NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 -- One sometimes wonders how blind people can be when they apply perspectives. When one does something, it is lawful; when someone else does the same, it is deemed criminal. This dissembling is the hallmark of the BJP's governance, which has been having a ball silencing its critics by throwing them into the slammer weaponising draconian laws. According to an older report from 2024, around 701 had been booked on sedition charges in 2018-22. This does not include the 5023 UAPA cases registered in the same period.

Wikipedia defines sedition as "an overt conduct, such as speech or organisation, that tends toward rebellion against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of d...