Interview with Baijayant 'Jay' Panda | BOOM

Описание: Ordinary People Are Shocked At Legal Restrictions On Free Speech & Conduct: BJ Panda

Baijayant `Jay’ Panda is a Member of Parliament from the Kendrapara constituency in Orissa and represents the Biju Janta Dal. He was one of the handful of politicians who opposed the draconian Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 which allowed authorities to arrest individuals on the basis of comments posted on the internet.

With the Supreme Court declaring it unconstitutional, that battle is won, though Panda would have liked it to happen via Parliament rather than the judiciary. But the larger question remains, are we fundamentally a society that is open or one that wants to manage and sometimes muzzle free speech? And what is to prevent the same elements who created Section 66, rearing their head again?

Boom Live’s Govindraj Ethiraj caught up with Mr. Panda at the sidelines of The Growth Net, a conference that brought together business and academia in Delhi last week.

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