Now, Gujarati VS Non Gujarati Politics

Jaywant Pandya from Karnawati

Gujarat is in a new kind of turmoil. It is for the first time that the state is being defamed for attacking non-Gujaratis. Gujaratis are known for their assimilating nature. They live in various parts of Bharat and also the world. They are also known for their hospitality. Then, why is there a series of attacks on innocent labours, who have come from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, etc.? How are such defaming incidents happening?

On September 28, a 14 month old girl child was raped and the accused was from Bihar. He was a labourer in a ceramic factory at Dhundhar located near Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha District. Then attacks on migrant workers in North Gujarat started. Violence spread to six districts. Thousands of non-Gujaratis started going back to their native states due to the threats from alleged Kshatriya Thakor Sena. Their stories of fleeing overnight are very traumatic. However, the police worked swiftly and arrested the accused. Then, why is violence taking place?

 

The prime suspect in the violence is said to be the Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor, who has incidentally been made co-incharge of Bihar Congress just two months back. He delivered a provocative speech on Facebook live on September 29, just a day after the rape. He said, “..Kyan sudhi aava lokone aapne sahan karya rakheeshun? (How long we will tolerate them?)..aavo banav Gujaratman kyanya pan banto hoy to eva lokone chhodava naheen. (If such incident happens in any corner of Gujarat, don’t let them go.)… E parpranteeya yuvan je koi chhe e kyarey chhutavano nathee. (This migrant boy won’t be freed.) E naradham jo kadach thakor senane sonpee deedho hot to teno hisab karee nakhyo hot. (If that rapist had been given to Thakor Sena, it would have settled account.”

(Here is link of facebook session: https://www.facebook.com/alpeshthakorektamanch/videos/320171978787448/?__xts__[0]=68.ARALUyDSrK5KNuVpykzQFqHkapsCHPDbWsBoSOw_48OTg3Cn-ahnJSphKwdVwwMgsQRJokNX6mOpVvorgDDmeC_gzFpgAJmBRdGtMeA7Pywqy-W5cANhIx2dTUFRFyW-KHYacfI6nWLj17kbZl3Kg7x4hxu935nqgj0Q_RB1HWW3g8l7WD3U&__tn__=-R)

This was not first time that Alpesh spoke against migrant workers. He has been speaking against them since he started OBC agitation against Patidar Reservation movement started by Hardik Patel. But, on September 17, he spoke against the migrants at ‘Berojgar Mahasammelan’ at Becharaji organised by his Kshatriya Thakor Sena. He said in the programme: “Outsiders commit crime here and go back to their places. They beat up common people in villages…Companies truck will be stopped and their gates will be broken…How many people are ready to fight?” (Link: ?” https://www.facebook.com/alpeshthakormla/videos/534890716961206/)

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On the side of government, it only worked silently giving safety and assurance to migrant workers. Police did its duty fully. Whenever, police got call, it would rush to caller’s place within few minutes. Migrant workers seemed happy with police action but fear gripped migrant workers as migrant girls was also targeted by stopping them on road and there was another reason too. Diwali and Chhathth holidays were near. So, they continued leaving Gujarat.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam jumped into this and threatened Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  He stated, ““PM ke gruh rajya (Gujarat) mein agar UP, Bihar aur MP ke logon ko maar-maar ke bhagaya jaayega toh ek din PM ko bhi Varanasi jana hai, yeh yaad rakhna. Varanasi ke logon ne unhe gale lagaya aur PM banaya tha (If people of UP, Bihar and MP will be beaten up in PM’s home state then PM must remember that one day he has to go Varanasi. The people of Varanasi had hugged him and made the Prime Minister),” ANI quoted Nirupam  as saying. Then it was turn of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

He tweeted about this violence. Now CM Vijay Rupani gave him back that “Congress first incites violence against Migrants. Congress President tweets to condemn this violence. Does the Congress President not have any shame?” In second tweet, Rupani said, “If the Congress President is against the violence in Gujarat, he needs to take action against its own members who incited violence against the migrants in Gujarat. Tweeting is not the solution, taking action is! But will he act?”

Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel clearly alleged that Alpesh Thakor’s Thakor Sena was behind these attacks. And many videos of alleged members of Thakor Sena threatening migrants were evident to this. Messages of inciting for violence against migrants were being circulated on social media. Police arrested 533 people so far of which 20 are Congress leaders. Many are Thakor Sena leaders/members too.

Calculation behind the violent agitation can be easily understood. This violent agitation is beneficial only to the Congress as vote share of migrant workers to BJP in Gujarat might fall. And consequently, this violence would have severe effect on votes in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Jharkhand in Lok Sabha 2019 elections as well as in Assembly elections. Gujarat will suffer economically in a major way as factories work, Ahmedabad Metro train work etc might be affected severely.

 

It is to be recalled that in 2014 Shri Narendra Modi won on the development plank, and since then Gujarat has been on the target. Various agitations such as Patidar reservation by Hardik, Dalit agitation by Jignesh Mevani and OBC agitation by Alpesh Thakor were pointing to the failure of development model of Gujarat. All three agitations had subsidiary target of defeating the BJP in Assembly elections of 2017. But unfortunately (on the part of Congress) all three got exposed that they were Congress supported. Alpesh Thakor joined the Congress and got elected as Congress MLA, while Congress supported Jignesh Mevani in his election. Hardik’s support to Congress and his secret visit to Rahul Gandhi in Ahmedabad hotel is not unknown. So, it is speculated that now there is conspiracy to start new agitation for dividing Gujarati vs non-Gujarati.

 

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar spoke to Shri Rupani and appealed him to see that there are no attacks on non-Gujaratis. They expressed satisfaction over Gujarat government’s actions. Shri Rupani appealed to the migrant workers to return back to Gujarat.

 

After being exposed, Alpesh Thakor claimed with tears in eyes that he couldn’t support violence and he was going to sit on fast on October 11. Bihar Congress and Gujarat Congress leaders are not happy with Raj Thackeray kind of politics by Alpesh, but the Congress top leadership seems to be backing Alpesh. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel gave a clean chit to Alpesh alleging that the BJP was trying to politicise the issue. 

गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव - २०१७ -हारेगा जातिवाद जीतेगा राष्ट्रवाद

(मेरा यह लेख पांचजन्य के २६-११-१७ के अंक में प्रकाशित हुआ)

कर्णावती से जयवंत पंड्या,  साथ में दिल्ली ब्यूरो

गुजरात में चुनावी सरगर्मी जोरों पर है। दोनों ही मुख्य दलों (भाजपा और कांग्रेस) के दिग्गज चुनाव प्रचार में लगे हैं। जहां भाजपा अपनी सरकार के विकास कार्यों और गुजराती अस्मिता के  नाम पर वोट मांग रही है, वहीं कांगे्रस जाति के नाम पर लोगोें को अपने साथ जोड़ने की कोशिश कर रही है और हिंदुओं को यह संदेश देने की कोशिश कर रही है कि अब वह मुस्लिम तुष्टीकरण की राह पर नहीं है। इस सोच को पुख्ता करने के लिए राहुल गांधी आश्रमों, मठों और मंदिरों के चक्कर लगा रहे हैं। लेकिन गुजरात के लोगों का मानना है कि इन सबसे कांग्रेस के पाप नहीं धुलेंगे। उसने पूरे देश में तुष्टीकरण की राजनीति करके अनगिनत पाप किए हैं। गुजरात के लोग कांग्रेस के इन पापों से कई दशक तक परेशान रहे हैं। कर्णावती के मयंक व्यास कहते हैं, ‘‘एक समय कांग्रेस ने तुष्टीकरण की राजनीति करके गुजरात को कर्फ्यू प्रदेश बना दिया था। आए दिन कहीं न कहीं कर्फ्यू लगता था। भाजपा ने इस प्रदेश को कर्फ्यू से बाहर निकालकर विकास के पथ पर आगे बढ़ाया है।’’ 

ऐसी सोच रखने वालों की कोई कमी नहीं है। गांधीनगर के सुरेश पटेल कहते हैं, ‘‘कांग्रेस ने गुजरात को पीछे धकेलने में कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ी थी। यही नहीं, जब नरेंद्र मोदी मुख्यमंत्री थे तब कांग्रेस ने गुजरात के विकास में रोड़ा अटकाने में कोई हिचक नहीं दिखाई थी। उसने बड़ी बेशर्मी के साथ विकास योजनाओं को रोकने का काम  किया था। इसका ज्वलंत उदाहरण है नर्मदा योजना।’’ उल्लेखनीय है कि तत्कालीन केंद्रीय जल संसाधन मंत्री सैफुद्दीन सोज ने अनुचित हस्तक्षेप कर नर्मदा नदी पर बनने वाले सरदार सरोवर बांध की ऊंचाई बढ़ाने का काम अटका दिया था। इस मामले में कांग्रेस के नेता अभी भी झूठ बोल रहे हैं। अभी कुछ दिन पहले पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह गुजरात में थे। उन्होंने खुलेआम कहा कि तत्कालीन मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी नर्मदा के मुद्दे पर कभी उनसे मिले ही नहीं। इस झूठ से भी गुजरात के लोग नाराज हैं, क्योंकि इस बात के साक्ष्य हैं कि मोदी ने 2006 और 2013 में नर्मदा मुद्दे पर मनमोहन सिंह से बातचीत की थी। लेकिन केंद्र सरकार ने उनकी एक नहीं सुनी। जब मोदी खुद प्रधानमंत्री बने तब उन्होंने नर्मदा बांध की ऊंचाई को बढ़ाने की अनुमति दी थी। आज उस बांध के पानी से गुजरात में विकास के नए अध्याय लिखे जा रहे हैं। मोदी ने महाराष्टÑ और दिल्ली के बराबर गुजरात को गैस के दाम न देने के लिए भी मनमोहन सिंह के समक्ष अपना विरोध जताया था। उस समय महाराष्ट्र और दिल्ली दोनों जगहों पर कॉंग्रेस की सरकारें थीं। 

तत्कालीन केंद्र सरकार के विरोध और बाधाओं के बावजूद गुजरात सरकार ने राज्य के विकास के लिए अनेक काम किए हैं। जनता भी इस बात को महसूस करती है। सौराष्ट्र-कच्छ में नर्मदा का पानी पहुंचाया गया, दाहोद में एशिया का सबसे बड़ा पेट्रोकेमिकल्स संयंत्र लगाया गया, भरुच के पास भारत का सबसे बड़ा केबल ब्रिज बना, घोघा-दाहोद के बीच रॉ-रॉ फेरी सेवा शुरू की गई, लोगों को 24 घंटे बिजली मिल रही है, गांवों से लेकर शहर तक अच्छी सड़कें बनी हैं, और सबसे बड़ी बात है गुजरात में कानून-व्यवस्था का अच्छा होना। अपराधी तत्वों और आतंकवादियों के विरुद्ध सख्त कार्रवाई की गई है। वडोदरा में रहने वाले 60 वर्षीय जीतू भाई कहते हैं, ‘‘कांग्रेस के काल में माफिया और तस्कर पुलिस पर भारी पड़ते थे। उन तत्वों की पहुंच मुख्यमंत्री आवास तक होती थी। ये तत्व व्यापारियों को निशाना बनाते थे। इसलिए उन दिनों सैकड़ों व्यापारी गुजरात छोड़कर मुंबई चले गए थे। भाजपा सरकार ने इन तत्वों को खत्म किया है। इसलिए गुजरात में शांति है।’’ 

गुजरात के लोगों को 2002 के दंगों से पहले के दंगे भी अच्छी तरह याद हैं। कांग्रेस के मुस्लिम तुष्टीकरण ने राज्य को पूरी तरह अशांत बना दिया था। साल के 365 दिन में से लगभग 200 दिन कहीं न कहीं कर्फ्यू लगा रहता था। यह भी कहा जाता था कि गुजरात के बच्चे ‘मां’ बोलना सीखने से पहले ‘कर्फ्यू’ बोलना सीख जाते थे। यहां छबीलदास महेता की सरकार (जो कि गुजरात में कांग्रेस की अंतिम सरकार थी) के समय की एक घटना का उल्लेख करना जरूरी है। चर्चित पुलिस अधिकारी डी. जी. वणझारा ने उस समय के कुख्यात तस्कर इभला शेठ को पकड़ा था। लेकिन गांधीनगर के आदेश के बाद उसे छोड़ दिया गया था और बतौर सजा वणझारा का स्थानांतरण कर दिया गया था। महेता सरकार के तत्कालीन गृह मंत्री नरेश रावल ने सार्वजनिक रूप से कहा था, ‘‘यह सरकार असामाजिक तत्वों द्वारा चलाई जा रही है।’’

