The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : An unavoidable divorce
After serving his half term as Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy evidently sees no incentive to continue this unhappy marriage.
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After serving his half term as Chief Minister, H.D. Kumaraswamy evidently sees no incentive to continue this unhappy marriage.
To say that the partial removal of an underwater formation in the Palk Straits is going to hurt the faith of millions is not giving faith its due. Is faith so fragile that it requires the support of an underwater geological formation believed to have been constructed by a deity?
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday denounced the “strategic alliance” that India was trying to forge with the United States, saying no country had benefited from an alliance with Washington.
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The party[BJP] nevertheless pressed on — rallying and thundering over the Sethusamudram project, passing the usual resolutions on terrorism, minority appeasement, and what not.... "and what not". What a dismissive tone Naxal Ram has adopted.
On the one hand, the UPA was engaged in a self-destructive war with the Left parties on the civil nuclear cooperation and deepening strategic relations with the United States.Going against Left is self-destructive. What pontification.
For the BJP to go on the offensive over a decision that can be traced to its own government is a patent absurdity that voters will see through.What a parody. Such observations are reserved only for BJP, while the Leftist hypocrisy is conveniently swept under the floor.
Worse, party leaders have allowed the most fanatical fringe elements such as the blood-thirsty, fatwa-issuing Ram Vilas Vedanti, a former BJP MP, to set the terms and the pace of their ‘Ram Sethu’ campaign.No fringe element is representative. Vedanti was an exception, clearly. But Chindu is using a drastic generalization. What justice.
Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Parliamentary Party leader T.R. Baalu has requested Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil to take immediate preventive legal action against the former BJP MP, Ram Vilas Vedanti, for his repeated “unlawful, undemocratic and provocative remarks” against Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
Barely a day after assuming office, the newly appointed Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was part of a delegation of office bearers that met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday and urged him to extend the National Rural Employment Employment Guarantee Scheme to all the 600 districts of the country.
This is not the first time that the Congress has taken up issues of
popular interest with the government. In the past party president Sonia
Gandhi has raised the issue of oil price rise, rise in the prices of
essential commodities, free trade agreements, dilution of the Right to
Information and recently, the controversial affidavit filed in the
Supreme Court on the Ramar Sethu project.
In its latest reply, the government has only reiterated its stated position on a majority of issues raised by the Left parties on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal, highly placed CPI(M) sources told The Hindu on Wednesday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Sunday described the attack allegedly by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam workers on the BJP office in Chennai as “political fascism” and said the DMK should stop this.
Miscreants threw stones at the office building, damaging windowpanes.
...his party conducted the stir in a “peaceful manner.”
Mr. Dorairaj said: “A few persons pelted stones. They were instigated
by the BJP members who came out of the office and said something.” The
police officer said he would not call the incident an “attack.”
BJP HQ, Hindu Munnani office attacked in Chennai
Chennai, Sept. 23 (PTI): The BJP headquarters and Hindu Munnani office
in the city were attacked today by alleged DMK supporters protesting
the reported 'fatwa' by former BJP MP Ramvilas Vedanti against DMK
patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
The houses of BJP's Tamil Nadu unit President H Raja and his
father-in-law were also attacked allegedly by DMK men at Karaikudi in
neighbouring Sivaganga District late last night............
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There are many more "alleged" DMK men in this article, while the fatwa
is not "alleged", but "reported".
It is funny to see the assertion by Chindu of "alleged" DMK men! In
the TV coverage one could see any number of DMK flags. Besides,
several news websites reported the presence of a DMK state minister, a
local DMK MLA and the DMK mayor of Chennai. Only for Chindu these are
"alleged" DMK fellows!!
Posted by Anonymous to The Chindu at September 23, 2007 9:55 AM
Since a Chinese angle has been given to the controversy recently, Mr. Karat sought to set the record straight. “People say we are against the deal to help China. I want to ask how? China wanted India to sign the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty, but we never said that the country should do so,” he said.
Chief Minister Karunanidhi has done well to come up with a timely clarification that should put an end to the controversy.
As for the BJP, instead of debating the merits of the Sethusamudram
project and its economic and ecological implications, it has done its
worst to convert the controversy triggered by the now-withdrawn
portions of the Central government’s affidavit and Mr. Karunanidhi’s
remarks, wildly misrepresented, into a religious issue, which it
decidedly is not.
Faith-based assertions do not lend themselves to judicial determination and cannot serve as proof in court proceedings.
This refers to the Archaeological Survey of India’s submission in the Supreme Court that there is no evidence to prove that Ramar Sethu is man made (Sept. 13). Predictably, the BJP and its cohorts act out their charade of Hindutva-charged nationalism that befools both history and common sense. Marine biologists and geologists assert that there is no man made bridge across the Palk Strait. What exist are the remains of an ancient coral reef. The uproar over the Ramar Sethu offers the BJP an opportunity to restore its faded aura. Ayodhya being a distant dream, and its repeated machinations on the nuclear issue snubbed, the BJP is finding refuge in the Ramar Sethu issue.
T. Marx,
Karaikal
Posted by Anonymous to The Chindu at October 08, 2007 5:05 AM
Reacting to Ms. Gandhi’s remarks, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury said: “We have been taking our view on the deal to the people openly. They (Congress) also have a right to do so. Let the people decide. There is nothing to take umbrage over her remarks. They (the Congress) are not questioning our integrity and we are also not doing so.”
CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan said: “The Congress is going into an election mode. It wants to impose an election on the country. It is the Congress which will be responsible if the government falls and an election is imposed on the country. We never said that we are withdrawing our support. We never said that we are going to pull you down.”
CPI secretary D. Raja said: “It appears that the Congress is forcing elections on the people.”
Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad
Why was Gokul Chat targeted?
Swathi V.
Mangled softy machine, far flung footwear, congealed blood and an
unbearable stench marked the ravaged "Gokul Chat" on Sunday. Premchand
Vijayvargi, one among the seven family-partners, was pleading hoarse
to be left alone.
"We are humble businessmen and do not in the least know why our eatery
was targeted," he said.
.....Mr Premchand might plead ignorance but the local people link the
incident to the presence of a huge Hindu population in the area and
the proximity of the chat bhandar to Vishwa Hindu Parishad office.
"The region ranging from Esamia Bazar to Badi Chowdi is thickly
populated with North Indian business communities, especially Hindus
from Gujarat and Rajasthan," informs a social worker from the area.
The VHP office standing just about 20 metres behind the blast site
could be another prominent reason, he says. ......
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So, you all heard it folks. It is the fault of Hindu population to be
living in their own country. That's why they deserve to be bombed. If
the shops want to be spared of "secular-minority" attacks, they better
avoid areas "with huge Hindu population".
So, next time if some areas around Chindu's office are bombed, it
would mean that it is because of the "Hindu" name board was nearby!
Posted by Anonymous to The Chindu at August 31, 2007 9:23 AM