‘Linguistic imperialism’ — Tamil Nadu CM Stalin slams new bills replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act

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Stalin called the central governments introduction of three bills to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and the Indian Evidence Act recolonisation in the name of decolonisation, a move that reeks of linguistic imperialism...

On Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three bills the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 to replace the IPC, 1860; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 to replace the CrPC, 1973, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023 to replace the Indian Evidence Act, 1872...

In a long post on social media platform X, Stalin said: The audacious attempt by the Union BJP Government to tamper with the essence of Indias diversity through a sweeping overhaul Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill reeks of linguistic imperialism...

Calling the bills an affront to the very foundation of Indias unity, the Tamil Nadu CM said the BJP and Modi had no moral right to even utter the word Tamil hereafter...

Quoting Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam, an author, freedom fighter and politician known popularly as Ma.Po.Si. whose extensive research on Silapathikaram earned him the title Silambu Chelvar, Sitharaman said: Ma.Po.Si. wrote in 1951 that we are Tamils, not Dravidians; our motherland is Tamilakam, not Dravidam..

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