गुजरात की जनता काफी चतुर और समाधानवादी मानी जाती है। लेकिन अगर कोई उसे छेड़ता है तो वह उसे छोड़ती भी नहीं है। 2002 में गोधरा नरसंहार के बाद भड़के दंगों को लेकर गुजरातियों को पूरी दुनिया में बदनाम कर दिया गया। ऐसा कहा गया कि दंगों में केवल और केवल मुसलमान मारे गए, जबकि मरने वालों में हिंदू भी थे। कुछ तथाकथित समाजसेवियों ने दुनिया के अनेक देशों में घूम-घूमकर गुजरात के हिंदुओं को ‘मानवभक्षी’ तक कहा था। गोधरा में जिंदा जलाए गए हिंदुओं के बारे में तो पूरी तरह चुप्पी साध ली गई थी। उसी तरह 2007 में अपराधी सोहराबुद्दीन की मुठभेड़ में हुई हत्या को लेकर भी गुजरात को बदनाम किया गया। उसे ‘बेचारा’ बताकर सर्वोच्च न्यायालय तक लड़ाई लड़ी गई। किसी ने उसके आतंक को जानने की कोशिश नहीं की। आतंकी इशरत जहां के मामले में भी गुजरात को बदनाम किया गया। खुफिया एजेंसियों की रपटों को दरकिनार कर उसे ‘निर्दोष’ बताया गया। 

इन सबसे गुजरात के लोगों में गुस्सा बढ़ा और उन्होंने बदनाम करने वालों को पंचायत से लेकर विधानसभा चुनावों तक में पटखनी दी। गुजरातियों की एकता को तोड़ने के लिए ही कांग्रेस ने इस बार जातिवाद की राजनीति शुरू की है। इसी के तहत उसने पाटीदार नेता हार्दिक पटेल, पिछड़े वर्ग के नेता अल्पेश ठाकोर और वंचित समाज से आने वाले और सोच से वामपंथी जिग्नेश मेवाणी को अपने साथ लिया है। लोगों का मानना है कि ये तीनों कांगे्रस की शह पर ही पिछले कुछ साल से गुजरात की भाजपा सरकार के विरुद्ध आंदोलन कर रहे हैं। अब यह स्पष्ट दिखने भी लगा है। इसलिए गुजरातियों को सब कुछ समझ में आने लगा है। तूफानी चुनावी प्रचार के साथ ही गुजरातियों की यह समझ और परिपक्व होती जा रही है। इसलिए लोग कहने लगे हैं कि जातिवाद हारेगा और राष्टÑवाद जीतेगा।    

Gujarat tourism: Spread culture with tourism

(This article was published in Organiser Magazine dt. 03 December 2017).

Gujarat and Gujarati loves tourism. I mean to say Gujarat is great center of tourism and Gujaratis are great tourists who visit from Char Dham to Kanyakumari and from US to Thailand. But until Narendra Modi became chief minister and he decided to promote Gujarat tourism in big way, Gujarat was lesser known for tourism. People from out of Gujarat used to visit Dwarika, Ambaji, Somnath and Palitana temples. Who had imagined that dry desert can be also a great spot for tourism? It can be only visionary person like Narendrabhai who can imagine and develop Kutch desert as tourism place.

Actually Kutch was devastated after major earth quake of 2001. But due to BJP government’s pro active efforts and religious NGOs help Kutch was developed like never before. At this time, Narendra Modi was doing great work overall in Gujarat regarding road connectivity. And Kutch was also included. In 2005 Narendrabhai decided to host Rann Utsav. He knows importance of marketing and promoting. So his government promoted this festival in a big way. This festival provides glimpses of Kutch as well as Gujarat culture. Be it paintings or dance, dresses, handicraft things or any other culture programme hosted during the festival, everything echoes Gujarati culture.

Narendrabhai also ropped mega star Amitabh in to promoting Gujarat tourism. Well written slogans like Gujarat naheen dekha to kutch naheen dekha, Kuchh din to guzariye Gujarat mein and Khushboo Gujarat Kee, script,  locations, direction and presence of Amitabh Bachchan made ads very popular. It helped in promoting Gujarat tourism very well. Even seven years after this campaign, state still manages to hold on to impressive growth rates in tourist footfalls. It has accomplished a 16.94 per cent growth in tourist arrivals in FY17 over the previous year.

Moreover, Narendra Modi promoted Navratri festival in big way by hosting Vibrant Navratri programme since 2004. This programme projects not only Gujarati culture but national and international culture too. Many national and international stars come here for performing arts. This festival also helped to promote Gujarat tourism.

This year present chief minister Vijay Rupani government took it to next level by promoting ‘Selfie With Cow’! Seculars only love chicken and hate cows. Due to constant vicious propaganda, new generation also start to love chicken and hate cows. But in this Vibrant Navratri, four month old calf Saraswati was key attraction. Saraswati adorned in green Navratri dress wearing silver anklets and earings. BJP leader and chairman of state Gauseva Ayog and Gauchar Vikas Board Vallabh Kathiria said, “Selfie with Saraswati' is the cow board's initiative to attract youth towards cow and inculcate love and respect towards gaumata”.

International Kite festival is also big opportunity to attract not only national tourists but international tourists in a big way.

Efforts started by Narendrabhai way back in 2010 to get Ahmedabad declared as world heritage city saw result this year when UNESCO made this announcement. This will help to boost Gujarat tourism and Gujarat culture.

CM Vijaybhai Rupani also launched Seema Darshan programme at zero point of Nadabet border in Banaskantha district. It is a concept of border tourism which helps tourists to realize how our Jawans live and fight at border and boosts not only tourism but patriotism in our countrymen too. Exhibition of arms, border view, film about BSF, retreat of Jawans, BSF fusion band, camel show and bird show are main attractions of this border tourism. Added attraction is darshan of Nadeshwari Mata.

And now Gujarat Tourism Corporation has added a new tourism package! It is named ‘Modi tourism’! Tourists taking this package will get visit of Vadnagar and places around it. It is well known fact that Vadnagar is birth place of Narendra Modi. Gujarat can launch this type of tourism because Vadnagar is well developed during Modi government period and then afterwards Anandiben-Vijaybhai governments. Can there be Amethi or Raibareli tourism?

Today Sabarmati River front has become one of major tourist point. Before Narendra Modi took over as CM, Sabarmati used to be dry bed and youth used to play cricket there. But Modi government brought Narmada water into Sabarmati. And he also developed River front. Now there is water sports adventure in Sabarmati. Even, when Rahul Gandhi, vice president of Indian National Congress decided to hold Samvaad programme to raise unemployment and non development issues in Gujarat recently, he choose Sabarmati River front as location!

