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क्या युद्ध जरुरी है?

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क्या युद्ध जरुरी है?

उरी में सत्रह जवानों की शहादत के बाद भारत में एक बार पुनः भारत – पाकिस्तान रिश्तों पर बहस शुरू हो गई है। ट्विटर विशेषज्ञों से लेकर पत्रकार भी इस मुद्दे पर अपनी – अपनी राय देने के लिए मैदान में उतर पड़ें हैं। नेताओं ने अपनी बेहयाई को हर बार की तरह दोहराते हुए इस मामले पर सियासत करते हुए आरोप और प्रत्यारोप का दौर शुरू कर दिया है।

गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री रहने पर नरेंद्र मोदी ने पाकिस्तान के मुद्दे पर कई बार मनमोहन सिंह को आड़े हाथों लिया था। 2014 के चुनाव में 56″ की छाती दिखाकर जनता से तालियाँ बटोरने वाले और फिर भारत के प्रधानमंत्री पद पर काबिज होने वाले श्री नरेंद्र मोदी की पाकिस्तानी नीति बिन पेंदी के लोटे की तरह ही कभी इस तरफ तो कभी उस तरफ दरकती रहती है।

उरी हमले के बाद भारत के कई कोनों से पाकिस्तान के साथ सीधा युद्ध करने के लिए आवाज बुलंद हो रही है। परंतु आर – पार की लड़ाई में सैनिकों की जान के अलावा भी कई नुकसान होता है। उदारहण के लिए सरकार पर युद्ध उपयोगी संशाधनो का इंतजाम करने की जिम्मेदारी बढ़ जाती है। युद्ध से महंगाई भी बढ़ती है और ही विदेशी व्यापार में इसका सीधा असर पड़ता है।

सैनिकों की जान और युद्ध के अन्य दुष्परिणामों से बचने के लिए क्या हमें युद्ध से बचना चाहिए और पाकिस्तान को मनमानी करते रहने देना चाहिए?

उत्तर है नहीं, लेकिन पाकिस्तान को उसकी औकात में रखने के लिए हमें अंतराष्ट्रीय स्तर पर उसका बहिष्कार करने के साथ – साथ गोरिल्ला नीति बनाकर पाकिस्तान में जगह – जगह चल रहें आतकंवादी ठिकानों को ध्वस्त करना होगा। पाकिस्तान में आतंकवाद जिन लोगों की सरपरस्ती में पनप रहा है उन्हें एक – एक करके समाप्त करना होगा और यह नीति युद्ध से अधिक कारगर साबित होगी।

गोरिल्ला नीति बनाकर पाकिस्तान की कमर तोड़ने से भारत युद्ध के होने वाले दुष्परिणामों और सैनिकों की क्षति को कम से कम कर सकता है पंरतु चुप रहकर बिना एक भी गोली चलाये यदि भारत इस मामले का हल सोचता है तो हम सब शेखचिल्ली का हसीन सपना देख रहें हैं।

बुद्धिजीवियों, अपनी ना-समझी का दोष वेदों को मत दो

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बुद्धिजीवियों, अपनी ना-समझी का दोष वेदों को मत दो

डॉ साम्बे जी का एक लेख “विकृत धार्मिक विचारोंसे भी बनते हैं शहर-शहर बुलंदशहर!” पढ़ा| समाज मे फैली घृणित मानसिकता को उन्होने जिन श्लोकों से जोड़ने की कोशिश की, वह अच्छा नहीं लगा| उनके द्वारा श्लोकों की ग़लत व्याख्या करने पर विश्व गौरव ने भी लेख लिखा , “भारतीय साहित्य व परंपराओं को गलत पेश न करें”| मैं इन दोनो ही लेखकों की तरह बहुत अधिक पढ़ा लिखा तो नहीं हूँ, लेकिन कुछ ऐसे ही उदाहरणो के द्वारा कोशिश करूँगा कि साम्बे साहब जैसे बुद्धिजीवियों की ग़लतफहमी दूर हो सके| काफ़ी दिनों से कुछ ऐसे ही तथा कथित कवि एक बुद्धिजीवी लोग श्री रामचरित मानस की एक चौपाई को बड़ी ही हेय दृष्टि से देखते हैं और उसका ग़लत अर्थ समझाते हैं , वो चौपाई है :

शूद्र गवाँर ढोल पशु नारी ! सकल ताड़ना के अधिकारी !!

इस चौपाई की व्याख्या करना , मेरे बस की बात नहीं. लेकिन एक बात कहना चाहूँगा कि बिना समास, रस और अलंकार के काव्य कुछ भी नहीं होता| और इन्हीं रस , समास और अलंकारों की ही वजह से काव्य की शोभा बढ़ती है| काव्य को उनके शाब्दिक अर्थ से ही यदि समझने की कोशिश करेंगे तो आप गुड़ का गोबर कर देंगे| मैं यहाँ पर श्लेष अलंकार से युक्त एक पंक्ति को उद्धृत करना चाहूँगा, आप उसके शाब्दिक अर्थ को समझिए और फिर उन पंक्तियों को अलंकार के तहत समझिए ! आपको डॉ साम्बे साहब और कवि के विचारों मे फ़र्क नज़र आएगा :

चरण धरत, चिंता करत, चितवत चारहूँ ओर !
सुबरन को खोजत फिरै , कवि व्यभिचारी चोर !!

इस पंक्ति मे कवि, व्यभिचारी और चोर तीनो सिर्फ़ एक ही वस्तु की हमेशा तलाश करते हैं , वो है सुबरन| तो क्या साम्बे साहब यह कहना चाहेंगे कि व्यभिचारी जिस “सुबरन” अर्थात सुंदर स्त्री की तलाश करता है उसी की तलाश मे कवि भी है | उत्तर होगा नहीं ! क्योंकि कवि जिस सुवरन की तलाश मे है उसका अर्थ है “सुंदर वर्ण” उसकी रचना के लिए| और चोर के लिए वही सुवरन “सोना” (GOLD) है ! यदि इससे समझ मे ना आए तो रहीम जी का लिखा हुआ पढ़ लीजिए :

रहिमन पानी रखिए, बिनु पानी सब सून !
पानी बिना ना उबरै मोती मानस चून !!

यहाँ पर तो पानी का एक ही अर्थ तीनो के लिए समान तो नहीं होंगे ना? सूरदास की एक रचना है , जिसमे उन्होंने उद्धव और गोपियों के बीच के संवाद को लिखा है| गोपियाँ , उद्धव जी से कहती हैं :

कहत कत परदेसी की बात ।

मंदिरअरध अवधि बदि हमसौ, हरि अहार चलि जात ।।

ससिरिपु बरष, सूररिपु जुग बर, हररिपु कीन्हौ घात ।

मघपंचक लै गयौ साँवरौ, तातै अति अकुलात ।।

नखत, वेद, ग्रह, जोरि अर्ध करि, सोइ बनत अब खात ।

‘सूरदास’ बस भईं बिरह के, कर मीजैं पछितात ।।

यदि आप इस रचना के शाब्दिक अर्थ को समझेंगे तो इसका अर्थ आप पूरे जीवन मे नहीं लगा सकते| इस काव्य की यही विशेषता है| इस काव्य की रचना अपने आप मे उत्तम है| इसका अर्थ समझिए :सूरदास जी लिखते हैं कि गोपियाँ उद्धव जी से कहती हैं कि आप किस परदेसी (श्री कृष्ण जी) की बात कर रहे हैं|

प्रथम लाइन — मंदिर (घर) अरध (आधा) अर्थात घर का आधा , ड्योढ़ी जिसको पाख बोलते हैं, पाख मतलब पक्ष , और पक्ष का अर्थ लिया 15 दिन| हरि (सिंह- शेर) ,आहार- भोजन ! सिंह का भोजन अर्थात माँस, माँस को लिया मास के रूप मे , मास का मतलब महीना |

द्वितीय लाइन — ससि (चंद्रमा) रिपु -शत्रु ! चंद्रमा का शत्रु- यानी रात का शत्रु दिन , वर्ष के समान और सूर (सूर्य) रिपु यानी दिन का शत्रु रात्रि , युग के समान गुज़रता है ! हर (महादेव) रिपु – कामदेव (विरह की वेदना ) हमेशा सालती रहती है ! (तृतीय लाइन )मघ (मघा नक्षत्र) से पंचक (पाँचवा) – चित्रा नक्षत्र , चित्रा का अर्थ लिया चित अर्थात मन से ! और सांवरो का अर्थ लिया श्री कृष्ण जी से ! (चतुर्थ लाइन)नखत (नक्षत्र-27) वेद (4) ग्रह (Planet-9) जोरि (जोड़) अर्ध (आधा) 27+4+9=40, 40/2=20 (बीस), बीस को लिया विष के अर्थ मे (पंचम लाइन)

अंत मे मैं सिर्फ़ इतना ही कहना चाहूँगा कि ये तीनों उदाहरण बहुत प्राचीन नहीं हैं , लेकिन फिर भी इनके अर्थ बड़े ग़ूढ हैं| जब इनको समझना कठिन है तो वेदों को कैसे समझेंगे |इसलिए अपनी नासमझी की वजह से किसी भी काव्य के अर्थ को अनर्थ ना किया जाय|

सुभाषितानी मे लिखा है :

अष्टादश पुराणेषु व्यासस्य वचनद्वयम् | परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् ||

धर्म के प्रति मेरी यही आस्था है

The Uri Terrorist Attack – The Despairing Perception

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The Uri Terrorist Attack – The Despairing Perception

Some of the recent terrorist attacks on India – Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Pampore, and now the Uri attack – have a very demoralising common thread running through them. The Indian establishment routinely roars out rhetoric of giving “a befitting reply”uri-attack-wreath_cermony_2235268f to the perpetrators, etc. But beyond this, no active measures are perceived on the ground, which is becoming frustrating and such a sham that it has become a catastrophical embarrassment for Indians.

We seem to have hit a roadblock in our ability to out-think the enemy. We depend instead on going through the motions every time and simply wishing away such future aggressions. For we have drawn a very limiting red line for ourselves when it comes to teaching Pakistan a lesson for their misdeeds. That red line is that we won’t retaliate in a similar manner. Why? Because, for one, Pakistan is a state that has nuclear capability which, unlike the Indian doctrine of “no first use”, they have often foolishly threatened to use, and seem to be reckless enough to deploy against India.

Normally that would demand a different strategy to pay put to Pakistani aggression. But when empty rhetoric is the only answer we have after each degrading attack which makes sacrificial lambs of our bravehearts, it becomes increasingly evident that we don’t have workable answers. We don’t have standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place that would be our first and ready shield in case of attacks. Being well prepared is supposed to be half the battle won.

In most of the attacks we find that the handful of terrorists are extremely well prepared.  So much so that they know the terrain almost like the ‘back of their hands’, while our media says that “the terrain is very difficult”. They know the layout of the bases they attack so well that just four or five of them can (like in Pathankot) keep our multitude troops at bay for days on end. They know the routine followed by our soldiers so well that (like in Uri yesterday) they caught them off guard early in the morning, while they were busy filling up fuel, unarmed and hopelessly vulnerable. 14 of the 17 martyred soldiers were instantaneously burnt alive by the 17 grenades lobbed on them in just 3 minutes.

The seeming inaction on India’s part to address the situation effectively is perceived from the following facts.

Even after knowing that patterns followed by the terrorists are mostly similar, we haven’t been able to place measures to counter further such aggressions. Why we can’t identify and protect vulnerable entry points to our bases is inexplicable. Now, after the Uri attack, we say that walls will be erected on the boundaries of all bases.  The Uri base had only a barbed wire boundary around it.

Why can’t all special features regarding layout, etc., of at least our military bases be carefully identified and a rapid action force special to each military area, be formed and trained to crush any attack instantly? It being our base, we should be able to have, and utilize, such intricate details to our advantage.

Every time Pakistan goes to the UN or any other international forum with the Kashmir issue, we tend to laugh it off dismissively, and also don’t respond to it, on the complacent and perhaps mistaken belief that the “whole world accepts Kashmir as an integral part of India”. This may, in fact, not be the reality on the ground. And the way things work in international politics, is it wise to not respond to Pakistan’s manouvres? Former diplomat Rajiv Dogra says it isn’t.

