The Quest for Equality and Justice: Status of Muslims & Christians in Contemporary India-Apoorvanand

The Quest for Equality and Justice: Status of Muslims & Christians in Contemporary India
September 14, 2024 | 3:00-7:00 pm
Jawahar Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-110001
The Constitution of India enshrines fundamental rights, including equality before the law, equal protection of the law, and prohibition of discrimination based on religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth. Additionally, it guarantees freedom to profess, practice, and propagate any religion, as well as freedom of religious instruction and worship. However, these constitutional values are under siege.
In recent years, India's democracy and Constitution have faced an unprecedented crisis. Democratic institutions have collapsed, and the independence of the judiciary and oversight bodies has been severely compromised. The functioning of Parliament has been gravely impaired. The government has institutionalized corruption and lack of transparency in election funding through the Electoral Bonds system, allowing corporations to secretly divert black money to the ruling party's coffers. The dilution of the Right to Information Act has undermined citizens' fundamental democratic right to question the government and hold it accountable.
Neo-liberal economic policies and growing crony capitalism have adversely impacted women in general, but especially those who belong to the Dalit, Adivasi and other marginalized communities. Their fragile economic base has been devastated.
Attacks on minorities have created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity, with Muslims and Christians facing targeted discrimination. The country has witnessed a systematic attempt to spread communal hatred and divide people along religious lines. This communal agenda is being implemented with vengeance, resulting in large-scale violence, such as in Manipur, and daily attacks on individuals, groups, and residential colonies of minorities. Lynching, killing, and demolishing houses, localities, mosques, and churches have become commonplace. Members of minority communities are being implicated in false cases, tortured, arrested, and languishing in jails without trial.
The criminal justice system in India has virtually collapsed, particularly with regards to minority rights, especially for Muslims and Christians. There has been a steady deterioration in the rule of law with alarming cases of police excesses, including custodial deaths.
To address this crisis, Anhad, in collaboration with United Christian Forum, organised a convention titled "The Quest for Equality and Justice: Status of Muslims & Christians in Contemporary India" on September 14, 2024, from 3-7 pm at Jawahar Bhawan, New Delhi. The convention aimed to take stock of the situation and plan future strategies to safeguard secular values.

[@ayyubchaudhary7233]

Thoughtful❤🎉

[@Ninja.9777]

hahaaha kya jokes marr rahe hai. VICTIM cards play kar rahe ho. Hindus are getting attacked everyday and you sicular keep MUM on this. All eyes on brangladeshi HINDUS

[@faiyazahmad1496]

WHERE, who is attacking who. Give you can, so that i can change my perspective about all this.

[@indianpoliticalvideo7430]

​Was there no attack on Ganesh Celebrations? Literally in every festival of Hindus the so called peacefuls have disturbing role to play. ​@@faiyazahmad1496

[@sumitavabiswas7049]

I truly wanted to believe that you are a professor, but your words were that of an extremely well educated party cadre! Fascism stopped by people??? 🤣🤣🤣 If an incumbent fascism is stopped by the electorate, then was it really fascism at the first place???

[@positiveali9214]

I changed my diet and saved myself from impending obesity. If I could cure myself, was I ever ill?