Should Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal be banned?

by Amrit Hallan on August 30, 2008

The problem with the Indian media is that it is completely lopsided when it reports on Hindu versus minorities issues so I really don’t know what are the ground realities. Just imagine yesterday a news reporter in NDTV India was lamenting the fact that when Kashmiri separatists wave the green Pakistani flag in the valley Hindus protest but when the same Hindu organizations foist a saffron flag atop a church nobody should question them. I’m not saying that forcibly foisting a saffron flag atop a church (after dismantling the church) is a done thing; but you can certainly not compare it to foisting a foreign flag in the Indian territory. Although this is rhetorical I’m just mentioning this fact to demonstrate what a sinister game is being played. And it is not just secular media that plays this sinister game; even the so-called nationalistic and Hindu-oriented newspapers do the same things. Today in The Pioneer instead of reporting what is going on in Orissa their headline reads “Christian bandh shuts down institutions”; they actually have the chutzpah of blaming Christians for protesting the state of rioting going on in Orissa. Man, we are in a real mess when it comes to morality and conscience.

Coming back to the question in the heading: should Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal be banned just the way SIMI is banned? Based on the records of the past SIMI is a terrorist organization that places bombs at public places to cause large-scale destruction. Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal instigate people and organize and orchestrate riots. So yes in their own big and small ways all these three organizations aspire to cause public disorder and destruction. They are certainly not concerned about their communities. If they were responsible for the Gujarat riots and if they are involved in the current ongoing violence in Orissa then they should certainly be banned. Since they are not full-fledged terrorist organizations they should be banned for a few years. The leaders should be arrested and they should be put on trial like any other criminal. Similar logic should be applied to Christian organizations if they are causing disorder with their activities – there might be a few and our mainstream media being what it is, it might never be covering them.

We need to keep in mind that whenever a citizen is attacked whether by terrorist organizations or by religious outfits it should be handled like a normal criminal case and no justification should be entertained (oh, we are perpetually being vicitimized, oh, they are making us Christians).

  • suppu

    Yes it should be banned. They are creating nothing but terror in the country

  • Manoj

    All UPA parties demand that Bajrang Dal should be banned.

    But first Congress should be banned because their Ex-minister from Surat has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for planting serial bombs in Surat in 1992.

    Secondly NCP should be banned because the NCP corporator named Javed Shaikh has connections with terrorist which recently has been arrested in pune. Don’t forget has been elected as a NCP corporator unanimously. No one Stood against him in the elections as per his crimnal record. He is corporator in Pimpri Chichwad. He is having strong support from Sharad pawar.

    Thirdly Samajwadi party should be banned as their open support to Simi and Indian Mujahideen.

    All UPA political parties should be banned beacuse of their open support to Afzal guru a accused in parliament attack.

  • moon

    After reading the comments of my Brother monoj about ban of bajrangdal, I request my brother to change the mentality of Communalism & to think a peacefull social Indian life. Why I tequest you? In your comment you ultimately support the extrimist group. You forget All the Indians fight against the British for independence, there was no groupism. Only they like to free our country. Before The British Hate us an now if we hate each other, what will be the benifit? We never live piecefully.you tell in your commnet that All the UPA parties must be ban. Why? If any one from any party proved any misconduct or involvement in terrorist activity, disciplinery action has taken againt them, the party as whole you cannot blame. If you are a perfect Gentleman & proud to be an Indian, You will hate any individual or party who is harmful for the society.

  • Suhas Nandan

    Yes, Not just Shiv sena, MNS, Shri ram sena and all parties on the basis of religion should be banned.. There should be no religious discrimination from the part of government….Shiv sena is same as the Al-Quaida and its Bal Thackeray is the same as Osama Bin Laden..But even in Al-Quaida, its not one family’s organisation(bal Thackeray)..These people are uncivlized rascals

  • inder kataria

    Hi Suhas Nandan, i hope u r baby or immatured person, first of all i m not shivsainik and i m from gujarat, now its clear to u,
    if u write these words for bala saheb thackeray means u dont know @ indian political history, let me tell only politician n my 45 yrs i seen talking by heart, he shows anger when he is angry but other politician only use to crockodail tears, for ur kind information when pakistan is asking for kashmir is ours, what he said u know, y pakistan need kashmir coz of muslim majority, y they not ask UP or Behar, so he said if pakistan is asking kashmir on religion basis we are ready to give kashmir but they will take all 20 crore muslim with kashmir, this is bala saheb, have u seen this kind of politician in your life, i am sure never, let me tell u one thing if you not respect some one don’t do insult by using your poor knowledge, and he wll never b usama or taliban, and if u have little sincerity or family values than you should have apologised for your comments,,,,,,

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