His point is that it is a deliberate strategy by Pakistan who have thought it out well and with such efforts are gaining more international listeners to their view on the Kashmir issue. We are happy to call “Pak Occupied Kashmir” as PoK, believing that it is an international assertion of illegal occupation of that part of Kashmir by Pakistan.  But we miss out that on international platforms, including the BBC and Al Jazeera, and the social media, many have begun referring to Jammu & Kashmir as “Indian Administered Kashmir”. Silence isn’t always golden in international politics.

Retired Brigadier Mahalingam says our repeated failure to only promise retaliation but do nothing more than that is making us look weak, and unempathetic to the sacrifices of our brave soldiers and martyrs who make the supreme sacrifice for the motherland. Retaliation, concrete and assertive, should be done within 48 hours to serve any meaningful purpose, according to him.

He goes on to add that the meeting to discuss the Uri attack should have been called by the Defence Minister.  But today, when everyone assembled at the Home Minister’s place for the meeting, it clearly indicated a state of confusion (still) existing in our establishment, despite their being so many such previous attacks where the correct protocol could have been ascertained.

Retired Maj-Gen G.D.Bakshi was once reduced to tears on a TV debate at the other panelists’ petty blame games and wild accusations of alleged excesses by our security forces. “Alright”, he had screamed, weeping, “okay, so we soldiers now know that we are alone when we risk our lives for the motherland.”

Is that the perception that the Indian establishment wants its people to feel?

Our forces are perhaps the last bastion of hope for the people of our country. We must, starting now, begin to stop considering them as dispensable collateral in our inept handling of the war against terrorist attacks on us, and the perpetrators.

We need a fresh look at the matter and fresh ideas to crush this scourge. Even the man in the street feels we are fast losing the perception battle. That we revel in the belief that the past battles won against Pakistan make us invincible. Unfortunately that is not true.

As much of a failed state that they may be, Pakistan have a geo-political strategic advantage that we must counter with tough and apt measures to hold our own heads high. So far in this race, they have held on to the handicap advantage that they strategically enjoy. We must rush ahead of them at the bends.

The pain of Uri attack and the associated frenzied stupidity of Indian netizens

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The pain of Uri attack and the associated frenzied stupidity of Indian netizens

18 September 2016, has been a terrible day for us Indians. We woke up to the terrible news of 17 of our soldiers being martyred in a terrorist attack in Uri, Kashmir. It feels immensely painful. And It is impossible to express the pain accurately in words. No amount of the saddest words can depict the grief which patriotic Indians go through during such events. Every such terrorist strike brings back the painful memories of 26/11 and that terrible feeling of being slapped hard which I had felt way back then.

No amount of words can thank our soldiers and police who dedicate their entire lives so that we can live safely. I salute the soldiers martyred and injured in today’s attack.

I got this terrible news from twitter. But along with this painful news ,there is one more thing which bothers me. This thing is the low levels of understanding on the issue of internal security of the Country, which many people have – especially those people who classify themselves as Right Wingers.

This lack of understanding gets evident from the tweets and comments I observed on twitter on the Uri attack throughout the day. Some of the common tweets/comments I observed include

1) “Where is 56 inches?”
2) “It is time for action and not just condemn”
3) “Destroy Pakistan with missiles !!!”
4) “We Need to be like Israel”

Let us find if these comments are meaningful or just a frenzied outburst.

I have been observing terrorism in India since the past 8 years. 1 of the problems with terrorism in India is that there have been so many attacks in the past decade and yet we have very poor memory of terrorist strikes. And hence I would like the readers to go back in time., because unless we do that , we would never be able to make accurate judgements.

Let us go back to the 2005-2013 period. I attach the wikipedia list of terrorist incidents in India here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_India This list contains most, if not all terrorist strikes in the recent past ,especially the last decade and a half. The 2005-2013 was a very bloody phase of Indian history when it comes to terrorism.

This is because earlier terrorism in India had some geographical limits – it was limited to Northeast ,followed by Punjab, Kashmir and Mumbai. But during the 2005-2013 period , we saw that terrorism penetrated every region of the Country. Beginning from the 2005 Delhi bomb blasts to the 2013 Patna blasts [Hunkaar rally blast] , pakistan sponsored terrorism struck every nook and corner of India. Forget metros , even smaller cities like Varanasi were bombed not once , but thrice !!! From Jaipur to Guwahati to Bengaluru to Pune to Hyderabad – many cities were bombed ,some more than once.

The primary reason for this was UPA government’s disastrous policies with respect to National security to appease its “minority” special religion vote bank. This point itself could be the subject of a separate blog post. One of the first things which UPA government did in 2004 on coming to power is to repeal the Prevention Of Terrorism Act [POTA] under the pretext of it being anti-minority. The hands of the intelligence agencies were tied up. The Ishrat Jahaan Fiasco is very well known and one can easily judge the impact it would have had on the morale of intelligence agencies. The UPA govt did nothing to fence and seal the India-Bangladesh border which was one of the favourite routes of terrorists. 25 terrorists [including the handler of the Pathankot attack] were released for FREE as a “GOODWILL” gesture by UPA government in 2010. These are just some of the points of the disastrous UPA policy. It’s policy led to a large number of terrorists infiltrating India , many of them as sleeper cells.

Now go back in time to 2014. Against this messy background in India , a new and deadlier terrorist group ,the ISIS was gaining power in West Asia. After taking charge as PM in 2014, one of the first things which Modi did is to give a free hand to intelligence agencies and anti-terrorism agencies like NIA to take down on terrorists and their activities. Three facts bear testimony to this fact.

1)The appointment of Ajit Doval as NSA.
2)The large number of terrorist rackets and cells busted during the 2014-2016 period and terrorists arrested.
3)Barring a single bomb blast in Bengaluru , NO ATTACK HAS TAKEN PLACE OUTSIDE KASHMIR,PUNJAB AND NORTHEAST.

This third fact must be read again and again , especially by those who asked “Where is 56 inches?” in the aftermath of Uri attack today. Because considering the mess that the UPA government had left India in , especially with respect to security , the 3rd fact mentioned here would not have been possible without a 56 inch effort. Even in Punjab, 1 of the 2 terrorist strikes failed in its objective due to timely action taken by government on intelligence inputs.

