Seeking accountability, encouraging dialogue, and peaceful protests are hallmarks of a healthy democracy. But when peaceful protesters, seeking accountability are met with force and dissent is suppressed, it signals authoritarianism.
Whether it is the forcible removal of Sonam Wangchuk from Delhi's Jantar Mantar during his indefinite hunger strike demanding accountability over the NEET paper leak, the dismantling of a 15-day protest by Gond and Kol Adivasis in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, who are facing displacement and were demanding fair rehabilitation, adequate compensation, protection of their land rights in the Ken–Betwa River Project, or the use of police force and lathi-charge against students protesting today, these incidents highlight the authoritarianism, silencing voices, dissent, and critical questions.
In his speech to the Constituent Assembly on November 25, 1949, Dr. Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar warned that democracy requires constitutional methods for achieving social and political change. He cautioned against abandoning these methods in favour of extra-constitutional means, while also making clear that democratic institutions must remain responsive to the voices and grievances of citizens. A Constitution, in his view, could only succeed when those entrusted with power respected its spirit and not merely its written provisions.
Babasaheb also emphasised that political democracy cannot survive without the values of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The right to question authority, demand accountability, and peacefully express disagreement is central to preserving these values. For him, democracy was not only about majority rule; it was about ensuring that power remained accountable and that citizens retained the ability to challenge injustice.
A democracy is ultimately tested not by how it treats agreement, but by how it responds to disagreement!
Suppression of dissent has not worked well for those in power in the long run. Successive Congress governments, and now the BJP government have all restricted voices of opposition and curb dissent like the British Raj.
History shows that silencing questions and suppressing democratic expression does not strengthen authority; it only deepens public resistance and ultimately weakens those who attempt to impose authoritarian practices within a democracy.
मुंबई पोलीस मुख्यालयात दर मंगळवारी दुपारी ३.३० वाजता आपल्या तक्रारी, प्रश्न आणि चिंतांचे निरसन करण्यासाठी आपण माझी प्रत्यक्ष भेट घेऊ शकता.
यासाठी कोणतीही पूर्वपरवानगी घेण्याची आवश्यकता नसून आपल्या शंका आणि समस्यांचे निराकरण करणे, सूचना जाणून घेणे यास प्राधान्य आहे.
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Great sir ❤️❤️❤️
If you would not have taken steps for justice, then Somnath's custodial death was already interpreted as a a heart attack by the state government , was not easy but u did it sir great appreciate ❤️❤️❤️
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@Prksh_Ambedkar Great sir ❤️❤️❤️
If you would not have taken steps for justice, then Somnath's custodial death was already interpreted as a a heart attack by the state government , was not easy but u did it sir great appreciate ❤️❤️❤️
We are always with you
@Prksh_Ambedkar Great sir ❤️❤️❤️
If you would not have taken steps for justice, then Somnath's custodial death was already interpreted as a a heart attack by the state government , was not easy but u did it sir great appreciate ❤️❤️❤️
We are always with you
@Prksh_Ambedkar Great sir ❤️❤️❤️
If you would not have taken steps for justice, then Somnath's custodial death was already interpreted as a a heart attack by the state government , was not easy but u did it sir great appreciate ❤️❤️❤️
We are always with you
Due to Collape of wall of KBK school, Titwala one students is deceased and many are under treatment. Hence Team @masuforjustice had given letter to Sr Pi Titwala rural to Register Criminal Case against Trustees and Principal Of KBK School, Baneli.
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दोन महिन्यांमध्ये ही तिसरी घटना आहे.
महानगरपालिकेचे शास्त्रीनगर डोंबिवलीच्या डॉक्टर्सवर सुद्धा गुन्हा नोंद झालेला आहे खासदार आमदार आपण लक्ष देणार आहोत की नाही, की या साठी आपल्या सर्वांच्या विरोधात जणांदोलन उभरावा लागेल?
@DrSEShinde@sulbhagaikwad7@KDMCOfficial
अख्या कल्याण डोंबिवली महानगर पालिका क्षेत्रात असे खडे जागो जागी केले आहेत, रस्ते खोदले आहेत, ट्रॅफिक, लोकांना त्रास होतं आहे, हे खडे पावसाळा चालू होण्याच्या आत तसेच रस्त्यांच काम महानगर पालिकेने आटपली पाहिजेत
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@AnandrjAmbedkar We were the eye witnesses of the protest..
It was most powerful protest against the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) act 1949... From Maharastra...
Great saheb👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻...
Thanks for the leadership you have taken for it...
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We are with you..