Now just like the Hindus, there are educated and ignorant Muslim voters. Just like Hindus, the ignorant ones outnumber the educated ones. Just like Hindus (manipulated by caste politics), the Muslim ones are manipulated by these pseudo-secular Hindus and demagogic Muslim leaders. Fortunately for the Hindus, there exists and option known as the BJP which used to be a good option but is the last ten years or so, has become a shell of its former self (thanks to poor national leadership). Again, fortunately for Hindus, the BJP has managed to produce very good regional leaders. One of them is a clear front runner and probably one of the best leaders the country has ever seen. Scared of this man’s shadow, Congress and regional parties have started to fall over each other to keep their votebanks consolidated. We saw what Nitish Kumar did in Bihar. We have been a witness to return of Gundaraaj to UP in the name of secularism. Tired of being fooled repeatedly, one Muslim, Dr. Mohammad Sajjad who is a teacher at AMU has written a very good but a somewhat flawed article in the aftermath of the suspension of a rare brave and honest IAS officer (and very aptly named) Ms. Durga Shakti Nagpal (we are all very proud of you Ms. Nagpal!! You give us hope.).
Dr. Sajjad poses some questions for Akhilesh Yadav (who has lost every bit of that sheen he had when he got elected by a confused and misdirected UP voter). He asks (His questions are in bold red. My attempted responses are in parentheses):
Akhilesh, if this (suspension of Ms. Nagpal) is a gesture for wooing the Muslim electorate for the 2014 Lok Sabha election, then the same electorate ask you a few questions:
Why does your party's chief and your father Mulayam Singh Yadav shower laurels upon BJP's L K Advani, who is held as a culprit by the Muslims for the demolition of the Babri Masjid, and whose Rath Yatra caused many communal riots in 1992? (Dr. Sajjad-any voter with an iota of political sense knew that Mulayam Yadav is a survivor and an opportunist. He epitomizes votebank politics and the curse of regional parties where with a handful of MPs, one can hold the country hostage to whims of an individual. Most educated voters saw through that. You are just waking up and smelling the putrid Chai.)
There have been dozens of communal riots in UP ever since you took over as its young chief minister, and neither a single officer nor the rioters have been punished as yet. Why? (Dr. Sajjad- This is a very standard modus operandi of politicians who survive, not by performance or governance but by fear mongering and misdirection. OBC’s and dalits are made to believe that without a leader of their own caste, all hope is lost. If there are more Hindu-Muslim riots (please do not call it communal. We all know what it is) in non BJP ruled states then there is a reason for it. Without such riots, the Muslims can breathe easy, evaluate their living conditions and vote for a performer (like they seem to be doing in Gujarat). With such riots, they are scared into believing that their safety can be looked after best by pseudo-secular Hindus and demagogic Muslims. In absence of such riots, the pseudo-secular parties actually create them as we have seen in the alleged destruction of a wall of the compound of an under construction mosque which led to the firing of this rare and honest IAS officer. It is now clear to everyone that this was nothing but a charade to protect the interest of criminally corrupt politicians. Am glad that you have taken an umbrage to this sordid affair. It does restore my faith in the Muslim intelligentsia to some extent (I say to some extent because of the wrong questions you have posed later)).
Let me go beyond this hackneyed issue of communal riots for the Muslim electorate -- these citizens professing their faith in Islam also need education, health, electricity, roads, bank loans to run their hereditary artisanal manufacturing and enterprise. How much have you done for them? (Dr. Sajjad- Again, why would they do anything? Muslims keep voting for the same people out of fear and prejudices then what incentive do people like Mulayam, Mayawati and their ilk have to perform and govern like other progressive states of the Union?)
Besides distributing laptops, what else have you delivered? (Dr. Sajjad- Hate to be cheeky and cruel but there is something else they have delivered – more Hindu-Muslim riots. In fact Lucknow is now witnessing a Shia-Sunni riot which we all though had ceased.)
What is your performance on law and order? The answer for this is for all to see.
Dr. Sajjad actually makes a very convincing case for the Muslim voters (PLEASE read his article) to re-evaluate their electoral strategy. He says the following (where his narrative betrays a familiar and sad bias)
The sad aspect of the story is: Some better known Muslim leaders/organisations have decided to extend their support to Akhilesh's unjustified act of putting the upright officer under suspension and providing encouragement to the sand-mining mafia of Noida and Greater Noida. Dr. Sajjad –Am really glad that you are taking the Muslim demagogues to task here. I hope that you and like minded Muslims attempt to clean house.
These very leaders along with the secularists shout against Narendra Modi for hounding officers like Sanjiv Bhatt, Samiullah Ansari, etc. Doesn't this misdeed of Akhilesh resemble Narendra Modi's? (Dr. Sajjad- This is where you lose me completely. Of all the rhetorical questions you have raised about Akhilesh Yadav and the Samajwadi Party rule, which one applies to Gujarat? Let us for the moment do something-I will forget the 50+ karsevaks who were burnt alive and the 700+ Hindus who were killed in the ensuing riots and you (as painful as it maybe) forget the 1400 dead Muslims and assume (again painful as it maybe for you) that Narendra Modi was not guilty of anything (as has been found by countless investigations). With that is place, please examine the condition of Gujarati Muslims and the way they have voted versus the Muslims in the rest of the country (especially those under Congress and pseudo-secular regional party rules). Can you do that honestly Sir? If you can then you will see that it is criminally unfair to compare Modi with Akhilesh Yadav as far as performance and governance goes (refer to Maulana Vastanvi before he retracted his statements under pressure)).
If you cannot do that then at the very least have the courtesy of not comparing Sanjiv Bhatt with Durga Shakti Nagpal. Bhatt is a dishonest and disingenuous human being who clearly shares the same biases as the Congress and other pseudo-secular politicians and was willing to be a pawn in the hands of equally dishonest and disingenuous politicians.
It raises a question whether weaker sections don't need an upright officer? What about the mosque at Kadalpur? News reports are very clearly saying that the land on which the masjid is being constructed belongs to the Gram Sabha and not to the Muslims. Now the point is whether the shariat allows this kind of land for a masjid? To the best of my knowledge it doesn't. (Dr. Sajjad – I thank you for raising this point. No one in the media has knowledge or the guts to report this.)
The way out for Muslims is very clear. I AM NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO VOTE FOR THE BJP. However, please do not vote for crooks and non performers. You are hurting yourselves. Rise above the hatred and the biases. Vote for someone with w record of performance and governance. Please. Your next generation is going to thank you for it.
The article by Dr. Sajjad can be read at: http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-column-this-is-akhilesh-yadavs-way-of-running-up/20130805.htm#4
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