If the BJP is blamed for being communal then Narendra Modi justifies all the disapprobation. He’s a man the party should have gotten rid of after the Gujarat riots. Just as Sonia Gandhi and her cohorts represent whatever is wrong with the country, he represents whatever is wrong with the BJP; in one way or the other he will cause the party’s downfall.
In his recent speech he doesn’t even pretend to be representing a civilized democracy, and he is rightly being compared to Idi Amin and “Baby doc”. The BJP moronically blames Sonia Gandhi for Modi’s utterances at the rally where he justifies the encounter killing of Sohrabuddin who was blamed for having weapons with him. Later on two police officers were sacked and arrested for organizing the fake encounter. This is what makes it sound like a rogue state of affairs:
“Sonia Gandhi spoke of terrorism. But she has no right to talk of this. Till today, those who attacked Parliament haven’t been sent to the gallows. Congress in Gujarat is raising its voice on the Sohrabuddin issue. But, it should explain to the people what should be done to a man who stored illegal arms and ammunition. You tell me, what should have been done to Sohrabuddin?”
The rally echoed with shouts of “Kill him, kill him.” Modi responded with: “Well, that is it. Do I have to take Sonia Gandhi’s permission to do this?”
Doesn’t this sound like some place in Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan?
I have no sympathy for the likes of Sohrabuddin but you cannot flaunt a state-sponsored murder, justified or not justified. You don’t openly encourage expressions like “Kill him, kill him”.
People like Modi thrive on fear psychosis. It is somewhat same as the way George W. Bush exploits the fear of the Americans of Islamic terrorists to carry out his political and mercantile agendas. Terrorism is a criminal problem, it is a law and order problem, but it is certainly not a communal problem as Modi makes out to be. You attach unnecessary importance to terrorism by painting it in a communal color. To counter terrorism if you have to resort to unlawful tactics such as killing people in fake encounters and instigating riots against the suspected communities, it means your ability to carry out the law has deteriorated. Everybody who lives in our country is an Indian and deserves all the protection an Indian is provided by the Constitution. It doesn’t matter to which community or religion you belong. Similarly protecting people of the state is the fundamental duty of the Chief Minister no matter what community he or she has to protect; he or she cannot just go on mouthing excuses.
As I wrote in one of my previous posts, in order to become a responsible and respected political party the BJP will have to get rid of Narendra Modi before he causes an irreversible damage to the party and to the country.
