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Bull fighting (Jallikattu) back in TN
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If you are a jallikattu supporter, you should be blaming politicians more than the SC
Jallikattu is now at the brink of becoming a seasonal issue which props up every now and then.
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For instance, look at how the BJP has dealt with the issue. Since the SC banned the sport in 2014, jallikattu activists have been writing to the PMO and the Union Government asking for their intervention. In its earlier responses to the activists, the PMO clearly stated the SC order is final and that the state has to enforce the law, indicating that there is nothing the Centre can do. But as January approached, with increasing political pressure, BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu became the flag-bearers of Tamil culture and jallikattu.
Even the executive order on January 7 issued by the Centre is a half-hearted attempt. The ‘tradition and culture’ argument peddled in the gazette notification was clearly addressed in the SC verdict in 2014, and it is hard to believe that the ministers involved did not know that this would be struck down by the court without a moment's thought. Even now, why are bulls not being removed from the performing animals list, based on which the entire SC verdict is based? Their strategy was and remains simply to shift the blame, doesn’t matter whether the sport is actually conducted.
The same has to be said of the Dravidian parties, the self-proclaimed protectors of Tamil culture, even if the final solution to this is at the hands of the Centre. Why is it that MK Stalin and Jayalalithaa remember jallikattu only in December? It has been 18 months since the SC verdict, and the review petitions were not taken up. Did they not have enough time to mount a public campaign asking for bulls to be removed from the performing animal’s list? If the final solution to this was a change in law, why was the legislative process not initiated? Was there even a private bill presented in the Lok Sabha from an MP from Tamil Nadu in the 6 sessions since the SC verdict?
The rank hypocrisy in TN Congress chief EVKS Elangovan asking for Pon Radhakrishnan’s resignation for not delivering on jallikattu is annoying. If there is one party which can claim credit for banning jallikattu, it would be the Congress party, thanks to former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh.
See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...oliticians-more-sc-37642#sthash.TvdxFZ6w.dpuf
If you are a jallikattu supporter, you should be blaming politicians more than the SC
Jallikattu is now at the brink of becoming a seasonal issue which props up every now and then.
Excerpts:
For instance, look at how the BJP has dealt with the issue. Since the SC banned the sport in 2014, jallikattu activists have been writing to the PMO and the Union Government asking for their intervention. In its earlier responses to the activists, the PMO clearly stated the SC order is final and that the state has to enforce the law, indicating that there is nothing the Centre can do. But as January approached, with increasing political pressure, BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu became the flag-bearers of Tamil culture and jallikattu.
Even the executive order on January 7 issued by the Centre is a half-hearted attempt. The ‘tradition and culture’ argument peddled in the gazette notification was clearly addressed in the SC verdict in 2014, and it is hard to believe that the ministers involved did not know that this would be struck down by the court without a moment's thought. Even now, why are bulls not being removed from the performing animals list, based on which the entire SC verdict is based? Their strategy was and remains simply to shift the blame, doesn’t matter whether the sport is actually conducted.
The same has to be said of the Dravidian parties, the self-proclaimed protectors of Tamil culture, even if the final solution to this is at the hands of the Centre. Why is it that MK Stalin and Jayalalithaa remember jallikattu only in December? It has been 18 months since the SC verdict, and the review petitions were not taken up. Did they not have enough time to mount a public campaign asking for bulls to be removed from the performing animal’s list? If the final solution to this was a change in law, why was the legislative process not initiated? Was there even a private bill presented in the Lok Sabha from an MP from Tamil Nadu in the 6 sessions since the SC verdict?
The rank hypocrisy in TN Congress chief EVKS Elangovan asking for Pon Radhakrishnan’s resignation for not delivering on jallikattu is annoying. If there is one party which can claim credit for banning jallikattu, it would be the Congress party, thanks to former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh.
See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...oliticians-more-sc-37642#sthash.TvdxFZ6w.dpuf
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[h=3]Tamil Nadu can bring Jallikattu ordinance: Nirmala[/h]Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government can enact an ordinance to permit Jallikattu during Pongal festival and New Delhi will back it, Minister of State for Commerce Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday.
An apex court bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Justice N.V. Ramana declined to lift an earlier order that put on hold a central government notification allowing Jallikattu and bull races.
Speaking to reporters at Mamallapuram near here, Sitharaman said the central government cannot promulgate an ordinance in this connection as a case was pending in the court.
But the Tamil Nadu government could issue an ordinance and the central government would support it, she added.
Read more at: http://only24news.com/news?id=43100
An apex court bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Justice N.V. Ramana declined to lift an earlier order that put on hold a central government notification allowing Jallikattu and bull races.
Speaking to reporters at Mamallapuram near here, Sitharaman said the central government cannot promulgate an ordinance in this connection as a case was pending in the court.
But the Tamil Nadu government could issue an ordinance and the central government would support it, she added.
Read more at: http://only24news.com/news?id=43100
It is difficult to understand the legal issue quoted by Nirmala!
The issue is before the court and Central Government could not promulgate an ordinance; but Tamilnadu Government could do!!