Last month Vijaybhai inaugurated lion safari park at Ambardi in Amreli district.  The park has been developed by carving out around 400 hectare or four square Km area out of Ambardi reserved forest.

Recently Gujarat tourism baged ‘Hall Of Fame’ award for being the Best State in comprehensive development of tourism category at the National Tourism Awards.

But there are more things that can be done to attract more tourists in Gujarat. There are many places that can be developed and promoted through advertise campaigns. Here are some:

1.       Kranti Teerth

Mandavi is a city based in Kachchh district. It has beautiful seashore. There is Vijay Vilas Palace which is historic. Many films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam are shot here. And more over there is Kranti Teerth a memorical of Shyamji Krushna Varma who was great freedom fighter. Nobody thought to bring back his ashes from Geneva but Narendrabhai and then birth place was developed as Kranti Teerth where one can know about freedom fighters. 

2.       Gopnath

Located 70 km away from Bhavnagar, the beach is on the Gulf of Khambat. It is rich in biodiversity and natural beauty. This beach is famous for the Gopinath Temple where famous Krushna Bhakta and ‘Adya Kavi’ Narsimha Mehta pleased Bhagwan Shiv. Shiv gave him Darshan. There are many beach places in this strip like Hathab, Kuda and Mahuva.

3.   Nishkalank Mahadev

Nishkalank Mahadev temple is located in Koliyak village at Bhavnagar District. This temple is unique in a way. Bhagvan Shiv here is well-known as Nishkalan Mahadev. There an idol of Shivjee was situated in an island, over the sea about 2 km to the east part of Koliyak village. That is very holly place. Sea itself performs Jalabhishek on Shiv Ling. It is said that Pandavs got all sins washed away here as they established Nishkalank Mahadev.

4.  Blackbuck National Park

 One remember well black buck as it is alleged that Salman Khan killed blackbuck in Rajasthan. But this blackbuck national park is situated in the Bhavnagar district. It was established in 1976. Population of the park mainly includes blackbucks, wolves, Macqueen's bustards, hyenas and lesser floricans, with foxes, jackals and jungle cats as the main carnivores. Other species include wild pigs, hares and rodents typical of the savannah type grasslands and thorn scrubs.

5.   Pirotan Island

Pirotan Island is an Arabian Sea island. It is known for Marine National Park, Jamnagar District of Gujarat state, India. It is located 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast (Bedi Port), consists of mangroves and low-tide beaches. Here tourist can see various marine life forms that include various types of Crabs,  Neptune, hermit crab, sea scorpion, wiper iscoceles, sea horse, octopus etc.

Gujarat Elections: Impregnable

(This article is published in Organiser magazine 12-11-17 issue)

Finally election commission set ball rolling on last 25^th October. Gujarat is going to have elections in two phases. First phase on 9^th December will see Saurashtra, Kutch and South Gujarat voting on 89 seats. It will cover 19 out of 33 districts. Second phase on 14^th December will be for North Gujarat and Central Gujarat voting on 93 seats in remaining 14 districts. Results will be out on 18^th December 2017.

While it was seen one sided game till Rajya Sabha elections. Congress was facing revolt by its opposition leader in assembly, Shankarsinh Vaghela. His supporters were demanding to declare him CM candidate. Shankarsinhjee was also demanding to declare candidates early so that they could get enough time for campaigning. He sought to implement report prepared by ex defense minister A. K. Antony on wake of debacle in Lok Sabha elections. Posters war began in Congress. Some posters were saying: Bapu aave chhe. (Shankarsinh Vaghela a.k.a. Bapu will be next CM) Some were saying: Bharatsinh Solanki aave chhe.  But Congress high command didn’t succumb to Shankarsinh Vaghela group’s demand. And after one meeting of his supporters on 24^th June, Shankarsinhjee announced he would quit congress on his birthday 21^st July.

Congress mlas who were seemed to be Shankarsinhjee supporter began to defect one by one. 14 mlas resigned from Congress before rajyasabha elections. BJP gave Balwantsinh Rajput, congress mla who defected to BJP ticket of Rajya sabha. He was seen candidate against Congress stalwart Ahmed Patel. Suddenly Congress woke up and hijacked their mlas to Bengaluru five star resort. Agnet of Ahmed Patel and veteran Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil allegedly played tactics in which Shankarsinh Vaghela group mla Raghavjee Patel and Bholabhai Gohil got trapped. Their two votes were cancelled after a long suspense that continued till mid night involving election commission at Delhi and Gandhinagar. And finally result was out with Ahmed Patel victory by just half vote which is challenged in court by Balwantsinh Rajput.

Dubious Victory

This victory has boosted up Congress moral. North Gujarat was facing flood and heavy rain. While Gujarat CM Vijaybhai Rupani and health minister Shankarbhai Chaudhary were in North Gujarat for five days to help flood victims, while Congress’s 44 mlas were enjoying in Bengaluru hi fi resort. Even though, after victory ‘Vikas Gando thayo chhe’ (Development has gone mad) messages got circulated and anti BJP campaign was peaking up. Rise in Petrol-Diesel prices, loan for Bullet train, very poor condition of roads, GST were being opposed and many people also joined in this campaign allegedly run by Congress I.T. Cell.

Even though, roads are subject of municipalities (which are BJP controlled), BJP national president Amitbhai Shah had to promise roads would be fine till October which showed Congress campaign success. Picture was good for Congress till 21^st October. But it has started changing from the same day. On this day, Alpesh Thakor, who agitated for OBC and SC-ST went to meet Rahul Gandhi at Delhi and declared he would join Congress. Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani also declared he would support Congress. Hardik Patel also gave indications of supporting Congress on same day.

Split support

Thus it was clear that all three agitations were supporting Congress. Hardik Patel who fought for reservation to Patel community in OBC quota suddenly changed his stand and publically told: “No problem, if Congress doesn’t give reservation to Patel, but we will see BJP would not come to power.” He also talked he was ready to see any Dalit or Muslim leader becoming CM but BJP mustn’t come to power.

Similarly, Alpesh Thakor fought for strict implementation of liquor prohibition. But Mohansinh Rathva who became opposition leader in assembly after Shankarsinh Vaghela quit Congress appealed thakor community members to drink liquor if offered by BJP and vote to Congress. It was in presence of Rahul Gandhi and Alpesh Thakor! It was clearly violation of law. Alpesh Thakor didn’t oppose this at that time and even after that rally.

