New criminal bills threat to civil liberty, rights of people: Asaduddin Owaisi

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 anyoneParticipating 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 lawsUnion 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 passageThe proposed legislations seek to replace the Indian Penal Code 1860 the Code of Criminal Procedure Act 1898 and the Indian Evidence Act 1872 respectivelyOwaisi the president of the All India MajliseIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM said several provisions have been incorporated in the BNS which were very dangerousThe 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 executorHe 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 yearsOwaisi also demanded that the offence of rape should be made genderneutralHe alleged that the proposed laws will be a threat to the countrys 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 communityParticipating 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 countrys criminal laws after 163 years and said the legislations will have an effect on all 130 crore people of the countryThis bill will free the nation from police raj he saidDubey alleged that the Congress and its allies tried their best to stall the bills coming to ParliamentHe alleged that the opposition is now trying to divide the nation in the name of North and South besides Hindi and nonHindi speaking peopleTheir opposition to the bills is wrong he saidDubey also slammed the opposition parties for their stand that capital punishment should be abolished saying the laws are made to scare people so that they do not indulge in any crimeThe three bills have been brought keeping in mind the Indian ethos and Indianness he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever