NgoDisemba 18 no-19, amalungu angu-141 ezindlini ezimbili zePhalamende laseNdiya imisiwe, kusukela ngo-December 19, nguSomlomo wendlu ephansi, u-Om Birla. Ilungu ngalinye kulawa ngelezinhlangano eziphikisana neqembu elibusayo iBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kanye nomholi walo, uNdunankulu uNarendra Modi. Uhulumeni wathi ukuthi la malungu akhethiwe amisiwe ngenxa “yokuziphatha okungalawuleki.” Amaqembu aphikisayo azenzele iBloc ye-INDIA, ehlanganisa cishe wonke amaqembu angahlangene ne-BJP. Basabela kulesi senzo ngokusibiza ngokuthi “ukubulala kwentando yeningi” futhi okushoyo ukuthi uhulumeni we-BJP ufake “izinga elidlulele lobushiqela” eNdiya. Lesi senzo siza ngemuva kwemizamo eminingi yokubukela phansi iqembu eliphikisayo laseNdiya.
Khonamanjalo, ngoDisemba 18, iwebhusayithi yezindaba yaseNdiya edumile i-Newsclick kumemezela ukuthi umnyango we-India’s Income Tax (IT) “cishe umise ama-akhawunti ethu.” I-Newsclick ngeke isakwazi ukukhokhela abasebenzi bayo, okusho ukuthi le ngosi yezindaba manje isiseduze nokuthi ithuliswe. Abahleli ku-Newsclick bathi lesi senzo somnyango we-IT “siwukuqhubeka nokuvimbezela okusemthethweni” okwaqala ngokugasela kwe-Enforcement Directorate ngoFebhuwari 2021, sajuliswa wucwaningo lomnyango we-IT ngoSepthemba 2021, kanye nenani elikhulu. ukuhlasela kwangomhla zi-3 kuMfumfu wezi-2023, okuholele ekutheni ukuboshwa womsunguli weNewsclick uPrabir Purkayastha kanye nesikhulu sayo sokuphatha u-Amit Chakraborty. Bobabili basavalelwe ejele.
Izigungu zeDemokhrasi yaseNdiya
NgoFebhuwari 2022, i-Economist kuphawulwe ukuthi “izitho zentando yeningi yaseNdiya ziyabola.” Eminyakeni emibili ngaphambi kwalokho kuhlolwa, isazi sezomnotho esihamba phambili saseNdiya futhi owazuza uMklomelo kaNobel u-Amartya Sen. wathi ukuthi “intando yeningi iwuhulumeni ngokuxoxisana, futhi, uma wenza ingxoxo yesabe, ngeke uyithole intando yeningi, noma ngabe uwabala kanjani amavoti. Futhi lokho kuyiqiniso kakhulu manje. Abantu bayesaba manje. Angikaze ngikubone lokhu ngaphambilini.” Intatheli ehlonishwa kakhulu eNdiya, uN. Ram (owayengumhleli wamaHindu), wabhala ku-Prospect ngo-August 2023 mayelana nalokhu "kubola" kwentando yeningi yaseNdiya kanye nokwesaba ukuxoxisana kumongo wokuhlaselwa kweNewsclick. Lokhu kuhlasela, yena wabhala, “kuphawula ukwehla okusha kwenkululeko yabezindaba ezweni lami, osekubanjwe umkhuba weminyaka eyishumi wokushibilika okungaphazamiseki ‘eNdiya entsha’ yaseNarendra Modi. Sibone umkhankaso kaMcCarthyite osungulwe wuhulumeni wokuqeda ulwazi, ukwesabisa, nokuhlambalaza iNewsclick.” Wabhala, umhlaba “kufanele ubukele ngokwethuka.”
NgoMeyi 2022, izinhlangano eziyi-10—kuhlanganise ne-Amnesty International, iKomidi Lokuvikela Izintatheli kanye ne-Reporters Without Borders—zakhipha incwadi eqinile. isitatimende, bethi amaNdiya "iziphathimandla kufanele ziyeke ukukhomba, ukushushisa izintatheli kanye nabagxeki abaku-inthanethi." Lesi sitatimende sibhale phansi ukuthi uhulumeni waseNdiya usebenzise kanjani imithetho emelene nobushokobezi kanye nokuvukela umbuso ukuthulisa abezindaba, kuyilapho ubegxeka izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni. Ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe—njenge I-Pegasus—uvumele uhulumeni ukuthi acuphe izintatheli futhi asebenzise ukuxhumana kwazo okuyimfihlo ukuze athathelwe izinyathelo zomthetho. Izintatheli zihlaselwe ngokomzimba futhi zesatshiswa (ngokugxila ngokukhethekile ezintathelini zamaSulumane, izintatheli ezibhala iJammu neKashmir, kanye nezintatheli ezikhulume ngemibhikisho yabalimi yango-2021-22). Ngenkathi uhulumeni eqala ukukhomba iNewsclick, yayiyingxenye yalokhu kuhlasela kwabezindaba. Lokho kuhlasela okubanzi kwalungiselela izinhlangano zezintatheli ukuthi ziphendule ngokucacile lapho Amaphoyisa aseDelhi ebopha uPurkayastha noChakraborty. I-Press Club yaseNdiya kuphawulwe ukuthi izintatheli zayo “zazikhathazeke kakhulu” ngezenzakalo, kuyilapho i-Editor’s Guild of India wathi ukuthi uhulumeni akumele “adale isimo esivamile sokusabisa ngaphansi komthunzi wemithetho ecindezelayo.”
