AGITATION AGAINST THE DIVIDE AND RULE POLICY

AGITATION AGAINST THE DIVIDE AND RULE POLICY

14-SEP-ENG 2

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

SASARAM--------------------------Nationalists across the country are staging protests against 'Black Britishers' (anti-nationals) to demand the abolition of caste-based laws, including the UGC norms and the SC/ST Act. They are calling for protection based on economic status and respect for merit, amidst rising fears of a potential civil war within the nation.

It is worth noting that under the Constitution, discrimination based on gender, caste, religion, or region is a crime. However, driven by a lust for power, the nation's so-called leaders—adopting the British 'divide and rule' policy—have unanimously passed such laws in the 'temple of democracy' (Parliament), and the number of such divisive laws continues to increase. Under the Constitution, if the government deprives citizens of their rights based on gender, caste, or religion, it is considered a serious violation of constitutional rights and an undemocratic act. Article 15 of the Indian Constitution explicitly prohibits the government from discriminating against any citizen solely on the grounds of religion, race, caste/varna, gender, or place of birth. Furthermore, Article 14 guarantees equality before the law; any law violating this is entirely unconstitutional. Yet, driven by a lust for power, the nation's so-called leaders have strangled the Constitution by unanimously passing—and continuously expanding—laws based on gender, caste, religion, and region within the very temple of democracy.

Depriving people of their rights based on *Varna* or caste has created deep divisions within society and the nation, leading to widespread protests, civil unrest, riots, and even situations akin to civil war. Laws enacted out of a hunger for power threaten to destroy the country's democratic framework in the future; political influence is transforming the situation into one of social unrest and civil war, potentially paving the way for a dictatorial or oppressive regime.

Constitutionally, the judiciary—comprising the High Courts and the Supreme Court—acts as the guardian of the Constitution in India. Citizens can directly approach the courts under Article 32 (Supreme Court) or Article 226 (High Court) to seek the restoration of their rights. The courts possess the authority to declare any government order or law void or unconstitutional and strike it down. However, intoxicated by power, those acting against the nation's interests are nullifying judicial orders by introducing ordinances. This clearly demonstrates the judiciary's inability to secure justice for nationalists.

The United Nations (UN) and other international organizations could adopt a stern stance regarding such grave human rights violations. Economic and political sanctions could be imposed on the country, leading to its global isolation. Such violations contravene the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights' (UDHR), yet currently, these principles are being disregarded. Consequently, nationalists see no alternative but to engage in intense struggle and protest. However, the government, intoxicated by power, is attempting to suppress this dissent, thereby heightening the risk of civil war within the nation. If, in the lust for power, merit is violated by declaring someone who scores 90% marks "ineligible" and someone who scores -40% "eligible" based on caste-based reservation, then nothing can save the nation from ruin. Nationalists need to pay attention to this.