Visiting Lecturer (Politics & IRs) @UniofHerts| PhD (Politics)@RoyalHolloway| EDI Officer @ECN_PSA|Trustee @BASASofficial| Columnist @ThePrintIndia @IndiaToday

London, England
Joined January 2012
I am delighted to announce publication of my research article on 'Exclusion of Pasmanda Muslims and Dalit Christians from the SCs Quota'. It debunks false narratives which have been spread through Rangnath Mirsa Committee Report about Scheduled Castes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.… – at Southall, London
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सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने आज एक फिर निर्णय दिया है कि OBC और SC व्यक्ति यदि इस्लाम, ईसाई, पारसी धर्म अपनाता है, तो उसका मौजूदा आरक्षण समाप्त हो जाएगा। धर्म परिवर्तन से क्यों और कैसे आरक्षण समाप्त हो जाता है, इसे समझने के लिए, मेरा यह लेख पढ सकते हैं? repository.nls.ac.in/nlsj/vo…
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उत्तर प्रदेश के चार स्पेशल मेडिकल कॉलेजों के मामले में इलाहाबाद हाईकोर्ट ने अपने निर्णय में लिख दिया कि अगर @myogiadityanath सरकार इस मामले में सीरियस होती तो अब 2006 के आरक्षण अधिनियम में संशोधन करके इस विवाद का समापन कर देती। पिछले एक साल से हम सब यही माँग कर रहे हैं
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Watch my conversation with @nistula of @the_hindu about the decline of the BSP.
This October’s #RajyaSabha polls mark a watershed—@bspindia will vanish from both Houses, its first wipe‑out since 1989. @nistula sit down with @arvind_kumar__ on “Talking Politics” to unpack the BSP’s decline and fall. Do Watch 👇 youtu.be/uwYVGAtEdtQ?si…
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA retweeted
This week on “Talking Politics” I speak to political scientist Dr @arvind_kumar__ on the decline of @bspindia which will find itself without a single MP in either House of Parliament once the October polls to the Rajya Sabha conclude. Episode airs Thursday on @the_hindu ‘s YouTube channel.
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA retweeted
Sharing my newly published research paper on ‘Unpacking the Debate on Inclusion of Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians in Scheduled Castes’, in the National Law School Journal of @NLSIUofficial as part of the special issue of @pact_project . repository.nls.ac.in/nlsj/vo…
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School of Social Science @the_IAS call for applications for residential fellows in 2027-28. Annual theme: Understanding AI. Applications due Oct 15. ias.edu/sites/default/files/…
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How has the Supreme Court of India invisiblised judicial corruption?
⚖️ New on ICONnect: "The Supreme Court of India and Invisibilization of Judicial Corruption" Arvind Kumar & Shailesh Kumar critique the SC’s recent intervention in school textbooks to invisibilize judicial corruption iconnectblog.com/the-supreme… #India #ConstitutionalLaw #ICONS
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA retweeted
Can a political party be built against the Supreme Court of India? Join us for an online constitutional dialogue examining the “Cockroach Party” controversy and the nationwide protests following the Supreme Court’s 2018 SC/ST Act judgment as case studies. The discussion will explore the constitutional limits of political mobilisation against the judiciary, judicial independence, freedom of speech, democratic dissent, constitutional morality, and the rule of law in India’s constitutional democracy. @arvind_kumar__ thenalanda.in/
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भारत का सुप्रीम कोर्ट दिन ब दिन अपनी गरिमा को खो रहा है। अब चीफ जस्टिस ऑफ इण्डिया को बेंच के सामने माँ की गाली दी गयी।
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मेरठ की घटना की कुल बात यह है कि ‘पाण्डेय’ सरनेम वाला @AmitShah और @myogiadityanath एक अफ़सर अनुसूचित जाति और पिछड़े वर्ग के लोगों को सरेआम गाली दे रहा है।
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA retweeted
Extremely happy to announce that my book will come out from Cambridge University Press in August. The Silent Rebellion has been in making since 2013. It explores the world of Indian workers & conceptualises a non-working history of working lives.
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पासपोर्ट विवाद में यह तो पता चला कि नागरिकता प्रमाणपत्र ज़िलाधिकारी के कार्यालय में बनता है। विदेशी लोगों का प्रमाणपत्र गृहमंत्रालय के अण्डर सेक्रेटरी के यहाँ से जारी होता है, ज़िलाधिकारी शपथ दिलाता है। @nitinmeshram ने अपना नागरिकता प्रमाणपत्र मे 2002 में ही अपने DM बनवाया था
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA retweeted
I obtained my citizenship certificate in 2002. The District Magistrate (DM) issues a citizenship certificate, which is conclusive proof of citizenship. A passport is accepted as proof of citizenship for holders born before 1987. It should be accepted as proof of citizenship for all holders. How can the Government of India issue a passport to a non-citizen except under Section 20 of the Passports Act, 1967, to a stateless person or for humanitarian reasons? Are ordinary Indian passports also issued under Section 20?
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We do not need NCR? We simply need an amendment in Citizenship Act, 1955 specifying that Passport issued to ordinary citizens and voter id card shall be considered proof of citizenship.
This is why we need National Register of Citizens? Maybe that’s what this is all about 🙏 (Even though passports specify Indian )
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Is @KapilSibal befooling the people? When Bombay High Court passed its order in 2013 that passport alone is not proof of citizenship, Sibal was the law minister of the country? My aspersions is that his ministry would have taken this position in the court, elsewhere…
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UPA government would have amended the citizenship and passport act to resolve this issue. @narendramodi government did not resolve this issue because it wants NRC.
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