Take a judicious decision on SC/ST Act

The Parliament has unanimously upturned the Supreme Court decision about the SC/ST Act. The apex court decision is that the FIR cannot be lodged without the approval of the police officer of the Deputy Superintendent level and arrest cannot be made before investigation about the authenticity of the complaint. The SC/ST people all over India had called Bharat Bandh, created chaos on streets and destroyed public property on the large scale against the SC’s decision. The apex court verdict in regard to SC/ST was judicious and no upper caste people oppose it. But the Narendra Modi government at the Centre along with the support of all opposition parties upturned the SC decision and passed the bill incorporating stern clauses in it. Now, it has been enacted as the bill got the President's assent. The upper caste people across the nation are up against the SC/ST act, which has been arbitrarily promulgated by the government to keep the community in good humour only for the sake of vote bank politics. SC/ST constitutes 20 per cent of the total population of the country. No political party can afford to take their annoyance. So, it is only because of the vote bank politics that the sterner laws have been enacted by the Parliament to win the favour of the community without taking into considerations its misuse with malice against the upper caste. With the passing of the SC/ST bill, a fierce opposition by the people of upper caste has been recorded across the nation. The upper caste people in Madhya Pradesh even allegedly threw sandals and chappals at the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan election cavalcade. It is not only MP, but almost all states of north India have witnessed vehement opposition to SC/ST act enacted by the Parliament. The Upper caste people have rightly charged the government and all other political parties with dividing the society. The new SC/ST act is more stringent than the laws framed by the British rulers. They have described it as a black law. No upper caste man/woman is against favours and privileges conferred on SC/ST by the govt. They have been availing of various government facilities since the Constitution came into force. Has anyone belonging to upper caste ever raised any voice against it? They are also against any kind of atrocity on them. But the law enacted by the government empowers the police to arrest any upper caste man/woman howsoever high social prestige he/she may enjoy at even minor charge against him or her levelled by the SC/ST people. It is going to be a draconian law against the upper caste people. The move by the government with the support of all opposition parties amply reflects that they have played at the SC/ST tune only to please them. The upturning of the Supreme Court decision about the SC/ST by the Parliament unanimously has hurt the psyche of all upper caste men and women in the country. The political parties have no right to insult, humiliate, suppress and harass one community at the cost of another only for the sake of garnering votes.