Party leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters the changes prescribed by the proposed laws, introduced by Home Minister Amit Shah, were long overdue.
Complimenting PM Modi and Shah for the bills, sent to parliamentary standing committee for scrutiny, Prasad lauded the proposed legislations’ thrust on the use of technology, prioritising women safety, defining organised crimes and measures to ensure speedy justice. They remove the colonial legacy and are in tune with current realities of India, he said, noting provisions for in-absentia trials will ensure fugitives like Dawood Ibrahim can be tried.
Recolonisation in the name of decolonisation! The audacious attempt by the Union BJP government to tamper with the essence of India’s diversity through a sweeping overhaul — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill — reeks of linguistic imperialism.
—MK STALIN, Tamil Nadu CM
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