Also once again considering the mess that the UPA government had left the security of the Nation with 2 years ago, the large number of sleeper cells, there will be some days especially in the initial years of Modi government when no matter how hard the security agencies work ,they will fail to stop a terrorist strike – and today was one such unfortunate day.

The main reason for revisiting the recent past and the deeds of UPA is that IF WE DO NOT REMEMBER THE PAST THAT WAS INHERITED TWO YEARS AGO and DO NOT OBSERVE HOW THINGS HAVE IMPROVED [fact 3] SINCE THEN , WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT JUDGEMENT on the success/failure of government and “56 inches”.

If at all there is a government who can fight terrorism in India , it is the 1 led by Narendra Modi.

Now coming down to the 2nd and 3rd comments – “It is time for action and not just condemn” and “Destroy Pakistan with missiles”

The Uri attack was not done directly by pakistan army , but by its proxy terrorists. Pakistan is fighting a proxy war against India in the form of terrorism.

Now the question is , can we punish Pakistan for its proxy war by waging a real war against it ,[comment 3-“Destroy Pakistan with missiles”] . Let me give a clear answer to it and then explain it. The answer – whether one likes it or not is a loud ,clear NO.

The reason is simple – Pakistan today , has atleast a 100 nuclear weapons. Now India has more nuclear weapons than Pakistan. If Pakistan uses its nuclear weapons on India and if India retaliates then there would be no Pakistan on this earth. But things are not this simple.

Because as a matter of fact ,Pakistan is controlled by its army and ISI , both of which do not care about the ordinary people of Pakistan. This attitude has made Pakistan a self destroying Nation.
If at all war happens ,then the army men and ISI ruling pakistan would not hesitate to use Nuclear weapons against India ,as they do not really care what will happen to Pakistan if India retaliates.

Now consider a scenario ,where Pakistan fires 100 of its 100 nuclear weapons against India. Even if 20 nuclear weapons hit their target ,the loss on Indian side would not be in thousands or lakhs but in crores of lives. Considering the mess in which UPA govt had left India two years ago, OUR MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM IS STILL NOT IMPENETRABLE ENOUGH to stop all the 100 incoming missiles. Hence out of 100 incoming missiles,20 are more than likely to hit us.

Imagine an India without 20 of its cities. LOSING CRORES OF PEOPLE AND DESTROYING THE ECONOMY TO AVENGE THE MURDER OF A FEW 100s DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE FROM MILITARY AS WELL AS ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW,

In its 10 years ,the UPA destroyed India’s defence preparedness as well as Indian economy. Also , an attacked Pakistan is more than likely to be helped by China – and we are in no position to fight both at the same time. Even if other Countries like US ,UK and France join us , the casualties on our side would still be in crores. Also , even if China does not help Pakistan initially , an India weakened by deadly nuclear strikes from Pakistan is more likely to be attacked by China. These considerations make it further difficult to fight a direct war against pakistan.

Hence , Pakistan’s proxy war cannot be fought back with a direct war. It will have to be fought with a proxy war. This war has to be fought by intelligence agencies like RAW, Once again , previous governments – Morarji Desai govt, I.K. Gujral govt and UPA govt had severely destroyed or hampered the Capabilities of RAW in Pakistan. One can google and know how former PM Morarji Desai revealed the details of RAW’s operations to infiltrate Pakistan’s nuclear facilities on phone to ZIa-Ul-Haq , or how I.K. ,Gujral ended all RAW operations in Pakistan,

Dismantling an existing network is easy , but rebuilding such a network in an enemy Country and making it capable enough of surgical strikes is something which takes years – mere 2 years are not enough. Thus ,while the retaliatory operations will be covert , they will also require time.

Now coming to the last comment – “We Need to be like Israel” . Well the fact is ,that Israel does not have nuclear armed neighbours like Pakistan and China – with 100 and 400+ nuclear warheads. None of Israel’s neighbours and enemies possess nuclear weapons. Also, Israel never had self-destructive governments like those of Morarji Desai, I.K. Gujral or the UPA government of Manmohan Singh.

Hence ,Israel can freely attack its non nuclear armed enemies while India cannot. The time for India to behave like Israel was when Pakistan had no nuclear weapons. But at that time we failed miserably. Nehru failed us in 1947 war, 1965 war was a stalemate, Indira failed us in 1971,Morarji in 1978 and then Pakistan was nuclear by 1990s.

Thus , the only solution we have is busting and destroying the terrorist cells and networks in our Country and at the same time rebuilding the capabilities of our intelligence agencies for surgical strikes. While the former is clearly going on , we can hope that the latter must be going on as well.

Finally, I would like to mention the “frenzied stupidity” mentioned in the title of this post is making illogical comments in anger like the once mentioned in this post. Getting angry and outraging is different and even I am angry at this attack.

Now I end this post by once again saluting the martyrs injured soldiers of Uri. What I do to fight terrorism from my side is something which all of us can do. Every time,I have a look beneath my seat after sitting in a train or bus. Jai Hind.

प्रधानमंत्री जी को खुला-पत्र – एक राष्ट्रवादी मन की व्यथा!!

Shwetank Bhushan
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प्रधानमंत्री जी को खुला-पत्र – एक राष्ट्रवादी मन की व्यथा!!

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी,

आज, 18 सितंबर, 2016 को कश्मीर के उरी में आतंकियों के हमारे जवानों के उपर हुए दर्दनाक हमले के बाद जो देश के लोगों में आक्रोश और व्यथा है, मैं उन्हे अपने शब्दों मे आपसे अभिव्यक्त करना चाहता हूँ। उन देश वासियों की बात, जिन्हें किसी पार्टी-राजनीति से कोई मोह नहीं है, जिन्हे सिर्फ़ अपने देश और देश के हित की चिंता और व्यथा है।

यह आतंकी घटना किसी ट्रेन में, किसी बस या बाज़ार में नहीं नहीं हुई है। यह आक्रमण हमारी देश की सेना के उपर है, और ऐसी घटनाएँ लगातार बढ़ती ही जा रही हैं।

