Assam Burns. Congress Fiddles.

In case you forgot about the 1983 Nellie riots in Assam or never knew about it because Congress does not want you to, then here are some facts about it (as per Wikipedia):

The massacre claimed the lives of 2,191 people (unofficial figures run at more than 5,000) from 14 villages.


The massacre was one of many violent incidents during the infamous 1983 elections conducted in the midst of the Assam Agitation. The elections were declared against the wishes of the Assam Agitation leaders who did not want an election till the electoral rolls were cleansed of alleged illegal immigrants who were collaborating with the Pakistani Army in 1971. These illegal immigrants allegedly supported the Pakistani Army and their supporters in Bangladesh to hunt down Mukti Bahini guerilla fighters, and never returned to Bangladesh because of fear of backlash from Mukti Bahini after the independence of Bangladesh.


A Commission of Inquiry was instituted under Tribhubhan Prasad Tiwary, the report of which has not been made public. There is enough evidence to suggest that successive local governments, belonging to both the Congress and the AGP, have suppressed information about the massacre. Even academic discussions on this gruesome massacre were discouraged by the Assamese authorities.


Demographically, today Nellie is a predominantly Muslim majority area.


A wise person or a statesman or any patriot with half a brain would make some deductions.

• Illegal migrants from Bangladesh are not harmless economic refugees. Back then they provided a cover for Paki army sympathizers. Now they provide cover for Islamic terrorists and assorted India haters.
• Votebank politics as usual has played a dangerous anti-India role in this matter. The Congress and to some extent the AGP are dependent on Muslim votes and thus tend to brush all the evil under carpet. In this case the Congress have hidden reports from the aam aadmi to hide their own culpability in this anti India crime.
• Post Godhra massacre riots were not the biggest riots in free India, it was the Nellie riots. Much higher body count and from the looks of it, disproportionate as well (a lot more Muslims). Come to think of it, the Congress sponsored pogroms of Sikhs in 1984 had a higher body count.
• Congress and CPI (M) assisted this illegal immigration of India. The Muslims sneak into the country and are provided with ration cards. In absence of any way of an ID card, once they get the ration card, they are essentially Indian. Congress and the Commies are selling out the nation for votes. It is as simple as that.

We are now being told that situation is returning to normal. What a joke that is! Nothing has been normal for decades. THAT IS THE PROBLEM! This Congress / CPI assisted invasion of India should have been dealt immediately after the Nellie riots. But the predominant policy of Congress is based on hope. They keep hoping that the problem goes away. Ignore the Chinese incursions in AP and problem goes away! Ignore the terrorist attacks in India, start talking with Pakistan, initiate Cricket and hope that problem goes away! Ignore the social problems, encourage casteism for votes and hope that the problem goes away! Well, the problems never go away. They fester, simmer and become bigger problems until they explode. This is what happens when you have cowardly leaders like Manmohan Singh and AK Antony who mistake inaction for honesty. This is what happens when the voters hand over the keys to the nation to a woman whose only qualification is to marry in the first family.

You have to read Mr. Kanchan Gupta’s excellent article where he says:

Yet, the indisputable fact is that Assam and the other States in India’s North-East, as also West Bengal and Bihar, continue to face a relentless tide of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. This ‘silent invasion’ by millions of people over the years has been encouraged by the Congress and the CPI(M)….
…..This fraud has been perpetrated over the decades and the Congress has been its beneficiary in Assam, while in West Bengal the Left has used Bangladeshis to inflate its vote-share significantly. Elsewhere, others have been similarly tempted.

As the Congress’ agent in BJP, Sudheendra Kulkarni says in an article that this is India VS foreigner issue not a Hindu-Muslim issue. In his attempts to give Congress some wiggle room (especially when this is being used to expose Congress brand secularism), Kulakarni may have provided us with a way to solve this problem.

The Bodos and ULFA need to join hands and do what Congress and CPI have not been willing to do. They need to hold the Assam and Bengal governments responsible and force them, under any kind of threat and start identifying the Bangladeshis for deportation.

With about 49 vote percent, Rajeev Gandhi achieved an absolute majority in the Loksabha. Therein lies the solution for the aam aadmi. Hindus need to unite and vote for the BJP. They need to elect someone like Narendra Modi (recently described by a Congress MP as a Tiger and a national saint). If Modi can be brought to power (in some dream of mine he comes to power with an absolute majority), then we can solve these problems with ease.

