SEDITION AND ITS CRIMINALIZATION
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One of the integral parts of democracy is dissent. But today if one exercises this constitutional right, he is pigeonholed as an anti- national or is labelled as a criminal. Section 124-A which defines sedition, was incorporated into the Indian Penal Code in 1870. Since then, it has been preserved and has become popular within the past few years. This law has been made to punish those people whose actions threaten the security of the government. Tracing down the history, Mahatma Gandhi was charged with sedition i.e. for spreading and inciting disaffection against the British Government. Back then, it was intended to suppress and repress all those who pointed out the exploitative and illegitimate colonial administration of the government. In February 2016, students of JNU were taken into custody when it was alleged that they raised anti- national slogans in the JNU campus. Also, Hardik Patel was charged with sedition for demanding reservation for Patidars in Gujarat. The scenario is still alike today. This law has always been used to shut people up who come up with the reality. The fact that the state was of British then and of Indians now, does not matter. What matters is whether the laws are implemented in the right way or not.
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