The current spats of skirmishes,
arson in Maharashtra and the killing of an innocent in Pune, have left all of
us puzzled on why this & why now.
Maharashtra is under the rule of
Cong + NCP combined for the last 15 years. No untoward incidents or large scale
communal clashes have happened in this period. The opposition parties,
especially Shivsena & MNS have done little to whip up communal frenzy as they
are known to do, but have in fact desisted from during the elections to the Lok
Sabha. Why suddenly this carpet bombing of incidents?
Even the most critical political commentators
would agree that the Mahayuti would spoil its chances of winning the coming
state elections, by instigating communal clashes, when it has won 42 seats of
the Loksabha without these tactics.
Why does a state government which
was aware of a person called Dhanajay Desai, his outfit Hindu Rashtriya Sena (HRS), his antecedence, records of
his past, keeps quite & does not make preventive arrests when trouble
started in Pune over the FB postings? How could the mob roam around freely,
threatening people openly, as is reported? Trouble started three days before, ending
in the brutal killing of that boy and near fatal state of another few.
Clearly the congress led state
government, with a Chankya like figure in Sharadji sahib guiding, was going
slow with kid gloves, expecting to find some link between the HRS & BJP
/RSS –SS. When a link could not be established, the Maharashtra Govt.,
reluctantly booked Desai under bailable
clauses. Why was Desai and his goons not booked under MACOCA? Why was his
outfit not banned?
Remember, this is the same Govt.
of Maharashtra that locked up Hundreds of Muslims for ’93 & all other
blasts in Mumbai & its surroundings, Sadhvi Pragya, Lt. Joshi and many
others for Malegaon with a lexicon of Hindu terror thrown in & has the keys
put away for years now.
If these are the parameters for
handling communal issues, why are guys like Desai & co let free? The Pawar
& co. have lost touch with the masses and communication world of today.
They think propping up hate & fear mongers to create trouble would get them
the votes as seculars who are there to protect minorities, then insinuate that
these were BJP/RSS people, which would make BJP to lose popular mandate. If not
for this brilliant strategy, why did Powerji in his speech, drag in the Central
Govt. & BJP, by saying that these troubles have started since the advent of
NDA in the centre, insinuating that somehow the election of NDA is the cause
for the trouble in the state and not the lax security under his Home Minister. The
fact that law and order is a state issue was conveniently forgotten! He just
jumped the gun!
For precisely this reason, the
BJP Central Govt. is holding the state responsible at an administrative level
& asking questions at that level. The trap of trying to get a political
response from BJP/SS has failed miserably.
Should politics go down to this
level, just to gain power, obviously for the pelf of it and not for giving the
people good governance? Are the stakes so high that a few deaths & a few
rifts in communities, castes & religions are just collateral damages in the
course of attaining Power?
Is it just a coincidence that
these clashes have stopped since the sudden demise of Mr. Gopinath Munde, who
was considered the next CM of Maharashtra & BJP has started looking weaker
in Maharashtra?
Even the followup reporting on the issue has stopped!!
Time for the Politicos to
understand and accept the Indian politics has a new paradigm & that Yeh
Indian public sab jaanti hain.
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