The BJP conduct in post strike by army is stinking. It is a nauseating suggestion as if these strikes were given under the special command of Modi or B.J.P. President Amit Shah. The abhorrent elections strategy by B.J.P. in U.P. is openly to be to whip up anti Muslim sentiment – look at the way the compensation had been given to one of the Hindus family member who died in the hospital and had been charged with murder of Aklhaq of Dadri who had been falsely accused charge of beef eating – also the way in which talented actor Nawajuddin, has been prevented by the B.J.P. and Shiv Sena goons to participate in Ram Lila, even when he volunteered to do so
JUSTICE (R) RAJINDAR SACHAR
I feel anger that the present day politicians can act so low that they can try to make use to their partisan advantage, even the most delicate matters of defense/ security. Previously the matter of defense was accepted as country’s concern. That is why Jai Prakash Narain who had been maligned for his anti corruption movement in Gujarat by Indira Gandhi had no hesitation to agree to her request to go on international tours to educate the public about the delicacy of Bangladesh situation. No one played politics with country’s security and dignity and the undoubted sacrifice and planning of defense forces. But now things have changed horribly.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then leader of opposition called Indira “Durga” without any hesitation. Congress projected it not as a victory of Indian army for its brilliant strategy. Rather it was claimed as Indira’s personal victory and strategy. No body still grudged it. It is common to give credit to the current leader – just as Allies won the world war, but in U.K., it was Churchill, and not the coalition partner labour party who got the credit. It is a different matter that England’s electorate was sensible enough to realize that post war reconstruction required a modest looking Attlee than the bumbling Churchill. C.P.M. is now taking the same stand as the Congress – not surprising – having accepted in West Bengal General elections the role of a junior partner it has to follow the lead given by Rahul Gandhi. Need I remind CPM and CPI – that in war against Hitler it gave all credit to Stalin’s leadership than to the brave unimaginably courageous Red Army. It is natural in politics – Army does not want public kudos. It only wants its due recognition, dignity and respect.
Let Rahul also be updated that because of this victory in East Bengal, Indira Gandhi preponed General Parliamentary election in the country by almost two years. Normally elections to the parliament were due to be held in February, 1972. But Indira in the wake of Bangladesh victory dissolved the Parliament on December 27, 1970 and held fresh elections and obtained overwhelming victory – unlike when Parliament elections were held in February 1967, Congress had won only 54% seats. No one accused Indira of foul play as Rahul has done now of Modi. Everyone took it as a normal political strategy which every political party is entitled to take. What would Rahul like to call her grandmother’s normal political strategy.
Following Uri incident there was a condemnation of alleged lack of proper response by the government. The healthy conventions of democracies that these matters are left best to be determined by Army and its experts (along with mandatorily consultation with opposition, of course only on general information and not strategic details) was ignored by Modi so when government claimed that it has done a strategic strike inside Pakistan area, opposition demanded proof, an insult to the army and its achievements. And when pressed to a corner, the government yielded and purported to give proof – may be a little too self congratulatory. There the matter should have rested under mature politicians.
But then Rahul though in the first instance behaved like a responsible opposition leader, soon let partisan thinking take over and in totally unacceptable language attacked Modi – “you are hiding behind their blood. You are trading them (Aap Jawanon ke khoon ki dalali kar rahe ho)”. And to purport to make his point stronger he gave the reference to Raj Babar’s cinema film (Insaf ka Tarazu) and proudly proclaimed that “Congress has given justice to the people. Congress has respected “Insaf ka Tarazu”, which Modi has not”.
Would some of the cronies of Rahul explain to him that Raj Babar’s role in the said film was that of a villain rapist and since he was protected by his riches and cronies, the public especially took upon itself to revenge the insult to womanhood by murdering the villain. Is there any relevance to the present situation.
These election strategies are normal in a democratic State – every political party is perfectly within its rights to take political advantage. I am surprised that congress and the left are behaving in such cringing and unsportman like manner.
In this game of one up-manship congress spokesperson correctly taunted BJP by reminding it that as far back as 1965 it was Lal Bahadur Shastri Congress Prime Minister of India who crossed the Line of Control. But some cynics may comment that though Congress wants to take the credit of Lal Bahadur Shastri’s bold action but in reality it acts so shamelessly that none of the top leaders of Congress, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi considered it their duty to pay homage at the Samadhi of the great soul on his recent birthday. Does one take the revival of Barua’s insulting slogan of “India is Indira with the difference of substituting instead Sonia or Rahul”, as the Congress philosophy.
Of course the B.J.P. conduct in post strike by army is also stinking. It is a nauseating suggestion as if these strikes were given under the special command of Modi or B.J.P. President Amit Shah. The abhorrent elections strategy by B.J.P. in U.P. is openly to be to whip up anti Muslim sentiment – look at the way the compensation had been given to one of the Hindus family member who died in the hospital and had been charged with murder of Aklhaq of Dadri who had been falsely accused charge of beef eating – also the way in which talented actor Nawajuddin, has been prevented by the B.J.P. and Shiv Sena goons to participate in Ram Lila, even when he volunteered to do so.
In this regard one is feeling very uncomfortable at denying the participation of Pakistani actors in India even when all permissions have been duly given. The only hope of mutual goodwill and ultimate peace between India and Pakistan depends on both of our countries keeping alive our common lines of communication, films, plays, music, the common heritage of both countries especially of both Pakistan Punjab and Indian Punjab.
Let me repeat what I sincerely believe “India and Pakistan are like Siamese Twins. We can either destroy ourselves by our enmity, or become the leaders of the world if we start living peacefully and with mutual trust. If that sounds like the raving of a person who spent first 25 years of his life in Lahore and cannot forget the mutual tastes, culture of a Punjabi (which I believe is still common in both Punjab (Pakistan) and Punjab (India) – let me be so tainted.