Unless we do that, we should expect more of these riots and continue to thank the Bodos for disarming. If they had their weapons, then this could have been as bad as the Nellie riots.

The wikipedia article can be read at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_massacre
The Kanchan Gupta article can be read at: http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/item/52086-congress-has-allowed-this-silent-invasion.html

Illegal Immigration From Bangladesh: Cause and Solution

The following article was written a while ago by a friend of the blog. Very relevant in the wake of recent troubles in Assam.


Illegal migrants from Bangladesh

Our obsession with Kashmir, though justified, has consumed and diverted most of our attention from the silent demographic invasion of eastern states. If we keep ignoring illegal migrant issue from Bangladesh, another Kashmir is inevitable.

Sadly, most of us see this as a state or regional level problem than a national level problem and have severely underplayed its huge strategic importance. Illegal migration from Bangladesh is unique not just for its appalling number but also because of its treat to security and integrity to our country and the fact that it had continued for about a century and yet there is no end in site. Factors contributing to the problem are economic hardships, communal tensions, political uncertainty and climate disturbances. We will try to analyze each reason in a series of articles in the pretext of history, present realities and future approach.

Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh:

Search for livelihood is one of the biggest contributing factors in flooding of our eastern states with millions of migrants. Migration of people from the South (Bengal, East Pakistan and now Bangladesh) for economic reasons is dated back to the times of British Raj. The Bengali Muslims were first transplanted by the British as laborers in the flourishing tea garden industry of Assam. Subsequently, this set off an unstoppable trend.

After the India-Pakistan partition, the Bengali speaking East Pakistan was given an imperialistic treatment by the Punjabi dominated and richer West Pakistan, even though bulk of foreign exchange earnings came form the export of jute from the Eastern half. In return, Eastern Pakistan received only a third of money to be used for developmental project. This became a contributing factor in breaking of the country. After the formation of Bangladesh in 1971, the economic condition remained dire for a while. Even now, over-population, corruption and slow implementation of economic reforms have kept Bangladesh among the poorest countries, struggling to survive and feed its people thereby posing a huge strain on its resources. Consequently, population overflow is inevitable.

So how is this, a threat to our nation's security? First of all, huge number of refugees who migrated after the creation of Bangladesh was poor Muslim population (Bengali Muslims as well as Pakistani Bihari). Their concentration in one or two states like Assam and Tripura was especially troublesome. This invasion caused destruction of local culture and created a demographic imbalance, which in turn was the root cause of so called communal problems.

Assam is a very strategically located state, not just because of its geographical location as an entry point to seven sister states but also because it is highly rich in natural resources, which if managed properly could be precious for our country. If such communal problems and resulting polarized politics eventually result in isolation or segregation of this state then we could lose its treasure as well as the resources of six other north eastern states, which could be a big blow to Indian economy.

Secondly, locals had to compete with cheap labor provided by these migrants. Slowly but surely, the Bangladeshi migrants, for cultivation purpose, are occupying vast vacant land in Assam. It also puts tremendous pressure on the state's resources that are already stretching their limits to survive. It is evident from the per capita income of Assam that it is in constant decline against that of India. In the 1950s per capita income in Assam was little higher than that in India. In 2000-01, it was almost 40% lower than that in India!

So how could we deal with this problem? Serious consideration should be given to the recommendations made by S K Sinha (Governor of Assam, 1997-2003). As suggested by him, other than seamless sealing of border by fencing and border patrol, India should actively participate in the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. Successful implementation of micro-credit loans by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is such an example. Development negates the motivation for migration and provides a long lasting and effective solution.

It is probably not possible to deport millions of illegal migrant who are in the country from last 30 to 40 year. Photo-identity cards, preferable biometric ID cards should be provided to Indians as well as Bangladeshi migrants at urgency level. Bangladeshis migrants could be stateless citizen without the rights of voting and ownership of immovable property. The most humane and possibly non-controversial way to deal with them would be by providing work permits, subjected to state wise quotas, which could avoiding concentration of migrants in one or two states, thereby helping not just the migrants but also the local population.

We must urgently deal with this problem in a bipartisan manner, or else we might be risking another Kashmir.

