Mangalore: ‘Prevention of Communal Violence Bill’ Upholds Human Dignity – Moily
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS/VA)
Mangalore, Sep 23: “In order to protect and sustain human rights in the nation ‘prevention of communal and targeted violence bill’ is inevitable. Democracy persists only when human dignity is achieved by harmonious relation among people of different caste, creed, religion and by upholding secularism”, said central minister for corporate affairs, Dr Veerappa Moily.
He was delivering the inaugural address at a two day national seminar on ‘Human Rights – Changing Trends and Challenges in India’ organized by the department of Political Science and Human Rights Education Cell of St Agnes College on Friday September 23.
As the nation’s Government (UPA) had the responsibility of assuring dignified life for all people and to avoid ‘separation feeling’ among minority communities, there was an extreme need for the prevention of violence bill, he asserted. To imbibe the feeling of ‘solidarity’ and to create a feeling of equality awareness in schools and colleges will contribute a lot, he opined.
A country can be called well governed when human rights and law is perfectly placed, he noted. According to a US report 1/5 of population of the world are starving without food (mal-nutrition) which is a shame to human community, he added.
Dr Shashikala Gurupur, dean faculty of law Symbiosis International University delivered the key note address.
Nadoja Dr Justice S R Nayak, chairperson, Karnataka state human rights commission, the chief guest of the programme said that caste emotions in the nation has contributed lot for the pathetic situation like enmity, hatred and thereby violation of human rights.
Though billion dolor Government funds is released for various developmental works by the governance bodies, in many such cases women in villages still sleep without food at night also making her sons or daughters to sleep starved all thanks to greed of human being. This was not the idea behind having constitutional rights and democratic nation, he regretted.
Dr Sr M Prem D’Souza, principal of the college presided over the programme. Chandramohan Marate of Human Right Cell of college was present on the occasion.