माना की हर हर फिदायीन हमले में एक आश्चर्य तत्व अवश्य होगा, जिसमें आतंकवादी उचित समय और स्थान का चयन करेंगे, लेकिन फिर यह हमारी ख़ुफ़िया एजेंसियों की चूक है जो सेना को सही समय पर इन संदेहों से अवगत ना करा दे। लेकिन जैसी सूचनाएँ मिल रहै हैं, इस फिदायीन समूह के घुसपैठ होने की सामान्य ख़ुफ़िया जानकारी भी उपलब्ध थी। पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा में बोलने वाले हैं, उस से पहले ऐसी घटनाओं का होना किसी अचंभे की बात नहीं, बल्कि, ऐसी उम्मीद होनी चाहिए।

पाकिस्तान के भेजे हुए चंद आतंकियों का घात लगा कर आक्रमण, जिसमें हमारे 17 जवान शहीद हो जाते हैं (और काई बुरी तरह घायल हैं), ये मामूली बात नहीं। यह अब परोक्ष युद्ध कत्तयि नहीं रहा. यह पाकिस्तान की सुनियोजित, गहरी और घिनौनी चाल अब एक प्रत्यक्ष युद्ध है और इसका मूह-तोड़ जवाब देना हमारा उत्तरदायित्व है।

आज के दिन, जब हमारे देश ने अपने 17 वीर सैनिकों की बलिदानी दी, गत ढाई वर्षों का सबसे दर्दनाक दिन है। माना की चारों आतंकी भी मार गिराए गये, लेकिन यह अनुपात पचने लायक नहीं है। ऐसी घटनाएँ लगती तो बिखरी हुई हैं हैं, पर यह पाकिस्तान के हमारे देश के खिलाफ एककृत युद्ध को परिभाषित करती हैं।

दो साल पहले जब आपने कार्य-भार संभाला था, उस समय भी उरी में आतंकियों ने हमारी सेना पर हमला किया था और हमारे जवान देश के लिए शहीद हुए थे। उस वक़्त आपने उस घटना की ‘कड़ी-निंदा’ की थी।

“आतंकी हमलों में शहीद हुए सैनिकों को श्रृद्धांजलि देने श्रीनगर के सेना मुख्यालय में शहीद स्मारक पहुंचे प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी।”

लेकिन गत वर्षों में, आपने अपनी कुशल विदेश-नीति का परिचय दिया है। पाकिस्तान के साथ भी आपने कुशल राजनयिक हथकंडे अपनाए और बहुत सहजता से विश्व के समक्ष उनके मुखौटे को हटा उनकी कालगुज़ारी से सबको अवगत कराया है। आपके हर एक कदम को देश और दुनिया ने सराहा है जो सर्व ज़ाहिर भी है।

देशवासी इस बात को अच्छी तरह समझते हैं की जैसे-जैसे पाकिस्तान को राजनयिक तरीके से कोना किया जाएगा, ऐसी घटनाएँ तीव्र होंगी। पहले पुंच्छ सेक्टर, फिर पठानकोट, कूपवाड़ा और अब उरी। गत ढाई वर्षों में ऐसी कई घटनाएँ हुई है। लेकिन आज उरी के इस दर्दनाक घटना ने सारी सीमाओं को लाँघ दिया है। राजनयिक मसले और उपाय बिल्कुल सर्वोपरि हैं, लेकिन उसकी लागत हमरी सेना की लाशें नहीं हो सकतीं, और ख़ास कर सेना का टूटता मनोबल तो बिल्कुल ही नहीं हो सकता।

अब ऐसी घटनाओं के बाद “कड़ी-निंदा’ जैसे शब्दों से देशवासियों का मन दुख़ता है। कोई भी पीछे मुड़ कर इन संदेशों को टटोलेगा, और फिर ऐसी घटनाएँ बिना किसी अनुकूल प्रतिक्रिया के दोहराती रहेंगी, तो लोगों का इस सरकार और उसके नेतृत्व और उसकी सबलता से विश्वास उठना लाज़मी है। मुझे आम जनता का किसी राजनीतिक दल पर से या किसी नेता-विशेष पर से विश्वास उठना उतना नहीं कचोटेगा, जितना हमारी गौरवशाली सेना का अपने ही सरकार पर विश्वास ना होना। यह निहायत ही दुखद होगा, और आप ही शायद आख़िरी उम्मीद भी हैं।

उम्मीद है कि इस बार हमारी सरकार पाकिस्तानी सरकार या न्यायालयों को दस्तावेज और प्रमाण उपलब्ध कराने में नहीं उलझेगी और आज हुए उच्च-स्तरीय बैठक में एक एक्शन प्लान तैयार कर रही होगी, ना की और दस्तावेज़ों के लिए जमीन। राजनीतिक प्रक्रिया अपनी जगह पर है, सटीक मुँहतोड़ पार्तिक्रिया अपनी जगह पर। “पूरी दुनिया को पता है, की भारत कुछ भी नहीं करेगा”, ख़ास कर पाकिस्तान की इस धारणा के अब बदलने का अहम वक़्त है।

एक दीवालिएपन से जूझता देश, जो ना तो आकार में, ना तो औकात में, कहीं भी अपने देश के सामने नहीं टिक सकता, केवल परमाणु हथियार के प्रयोग की धमकी दे-दे कर हमें फिरौती पे नहीं रख सकता। यह मात्र उनका एक शाब्दिक धोखा है।

और यदि युद्ध हो भी, तो मुझे पाकिस्तान के शस्त्र और हथियारों की चिंता नहीं। अगर कोई चिंता है, तो अपने ही देश के अंदर बैठे मीडीया-कर्मियों की, उन उदार-चरित्रवानों की, उन जाली-धर्म-निरपेक्षियों की, जो अपने ही देश को कमज़ोर करने मे चौबीसों घंटे लगे रहते हैं।

आज उरी में भी दुश्मनों के पास अंदरूनी सूत्र से ये जानकारी थी, और वे हमारी सेना के चाल को बहुत अच्छी तरह जानते थे, तभी उन्होने ‘एडवांस-पार्टी’ के आगमन के दिन पर हमला किया। ऐसे समय में जब वास्तविक घटना-स्थल के बारे में पूर्ण-चुप्पी होनी चाहिए, हमारे कुछ मीडीया-कर्मी उरी में चल रहे आतंकवादी हमले पर हर मिनट की खबर टीवी पर दिखाए जा रहे थे। ये पहले भी इन बातों पर माफ़ी भी माँग चुके हैं. हमारी पत्रकारिता ने तो अपनी विश्वसनीयता बहुत पहले खो दी, लेकिन इसनमें से चंद लोग हैं, जो इस पत्रकारिता की आड़ में देशद्रोह का बाज़ार भी चला रहे हैं।

