CorCom imposes total shutdown on Aug 15 - I
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 11 2021: As in the previous years the CorCom has called for a boycott of the coming Independence Day celebration on August 15 and imposed a total lockdown from 1 am of August 15 to 6.30 pm of the same day.

Essential services including medical, electricity, water supply, fire service and the media have been exempted from the purview of the shutdown.

In a statement issued to the press today, CorCom alleged that India is a Nation formed by force and deceit after the British left 74 years ago and added that this can be seen in the continuation of numerous laws enacted by the British Raj to subdue the people.

It was to enable them to loot others and fill their own coffers that the British conquered land after land and in the process formed India, alleged CorCom and added that it was to suit their needs and for their convenience that boundaries were demarcated according to their fancy and whims and laws were enacted.

It was to avert other uprisings like the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 that the British enacted the Indian Police Act, 1861 to subdue the people, said CorCom.

The same Police Act is still being followed by India, even after 74 years, said the outfit.

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Salt March/Satyagraha against the Salt Tax imposed by the British but now this has been forgotten and India now imposes tax on the same thing through the Salt Cess Act of 1953 .

Citing other examples, the outfit said that the Sedition law under Section 124-A (IPC), was enacted by the British Parliament and the Treason Act of 1795 too was enacted by them to penalise anyone who raise his or her voice against the British Raj.

The British enacted the Sedition Law in 1835 and made it a criminal offence in 1870, said CorCom and added that all these laws enacted to subjugate the people are still being followed by India.

Though sedition has been deleted from the Constitution, the same is still very much in force under Section 124-A of the Indian Penal Code, alleged the outfit.

This IPC is today used indiscriminately to penalise anyone who speaks out against the Government, said CorCom. It was to silence the voice of dissent that Indians voiced through poems, literature and dramas , that the British enacted the Dramatic Performance Act, 1870, recalled the outfit.

Even after more than 70 years of India's independence this Act continues save for Delhi and West Bengal, said the outfit.

All the laws are inherited from the British and continue to be used blatantly and as such as there is no rule of law but Rule by Law which is akin to dictatorial rule, alleged CorCom.

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