Faisal Kidwai (whomever he is) has written an article only a Muslim and a leftist can write. I am sure that he is a leftist only when it comes to dealing with Hindu-Muslim issues i.e. Secular when dealing with Hindus and Conservative when it comes to Islam. The article he has written in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling which essentially exonerates Modi. The article is obviously biased and reeks of desperationKidwai indulges in some cheap theatrics inspired by the movie “A Time To Kill” and panders to fellow Muslims and bleeding heart liberals. He refers to the post Godhra massacre riots as a pogrom. The word Pogrom means “an organized massacre” like the killing of the 50 plus Karsevaks, or the slaughter of thousands of Sikhs in 1984 or what happened in Moplah before partition or what has happened to Hindu population in Pakistan where the percentage is down from 12 in 1947 to less than 2 today etc. What happened after the Godhra station massacre was nothing but reactionary revenge killing. Kidwai has no clue of the meaning of the word pogrom and if he does, he likes to use it selectively. He also ignores that out of about 2100 killed, more than 700 were Hindus. He has used examples of Hindu inflicted cruelty which have since been proven to be incorrect. Those examples seem to be from the history books when Muslim marauders like Ghazi and Ghouri inflicted on the hapless Hindus.
I do not want to sound petulant and proud of what happened in Gujarat. No sensible Indian can. But people like Kidwai need to stand and say that if the Muslims had not killed the 50 karsevaks, none of the rioting and killing afterwards would have happened. Take a breath Mr. Kidwai and accept that often ignored fact.
But none of what he said bothered me because we have been hearing these lies and distortions for the last decade. What bothered me was when this liar says the following:
So, those of you sitting on the sidelines cheering Modi should take a deep breath, pause and really ask yourself whether you want a leader under whose chief ministership hundreds were killed, who has by extension linked Hindus to terrorism and who did not even have the decency to resign, even though maintaining law and order is every chief minister's top duty.
He says that because he knows that he and his ilk have lost this battle and now he wants the Modi supporters to introspect. What I want him and every anti-Modi liberal is that how can you live knowing that you have repeatedly voted for Congress or enabled them knowing that they were responsible for killing thousands of Sikhs (now that WAS a pogrom). Jagdish Tytler who was allegedly in charge of choreographing those riots is still part of Congress leadership. It is also well known that a most Hindu Muslim or Shia-Sunni riots have happened under the Congress and other pseudo-secular party rules. Yes, how DO YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SELF MR. KIDWAI?
But even that is part of repeated efforts to bring down Modi and we know all the tricks. However what really riles me is when He tries to deny Modi credit for the upsurge of growth in Gujarat under Modi. It seems to be a pet excuse of all anti Modi brigade to say that the development in Gujarat is due to the entrepreneurial skills of the Gujaratis rather than Modi’s leadership. No one can or will deny that the Gujaratis have the entrepreneurial skill in spades and have succeeded the world over. However without the proper infrastructure, there is only so far your spirit or ability will take you.
Small and seemingly common sense decisions by Modi have resulted in drastic improvements in availability of power and water in a perpetually parched state. Farmers and industrialists are prospering together. It also claimed by the liberals that Modi is being coached by the Industrialists into making these decisions. Maharashtra used to be one of the most productive and prosperous states. Now it ranks in the bottom five. Where are those industrialists now? Why have they not helped a “secular” Congress government which has run the state into the ground? Why are farmers killing themselves in Andhra (another Congress ruled state) and Vidarbha which is Sharad Pawar’s backyard while Gujarati farmers are now exporting food? They also say that Modi has nothing to do with the large amounts of investments. I guess these people ignored the Tata Nano move from Poshchim Bongo to Gujarat. Do you think if some corrupt person were in Gujarat CM’s seat demanding his cut, Ford, BMW and others would be investing billions in the State? Imagine Raja or Kalmadi or anyone associated with UPA in charge of Gujarat and the amount of money they would have made? The fact that Modi is personally honest in the middle of such a huge flow of money speaks volumes of the man’s integrity. Of course all this eludes Kidwai and his ilk.
