Well I wasn't going to comment on this - but let me be honest and up front. Legislation on the lines of POTA is an unfortunate necessity for India. I support the move.
shiv On Mon October 16 2006 7:23 am, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > > This has depressed me on what I thought would be a lazy Sunday morning: > > > > http://www.indianexpress.com/story/14724.html > > Does anybody at all remember what the provisions of the Rowlatt Act were > .. 'na vakil, na appeal, na dalil': arrests without warrant, and then > "no lawyer, no appeal, no defense in court" > > So when the british introduced the Rowlatt Act in the early 1900s, it > was legitimate grounds for launching a nationwide struggle against it, > as all the history books say. > > When the US sets up a Gitmo Bay, you get loud protests from a whole lot > of people, including foreign politicians (from the UK and EU) > > And when a free, democractic india decides to do it? What a shame .. > > suresh