Iqhaza le-New York Times
Ngo-Ephreli 2020, i-New York Times yagijima i-a indaba enesihloko esiqinile mayelana nesimo senkululeko yabezindaba eNdiya: "Ngaphansi kwe-Modi, i-Indian Press ayisekho mahhala." Kuleyo ndaba, izintatheli zakhombisa ukuthi uModi wahlangana kanjani nabanikazi bezindlu ezinkulu zezindaba ngoMashi 2020 kuya ukutshela ukuze bashicilele “izindaba ezikhuthazayo nezakhayo.” Ngenkathi abezindaba baseNdiya beqala ukubika impendulo kahulumeni eyinhlekelele kulolu bhubhane lwe-COVID-19, uhulumeni kaModi waya eNkantolo Ephakeme phikisa ukuthi yonke imithombo yezindaba yaseNdiya kufanele “ishicilele inguqulo esemthethweni.” INkantolo yasenqaba isicelo sikahulumeni sokuthi abezindaba kufanele kuphela shicilela umbono kahulumeni kodwa kunalokho wathi abezindaba kumele shicilela umbono kahulumeni kanye nezinye izincazelo. USiddharth Varadarajan, umhleli we-Wire, wathi ukuthi umyalo wenkantolo “wawuneshwa,” nokuthi ungabonakala “njengokunikeza unswinyo lokuhlolwa kwangaphambilini kokuqukethwe kwabezindaba.”
"Ukuvimbezela okusemthethweni" kukahulumeni waseNdiya ku-Newsclick kwaqala ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva ngoba iwebhusayithi yayinikeze umbiko ozimele hhayi ngobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kuphela kodwa nangomnyakazo wokuvikela umthethosisekelo waseNdiya kanye nokuhamba kwabalimi. Naphezu kokuseshwa okuphindaphindiwe nokuphenywa, izinhlangano ezihlukahlukene zikahulumeni waseNdiya azikwazanga ukuthola noma yikuphi ukungqubuzana nomthetho ekusebenzeni kwe-Newsclick. Iziphakamiso ezingacacile mayelana nokungafaneleki kokuxhaswa ngezimali phesheya kwezilwandle ziye zashabalala njengoba iNewsclick yathi ilandela umthetho waseNdiya ekutholeni imali.
Lapho icala elibhekene ne-Newsclick libonakala libanda, i-New York Times-ngo-August 2023-yashicilela ukuqagela okukhulu nokululaza. esihlokweni ngokumelene nezisekelo ezinikeze ezinye zezimali ze-Newsclick. Ngosuku olwalandela lolu daba, izikhulu eziphezulu zikahulumeni waseNdiya zahlasela iNewsclick, zisebenzisa le ndaba “njengobufakazi” bobugebengu. I-New York Times yayikhona waxwayiswa phambilini ukuthi lolu hlobo lwendaba lwaluzosetshenziswa uhulumeni waseNdiya ukucindezela inkululeko yabezindaba. Ngempela, indaba ye-New York Times inikeze uhulumeni waseNdiya ukwethembeka kokuzama ukuvala i-Newsclick, okuyilokho abakwenzayo manje ngesinqumo somnyango we-IT.
Umhlaba Obheke Phansi
Amalungu ePhalamende angu-141 asolwa ngokuzama ukuthethelela ukwephulwa kwesakhiwo sephalamende okwenzeka ngoDisemba 13. Amadoda amabili agxumela ehholo adedela imibhobho yentuthu. umbhikisho ukwehluleka kwezikhulu ezikhethiwe ukuphikisana ngezindaba zokwehla kwamandla emali, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi, nodlame lobuhlanga eManipur. La madoda athole amapasi okungena ephalamende evela kuPratap Simha, oyilungu lePhalamende le-BJP. Akakamiswa emsebenzini. I-BJP isebenzise lesi sigameko ukumisa amalungu ephalamende aphikisayo ngoba awazange asigxeke lesi sigameko, noma aphumele obala evikela ozakwabo abamisiwe.
Akukho kwe abantu abajikijela amabhomu ephalamende noma labo abahlela leso senzo banesizinda sezepolitiki, ingasaphathwa eyokuhlangana nabaphikisayo. UManoranjan D waphelelwa umsebenzi enkampanini ye-inthanethi futhi kwadingeka abuyele ukuyosiza umndeni wakhe ukusebenza epulazini lawo; USagar Sharma ubeshayela itekisi ngemuva kokuyeka isikole ngenxa yezinkinga zezimali ekhaya. I-Azad yayine-MA, i-Med, ne-MPhil, kodwa ingawutholi umsebenzi. Laba ngabantu abasha abakhungathekile nge-Modi's India, kodwa bengenakho ukuxhumana kwezepolitiki. Bazamile ukusebenzisa izindlela ezijwayelekile zentando yeningi ukuze bazwakale kodwa abazange baphumelele. Isenzo sabo eso sokuphelelwa yithemba, uphawu lwenhlekelele ebanzi yomphakathi; ukumiswa kwamaLungu ePhalamende kanye nokuhlaselwa kwezimali zeNewsclick nakho kuyizimpawu zaleyo nkinga: ukucindezelwa kwentando yeningi eNdiya.
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