It appears that TN Govt. need not take into cognizance of the case pending before the apex court!!!
The issue is before the court and Central Government could not promulgate an ordinance; but Tamilnadu Government could do!!
It appears that TN Govt. need not take into cognizance of the case pending before the apex court!!!
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means the central govt does not want go against supreme court....may be state can go its own way....generally jallikkattu
is local state issue....
Janaki Jambunathan
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This BJP's Game plan to enter TN electoral scene It is MGR style Jallikattu to tame the JJ bull! To force for an electoral alliance!
https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&r...zyBZSFytEsZ-RAQ2g&sig2=wS6RLzNawL6fq_ZZuuik3A
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How does law allow Bakrid but not Jallikattu, and is ‘religion’ the way out of the ban?
Several ways being suggested to nullify the ban, but will any of them work?
On our social media timelines, one of the most popular reactions to ban on jallikattu by the Supreme Court has been –why not ban lamb slaughter on Bakrid, is that not cruelty?
Let’s set aside arguments like minority rights and ‘way of life’ which seem hypocritical at best. What does the law say, and what is the rationale behind allowing one and not the other?
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act is the governing legislation when it comes to animal rights. The act gets into much detail on animal cruelty, and what’s allowed and what’s not. But there is a catch. Section 28 of the act says, “Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion: Nothing contained in this Act shall render it an offence to kill any animal in a manner required by the religion of any community.”Killing animals as a part of any religious practice is protected under the act.
See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...igion’-way-out-ban-37681#sthash.Sx3YDEct.dpuf
Several ways being suggested to nullify the ban, but will any of them work?
On our social media timelines, one of the most popular reactions to ban on jallikattu by the Supreme Court has been –why not ban lamb slaughter on Bakrid, is that not cruelty?
Let’s set aside arguments like minority rights and ‘way of life’ which seem hypocritical at best. What does the law say, and what is the rationale behind allowing one and not the other?
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act is the governing legislation when it comes to animal rights. The act gets into much detail on animal cruelty, and what’s allowed and what’s not. But there is a catch. Section 28 of the act says, “Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion: Nothing contained in this Act shall render it an offence to kill any animal in a manner required by the religion of any community.”Killing animals as a part of any religious practice is protected under the act.
See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/articl...igion’-way-out-ban-37681#sthash.Sx3YDEct.dpuf
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mkrishna100
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Today many Legal experts have said that Ordinance issued by TN Govt will not be effective . Best is to fight the case in the court when it comes for the next hearing .
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then pongal will be over....ppl will forget......again this issue may come in next pongal....
Andhra guys are openly defying the Court orders & have allowed cock fights! Police is hand & glove with the organizers!
http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...davari-District/2016/01/15/article3228399.ece
http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...davari-District/2016/01/15/article3228399.ece
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Elections, which are the lifeblood of democracy, reveal their negative side when politicians abandon ethical convictions for the sake of playing to the gallery. Pandering to the various predilections of the electorate ranging from the distribution of cash, clothes or liquor to appealing to their religious/sectarian instincts has been an unfortunate feature of Indian elections.
Tactics of this nature have sometimes proved successful as has been demonstrated by the BJP's use of the divisive Ram temple issue to move from the fringe of national politics to centre-stage.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's claim in the early stages of the temple agitation was that the judiciary had no right to interfere in matters of faith. The party's chief minister in Uttar Pradesh at the time, Kalyan Singh, courted arrest with a proud smile for having defied the Supreme Court's orders on protecting the Babri masjid, which was pulled down by a saffron mob in 1992 to make way for the proposed temple.
A similar show of defiance can be seen in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's call to the centre to promulgate an ordinance to negate the Supreme Court's ban on the jallikattu programme which involves taming bulls.
In response to the petitions of animal rights activists, a judicial ban on the practice has been in force for four years. But next year's assembly elections in Tamil Nadu have awakened the state's politicians to the need to protect the "ancient tradition" of jallikattu, which marks the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu.
http://www.sify.com/news/is-traditi...cians-say-yes-news-columns-qbqkEccgaghhc.html
Tactics of this nature have sometimes proved successful as has been demonstrated by the BJP's use of the divisive Ram temple issue to move from the fringe of national politics to centre-stage.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's claim in the early stages of the temple agitation was that the judiciary had no right to interfere in matters of faith. The party's chief minister in Uttar Pradesh at the time, Kalyan Singh, courted arrest with a proud smile for having defied the Supreme Court's orders on protecting the Babri masjid, which was pulled down by a saffron mob in 1992 to make way for the proposed temple.
A similar show of defiance can be seen in Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's call to the centre to promulgate an ordinance to negate the Supreme Court's ban on the jallikattu programme which involves taming bulls.
In response to the petitions of animal rights activists, a judicial ban on the practice has been in force for four years. But next year's assembly elections in Tamil Nadu have awakened the state's politicians to the need to protect the "ancient tradition" of jallikattu, which marks the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu.
http://www.sify.com/news/is-traditi...cians-say-yes-news-columns-qbqkEccgaghhc.html
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