AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that new Criminal Bills are a threat to the Civil Liberty
Sources added that hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief asaduddin owaisi on wednesday alleged that the new criminal bills are a threat to the civil liberty and rights of the people as they give sweeping powers to the police to take action against anyone. Participating in a debate on the three proposed criminal laws in the lok sabha, Owaisi said the legislations are against the common people of the country as their rights will be snatched away once they become laws. Union home minister amit shah introduced the three redrafted bills the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita (BNS), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita (BNSS) and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill (BSB) last week and the lok sabha on tuesday took them up for a debate for their consideration and passage.Meanwhile the proposed legislations seek to replace the indian Penal Code, 1860, the Code of criminal Procedure Act, 1898, and the indian Evidence Act, 1872, respectively. Owaisi, the president of the All india Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), said several provisions have been incorporated in the BNS which were “very dangerous”. “The provisions of the bills are a threat to the civil liberty and rights,” he said, adding sweeping powers have been given to police to act as “judge, jury and executor”.He claimed that the offence of sedition has been introduced in a different avatar in the proposed bills and the punishment has also been enhanced from three years to seven years. Owaisi also demanded that the offence of rape should be made gender-neutral. He alleged that the proposed laws will be a threat to the country’s Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis and claimed that 30 per cent of prisoners across the country and 33 per cent of prisoners in Uttar Pradesh alone belong to the Muslim community. Participating in the debate, bjp member Nishikant Dubey complimented prime minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister amit shah for taking the initiative to amend the country’s criminal laws after 163 years and said the legislations will have an effect on all 130 crore people of the country.