"The bills are a threat to civil liberties," said AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi as he took on Home Minister Amit Shah. Here's how Amit Shah defended the bills...
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00:00So this Modi government, by snatching away the powers of the judiciary, is becoming a judge-jury execution.
00:07I am surprised.
00:09There is a law in this country that prohibits terrorism.
00:13And a member of this honorable assembly,
00:16opposes it in the name of human rights?
00:19Sir, this is very dangerous.
00:31You have done a dangerous job.
00:35There will be no competition for terrorism.
00:37Civil liberties will be in danger.
00:39And the biggest thing in this, sir,
00:42in this you will notify someone, a terrorist.
00:46Why won't the court do it?
00:48How will the police notify a terrorist?
00:50Will you notify a terrorist to an organization?
00:53So this Modi government, by snatching away the powers of the judiciary,
00:57is becoming a judge-jury execution.
01:00I am surprised.
01:02There is a law in this country that prohibits terrorism.
01:06And a member of this honorable assembly,
01:09opposes it in the name of human rights?
01:12Why won't the court do it?
01:14Terrorism is the biggest violator of human rights.
01:18You brought back sedation.
01:21You didn't use the word sedation.
01:24For three to seven years,
01:26you gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court,
01:28that this provision will not be brought back.
01:30That is, any journalist,
01:32who writes investigative journalism,
01:34you will use it.
01:36And you will put it in jail and burn it.
01:39In Uttar Pradesh,
01:41in every gangster act,
01:43in every four seats,
01:45you are putting all these laws.
01:47And you will give permission to a police officer for all these laws?
01:50Instead of state treason,
01:52we have done country treason.
01:54Anyone can take over the government.
01:56Anyone has the right to do it.
01:58For this,
02:00in this country,
02:02no one will have to go to jail,
02:04even if it is our government.
02:06I keep explaining the difference.
02:08The OAC is laughing tax-wise.
02:12But,
02:13no one can speak against this country.
02:16No one can harm the interests of this country.
02:20We had to bring back those provisions,
02:22that the ministers and the police,
02:25who get this opportunity,
02:27to keep people in jail for years,
02:29no crime is proven against them.
02:32Today, in our beloved country, India,
02:35the most under-trials are Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis.
02:40Some people,
02:42with this new initiative,
02:44are trying to give their color.
02:46But,
02:47your color,
02:49your thinking,
02:50your thoughts,
02:52your vision,
02:53congratulations to you.
02:55We are the diseases that carry forward the spirit of constitution.