GODHRA RIOTS VS DELHI RIOTS
It has been a while when i last wrote on this blog.Nevertheless,the situation in the country demands that i write something to vent my frustration.First of all i must clarify that i am writing this as a common man who knows problems faced by people like him and am not aligned to any group.
Anyone who follows indian politics closely would have noticed a recent pattern of congress vs bjp fight on secularism and communalism.I am sure you all would have followed the Narendra Modi 'I AM A HINDU NATIONALIST REMARK' from the reuters interview and the congress barb attacks following his 'PUPPY' remarks.If not then pls type on google for getting information.
The motive of writing this has come from utter frustration on seeing where our country is headed on these hard times.The PM has already spoken(ya he has finally!) that the growth this year would be 6% or below.RBI has already hung its boots regarding its inability to bring down inflation and the falling value of rupee.Our exports are down,manufacturing sector has come to naught,petrol and diesel prices are rising every fortnight and all the government talks about is secularism!All it can think is how to portray Modi as a villain,a communal person whose only aim is to kill or subjugate the muslims.And to top it all the spokesmen of congress,,,,,,,legendary thick skined Mr digvijay singh is busy proclaiming Osama bin laden as 'OSAMAJI',,Bathla house encounter as 'controversial' and the recent bodh gaya blasts as a conspiracy of the bjp.
Now yesterday i was thinking about all the 'secular' parties anger about modi regarding godhra,so i decided to open the wikipedia page of godhra riots.Now if you open the page you will ge t the following facts
1)started on feb 27 2002
2)hindus dead-254
3)muslims dead-790
4)most importantly the whole riot followed after 59 kar-sevaks were burned alive in coach s-6 of sabarmati express when they were returning from ayodhya after kar seva.
Please compare the above data with 1984 anti sikh riots
1)dead>8000(3000 in delhi alone)
2)all sikhs,mostly
Now whatever your allegiance may be,whether congress,bjp or anyone pls answer my questions
1)How come congress that killed 3000 people right in the middle of delhi claim to be secular??
2)If yes,then are muslim lives more precious than the muslim ones??
3)What is the definition of genocide?
4)Can gujrat riots be called as state sponsored genocide when 254 hindus were also killed alongside muslims?Compare it with sikh riots
5)The most important question i pose is this-Why did the riots start?
The above assumptions would help you realize how futile the secularism-communalism debate is.1984 sikh riots did not stop sikhs from voting for congress,niether 2002 should stop muslims from voting for bjp.We must realize that we are living in a multi-religious society and things flare up now and then.But it dosen't mean that we keep on living in the past.We have to look forward and right now our priority should be governance rather than debate on secularism or communalism.
*In this article i donot endorse the riots.I merely state the facts and pose viable questions to help people find out the solution to move forward.I am an atheist and don't believe in any religion and am a firm believer that religion needs to be seperated from politics.
^The comments attributed to Mr digvijay singh is in the public domain and is not my creation.
@The figures have been taken from wikipedia and may vary from official figures
;; the cartoon is from twocircles.net
It has been a while when i last wrote on this blog.Nevertheless,the situation in the country demands that i write something to vent my frustration.First of all i must clarify that i am writing this as a common man who knows problems faced by people like him and am not aligned to any group.
Anyone who follows indian politics closely would have noticed a recent pattern of congress vs bjp fight on secularism and communalism.I am sure you all would have followed the Narendra Modi 'I AM A HINDU NATIONALIST REMARK' from the reuters interview and the congress barb attacks following his 'PUPPY' remarks.If not then pls type on google for getting information.
The motive of writing this has come from utter frustration on seeing where our country is headed on these hard times.The PM has already spoken(ya he has finally!) that the growth this year would be 6% or below.RBI has already hung its boots regarding its inability to bring down inflation and the falling value of rupee.Our exports are down,manufacturing sector has come to naught,petrol and diesel prices are rising every fortnight and all the government talks about is secularism!All it can think is how to portray Modi as a villain,a communal person whose only aim is to kill or subjugate the muslims.And to top it all the spokesmen of congress,,,,,,,legendary thick skined Mr digvijay singh is busy proclaiming Osama bin laden as 'OSAMAJI',,Bathla house encounter as 'controversial' and the recent bodh gaya blasts as a conspiracy of the bjp.
Now yesterday i was thinking about all the 'secular' parties anger about modi regarding godhra,so i decided to open the wikipedia page of godhra riots.Now if you open the page you will ge t the following facts
1)started on feb 27 2002
2)hindus dead-254
3)muslims dead-790
4)most importantly the whole riot followed after 59 kar-sevaks were burned alive in coach s-6 of sabarmati express when they were returning from ayodhya after kar seva.
Please compare the above data with 1984 anti sikh riots
1)dead>8000(3000 in delhi alone)
2)all sikhs,mostly
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| indiatoday.intoday.in |
Now whatever your allegiance may be,whether congress,bjp or anyone pls answer my questions
1)How come congress that killed 3000 people right in the middle of delhi claim to be secular??
2)If yes,then are muslim lives more precious than the muslim ones??
3)What is the definition of genocide?
4)Can gujrat riots be called as state sponsored genocide when 254 hindus were also killed alongside muslims?Compare it with sikh riots
5)The most important question i pose is this-Why did the riots start?
The above assumptions would help you realize how futile the secularism-communalism debate is.1984 sikh riots did not stop sikhs from voting for congress,niether 2002 should stop muslims from voting for bjp.We must realize that we are living in a multi-religious society and things flare up now and then.But it dosen't mean that we keep on living in the past.We have to look forward and right now our priority should be governance rather than debate on secularism or communalism.
*In this article i donot endorse the riots.I merely state the facts and pose viable questions to help people find out the solution to move forward.I am an atheist and don't believe in any religion and am a firm believer that religion needs to be seperated from politics.
^The comments attributed to Mr digvijay singh is in the public domain and is not my creation.
@The figures have been taken from wikipedia and may vary from official figures
;; the cartoon is from twocircles.net
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