Media showed Hardik Patel secretly meeting allegedly Rahul Gandhi and coming out with begs. BJP alleged that Hardik Patel had secret deal with Congress. Two big PAAS (Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti) leader Varun Patel and Reshma Patel also changed their hearts and joined BJP!

After this sudden change, it seems these agitation have divided Patel and OBC community, specifically Patel community. Before agitation there were two sub castes- Leuva and Kadva. But after Hardik Patel support to Congress, it seems there are two more divisions- PAAS (Pro PAAS) and NaaPAAS (Naapaas means failed but in this case it is anti PASS). Opposition to Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor by their respective communities show that wise members have realized that these leaders, be it Hardik, Varun, Reshma, Alpesh or Jignesh have befooled them on name of communities.

Flimsy Ploys

Allegations by Narendra Patel, PAAS leader that BJP tried to buy him with one crore rupee and after then one audio clip telecasted by media heard Narendra Patel speaking to unknown person about entry of Rs. 25 lakh in his name though he didn’t receive any money. He was telling that Rs25 lakh was described in a diary as a part of the grant received by Mehsana District Panchayat, which was given to PAAS Committee of Mehsana and North Gujarat. He quoted one Pahlaj bhai who told him that he had given the money to three people on receiving a call from the State Congress. Patel was even heard saying that he would speak with state Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki and ask him about who was given the money. Later in the clip, Patel said that he received a call from Patel reservation stir leader Hardik Patel, who asked him not to talk about the matter to anyone, and also asked him not to make an issue of the same.

These events have created bad image for agitators and Congress. Congress is again alleged to play same caste politics. In 1980s, Congress leader Madhavsinh Solanki played KHAM (Kshatriy, Harijan i.e. dalit, Adivasi i.e. tribal and muslim) theory successfully. This time Congress is applying POD theory where P stands for Patidar, O for OBC and D for Dalit.

Chinks In Congress

But taking support of these three young leaders will not be easy task for Congress. After Alpesh Thakor joined Congress, it is said that Congress had to rethink for candidate on 60-70 seats. It was said that Alpesh had a meeting with BJP president Amitbhai Shah where he demanded deputy CM post for his father and 16-18 seats but Amitbhai rejected his offer. So it is clear if Alpesh has joined Congress, Congress must have accepted his demands. And it will create dissatisfaction among Congress leaders. Congress is known for factionalism at times of election and it is one big reason behind its successive four defeats. Two suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested from Surat. BJP alleged that one of the terrorist, Kasim Stimberwala was working as laboratory technician at Sardar Hospital In Ankleshwar. Ahmed Patel was trustee in this hospital. BJP demanding Ahmedbhai’s resignation.

BJP's game

On other hand BJP is also highlighting development work done at center in leadership of PM Narendra Modi and at Gujarat in leadership of ex CM Anandiben Patel and current CM Vijaybhai Rupani. This includes completion of Narmada yojana, Sauni Yojana, Mukhyamantri Yuva Svavalamban Yojana, electricity, irrigation, actions in favour of farmers and tribals, better road connectivity, R0-Ro ferry service between Ghogha-Dahej, bullet train etc.

Election rallies have just started. Model code of conduct is in force since 25^th. Rallies may change whole campaign. Congress is raising same issues like past four elections- i.e. unemployment, poor education facilities, injustice to farmers-dalits-tribals-women, undue favour to 4-5 industrialists. However Rahul Gandhi is adopting new strategy. In past, he/Sonia Gandhi used to come, address rally and then leave. Now Rahul is staying here for three days. He is travelling to villages, talking to farmers, tribals, women, youths. He has accepted he is not good speaker as Narendra Modi is. So he has adopted this strategy.

As this article is being written, Rahul has arrived in south Gujarat. He has visited Saurashtra region and central Gujarat. Narendra Modi has been visiting Gujarat since last one year. He has been here for all development work inauguration or commencement.

It will have to be seen which strategy wins. 

Regulation for affordable education

(My article on regulation brought by Gujarat government on school fee in Organiser, dt. 25 June, 2017)

Schooling is necessary but schools have become a luxury, especially the private schools. It is welcome to have one’s child education at a private school but school fee is matter of big worry.  According to one Mumbai- based tabloid, seventy students of a school were expelled by the management. Reason?  Due to parents’ opposition to school fee hike.

According to national sample survey in 2015, education cost from Primary education to Post-Graduation has soared by 175 per cent.  In Mumbai, as per one estimate, pre schooling fee is higher than MBA fee! As per a report, one school charged Rs. 4.55 lakh as fee till last year, which was raised to Rs. 7 lakh this year! On the other hand, middle class person’s salary or SME’s revenue gets increased generally from 5 to 10 percent yearly with which he has to run household. MBA fee in private college is Rs.5-7 lakhs per year. Fee of one Nursery School in Mumbai was Rs 45,000 in year 2009. This was raised to Rs 93,000 this year. Parents also have started a missed call and WhatsApp campaign to gain support for agitation against the school fee hike.

According to the Maharashtra Educational Institutions (Regulation of Fee) Act, 2011, a private school can propose a fee hike six months before the academic year and must seek nod from the Parents Teachers Association’s (PTA) executive body before implementing it. According to parents, one of the major drawbacks is that even though the act prohibits schools from hiking fees more than once in two years, it does not put any cap on the hike. They want the act to define upper limits for the hikes.
But this problem is not limited to Maharashtra only. It is pan Bharat problem. Privatisation of education gives more option to parents, but in the name of facilities, schools demand sky-touching fees. Let’s talk about Karnawati. Private schools here charge fees ranging from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 5.5 Lakh! Issue is not only fee, but schools demand donation/capitation fee. They force students to buy uniform, books and other things from certain specified shops/show rooms. Recently a school ordered students to wear only Adidas brand shoes!

Even after this scenario, according to Legatum Prosperity Index, Bharat is nowhere near top ten countries in education field. Bharat ranks at 92 which is far behind the other developing countries such as Phillipines (76), Malaysia (51), Sri Lanka (59).

If school education is such costly, how can we expect students to have higher education? There is RTE act for poor children. But its implementation is very poor. Schools don’t obey this rule. As per report of last year, parents complained that eight schools of Rajkot denied admission to 26 children. In Karnawati, parents strongly protested against admission given in schools which are at long distance from home. According to this law, children applicable under RTE must be given admission in the school which is 6 KM away from their homes. But 7,000 children were given admission in schools which were more than 6 km away from their homes. One resident of Asarwa, Karnawati has his child’s admission in school 25 KM away from home!

