5 July 2021
Modi government’s political prisoner Stan Swamy dead in prison; the government had put anti-terrorism charges under UAPA against him despite not having any evidence for it; over 80 year old, he is the oldest person to be (falsely) charged with terrorism; courts did not give him bail despite his poor health, Parkinson’s disease, hearing loss, inability to eat by himself, and covid-19; Stan Swamy spent his life working for the rights of one of India's most disadvantaged communities; American digital forensics team had found that the evidence against him was fake and planted
Lack of training and high-handedness of police: Before Section 66A of the IT Act was struck down, there were 687 cases filed under it; After section was struck down in 2015, police filed 1307 cases
The demand problem in India’s economy: A total of 15 million two-wheelers were purchased in 2020-21, lower than 16 million sold in 2014-15; Car sales in 2020-21 at 1.5 million were lower than 2 million in 2011-12
Despite losing the Zila Parishad elections in Uttar Pradesh, BJP has secured a majority of the chairmanship at this level; Samajwadi Party alleges corruption, horse trading and high-handedness by BJP for this to have happened