Sushil Manav

Journalist @ ThePrint/ Author of Beyond Dynasties: BJP’s Transformational Surge in Haryana and Other States. Ex-The Tribune, TOI & Millennium Post

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Delighted to announce my debut book, Beyond Dynasties: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Transformative Surge in Haryana and Other North Indian States — a deep dive into how the BJP reshaped Haryana’s politics and altered North India’s power matrix.

From the era of fractured mandates to three consecutive majorities (2014, 2019, 2024), this book traces the churn beyond family strongholds — into ideology, governance, caste shifts and aspiration-driven politics.

Grateful to everyone who shaped this journey.

The Book is now available on Amazon @ https://t.co/6p8pwKIAJm

#BeyondDynasties #BookLaunch #HaryanaPolitics #BJP #NorthIndia #IndianPolitics #PoliticalAnalysis #NewRelease #SushilManav

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कानून सबके लिए समान होना चाहिए। पुरुष, महिला या ट्रांसजेंडर — किसी भी पीड़ित को सुरक्षा मिलनी चाहिए। इस मामले पर चर्चा होनी चाहिए।
#StopCustodialViolence #PoliceAccountability #BNSReform

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हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, FIR में सिर्फ ‘साधारण चोट’ —BNS की खामी उजागर https://t.co/WIaMVOAeX7 via @ThePrintHindi
#HaryanaPolice #CustodialSexualAssault #BNS #JusticeDelayed #HumanRights #LawAndOrder #StopPoliceBrutality

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Tweet 3/4यह सिर्फ एक केस नहीं, बल्कि कानूनी खालीपन और संस्थागत विफलता है। पीड़ित को न्याय मिलना चाहिए। दिल्ली हाईकोर्ट में भी इस मुद्दे पर PIL लंबित है। केंद्र सरकार को तुरंत संशोधन करना चाहिए।
#JusticeForVictim #HumanRights

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हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, FIR में सिर्फ ‘साधारण चोट’ —BNS की खामी उजागर https://t.co/WIaMVOAeX7 via @ThePrintHindi
#HaryanaPolice #CustodialSexualAssault #BNS #JusticeDelayed #HumanRights #LawAndOrder #StopPoliceBrutality

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Tweet 2/4BNS में IPC की धारा 377 को बिना विकल्प के हटा दिया गया। अब वयस्क पुरुष पीड़ितों के लिए यौन उत्पीड़न का कोई स्पष्ट कानूनी प्रावधान नहीं। संसदीय समिति ने इस कमी की पहले ही चेतावनी दी थी, लेकिन सरकार ने अनदेखा कर दिया।
#BNSFlaw #LegalReform

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हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, FIR में सिर्फ ‘साधारण चोट’ —BNS की खामी उजागर https://t.co/WIaMVOAeX7 via @ThePrintHindi
#HaryanaPolice #CustodialSexualAssault #BNS #JusticeDelayed #HumanRights #LawAndOrder #StopPoliceBrutality

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Twitter (X) Thread (Hindi):
Tweet 1/4हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का गंभीर आरोप! कुरुक्षेत्र के बोन कैंसर पीड़ित युवक ने दो पुलिसवालों और एक होमगार्ड पर थाने के अंदर अप्राकृतिक यौन संबंध का आरोप लगाया। लेकिन FIR में सिर्फ BNS धारा 114 (साधारण चोट) दर्ज की गई।
#HaryanaPolice #CustodialAssault

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हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, FIR में सिर्फ ‘साधारण चोट’ —BNS की खामी उजागर https://t.co/WIaMVOAeX7 via @ThePrintHindi
#HaryanaPolice #CustodialSexualAssault #BNS #JusticeDelayed #HumanRights #LawAndOrder #StopPoliceBrutality

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हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, FIR में सिर्फ ‘साधारण चोट’ —BNS की खामी उजागर https://t.co/WIaMVOAeX7 via @ThePrintHindi
#HaryanaPolice #CustodialSexualAssault #BNS #JusticeDelayed #HumanRights #LawAndOrder #StopPoliceBrutality

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हरियाणा पुलिस पर हिरासत में यौन उत्पीड़न का आरोप, FIR में सिर्फ ‘साधारण चोट’ —BNS की खामी उजागर