But Gujarat Government has made a bold initiative regarding school fee. It passed Gujarat Self Financed Schools (Regulation Of Fees) Bill, 2017 on March 30. Under this law, all Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary schools affiliated under CBSE, International Board, ICSE Board and State Board will be covered. The State Government decided maximum ceiling fee that schools can charge. For primary it is Rs. 15,000, for Secondary it is Rs 25,000 and for Higher Secondary i.e. std 11 and 12, it is Rs 27,000.

While tabling bill, education minister Shree Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said, “Donations are being forced beyond imagination. Schools decide which brand of shoes to buy and from which shop. The sale outlets of these brands are set up within the school compound and the parents are forced to buy uniforms, water bags, shoes, school bags, etc. If rules under this new law are not followed ,there is a provision for fines ranging from Rs 5-10 lakh and cancellation of affiliation.

When contacted on phone, Education Minister Shree Chudasama said, “This bill is not against private schools, but at the same time, any system can’t be run uncontrolled. How can a parent having Rs. 5,000 to 10 ,000 monthly income afford paying fee of Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh?”

Under this legislation, a Fee Regulatory Committees will also be formed in four zones of Gujarat that will keep a tab on the school fees. Committee will be headed by retired District Judge. Gujarat Government is firm to implement this new Law from this academic session itself.

However, school administrators are opposing this law. Some of them have challenged this law in Gujarat High court. They argue that fee decided by the government is very low. The Government has not considered the education given with quality and facilities, salaries paid to teachers and other staffers. But those who are aware of education sector know better that teachers in private schools have one salary on paper and other given actually.  Apparently, they want to pressure the government as well as parents as academic session has been started from June. Under this law, there is a prohibition on charging any donation or capitation fee. If any parent pays donation voluntarily, he/she has to inform Fee Regulation Committee.

Shree Bhaskarbhai Patel, spokesman of Gujarat State School Management Association says, “It is very clear. Education is in concurrent list in constitution. What type of education should be there, rules regarding teachers, school fee are subject to Government decision. Private schools have crossed limits regarding fees. Education has become business instead of service or mission. So restrictions are necessary.” Bhaskarbhai thinks that this law is applicable to schools falling under CBSE also.

Dr Akshay Aggarwal has his broad opinion on education. Talking from Canada, former Vice Chancellor of Gujarat Technical University (GTU) says, “Education  has been commercialized all over the country. 90 percent education is in hands of private managers. Education has become very costly for poor and middle class children. Very few children come forward for getting education in good schools but they go abroad for better prospects. Many children have to strive for good education. In present situation, government regulation was  the only solution. We have our dress torn and we wear it with darn. This will not lead to better production of citizens. We have to think about education system from very roots. We have to make policies which reflect our country’s ancient heritage and culture instead of coping foreign policies.”

Good thing is that Central Government is mulling over Gujarat model to slash school fees across India. According to a report of CNBC Awaaz, Union HRD  Minister Prakash Javadekar has asked for the details of the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Bill 2017.   

कुछ तो करो मोदी सरकार

आप के विदेशी दौरे सह लिये,
सह लिये छप्पन इंच की छातीवाले भाषण,
महंगाई सह ली, सह लिये काले धन वाले जुमले,
गुजरात के प्रति बेरुखी भी सह ली,
सह ली दिल्ली और बिहार में हार
पाक प्रति भाईचारा, अदनान  को नागरिकत्व
सह लिया पाक के हिन्दू शरणार्थी को ठेंगा भी
लेकिन सहन नहीं होती पांच के बदले सात जवान की शहीदी
आपकी ये खामोशी; आपकी ये लाचारी😡
आपने कहा था पाकिस्तान को उसकी भाषा में समजाओ, ये लवलेटर बंध करवाओ
आप भी उसी राह पे, तो क्या फरक मनमोहन और आप में
बहोत खा ली पाकिस्तान से मार,
अब कुछ तो करो मोदी सरकार🏼

नेट जो बंध हो अपना जग सूना सूना लागे

(ये व्यंग है, सीरियसली मत लेना)

दिनांक २५ अगस्त से गुजरात में वातावरण अशांत था। हार्दिक पटेल के कारण हिंसा भडकी थी। और हिंसा न भडके इसी कारण से सरकारने मोबाइल में इन्टरनेट कनेक्शन बंध करी दिया।

इन्टरनेट कनेक्शन बंध क्या हो गया जैसे युवानो की जान चली गई। फेसबुक और वोट्सएप में अंधकार छा गया। वोट्सएप और फेसबुक सूने सूने लगने लगे। एक तरफ जहां दिनभर में सेंकडो-हजारो मेसेज के ढेर हुआ करते थे और हर एक सेकंड में एक मेसेज के कारण फोन की व्हिसल बजती रहती थी वहीं डेटा बंध होने के कारण जैसे मोबाइल सूना हो गया। मोबाइल की बोलती बंध हो गई!

युवा पीढी के लिए इससे बडी सजा क्या होगी कि बहार संचारबंधी (कर्फ्यू) और घर में मोबाइल में नेट बंध। टीवी पे सूर्यवंशम् जैसी एक ही फिल्म। और समाचार चेनल में पूरे दिन एक ही खबरें। सूना है कि हार्दिक पटेल पर अपने पटेल साथी युवाओ का प्रेशर बढ रहा है। उन के साथी कह रहे है कि **में जाये तुम्हारा आंदोलन। डेटा चालु करवाओ यार। इसी कारण हार्दिक भी अब आंदोलन वापिस लेने की सोच रहा है।

डेटा बंध होने के कारण नयी पीढी के लोग पीछले कुछ  वर्षो में आये दर्द भरे गाने डेटा को संबोधित कर के कुछ इस तरह से गा रहे है:

(1) मैं तो जिया ना मरा
है वे दस मैं की करा
कनेक्शन जुडे बिना ही तूट गये डेटा मिले बिना ही छूट गये
कि लिखे ने लेख किस्मत ने
बार बार रोये अखिंयां तैनू  जो ना वेख सकिया
खोले आये आज सरकार ने

नेट जो बंध हो अपना
जग सूना सूना लागे
मेसेज जो आये ना अपना
जग सूना सूना लागे
तो ये क्यों होता है
ये दिल क्यों रोता है
रोये सिसक सिसक के

(फिल्म: ओम् शांति ओम्)

