Saturday 23 April 2016

Sign of times : From "committed judiciary" to "polarised judiciary"

New Delhi. One thing is quite clear- ascend of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister has, for the first time, put a serious challenge to status quo . In that sense The Guardian's editorial ( Final Departure of British Raj) was not out of mark . Congress rule ( Pundit Jawahar Lal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri) was , to some extent, continuation of Raj, in which state apparatus  functioned in the same manner as before. Indira Gandhi showed some courage and leadership to reverse the trend and   hammer the colonial eco-system . But her efforts were marred by westernised elites. Only in later period of her rule, she understood the crisis facing India . Nationhood can not be saved and safeguarded by borrowed ideologies and methods. Only a national awakening can salvage India from post-colonial ills and mentality. And when she tried to take corrective measures, westernised elites dubbed her as "Hindu Jinnah" . And then she was assassinated. 
Narendra Modi, knowingly or unknowingly, is carrying forward Indiraji's unfinished task . And he faces same challenges.
Both leaders faced  challenges from judiciary. Indiraji , in utter frustration , advocated the concept of "committed judiciary". It is a mute question whether  in Modi era we are witnessing a phenomenon of "Polarised Judiciary"?

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