How to Fix Illegal Bangladeshi Migration
"The time for work permits has come. You might be surprised to know that as many as 85 million Bangladeshis have biometric National ID Cards (NIDs) which were issued ahead of the 2008 elections. These cards are now required for opening bank accounts, applying for passports and accessing public services. Indian work permits could therefore be issued to valid Bangladeshi NID holders with a greater degree of confidence. There are challenges in getting the Bangladeshi authorities to co-operate, especially in terms of validating IDs, but these are not insurmountable. That's half the solution. The other half involves the ability to positively identity an Indian citizen."
The article can be read at: http://in.news.yahoo.com/columnist/nitin_pai/12/how-to-fix-illegal-bangladeshi-migration

Illegal Immigration From Bangladesh: Cause and Effect

A friend of the blog had written this a while ago. We are reposting it because it seems to be more significant in the wake of the Bodo-Muslim riots in Assam

Migration in millions has kept our eastern front sensitive and prone to disputes; not just with our neighbor, but also within our own country. This article is second in the series of articles that try to analyze various reasons for migration from Bangladesh to India, in the pretext of history, present realities and future approach. We have already reflected upon how extreme poverty in Bangladesh contributes to appalling number of migrants in our country. In this article we will try to weigh the share of communal tensions and political uncertainty in increasing the migration from Bangladesh and how in turn it affects our politics.

If the land of Bangladesh could speak about the atrocities done on minorities, it would probably choke before it could even utter a single word. Time and again this land had become host to some of the worst genocide of the century. The uniqueness of genocides and mass killings associated with this land is that they are repeated not once but multiple times throughout the century starting from 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1964, 1971, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and still not ending in 21st century. The result is huge migration of people to the most obvious destination - i.e. India.


When we trace the spark to this communal fire we again find the British sitting in the hot seat - the British who are masters of divide and rule policy. To pursue their political agenda in 1905 they divided this land on religious line - Hindu majority Western Bengal and Muslim majority Eastern Bengal. After widespread protests they reunited the two parts in 1912. But by then communal politics had already taken deep roots.


Just before the independence, the 'Noakhalir danga', where thousands of Hindus were killed, proved a dress rehearsal for the future of minorities. An era of state sponsored persecutions of minorities, especially Hindus began right after the Muslim dominated Bengal was carved out as East Pakistan for Islamic republic of Pakistan. East Pakistani Hindus were seen as pro Indians and corrupting the Bengali Muslims off their religion. State sponsored terrors tried to purify the land by either killing or forcing them to take refugee in neighboring India. To get some idea - in 1964, thousands of Hindus were killed in just one night in the city of Khulna alone!
Aside from the horrible treatment to the minorities, all the Bengali speaking East Pakistanis were given colonial treatment by Urdu speaking West Pakistanis. By 1971 their discontent boiled over, resulting in formation of Bangladesh. Just before the liberation of Bangladesh another set of terror operations were carried out by West Pakistan such as Operation Searchlight, Operation Search and Destroy and Operation Scorched Earth, targeting everybody except Urdu speaking and West Pakistan faithful. Result was migration of about 10 million people to India. About 70% Hindu population of Bangladesh also made India as their home.


There were hopes that the liberation of Bangladesh would bring justice to the minorities. Not so. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Awami League, the first president of Bangladesh, failed to recall the 'Enemy Property Act'. Massive land was seized from Hindus and other minorities, including famous land of Kali Mandir at Dhaka. Plus the charges against the war criminals, who participated in 1971 genocide, were dropped. They eventually found their way into Bangladesh's politics thereby again jeopardizing the peaceful existence of minorities. In 1988 Islam was declared as a state religion. In 1992, after the Babri Masjid demolition followed another genocide, account of which is given in Taslima Nasrin's book 'Lajja'. All this resulted in huge influx of Hindus in India. In 1947 the Hindu population in Bangladesh was 27% and by 1991 it was reduced to mere 10%. Other ethnic groups such as the indigenous Jumma people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts were forced to leave their traditional homeland in Bangladesh as well so that the Bangladeshi settlers could populate it.


So how is this a threat to our politics and nation? Firstly as already discussed in previous article Muslim illegal migrants continued to migrate in large numbers to India for economic reasons, almost throughout the century. Unlike Hindu migrants, Muslim migrants have a tendency to concentrate in one or two states such as Assam and Tripura. Very soon their numbers started looking disproportionate against the local population. For example Muslim population in Assam rose by 77.42% in the period of 1971 to 1991 against 41.89% that of Hindus. Four districts were already Muslim majority states by 1990s while three others were closely following the heels. Our politician like always eyed this group of Muslim migrants as a potential vote bank. They used covert ways to legalize them as Indian citizens and then used their votes to win elections. Result was corrupt people in power who in turn did more damage by facilitating more migrants from Bangladesh. When someone sees this as a problem, he is immediately termed as 'communal', without even considering the facts and figures.