(2) ना है ये आना
ना जाना ही है
तेरा ना होना जाने
क्यों होना ही है

तुम से ही दिन होता है
सूरमई शाम आती है
तुम से ही तुमसे ही

(फिल्म: जब वी मेट)

(3) कैसी तेरी मनमरजी
ना मोबाइल चालु ना वाइफाइ
कैसी तेरी मनमरजी
मोहताज हो गये हम पाइपाइ

(फिल्म: ये जवानी है दीवानी)

(4) तुझ संग बैर लगाया एसा
रहा ना मैं फिर अपने जैसा
हा रहां ना मैं फिर अपने जैसा

मेरा नाम युझर
तेरा नाम डेटा
मेरा नाम, तेरा नाम
मेरा नाम डेटा

(फिल्म: गोलीयों की रासलीला रामलीला)

(4) नहीं जीना तेरे बाजु
नहीं जीना नहीं जीना
मैं तेनू समजावां कि
ना तेरे बिन लगदा जी
मैं तेनू समजावां कि
तू कि जाने प्यार मेरा
मैं करू ईंतझार तेरा
तू दिल तू यों जान मेरी

(फिल्म: हम्प्टी शर्मा की दुल्हनियां)

(5) डेटा बुलावा जाने कब आवे
डेटा बुलावा आवे जब आवे
मैं तो कोल तेरे रहना
मैं तो कोल तेरे रहना
मैं तो बैठां कोल तेरे

(फिल्म: हँसी तो फसी)

क्या मोदी को अपने और पराये घेर रहे है?

क्या मोदी को सब तरफ से घेरने की रणनीति बनी है?
आज के घटनाक्रम को देखे तो ऐसा ही लगता है।
1. संघ, विहिप हिन्दूवादी बाबतो के उपर जो निवेदन दे रहे है वो मिडिया और विपक्ष को बवाल का मसाला दे रहे है
2. मोदी ने अब तक संघ और विहिप की अनदेखी ही की। गुजरात में इन संगठनो को कमजोर किया। उनकी एक नहीं सूनी।
3. गुजरात में किसान संघ भी सरकार के विरुद्ध खडा हुआ है
4. मुलायम-लालु-नीतीश सब साथ आ रहै है
5. मोदी ने संघ को तथाकथित धमकी दी है कि अगर संघ और विहिपने बयानबाजी बंध नहीं कि तो वो त्यागपत्र दे देंगे।
6. और तो और मोदी के प्रधानमंत्री बनने के बाद मौन साधे बैठे आडवाणीजी भी बोल पडे है कि मोदी से गुजरात दंगो को लेकर अटलजी नाराज थे और पद के लिऐ कोई आयुसा नहीं होनी चाहिऐ।
अब क्या होगा? मोदी इस रणनीति से कैसे बाहर नीकलेंगे ये देखना दिलचस्प होगा

Narendra Modi : Chet Machhinder Gorakh Aaya

In spiritual world there is myth about one yogi Matsyendranath or Machhindernath. He was very expert Hath Yogi. He made a Shishya called Gorakshanath or Gorakhnath. Now Matsynderanath found a queen who was widow and childless. With help of his ‘vidya’, Matsyendranath entered in to body of King to remove pain of queen. He started ruling on ‘Nagar’. People were happy as he was giving good governance. So they convinced queen to hypnotize queen Matsyendranath so that he be there in King’s body forever. Matsyendranath also fell in to material and physical love of queen. Gorakshanath came to know this so he came to persuade his Guru to come out from love of material world so he sang this Bhajan:

Chet Machinder Gorakh Aaya

Now this Bhajan applies to Narendra Modi and BJP. How? Let’s understand.

Mahuva’s MLA and Gujarat’s honest leader, social worker Kanubhai Kalsaria has joined AAP yesterday (1 January, 2014) that is Aam Aadmi Party. This is high time to awake. Although there are so many facts to prove that Aam Aadmi Party is pseudo secular, pro hardliner muslim agenda like its leader Prashant Bhushan  favoured giving away Kashmir to Pakistan.  Arvind Kejriwal asked support of hardliner muslim leader Tauqueer Raza Khan who issued fatwa against Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. Manish Sisodia’s orgainsation Kabir got crores of dollar in donation from Ford foundation. But as BJP made a mistake of not forming government in Delhi and let Arvind Kejriwal make government, now Arvind Kejriwal and his party leaders have gained so much popularity. Kejriwal announced free water, reduced power tariff, decided not to take security and not to have ‘Lal Batti’ vehicles, refused to take government bunglow.  Also Arvind Kejriwal contested against then chief minister Sheila Dixit and defeated her. Now AAP leader Kumar Biswas is planning to contest against Rahul Gandhi.

Why Arvind Kejriwal and his party is gaining so much popularity?

Because since last 10 year it seemed that there is match fixing between Congress and BJP at central level and in Gujarat. There was so much price rise. Petrol and Diesel prices were raised frequently. LPG subsidy was removed. Vegetables, milk and other essential things became too costly, but BJP was not doing enough.  Names of BJP leaders like Nitin Gadkari, Ajay Sancheti, Yediyurappa emerged in corruption. In Gujarat too, in last two or three years, it was believed that Gujarat voters are in pocket of BJP and Narendra Modi’s name is enough to win. He also won for third time as there was not effective option. Electricity tariff were also raised frequently in Gujarat. VAT on petrol was not reduced like Goa.

But now situation is alarming. In Gujarat and elsewhere honest and educated persons are turning towards AAP. Honest ex prime minister late Lal Bahadur Shastri’s grandson is joined AAP. Infosys board member V. Balakrishnan joined AAP and now Kanubhai Kalsaria too joined AAP. So, don’t take situation easy. Now fight will be tough. Now fight will be between Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal. Congress whose leaders accepted defeat in next general elections 2014, are smiling!

Black acts in Bharat : Are we living under Black British rulers?

