Nobel laureate Amartya Sen expressed concern over replacing the IPC with the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) without broad stakeholder discussions. He emphasised the importance of extensive dialogues before enacting new laws to address diverse regional challenges. Sen also noted the recent Lok Sabha election results as a setback for Hindutva politics and criticised the neglect of education and health sectors as the main causes of unemployment, finding the 'New Education Policy, 2020' lacking innovation.
