Mangaluru : Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said here on Thursday that efforts are on to define sedition, which is in question since booking of cases against Kanhaiya Kumar and other students of Jawaharlal Nehru University for allegedly raising anti-India slogans.

He was speaking during the valedictory of a programme on Mahatma Gandhi’s ideologies organized by Mangalore University in association with Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Bengaluru, Rashtrakavi Govinda Pai Samshodhana Kendra, Kumbra Jathappa Rai Prathistana, Kajemar Puttur at Ravindra Kala Mantapa here.

Mr. Sadananda Gowda said that there is a need to have a relook at Section 124 (a) of the Indian Penal Code. This section does not clearly define what sedition is. “There is nothing on this in Article 19 (1). There is some explanation on sedition in Article 19 (2) of the Constitution,” he said.

He said, sedition needs to be defined in a more elaborate way. “It will not be a one-day affair. We have to put everything in public domain, hear and get the feedback,” he said.

Former Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N Santosh Hegde, released the work, ‘Gandhi Hejjeya Jadinalli Jattappa Rai’, and said people to retrospect how far they have been sticking to principles of truth, non-violence and honesty preached by Mahatma Gandhi. He felt the need for creating awareness about the life and preaching of Mahatma Gandhi among the young generation towards creation of a world that is free of corruption.

Referring to the creation of Anti-Corruption Bureau in the State, he said that the State government was sounding the death knell to the