Thread by @r_vigneshwar96

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali At the heart of Part III are Art 14 and Art 21

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali Article 14 reads The State shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws .

Artilce 21 reads No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali As opposed to art 19 which begins with' All citizens shall have the right'

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali So now the fact is Art 14 and 21 are available to 'any person's.

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali a) A Sri Lankan Tamil who has fled Sri Lanka because of extreme religious persecution, or a Rohingya Muslim who has fled Myanmar to escape religion-fueled genocide, will not be granted sanctuary under the Act, while a Pakistani Hindu who has fled Pakistan for exactly the same -

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali reasons, will be - even though all three individuals are "persons within the territory of India."

b) An Ahmadiyya who has fled Pakistan because of extreme religious persecution will not be granted sanctuary under the Act, while a Pakistani Christian who has fled Pakistan for-

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali Pakistan for exactly the same reasons, will be - even though both individuals are "persons within the territory of India."

c) A Tibetan political activist who has fled China because of extreme political persecution, or a women's rights activist who has fled Bangladesh because-

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali of extreme social persecution, will not be granted sanctuary under the Act, while an Afghani Buddhist who has fled Afghanistan to escape religious persecution, will be - even though all three individuals are "persons within the territory of India."

@0xpartha @sgovindharajn @narendramodi @AmitShah @vikas_murali This is how it falls foul of Art 14 on the face of the provision itself.