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INDIAN DEMOCRACY |
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Date-wise Events |
- 2013 MUZAFFARNAGAR
RIOTS
- August 27, 2013:
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This day was one of those unfortunate days, which
witnessed eruption of riots between two religious
communities at Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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September 17, 2013: The
riots ended on this day. The riots erupted on August
27, 2013, resulted in at least 62 deaths and injured
93 and left more than 50,000 displaced.
- INDISCIPLINE IN PARLIAMENT
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August 03, 2015:
- 25 Congress MPs
suspended for indiscipline. Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 Congress MPs for five days
for repeatedly disrupting the proceedings of the House. The
Speaker, after several warnings, “named” 25 Congress members who
were in the Well demanding the resignation of external affairs
minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje over the
Lalit Modi row and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan over
the Vyapam scam. Throughout the monsoon session, which was
entirely washed out without passing even a single bill, had been
a story of total indiscipline.
- August 13, 2015:
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The monsoon session
of the Rajya Sabha of the Indian Parliament
was entirely washed out today when it ended with no
business allowed to be conducted by the Congress
party which kept demanding the resignation of
certain Ministers of the BJP. Some regard this
development as the beginning of the end of democracy
in India.
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RESERVATION QUOTA - Protest by Patel
Community of Gujarat.
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August 25, 2015:
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The violence started on 25-8-2015 after a
massive rally of the Patel community.
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Hardik Patel, who is leading the stir, had
called for a state-wide bandh on 26-8-2015.
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Six people were killed in firing by police and
paramilitary forces, while two others died following
clashes.
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Meanwhile, several religious leaders, including
Morari Bapu and Pramukh Swami Maharaj of the
Swaminaryan sect, have issued appeals for peace.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace
and emphasised that all the issues can be resolved
through talks. "I appeal to all brothers and sisters
of Gujarat that they should not resort to violence.
The only 'Mantra' must be 'Shanti'," said Modi.
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Incidentally, Patel community is known to be
one of the richest communities of India.
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OFFICE OF PROFIT TO MLAs:
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September 08, 2016:
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In a huge setback to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
in Delhi, its order appointing 21 lawmakers as
parliamentary secretaries has been set aside by the
high court. If the Election Commission decides that
the appointments were illegal, the lawmakers will
stand disqualified, making an election necessary in
Delhi.
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Mar 23, 2018:
The Delhi high court had set aside the Election
Commission’s disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding
office-of-profit. It remanded the matter back to the
Election Commission to first decide the “all important
and seminal issue; what is meant by the expression
‘office of profit held under the government’.” The court
told the poll panel to then “re-examine the factual
matrix to decide whether the petitioners (MLAs) had
incurred disqualification on appointment as
Parliamentary Secretaries, without being influenced by
the earlier order or observations on the said aspect in
this order”.
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Jul 24, 2018:
Delhi high court referred to a larger bench a
petition filed by some Aam Aadmi Party MLAs challenging
an Election Commission (EC) decision disallowing them to
cross-examine Prashant Patel, the petitioner who had
accused them of holding ‘office-of-profit’ upon their
appointment as parliamentary secretaries by the Arvind
Kejriwal government.
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