Secondly for Pakistan, failure to get Assam in 1947 partition left many grudges. They more than anyone else would have been very happy to see Assam as a non Indian state. Pakistan's dream is to see Assam as a Muslim majority state. Thereby they can start a similar undertaking that they did for Kashmir - start a separatist movement, clear it off the 'unbelievers', spread terror, turn it as a 'special status' state and then finally slice it off from India. Separatist organizations like ULFA (United Liberation Front of Asom) with support from Pakistan had already been demanding a sovereign and independent Assam for a while now. Bangladeshi politicians had knowingly turned a blind eye to this issue. They will be another set of happy men after the Pakistanis - of course to see yet another Muslim majority land i.e. Assam become a part of Bangladesh.


Bangladeshi Hindu numbers (legal citizens) affected Bangladesh's politics. They had to pay a price for that. Now Bangladeshi Muslim numbers (illegal migrants) are affecting Indian politics and sadly we Indians have to pay a price for that instead. To address this situation laws should be made to avoid concentration of migrants in one place. Work permits with statewise quotas are should be effective. Voting right should be immediately taken away from the migrants who got citizenship illegally. The trend will continue until we give it the seriousness it deserves.

The Cost Of SP Support To Pranab

Rs. 80,000 Crore. That is what Mulayam Yadav gets for his support for Pranab Mukherjee’s presidency. That is what the Indian taxpayers are paying to fulfill Congress’ ambitions. Our article “Indian Taxpayer Is Not An ATM For Congress” alludes to what feels like a megascam. Of course Mamta Bannerjee ended up supporting Mukherjee for free. She really is a very bad politician.


But coming back to the mess in UP. Does the aam aadmi really think that the 80,00 crore is going to get spent on genuine causes in UP? Voters in UP must have thought that otherwise they would not have voted for SP. I recently read an article in Tehelka, which is a Congress mouthpiece. The article is a comprehensive report on the rotten state of UP. Gangsters of all kind are now ruling the roost. Some of these gangsters are worth hundreds of crores. You don’t know whether to laugh or to cry! When accosted on the topic, the senior police officers’ response reeked of complicity. A recent report in Indian Express claims that 28 people were allotted land in the posh Gomti Nagar area. Read the following and if a non UP voter, weep:


The 28 persons whose plot allotments in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar have been defended by the Samajwadi Party government in the Supreme Court include Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s father-in-law R C S Rawat, Revenue Minister Ambika Chaudhary’s wife Saroj Chaudhary, Chief Minister’s Secretary Anita Singh, and several IAS and IPS officers.
Interestingly, Ambika Chaudhary was revenue minister and Anita Singh was special secretary to the chief minister even when the allotments were made by the Lucknow Development Authority under the previous SP government, headed by Mulayam Singh Yadav, in 2005.
The list includes some persons about whom nothing is known except their names; they were allotted plots on the recommendation of the chief minister’s secretariat. In many cases, allotments were first made in Gomti Nagar Extension and then changed to Vipul Khand, a posh locality.


This list indicates that the unholy trio of Neta-Babu-Lala is back in the saddle in UP. Of course during Mayawati rule, the trio was the same but the actors were different. So what percentage of the 80,000 crore is going to reach the UP aam aadmi? Even a child who can count up to ten can guess the answer.


The article referred to in the post, can be read at:
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=Ne230612Coverstory.asp
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-akhilesh-wins-the-big-jackpot-that-eluded-mayawati/20120719.htm
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/on-sps-plot-list-ministers-wife-akhileshs-fatherinlaw-secy/977439/0

Manmohan Singh Is Not The only One At Fault

When you takeover a situation in tatters, any small positive thing you do is an improvement. You get a lot of credit (even the undeserved kind). Just ask Nitish Kumar. When PV Narsimha Rao took over as PM, the Indian economy was in tatters. He offered the job to IG Patel and then to Manmohan Singh (when Patel refused). India had, has and always will have tremendous potential which will remain untapped. Manmohan Singh did the obvious (PVNR gave him a carte blanche and stepped aside) and India’s economic recovery began. The myth of Manmohan Singh was thus born. His personal honesty cemented that image. Everyone ignored the fact that this man had never won an open election. The guy is a non politician and thus unfit to lead a country. It was obvious to all who could read beyond the doctored news and opinions of pseudo-secular press.