ये कौन लोग हैं? सरकार इनपर प्रत्यक्ष या परोक्ष रूप से कोई कड़ी कार्यवाही क्यूँ नहीं करती? जहाँ एक ओर ये देशद्रोही लोग खुलेआम देश को तोड़ने के अपने इरादे में सुबह शाम व्यस्त हैं, वहीं दूसरी ओर हमारे राजनेता (जिनका ना जनता से कोई संपर्क है ना वास्ता) बिना कोई समय खोए, बिना राष्ट्र की सुरक्षा और इसकी अखंडता के बारे में एक बार भी सोचे, राजनीतिक रोटियाँ सेंकने मे लग गये।

यह हमारे लिए सबसे बड़ा अभिशाप है, कि एक दुष्ट, आतंकवादी राष्ट्र हमारा पड़ोसी है। हमेशा की तरह हमारे पड़ोसी हमें उकसाने, आतंकवादियों को प्रशिक्षण, अनुदान, और सहायता देने के काम मे संलिप्त है। लेकिन इस तथ्य पर अफ़सोस करने के अलावा, अब समय उनके नापाक कर्जों को चुकाने का उपर्युक्त एहसास दिलाना नितांत आवश्यक है। हमारे शहीद सानिकों के पार्थिव शरीर सिर्फ़ ताबूतों के लिए नहीं हैं।

पाकिस्तान सोचता है कि उरी-हमला भी हमेशा की तरह “भारतीय-गैर-प्रतिक्रिया” होगा, और हम इस बार भी चूक गये तो यह भारत वर्ष को सामरिक संयम से पार ले जाना होगा।

श्री मोदी जी, हम जैसे राष्ट्रवादी सोच वाले लोगों ने बस सिर्फ़ एक कारण आपको अपना वोट और समर्थन दिया है, और वो है ‘देश-हित’. ये हमेशा याद रहे, देश के हित के सामने ना तो किसी राजनीतिक दल की कोई हस्ती है, और ना ही कोई मोल। यह चेतावनी कत्तयि नहीं है, यही वास्तविकता है, और शायद ऐसा ही होना भी चाहिए।

क्षमा, दया, तप, त्याग, मनोबल, सबका लिया सहारा

पर नर व्याघ्र सुयोधन तुमसे, कहो, कहाँ कब हारा?

क्षमाशील हो रिपु-समक्ष, तुम हुये विनीत जितना ही

दुष्ट कौरवों ने तुमको, कायर समझा उतना ही।

अत्याचार सहन करने का, कुफल यही होता है

पौरुष का आतंक मनुज, कोमल होकर खोता है।

क्षमा शोभती उस भुजंग को, जिसके पास गरल हो

उसको क्या जो दंतहीन, विषरहित, विनीत, सरल हो ।

सच पूछो , तो शर में ही, बसती है दीप्ति विनय की

सन्धि-वचन संपूज्य उसी का, जिसमें शक्ति विजय की ।

सहनशीलता, क्षमा, दया को, तभी पूजता जग है

बल का दर्प चमकता उसके पीछे, जब जगमग है।

[‘शक्ति और क्षमा’ – दिनकर ]

अधिकांश राष्ट्रवादी सोच रखने वाले लोगों नें गत चुनाव में आप के नेतृत्व पर विश्वास किया, और कमोबेश, आज भी करते हैं। आज तकरीबन दो साल और चार महीने की इस सरकार के शासन के बाद, देश एक ऐसे चौराहे पर खड़ा है, जहाँ हर देश-भक्त आपके नेतृत्व की ओर टकटकी लगाए देख रहा है। वे सब इस दुविधा में है, कि कहीं आज फिर एक बार इस निर्णायक क्षण में, देश किसी नेतृत्व संकट में तो नहीं। समस्त देशवासी आपके नेतृत्व पर शत-प्रतिशत विश्वास जताते हुए आपके साथ बिना-शर्त-समर्थन मे खड़े हैं, और अपनी सरकार से एक सटीक प्रतिक्रिया की उपेक्षा में है।

प्रधानमंत्री जी, यह आपके नेतृत्व का वही अपेक्षित क्षण है, देश को एक बार फिर, परशुराम की प्रतीक्षा है।

DNA’s syndicated content on GARV is erroneous and plagiarised

pratikshit
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DNA’s syndicated content on GARV is erroneous and plagiarised

I recently came across a post on DNA’s syndication feed by an author named Sachin Bhise. The topic of the post was “Is the data of rural India electrification on GARV correct”. Surprisingly I found that most of the content was plagiarised. This DNA post is dated 08/10/2016 but virtually the same text can be found in this piece by The Hindu way back in March 2016.

The issues with this DNA post are:

• The DNA article does not mention The Hindu as a source anywhere

• The author seems to have knowingly plagiarised from The Hindu piece because he has removed mentions of “The Hindu” from the original article. (Point number 9 and 10) – clear mala fide intention

• The author has plagiarised to the extent that even the order of paragraphs and data is the same. (Numbering can be matched to see the rampant copying)

Not only is it plagiarised but even the timing is suspect. Why write a post on the topic when the same exact post was written 7 months before? When the original The Hindu post had come, the Government had rebutted the claims made. This “new” DNA post ignores all such rebuttals. Coincidence or deliberate?

Is this a new modus-operandi chosen to defame a person? To cherry-pick data and articles without showing the corresponding rebuttals and fisking?

Rather than writing open letters, Mr Sachin Bhise should have read the response written by the Director of GOI (looking after Rural Electrification). The response too was published in The Hindu itself and that too within just 2 days of the original article. Selective copy-pasting from the author?

The question which comes up is why? What is the motive? Why would someone regurgitate a debunked post from over 6 months back, and post it again without providing the fact-checks? Why did he not want the readers to have a holistic view with both sides to the argument?

Further, how did this miss DNA’s scrutinising team? Do they openly give platform to plagiarised material? Do they have any active policy and mechanism to keep control over such instances of plagiarism? Is this the first instance of plagiarism or is there a can of worms waiting to be opened?

