Why Can't Political Parties & Leaders take a Joke?? + UR Questions | SNL with Akash Banerjee

An ever increasing trend - bash / lock-up folks who dare to share
even a cartoon. 


In most cases the cartoons are critical but harmless - but
inflated egos of netas and their supports will not even allow for
that. 


Democracy IS THE RIGHT to mock and ridicule our leaders. 





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questions as possible! 





Thumbnail Art Via - Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) 


https://twitter.com/satishacharya


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It’s time we have Right to Ridicule as basic freedom


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Swaminomics/its-time-we-have-right-to-ridicule-as-basic-freedom/





The Cyber Crime Police arrested a 23-year-old youth from Surandai
in Tirunelveli district for allegedly circulating a derogatory
meme against Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.


https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/meme-creator-arrested/article31130657.ece








2.What Happens To The People Arrested For Insulting Modi?





Mudassir Rana a meme as he browsed through his phone over lunch
one afternoon in October 2016. Rana shared it on Facebook without
comment. Next evening, there was a knock on his door. It was the
police. Mudassir Rana, the owner of a school in Sardhana, Uttar
Pradesh, was under arrest.





https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2018/04/23/what-happens-to-the-people-arrested-for-insulting-modi_a_23417412/





3.Arrested for Facebook posts, they spent 12 days in jail, lost
their Air India ( their jobs were resumed later)





https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/arrested-for-facebook-posts-they-spent-12-days-in-jail-lost-their-air-india-jobs-505559








4. An Indian politician who posted a picture of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi with a begging bowl on Facebook has been arrested
in the latest example of what critics say is a clampdown on free
speech.


 


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/southasia/2019/01/indian-politician-jailed-facebook-post-pm-narendra-modi-190128131746935.html








5. In 2017 and 2018, based on reported incidents accessed by
Mint, at least 50 people were arrested across India for posts on
social media. Some spent half-a-year behind bars, a few were in
jail for roughly a month, while others were let off within a
week.





https://www.livemint.com/Politics/sWTiTg8jscRZpKwSPN25UN/Prisoners-of-memes-social-media-victims.html





6.Arrest over a Facebook status: 7 times people landed in jail
for posts against politicians





https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arrested-over-a-facebook-status-7-times-people-landed-in-jail-for-posts-against-politicians/story-ON1jukoStfV6T8aYcJEVGJ.html