The press, liberals and the brainwashed voters (while the BJP was running a disastrous 2004 campaign) were looking for a secular and honest man (reminds you of Nitish Kumar’s description of himself, doesn’t it?). Manmohan Singh became Congress’ Trojan horse. All of India was happy that an honest man who is the architect of the modern Indian economy had become the PM instead of Sonia Gandhi. It started becoming clear (to a few people) that the real power was still with Gandhi family while MMS was powerless to run things on his own. It also became clear that MMS could not take advantage of our economic surge and put us over the top. I am a scientist and not an economist so I will quote Sadanand Dhume (he writes for American Enterprise Institute which is a conservative think tank with focus on Economy). In a recent article he says the following:


Eight years into Singh's term, however, the script has gone horribly awry. The vaunted economist's government has taken the sheen off the economy and India's Mr. Clean sits atop a mountain of dirt that has sparked the largest nationwide anti-corruption protests in a generation.
Between 2005 and 2010, India pulled 40 million people out of poverty. According to India's Planning Commission, the poverty rate declined from 37.2 percent to 29.8 percent over the same period. But, as the University of Chicago's Raghuram Rajan points out, the Singh government deserves little credit for this high growth or the poverty alleviation that accompanied it. For the most part, India simply rode a combination of the momentum created by previous reforms and a buoyant global economy.


Of course, Montek and Manmohan redefined poor as someone who made less that Rs. 32 per day. That would explain the number as well. Dhume goes on to say:


To his critics, Singh's flagship economic program -- which promises 100 days of government-provided work a year for any villager who wants it -- has become a byword for populist profligacy. Predictably enough, for a country ranked 95th out of 183 on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index -- below authoritarian China and luckless Zambia -- the program is known to be riddled with graft.


Of course a lot of the social programs are being run at Sonia’s behest who was trying to ensure a victory for her son in 2014. I don’t think that MMS and Montek Singh are the beholden to socialist causes. On that topic, Dhume says:


In terms of politics, it makes no sense to divide political and administrative power, as between Gandhi and Singh. As in other parliamentary democracies, and for most of India's history as an independent country, the top job should go to the country's most powerful politician. Had the populist Gandhi -- reportedly unsure of her policy smarts and wishing to tamp down controversy over her Italian birth -- not handed Singh the reins of government, most people wouldn't have made the mistake of expecting reforms to begin with. They will remain implausible as long as Gandhi remains wedded to the idea that India needs welfare programs more than it needs jobs.


Dhume is being nice. Sonia Gandhi is powerful as long as she is protected from direct politicking. She hides behind the party machinery, takes credit for things that work and passes on the blame to MMS. Ramachandra Guha who obfuscates his liberalism under the guise of “fair and apolitical assessment (guess who his favorite politician is – Nitish Kumar) and has rarely taken Congress and the Gandhi family to task, said the following in an article last year:


By the standards of Indian politics both Singh and Ms Gandhi are decent people. Neither is sectarian, and both, I believe, have a genuine concern for the welfare of their compatriots. But the weakness of the one and the insecurity of the other have combined to produce an administration that is inept and incompetent beyond words. This has deeply damaged the credibility of Singh and Ms Gandhi, the credibility of the Congress, and the credibility of the republic of India itself.


But is Manmohan Singh entirely to be blamed for this mess? There are others who are equally responsible. I will address that in a later blog.


The various articles mentioned are as follows:
http://thenethindu.blogspot.com/2010/12/pv-narsimha-rao-versus-congress.html
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?269743
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/09/india_singhs_the_blues?page=full
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110702/jsp/opinion/story_14107197.jsp

Congress Has No Right To Govern

In an article at newsinsight.net, NV Subramanian had reported that there were Congress stalwarts assigned to training Rahul Gandhi in the ways of politics. One of them confided in NVS, saying that it was impossible to train this guy. Sometime after that, a senior Congress leader from Andhra revolted against Sonia Gandhi and “left” the party. In a conversation with my friend Swami Thambi, I had predicted that a revolt within the Congress was brewing and would eventually come out in the open. Of course the revolt would be against the Gandhi Family and their chamchas.


