Amartya Sen.
Nobel Laureate Dr. Commenting on the Lok Sabha election results, Amartya Sen termed it as a blow to the Hindutva brand of politics. At the same time, the implementation of the Indian Penal Code (BNS) in place of the Indian Penal Code has been rejected. He said these laws have been implemented without discussion. This needed to be discussed further.
Commenting on the results of the Lok Sabha elections in Santiniketan, West Bengal, Amartya Sen said that the citizens of India have rejected the Hindu Rashtra ideology of the BJP. He said that the election results show that this kind of (Hindutva) politics has failed to some extent. The economist said that the main reason behind unemployment in the country is neglect of education and health sector.
Let us tell you that almost every year a debate is organized by Pratichi Trust. This time the topic of discussion was ‘Why Go to School: A Simple Lesson in Cooperation’. Pratichi Trust President Amartya made this comment while participating in it on Saturday.
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The Hindutva brand of politics is under control
He said that we need to know that there is no difference between Hindu and Muslim children. So India has stopped the ideology of Hindutva in the country’s Lok Sabha elections. Amartya Sen attacked the BJP by raising the issue of Faizabad Lok Sabha results. He said that he could not accept that a secular party candidate had won where big temples were built.
Earlier, Amartya Sen had criticized many decisions of the Modi government, including demonetisation. Amartya Sen also spoke about the country’s unemployment problem and criticized the economic infrastructure.
More discussion is needed on BNS
Amartya Sen said that he did not consider the Indian Penal Code (BNS) to be a “welcome change” to the IPC as it was done without extensive discussion involving all stakeholders. A wide debate is needed before making new laws.
He said there was no evidence of such extensive discussions with all stakeholders before its implementation. Also, the problems of a state like Manipur and another state like Madhya Pradesh cannot be the same in this vast country.
He said that any move to bring such a change with the help of the majority without discussion with all the concerned parties cannot be called a welcome change, it is a good change, which I think is a good sign. He said that he did not find anything unique in the ‘New Education Policy, 2020’. There is not much innovation in this.
