A series of incidents recently, raised
questions of an emerging trend of intolerance in the country - Limits on
speech, banning of artists, censorship of movies, recent hangings, all seem to
suggest growing intolerant trend. In this regard GPPI-CPR in collaboration with
Friedrich Ebert Stigtung (FES) organised a roundtable discussion on
"Illiberal trends in India" on March 18, 2013.
Besides various Parliamentarians
Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President & Chief Executive at the Centre for
Policy Research (CPR), and Ms Karuna Nundy, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
(with Law Degrees from Cambridge & Columbia) who specializes in human
rights litigation and Legal Policy Advisor for UN and other various governments
participated in this session which was followed by an interactive discussion
with Members of Parliament across party lines.
17 multi-party Members of
Parliament participated in this discussion. This discussion was part of the
ongoing collaborative series of roundtables with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
and GPPI-CPR.
