{"id":510,"date":"2006-03-10T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2006-03-10T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=510"},"modified":"2006-03-10T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2006-03-10T07:18:49","slug":"changing-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2006\/03\/10\/changing-the-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If something happens that you dont&#8217; like &#8211; change the rules. This seems to be the position taken by the Samajwadi Party on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/full_story.php?content_id=89301\"><strong>office for profit issue<\/strong><\/a>. As of yesterday they pushed through a bill that<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif\">seeks to take away 79 posts, including chairmanship of the UP Film Development Council headed by Bachchan, from the list of offices of profit.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As if this was not insulting enough to the Indian constitution, they want to retrospectively apply the rules from 2003.  This is a terrible precedent in a society supposedly based on the rule of law. What happens tomorrow when someone in the Government or supported by the UP Government is caught murdering someone &#8211; are they going to retrospectively change the law to make it a non offence?  I wonder if there is a term called &quot;Contempt of Constitution&quot;. We all get our knickers in a collective twist when our prophets are insulted or our Gods are insulted. How about some outrage when our Constitution is disrespected. 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