Mr. Kidwai, we do not need lessons in what Hinduism teaches us but you do. No Hindu is proud of what happened in Gujarat. It was a crying shame which we have trouble living with. However, we will not stand and take the blame for the entire tragedy. I wish that Muslims had not started it and killed the fifty plus karsevaks because that way I would not be here defending a great leader like Narendra Modi.
Should Modi's burden be India's too?
Faisal Kidwai.
Firstly, the court has not announced a decision on the verdict, so the victory claim is pretty out of place. Secondly, even if Modi is given a clean chit, which would not come as a surprise considering that the Congress -- read the UPA government -- was never serious about pursuing Modi, thanks to party insider Ahmed Patel's view that going after Modi would hurt the Congress party's prospects in the state, how does that become an event to celebrate?
The article can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/column/should-modis-burden-be-indias-too-column/20110913.htm
He says that because he knows that he and his ilk have lost this battle and now he wants the Modi supporters to introspect. What I want him and every anti-Modi liberal is that how can you live knowing that you have repeatedly voted for Congress or enabled them knowing that they were responsible for killing thousands of Sikhs (now that WAS a pogrom). Jagdish Tytler who was allegedly in charge of choreographing those riots is still part of Congress leadership. It is also well known that a most Hindu Muslim or Shia-Sunni riots have happened under the Congress and other pseudo-secular party rules. Yes, how DO YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SELF MR. KIDWAI?
But even that is part of repeated efforts to bring down Modi and we know all the tricks. However what really riles me is when He tries to deny Modi credit for the upsurge of growth in Gujarat under Modi. It seems to be a pet excuse of all anti Modi brigade to say that the development in Gujarat is due to the entrepreneurial skills of the Gujaratis rather than Modi’s leadership. No one can or will deny that the Gujaratis have the entrepreneurial skill in spades and have succeeded the world over. However without the proper infrastructure, there is only so far your spirit or ability will take you.
Small and seemingly common sense decisions by Modi have resulted in drastic improvements in availability of power and water in a perpetually parched state. Farmers and industrialists are prospering together. It also claimed by the liberals that Modi is being coached by the Industrialists into making these decisions. Maharashtra used to be one of the most productive and prosperous states. Now it ranks in the bottom five. Where are those industrialists now? Why have they not helped a “secular” Congress government which has run the state into the ground? Why are farmers killing themselves in Andhra (another Congress ruled state) and Vidarbha which is Sharad Pawar’s backyard while Gujarati farmers are now exporting food? They also say that Modi has nothing to do with the large amounts of investments. I guess these people ignored the Tata Nano move from Poshchim Bongo to Gujarat. Do you think if some corrupt person were in Gujarat CM’s seat demanding his cut, Ford, BMW and others would be investing billions in the State? Imagine Raja or Kalmadi or anyone associated with UPA in charge of Gujarat and the amount of money they would have made? The fact that Modi is personally honest in the middle of such a huge flow of money speaks volumes of the man’s integrity. Of course all this eludes Kidwai and his ilk.
Mr. Kidwai, we do not need lessons in what Hinduism teaches us but you do. No Hindu is proud of what happened in Gujarat. It was a crying shame which we have trouble living with. However, we will not stand and take the blame for the entire tragedy. I wish that Muslims had not started it and killed the fifty plus karsevaks because that way I would not be here defending a great leader like Narendra Modi.
Should Modi's burden be India's too?
Faisal Kidwai.
Firstly, the court has not announced a decision on the verdict, so the victory claim is pretty out of place. Secondly, even if Modi is given a clean chit, which would not come as a surprise considering that the Congress -- read the UPA government -- was never serious about pursuing Modi, thanks to party insider Ahmed Patel's view that going after Modi would hurt the Congress party's prospects in the state, how does that become an event to celebrate?
The article can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/column/should-modis-burden-be-indias-too-column/20110913.htm
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