorn person thought that a committee was indispensable to person each stakeholders. The VCK has been instrumental successful ensuring that the contented remains live aft the Chief Minister’s comments earlier. I americium precise hopeful that the instrumentality volition beryllium passed successful January,” helium said.
Human rights activists and governmental observers, who person been advocating for specified a law, expressed the anticipation that the State authorities volition not usage the Commission arsenic a ploy to further hold the contented until the elections portion adding that the DMK confederation could look a pushback from the Scheduled Caste communities if the instrumentality was not passed earlier the elections.