It is high time that some movement like opposition of black acts should start. In Amdavad, there is new rule (or atleast it came to my knowledge now) that for new vehicles, owners will have to buy number plate only from RTO approved agency and that also in RTO premises. As all know, Amdavad RTO is located on boundary of Amdavad so most of people have to travel a long distance. They stand in queue for their turn beginning from 8 am and may get turn at end of the day! This is ridiculous! Why do you make compulsory to buy number plate only from Amdavad RTO? And if you have good logic behind it, can't you open centers in various areas? 
Second such rule is that for filling petrol/diesel one must have weared helmet, he/she must have license, PUC, and RC (vehical registration certificate). 
Another such rule is filling up KYC form every year. Agreed that there is rise in bank related crime, but why customer need to fill up form? Can't bank this do when they can go home of customer for opening a/c or to avail them such facilities?
Toll tax is another wrongly imposed tax. Agreed that it is collected for good road but it should be one time tax and govt should assure that roads are in good state. There are so many such black acts which make citizens' lives miserable. 
There are so many direct and indirect taxes imposed upon citizens but in return what they get? It is known that nowadays govt has very much limited responsibilities/liabilities. They have privatised most of services. (Now there is also talk about privatization of Air India also.) Then why so huge taxes? Who will regulate private companies/firms from increasing prices frequently? And after collecting hefty taxes, we only get poor services from govt. Roads are in bad state even in Narendra Modi's Gujarat (one can come and see in Amdavad).There is extremely bad water management in Saurastra where even after heavy rain, citizens are not getting water everyday. Education expenditure is so high. And in Gujarat, semister system in schools is made from 7th standard only to benefit textbook printers/guide/Swadhyay pothi/practise book publishers. 
Amul increases prices autocratically by citing hike in diesel prices almost two months. For increasing petrol or diesel prices, oil companies always cite weakening rupee (but conviniently forget low international oil price) or cite high international price of oil (but conviniently forgets strengthening of rupee). 
Our representatives -MPs/MLAS do not attend parliament/assembly sessions. Or if they attend, they create ruckus/chaos and houses adjournment is each and everyday phenomenon. (In Gujarat, Narendra Modi succeded to call assembly sessions only for two or three days because of weak opposition from Congress). If employee does not attend duty his/her salary will be cut but our mps/mlas salaries are not cut. Govt employees have to agitate for salary rise and private employees have to jump another company to get significant rise in salary but our mps/mlas conviniently forget their enimity and increase their salary by a good percentage. In addition they also get cheap food in assembly/parliament canteen. But common man gets food at much prises thanks to frequently increasing milk prices/satta on essential commodities. There is no control over medicine price also. Electricity and cooking gas are becoming costlier day by day. Purchasing house has become only dream of common man as there is nexus between builders and politicians. 
It is going to be totally failure if system. Without bribing small work is not done. 
Politicians irrespective of parties behaving like Zamindar/Zagirdar who used to block road when they had to pass from road and lived luxuriously. 
Situation is similar to time of British rule. In today's Kalash supplement of Divya Bhasker, Ajay Nayak has written about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's speach before commencing Dandi March and Sardar spoke : There is nothing on which tax not applied. Only air is not taxed. We are not getting food. It is high time for Dharma Yuddh against this British government. 
I think we live under Black British government rule and there is no basic difference between political parties when it comes to taxing, rising mps/mlas salaries, security of ministers/mps/mlas. Politicians organize their sons/daughter marriage in lavish manner and we mutely watch.
If our politicians will not take cognizance of highly intolerable situation, one day they will invite bloody revolution like Arab spring or Russia revolution.

A satire on fake encounter

Once there was a man who was living happily and peacefully with his family and wanted to live happily and peacefully. Police raided his house and found dead bodies in his house. Based on these evidences, man was arrested and sent to jail, but neighbours raised voice against this and represented that man was very violent and he be sent in another village jail.
Man was sent another village jail. But neighbours were still not satisfied with this. They asked to constitute investigation commission. 'SIT' was formed. But SIT could found nothing. So CDI inquiry was set up. CDI put charge sheet against man. Man argued : I have killed only two or three, but you are not taking action against Rajiv who is running 'Gandhi' shop (In Gujarat,  Gandhi's shop is where you found herbals and grocery items.) and who has committed genocide.
CDI men replied, "Wife of Rajiv looks after us very much and gives us Hapta (bribe)s regularly. We get extra income from there. They are our employers. We can't do anything against them. And they killed cockroaches because his mother Indu had allergy with cockroaches. She feared from them, but you....you know whom you killed?
You killed mosquitoes!"
Man said : "But mosquitoes consume bloods from human and they transmit harmful diseases like malaria, dengue etc.To keep environment mosquito free, you don't spray D.D.T. You do not keep this area clean and when I kill just two or three mosquitoes, you make hue and cry."
CDI men said : "It is like that. It is O.K. to kill cockroaches, but unfair to kill mosquitoes."

Insult of army men, Salute to terrorists!

How ridiculous! On one hand, this UPA or say, Congress government creating fake encounter cases and on other hand it doesn't care for our brave soldiers! You may recall, some months back, Pakistani soldiers came in India border and beheaded two Indian soldiers! Our brave Congress government at center could not do anything else than hosting lunch and dinner for Pakistan's prime minister who came here on unofficial visits- be it Choudhary or Gillani.

It is learnt that the ITBP jawans who died in helicopter crash accident while working for Uttarakhand disaster victims will not be known as martyr (Shahid). They are general dead persons. Were these jawans not working for nation? Should not they be declared as martyr?

Now let's take Isharat Jahan case. David Hadley reportedly told NIA (National Investigation Agency) that Isharat is linked with terror group. This portion was reportedly removed from report. Why? Let's assume that they didn't come to kill Mr. Narendra Modi, C.M. of Gujarat, but they had terror plan. And why Gujarat only? As per National Human Rights Commission report, Uttar Pradesh tops in fake encounter. Congress can argue that  it has nothing to do with U.P as it is ruled by Samajwadi Party but, wait! Congress ruled two states Manipur and Asaam among top five trigger happy states (Courtesy: India Today).

Congress can conviniently forget that in Maharasthra Including Mr. Pradeep Sharma, Mr. Daya Nayak many police officers got lable of encounter specialist and due to this, gang wars are no more in Mumbai. It was Mr. K P S Gill, the famous super cop, who is credited for ending Sikh terrorism in Punjab and it was Congress prime minister Mr. Narsimha Rao who brought Mr. Gill back to Punjab and gave full power to Gill. Former prime minister late Mrs. Indira Gandhi sent army in Golden Temple, Amritsar.

Congress perhaps believes that Rajbala who died during non violent agitation in Ram Lila Maidan against corruption due to unwarranted use of police force, was terrorist, but Ishrat was not! It was rightful to beat anti rape demonstrators after 16 December, 2012 rape.

Gujarat riots = genocide, Bhopal gas tragedy =?

If you call it Gujarat genocide what will you call Bhopal gas tragedy which has more than 20,000 people died, 5.7 lacs of people injured and still infected and new generation is also effected? Where are Tista Setalwads? Medha Patkars? Arundhati Roys?