The first sign of this was the statement made by Salman Khurshid . The following has been reported on the matter:


Union law minister Salman Khurshid in an apparent dig at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has said the root of the problems plaguing the Congress was the lack of "ideological direction" from its next generation leader.
"Until now, we have only seen cameos of his thought and ideas like democratising elections to the Youth Congress. But he has not weaved all of this into a grand announcement. This is a period of waiting," he said.


Since then, Khurshid has been running from pillar to post, offering clarifications. But the cat is out of the bag. When a party and a family loyalist like Khurshid makes a statement where he calls the heir apparent to the throne unwilling and an ineffective leader then that is far more damning than anything Nitin Gadkari or V S Achuthanandan (who called Rahul an Amul baby) could have ever said. One can only imagine the frustration and loss of faith in the Congress’ top leadership that seems to have set in. If the party faithful have lost faith in Sonia-MMS leadership then what kind of faith should the aam aadmi have in this government?


UPA-II lost the moral right to stay in power long time ago. It seems that they are fast losing ability to stay in power (based on numbers based trust). In that case the right thing would be to hold the general elections as soon as possible. However, that may be wishful thinking on our part. Judging by the horse trading in the Presidential elections, all the regional parties are for sale (Thank You selfish voters of those parties!!). Therefore due to a support from regional parties, pliant president, pliant Supreme Court (why else would they let off Mayawati?) and a divided and inept opposition, Congress will continue to rule us - directionless and leaderless.


The article on Salman Khurshid column can be read at: http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/32460-khurshid-takes-a-dig-at-rahul-terms-congress-directionless

SP Rule In UP: Buyer's Remorse?

Wikipedia defines Buyer’s Remorse as:

Buyer's remorse is the sense of regret after having made a purchase. It is frequently associated with the purchase of an expensive item such as a car or house. It may stem from fear of making the wrong choice, guilt over extravagance, or a suspicion of having been overly influenced by the seller.


When UP voters chose Samajwadi Party over all others, I knew where it was going to lead. I knew that because I do not fall for the media / politician claptrap. I also believe in learning from the history. I also believe that people may learn to modify or hide or control their true nature but they NEVER change. SP mandarins (read Mulayam and his close friends) put Akhilesh Yadav in the front because he presents a newer more sophisticated look which has been honed by education overseas (something Mulayam does not support for others’ kids). However, the decision makers are still the same. This arrangement fooled the gullible UP voters.


So have the UP voters started to feel some of that buyer’s remorse yet? Probably not because the capacity of the people of UP to silently suffer is enormous. We all saw how within days of the Yadav takeover of UP, the gundaraj came back. We wrote about this on our blog. One of the stalwarts of SP, Amarmani Tripathi is in jail for heinous crimes. However, like in Hindi movies, jail is no impediment for this man. He comes and goes as he pleases. A banquet in Lucknow for Pranab Mukherjee was attended by Mukhtar Ansari and Vijay Mishra who are in jail. Such is the power of these “tainted” SP politicos. Clearly, either Akhilesh is on the same page as his father or he is powerless. Either way, the UP voter is the loser here.


Mulayam Yadav fancies himself as the guardian of Muslim interest in the world – yes – world (SP held a rally in UP for Iranians). However, in less than six months of “secular rule” in UP, two significant Hindu-Muslim riots have happened. Of course the median and the liberals are silent on the topic. In a related topic, which is of no significance to the pseudo secular brigade, there have been no Hindu Muslim riots in Gujarat since the Post Godhra Massacre riots i.e. over a decade.


In knee jerk reaction to these events, which are rather familiar occurances in UP, over 3000 senior government, officials have been transferred. God only knows what these transfers do. Incompetence is not a function of one’s milieu. Moreover, IAS officers seem to perform better in states with better governments. So it stands to reason that the politicians in charge of the state are really the root cause of the problem.


I still have hope. If people of Bihar and Poschim Bongo can eventually make the right decision, then there is hope for UP yet. The first sign of buyer’s remorse is that the BJP won nine out of twelve Mayoral elections in UP. So, we are certainly hopeful!!

http://in.news.yahoo.com/communal-riot-add-mulayam-akhileshs-headache-090945873.html
http://www.theindianherald.com/2012/06/pratapgarh-riot-dm-sp-removed-for.html
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