Surprisingly, DNA has disabled “copy” function from their website – presumably to deter online plagiarism. Perhaps they should focus on offline plagiarism too.

Mr Gadkari aren’t these are Acche Din ?

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Mr Gadkari aren’t these are Acche Din ?

Mr  Gadkari you have been seen talking about Acche din that acche din has now become the “millstone” around the NDA government. Do you think that platform was luytens’ tea party on which you gave such loose statements. No Mr. Gadkari this is an era of Social Media everything you said reaches to the common people.Why you are in apologetic mode and not answering them with facts.

Let me ask some questions

  • When more than 24 crore bank account opened and 42000 cr deposited in them making the scheme to enter in Guinness Book of world record aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When roads built under the PMGSY has increased up to 100 KM/day from 70 Km/day aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you distributed 15 crore Led bulbs at affordable price which make electricity bill more than half compare to normal bulb aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you remove more than 3 crore fake lpg users via DBT and saving approx 5000 crores of exchequer aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When a corrupt railway official get punished after complaint of common man aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When thousands of people evacuated from yemen and many get help on foreign soil via just one tweet aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When Pm said “1,500km of rail line was commissioned in the last 10 years, while today we have succeeded in commissioning 3,500km of line in two years,” aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you fulfilled 40 year old OROP demand of army aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you provide free lpg connections to poor aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you gave loan of worth 1.3 lakh crore to 3.5 crore people for self employment or business expansion via Mudra yojna aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you auction natural resources electronically without corruption aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you gave life insurance for 12 rupee per year aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you gave soil health cards to farmers aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you make neem coated urea to stop black marketing aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When you construct separate toilets for girls in school aren’t these are Acche Din ?
  • When little girl wrote a touching letter to pm for surgery and get treated aren’t these are Acche Din ?

And

  • When you throw garbage on public place and small children stops you aren’t these are Acche Din ?

Surely nothing is perfect there is always room for improvement . It may be true that many people are “Atrapt Aatma” but Just imagine that a person who gives you responsibility and himself works 18 hours a day for the better future of country when he listen you saying “Acche din has now become the “millstone” how much it hurts.

The Facebook ‘Friend’ who trolls!

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The Facebook ‘Friend’ who trolls!

He could be your primary school classmate, or the team-mate in the college cricket team, the long-lost medical representative friend or the co-worker in the agency you interned at. You know him and have ‘once again’ befriended him on social media through an innocuous “Friend” request – a subtle click to ‘accept’ an unknown entity in your social life.

You have your interests – be it sports ranging from European Football, Cricket, Tennis, NBA to Formula 1, movies, music, religion or politics. Your opinions are largely moderate and are mostly in tune with the majority.

You spend considerable time on Facebook posting your opinion on all your ‘knowledgeable’ subjects and engage in meaningful discussions with your ‘friends’, sometimes agreeing, sometimes disagreeing and sometimes agreeing to disagree.

Then the ‘faceless’ friend starts engaging – what starts as banter soon gets irritating to the point of becoming seriously annoying.

Congratulations! You are now an uninvited guest to the world of trolling. Welcome to the Facebook troll. Urban dictionary defines a Facebook Troll as a Facebook user who posts for one or both of two reasons: a) to disrupt; b) to gain attention.

In this case, and in most cases the ‘so called well-informed faceless urban intellect’ is having a serious bout of identity crisis and is thus here to ride on your ‘social popularity’ through disruptive means – He is an absolute attention seeker.

All the while you are having fun posting interesting anecdotes, pictures, humourous take on sporting events and political ideologies constantly engaging your audience.

There has been perfect harmony of your social media life until this person starts commenting tangentially opposite opinion or tagging you with a dozen other ‘mutual friends’ on annoying to the level incinerating hate posts.

However simple or harmless your post would be, he would either pick up an argument or add an angle of distasteful anger into the narrative.

All your endeavours to give information and attempts at meaningful discussion would fall flat and disengaging would be the only option left.

Remember, the troll is seeking attention, not just from you but your friends and followers by spewing venom. He loves to disrupt and in the process shame you. He surely gets the kick out of your discomfort.

To quote from an earlier article on the internet trolls: The growth and spread of internet is expected to bring in newer and hitherto unheard of young users to taste the freedom of unsubdued expression and studies on the psychology of the internet trolls reveal that “people who are physically distanced from each other are less likely to play nice”

Among the many options you have is to have a straight in the face debate to put an end to the trolling, which in all probability would make no headway or change to such hardened disrupters or quietly block the user from viewing and commenting on your posts or even simply ‘unfriend’ the unwanted intruder.

Social media engagement is not all about the unknown, faceless Twitter trolls, some known but harangued Facebook ‘friends’ could also get under your nerve.

Stay put and put them to place!

 

Hillary’s Health – Hobson’s Choice for the Democrats

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Hillary’s Health – Hobson’s Choice for the Democrats

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Hillary Clinton fell ill during a 9/11 commemoration ceremony in New York. Cable TV networks repeatedly showed Clinton being helped by aides to her vehicle. It appeared that she was unable to stand by herself and needed assistance. Law enforcement officers on the scene later told news media that she had ‘fainted” while her campaign said she had a bout of pneumonia. A few days earlier, Clinton’s continuous coughing had made headlines. A few weeks ago a video purportedly showing Clinton falling and being supported by aides while climbing the steps of a building she was entering went viral on social media.

These are some of the known ‘health incidents’ that have been making the rounds on the internet. On Monday, Clinton appeared on CNN and clarified that she had felt ‘dizzy’ and had not fainted. She admitted to ignoring doctors advise to rest. In what seemed to be a desperate firefight, her campaign has said that they should have handled the Sunday episode better and proactively shared her health status. But that seemed like a well thought out afterthought.

There have a been lot of questions on Clinton’s health for quite some time now. Americans in general expect the candidates to be in good health so he or she can provide a stable administration after the elections. Hence they expect lot more information than the Clinton campaign has shared or is willing to share. This week’s episode has been a public relations disaster for the campaign and has only heightened Americans concern.

