{"id":164275,"date":"2026-07-29T18:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/?p=164275"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:37:09","slug":"meet-hayer-holds-mirror-to-centres-politics-of-division-on-religious-and-caste-lines-in-lok-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/?p=164275","title":{"rendered":"MEET HAYER HOLDS MIRROR TO CENTRE\u2019S POLITICS OF DIVISION ON RELIGIOUS AND CASTE LINES IN LOK SABHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8211; Commends youth movement while speaking on Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Jantar Mantar youth agitation ensured real issues like education and unemployment come to the fore instead of propaganda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8220;No one is being punished anyway, increasing penalties in the amendment bill will make no difference&#8221;: Meet Hayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Rajinder Kumar) Chandigarh, July 29,2026: <\/strong>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Sangrur Mr. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, while speaking in the Lok Sabha on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, saluted the struggle of the country\u2019s youth and said that the youth power has held up a mirror to the government that has been indulging in politics of division on the basis of religion and caste for the last 12 years. He said that instead of propaganda, real issues like education and unemployment have now come to the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He further said that the Prime Minister\u2019s selfie video at midnight has proved that education and unemployment are the real issues from which the BJP is running away. The Jantar Mantar protest has exposed the face of the BJP government and delivered a strong blow to the BJP\u2019s politics of hatred. He added that the Centre knows it has no answers on the issue of education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lok Sabha MP said that the Prime Minister\u2019s clarification through a midnight selfie video is a result of the Centre\u2019s panic and nervousness. He said that the Centre, which is making tall claims about the new amendment bill, should know that the so-called \u201cmajor reforms\u201d it is talking about are already in place in even the smallest countries of the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meet Hayer further stated that the new bill proposes an increase in punishment, whereas provisions for punishment already exist, but no one has been punished since 2024. 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