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10/10
The Kurukshetra case has put a name and a face to a legislative gap that lawyers and lawmakers flagged two years ago.
Parliament created this void. Parliament must fix it.
Full report in @ThePrintIndia 👇
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O
#BNS #Section377 #Haryana #CustodialViolence #LegalReform #HumanRights

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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9/10
Retired IPS officer and lawyer Rajbir Deswal told me: custodial sexual abuse is not merely an individual crime — it is institutional failure.
He called for extending D.K. Basu guidelines beyond policing to every institution where a person is held in custody.
#DKBasu #PoliceReform

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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8/10
A Delhi High Court PIL challenging the omission has been pending since August 2024.
The Centre's position: courts cannot direct Parliament to enact a particular law.
As of this February, the Centre had yet to file a substantive response.
#DelhiHighCourt #ConstitutionalRights

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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7/10
Criminal lawyer P.K. Sandhir, Hisar, told me:
"A boy under 18 sexually assaulted is covered under POCSO. For a man over 18, the law is silent. Two victims of the same crime treated differently on the basis of age alone. Criminal law has become discriminatory."
#POCSO #Justice

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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7/10
Criminal lawyer P.K. Sandhir, Hisar, told me:
"A boy under 18 sexually assaulted is covered under POCSO. For a man over 18, the law is silent. Two victims of the same crime treated differently on the basis of age alone. Criminal law has become discriminatory."
#POCSO #Justice

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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6/10
Inside the House, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi asked: have male and transgender victims been thought of?
His remarks were met with ridicule.
The law passed without addressing the concern.
#TransgenderRights #LGBTQ #India

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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5/10
Parliament was explicitly warned.
The Standing Committee on Home Affairs — chaired by BJP's Brij Lal — recommended retaining Section 377 for non-consensual cases when examining the BNS draft.
The government did not accept the recommendation.
#Parliament #LawAndPolicy

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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4/10
Rape under the BNS is defined solely in relation to a female victim.
An adult male who is sexually assaulted today has no specific legal name for what was done to him. No sexual offence charge. No corresponding punishment.
#GenderNeutralLaw #HumanRights

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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3/10
When the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita replaced the IPC on 1 July 2024, Section 377 was dropped entirely.
Section 377 covered non-consensual carnal intercourse against the order of nature — against men, women, and animals alike.
Nothing was put in its place.
#BharatiyaNyayaSanhita #LegalReform

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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2/10
The DSP investigating the case told me directly: even if the allegation of sodomy is proved, there is no penal provision available under the new laws to act on it.
This is not police reluctance. It is a statutory vacuum.
#CustodialViolence #CriminalLaw

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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X THREAD
1/10
A bone cancer patient in Kurukshetra alleges he was sodomised by 2 cops and a home guard inside a police station. The FIR registered? Simple "hurt." Maximum sentence: 1 year. Fine: Rs 10,000. No arrest without warrant.
Here's why this is bigger than one case. 🧵
#Haryana #BNS #Section377

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot
#Haryana #HaryanaPolice #custodialTorture #SexualAssault #IPC #BNS @AmitShah @NayabSainiBJP @cmohry @DGPPunjabPolice @police_haryana @KKR_POLICE @Exposer010101
https://t.co/cK23eiGy3O via @theprintindia

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Haryana cops accused of custodial sodomy but FIR only for simple hurt: The BNS blind spot

Sushil Manav @sushilmanav reports for ThePrint

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6/6
The ruling matters beyond one family.
Across India, charitable, religious & educational trusts turn into battlegrounds after the founder dies.
The HC's message: trusteeship is a duty, not inheritable family wealth. You have to be APPOINTED — you can't just claim it.
🔗 https://t.co/hk5cDWfFFk
#ThePrint #HighCourt #FamilyTrusts #Haryana #Judiciary #LegalNews

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Family trust wars: Punjab & Haryana HC says you can’t inherit a trusteeship, you have to be appointed
#PunjabAndHaryanaHighCourt #TrustLaw #Judiciary #Haryana #Faridabad #ThePrint #LegalNews #FamilyTrusts #HighCourt
https://t.co/9rFPLExDJB via @theprintindia