In fact, it has given rise to host of rumours on social media and ratcheting up of distrust. Many medical professionals have offered their diagnosis of Clinton’s health condition that is far more serious. It is worth noting that doctors unconnected with the Clinton’s seem to think that she is having a serious neurological or heart related problems and not just pneumonia.

Trump’s campaign, on the other hand, had long called for Clinton’s health records to be published. They claim that Clinton does not have the stamina and strength to be Commander in chief. Clinton has not yet published her medical records. Trump for his part has published a four-para glowing report card on his health. Many doctor have dismissed this since it does not provide enough details for an independent view. Further, it is not from a neutral third party doctor. But the US privacy laws only complicate sharing of medical records and both candidates have taken refuge behind it.

Clinton’s tribulations from this past week’s medical episode raises three important issues. Firstly, it has turned the heat on both the campaigns by raising the bar for transparency. Many Americans do not perceive the Democrats as transparent and cite the hacked DNC emails published by Wikileaks – that revealed lot of behind the scene happenings at the party headquarters – to support their point of view. It has definitely put the Clinton campaign at a disadvantage.

It is time both candidates released detailed medical data that is seen as serious enough for Americans to be satisfied that the candidates are in good health.

Secondly it has her party, allies and support ecosystem worried. From the friendly media to campaign contributors, particularly the super PACS, all are nervous about how this will play out. A former DNC Chairman Don Fowler, has called on the Democrats for a ‘Clinton contingency plan’ or in plain speak a plan B. Influential political analyst Cokie Roberts of the National Public Radio (NPR) has observed that per her sources the Democrats are already considering another candidate.

Thirdly, and most importantly, it has handed a big advantage to Donald Trump. Trump had been trailing Clinton in many states in recent polls. He had failed to take advantage of the series of scandals and Clinton’s unsavory remarks about his supporters. The health episode has come as a godsend to Trump who was desperately looking to reboot his campaign. His response to Clinton’s health episode has been dignified and mature and has drawn positive response from Americans across party lines.

As expected, there is intense speculation on who will replace Clinton in the event she decides to drop out. It must be noted here however, that unless Clinton voluntarily decides to drop out, the party cannot choose a replacement candidate.

Under party rules, “the DNC has the power to fill vacancies in the nominations for the office of the president and vice president” when the national convention is not in session”. The DNC chair – currently Donna Brazile, a close Clinton ally – could call a special meeting, and fill the vacancy by a majority vote of those present. But all this is speculation and an unlikely scenario.

While potentially any Democrat can be the new choice, three potential candidates who can be serious contenders come to mind – Tim Kaine, her running mate, Bernie Sanders and the Vice President Jo Biden. Unfortunately, all three may not find favor with the DNC Chairperson Donna Brazile, even if a situation arises.

My bet is that Bernie Sanders may be reluctant to step in and rescue the party, now that the world knows, thanks to Julian Assange, how he was unfairly treated by the DNC. They probably have to find a dark horse candidate.  Even if they manage to get a candidate, it will be a very short window for the new candidate(s) to convince Americans to vote for them. The odds may not favor the Democrats.

The main stream media in the US has gone out of the way to support Clinton and forgotten its watchdog role. They have been taking the campaign’s word at face value and shown a reluctance to dig deeper into Clinton’s health issues. A major news portal sometime back published a story on Clinton’s health, only to delete it a few hours later for unspecified reasons. Also, CNN abruptly ended Dr. Drew Pinsky’s show fueling a social media buzz that he was allegedly axed because he had expressed deep concerns on Clinton’s health couple of weeks ago. The danger here is that if Clinton’s condition worsens, as many Americans think it will, the media will have egg on its face.

Whichever way you slice and dice it, it seems a disaster for the Democratic Party. It is too late in the game to change the nominee. Even if Clinton bounces back and continues with her campaign after a short recess, it has lost valuable time momentum. It will lack vigor and be exposed to potential attrition of her support base.

Clinton’s health issues – whether it is pneumonia or something far more serious –  has clearly been hidden from Americans for too long. Americans must know the truth if she is fit to lead them over the next four years. Any uncertainty or lack of transparency for whatever reason, will only erode her chances. The Democratic Party really face a Hobson’s choice. Their nervousness is understandable.

Kannur Political Violence – Why this thirst for blood

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Kannur Political Violence – Why this thirst for blood

My Grandmother’s 40th day rituals was on 06th September 2016. So I was in my hometown to attend it. It was also a kind of family get together as this was planned a month back and all my cousins had promised to be there. My family from my dad’s side are all communists (hard core). I and my brother are the only ones who support Modi and BJP.

On 08th September 2016, I woke up to a shocking news that one BJP cadre Navneeth was attacked and was admitted to a hospital with serious injuries. This was a shocking news to me because this happened in our locality (Pathiriyad-Kuthuparambha, Kannur), just 1 km away from my uncle’s house (where I was staying). It was me who informed my uncle about this and he left immediately to find out more details.

My uncle came back after couple of hours. He told me that this ‘Navneeth’ was the most vocal of the BJP workers in the area. He was the one who leads any kind of protests and also the fund collections. My uncle also stated that he was a rogue element who did not listen to anyone in his family. But what made me curious was, what rights CPM men have to punish anyone. The government is theirs, the police under them, they could just have him arrested and put in prison.

The reason why such attacks happen is to intimidate the other ‘to be’ BJP workers. If you take out their leader, the confidence of the followers will be broken. This is precisely the reason why CPM targets the most enthusiastic works of other parties.

Now back to the Navneeth episode, after the incident, the BJP workers had called for a shutdown in the area and asked the shopkeepers to shut shop. All the shopkeepers had closed fearing any attacks and damage to property. This is when CPM gets involves, it asks the shopkeepers to open shops right away or else they will remain closed forever. The shopkeepers are forced to open the shops.

CPM very well knows that if they let BJP/RSS to gain even a foothold in their strongholds, then they won’t be able to stop the growth of the right-wing in the state.  My uncle also spoke about the current plans of the LDF government to ban RSS shakhas in temples. This is to keep out RSS from the temple management. The communists believe that the growth of RSS/BJP is because of their involvement in temples.

This is why I say, the NDA government at the center has to make sure that it protects the interests of its cadres and supporters. Without them, BJP will not be able to grow in Kerala. Too many precious lives have been lost recently. Center has to interfere. And it has to do it now.

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