India demands SPG-Level Protection for the CJI and an Indian 'First Amendment' for Media Freedom.
The Constitutional Blight of Unchecked Hatred
By Onkareshwar PANDEY
The thunder of a hurled shoe, intended for the highest seat of justice, still echoes—a chilling, hypothetical sound. On October 6, 2025, a fictional lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, 71, attempts to assault the Honourable Chief Justice of India, Justice B. R. Gavai, inside the Supreme Court, shouting a slogan in defense of Sanatana Dharma.
This opening scenario is a potent symbol reflecting deep, unresolved crises plaguing the nation today:
A day later, on October 7, Senior Haryana IPS officer ADGP Y. Puran Kumar reportedly commits suicide by shooting himself at his official residence in Chandigarh. His body lies unclaimed as of this report on October 14, a stark symbol of justice deferred, while his family’s demands remain unmet.
Five days earlier, on October 2, an innocent Dalit youth named Hariom Balmiki is brutally murdered by a mob over theft rumors in Uttar Pradesh's Unchahar area of Raebareli. The despair of this poor citizen's family remains unheard—justice still denied after a brutal lynching.
These concurrent tragedies—real or allegorical—spread across the Web World like digital fire. The attempted attack on the solemn premises of the Supreme Court, especially against CJI Justice Gavai, is not just an assault on an individual; it is an assault on the soul of India and the Indian Constitution.
The Original Sin: The Immunity of Unpunished Contempt
This outrage is not an anomaly born in 2025; it is a historical debt rooted in the failure to administer justice nine decades ago.
In 1934, in Pune, Raghunath Parachure, a Hindu Mahasabha member, hurled a wooden slipper at Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi forgave the assailant. But the State’s failure to prosecute the crime—an act of sedition and contempt—was the original sin.
Had the law prevailed then, prosecuting Parachure, perhaps the 1948 assassin’s bullet would have been arrested by precedent. It is this historical immunity that emboldens the contemporary assailant, transforming judicial dissent into an act of attempted judicial lynching.
The use of slurs—from the contemptible ‘Jersey Cow’ to abuses aimed at the Prime Minister’s mother—are serious symptoms. The systemic violence is the disease itself: the brutal murder of Hariom Valmiki, the alleged caste-driven suicide of IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar, and the audacious attack on the CJI—all symptoms that contempt for constitutional authority and injustice against the marginalised have reached a national crisis point.
The inherent question cannot be avoided: “Is this brazenness possible because the CJI is Dalit?” Crime committed has no Caste, punishment must be fast.
True Sanatanis are True Gandhians, and True Indians
No one who truly reveres Sanatan Dharma or follows Gandhian ideals can hurl shoes at Gandhi or Justice Gavai, nor indulge in slurs or abusive language.
As the Rigveda declares: Satyam vada, dharmam chara — Speak the truth, walk the path of righteousness.
Swami Vivekananda reminded us: “We are all children of the same motherland. Let us not forget our unity in diversity.” And Sardar Patel warned: “Disunity and hatred are poisons that will destroy us from within.”
So when veteran BJP leader and scholar Murli Manohar Joshi quotes Amartya Sen to critique economic policy, does that make him a "Left Librandu"? Or does it reaffirm that intellectual honesty transcends party lines?
Mocking our freedom fighters with phrases like “1,200 years of zaalim gulami”, branding Rahul Gandhi as “Shahzada”, or liberal voices as “Khan Market Gang” and “Bhu-bhakshak”—these are not debates, they are distractions that substitute thoughtful critique with venom.
Accusing India’s premier institution JNU—alma mater to ministers and civil servants—as “Tukde Tukde Gang”, while glorifying the “Favde Favde Gang” digging up Aurangzeb’s grave, is a travesty of law and logic.
Equally vile are the personal attacks on PM Modi—using slurs like “jaahil ullu”, “gali ka gunda”, “neech aadmi”, “pickpocket”, or “Yamraj”. These ad-hominem slurs poison public discourse and degrade the dignity of democratic debate. Whether addressing a person or a community—remember, he is Indian first. If he is not, let the law take its own course; you cannot take the law into your hands, nor do you have the authority to unilaterally demand, "Pakistan Chale Jao."
The BJP’s constitution pledges allegiance to “Gandhian Socialism”—invoking Gandhi’s foundational principles of Swadeshi, Antyodaya, and Sarvodaya, which have long been the ideological bedrock of the Congress party. This ideological borrowing exposes a deeper vacuum: a lack of original political philosophy.
Yet in practice, the party stands accused by critics of betraying these very Gandhian ideals with alarming ferocity. While appropriating Gandhi’s vocabulary, its rhetoric has allegedly descended into communally charged slogans—“infiltrators,” and virtually not deporting them almost at all, targeting “those who have more children,” and talking about “shamshan-kabristan”—and then shaking hands with the Taliban—that fracture the social fabric Gandhi sought to heal.
This is not merely a deviation from Gandhi’s vision of communal harmony. It is a violation of the party’s own professed principles of Integral Humanism and cultural nationalism. The contradiction is glaring.
During elections they become - "infiltrators" and "those who have more children," "shamshan-kabristan", “Kapdon se Pahchane Jane wale”, and then we send a “Saugaat E Eid”! – What a self-mocking contrast and and great level of politics!!
The stark contrast between their constitutional Gandhian claims and their divisive political conduct reveals a profound ideological hypocrisy—invoking Gandhi’s name while echoing the very hatred that his assassin embodied.
Whether it is the violation of Gandhian thought, or violence against Gandhi or Justice Gavai—it is not merely an attack on individuals. It is a direct assault on India, that is Bharat. Let us rise above this. Let us reclaim the spirit of truth, tolerance, and thoughtful dissent—the true essence of Sanatan and Swaraj.
The Constitutional Imperative: An Indian 'First Amendment' for Equal Rights to Media
When political figures normalise terms like “Urban Naxal”, “Ramdrohi”, and “Deshdrohi”, they create sanctioned targets for violence—criminalizing dissent and branding critics as traitors. Words banned in Parliament for disrupting order are unleashed on public platforms with impunity. This selective application of law is the essence of Selective Justice. They termed the media as 'Godi' and 'Presstitutes' and did nothing to ensure a free and safe press.