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Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr>
Settle score <\/td>to punish someone for something wrong that they did to you in the past and that you cannot forgive<\/td><\/tr>
Partisan <\/td>Devoted to a cause or party<\/td><\/tr>
Unsavoury <\/td>Morally offensive<\/td><\/tr>
Cavalier <\/td>not careful<\/td><\/tr>
Denounce <\/td>classify or describe as disgraceful<\/td><\/tr>
Assertion <\/td>A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)<\/td><\/tr>
Outraging <\/td>to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset<\/td><\/tr>
Egregious <\/td>extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable<\/td><\/tr>
Thwart <\/td>Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of<\/td><\/tr>
Disconcerting <\/td>Causing an emotional disturbance<\/td><\/tr>
Insinuation <\/td>the action of suggesting, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true<\/td><\/tr>
Hit a nerve <\/td>provoke a reaction by referring to a sensitive topic<\/td><\/tr>
Sly <\/td>deceiving people in a clever way to get what you want<\/td><\/tr>
Strident <\/td>\u200bhaving a loud, rough and unpleasant sound<\/td><\/tr>
Seldom <\/td>Not often<\/td><\/tr>
Playbook <\/td>A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign<\/td><\/tr>
Flouting <\/td>to intentionally not obey a rule, law, or custom<\/td><\/tr>
Haul up <\/td>to force someone to go somewhere or see someone in order to be punished or to answer questions about their behaviour<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Settling scores (to punish someone for something wrong that they did to you in the past and that you cannot forgive)<\/strong>: On Congress leader Pawan Khera\u2019s arrest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pawan Khera\u2019s arrest shows how partisan (Devoted to a cause or party) <\/strong>police action is a serious threat to liberty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The brief arrest of Congress leader and its Media and Publicity Department chairman Pawan Khera, after he was deboarded from a Raipur-bound flight, for an allegedly unsavoury (Morally offensive) <\/strong>remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is yet another instance of how criminal law can be misused to settle political scores. His lawyers managed to obtain an order from the Supreme Court that ensured his interim bail, but the episode highlights the cavalier (not careful) <\/strong>use of the power to arrest under political instruction. It is one thing to denounce (classify or describe as disgraceful) <\/strong>a comment as offensive or hurtful, but quite another to read into it crimes such as making assertions (A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)) <\/strong>against national integration, outraging (to cause someone to feel very angry, shocked, or upset) <\/strong>religious sentiments or causing enmity in society. It becomes an egregious (extremely bad in a way that is very noticeable) <\/strong>misuse of power if police from a distant State travel all the way to effect an unwarranted arrest based on a complaint by someone claiming to be offended. The Assam Police, which had arrested Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani in April 2022 for calling Mr. Modi \u2018a Godse worshipper\u2019 on Twitter and produced him before an Assam court, tried to repeat the exercise against Mr. Khera, but were thwarted (Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of) <\/strong>by the Court. It is disconcerting (Causing an emotional disturbance) <\/strong>that the police in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled States tend to act on complaints relating to events that have nothing to do with their jurisdiction, except for the incidental circumstance that it is reported as news in their geography too, as elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unwarranted insinuations (the action of suggesting, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true) <\/strong>against political leaders are not uncommon when party spokespersons talk to the media, and Mr. Khera\u2019s use of \u2018Gautamdas\u2019 as the Prime Minister\u2019s middle name may have touched a raw nerve (Hit a nerve means provoke a reaction by referring to a sensitive topic)<\/strong> among Mr. Modi\u2019s supporters who saw in it a sly (deceiving people in a clever way to get what you want) <\/strong>reference to allegations about his proximity to industrialist Gautam Adani. In fact, Mr. Khera had apologised for his comment. The police often tend to register cases for strident (\u200bhaving a loud, rough and unpleasant sound) <\/strong>and unsavoury remarks made against those in power. However, the need to arrest someone in such cases is questionable. In most instances, as is the case with Mr. Khera, these comments seldom (Not often) <\/strong>amount to the serious offences mentioned in the FIRs. Malicious or threatening speech may warrant arrest, but strident criticism or tasteless comments alone should not. Multiple FIRs in different jurisdictions and attempts to arrest those involved are part of a playbook (A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign) <\/strong>common to rulers in many States. Often lost in the controversy is the fact that effecting arrest on charges that attract less than seven years in prison amounts to a flouting (to intentionally not obey a rule, law, or custom) <\/strong>of the norms of arrest. Such egregious violations will continue as long as courts of law limit their protection to grant of bail or clubbing of FIRs, instead of hauling up (to force someone to go somewhere or see someone in order to be punished or to answer questions about their behaviour) <\/strong>the police officers and bureaucrats involved for their partisan action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to improve your vocabulary further? Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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