When Rahul Raj the youth from Bihar was killed in a BEST bus shoot out by Mumbai Police, R R Patil had come up with a very tough and befitting statement and declared that any body scaring the innocent citizens will be treated with the same force and be destined to same fate.
It was for the first time that the Deputy CM & Home Minister of Maharashtra had spoken in a fashion a Home Minister of a dignified State should always be talking. Certainly his statement will infuse some badly needed confidence in the hearts of citizens living in the metro.
However without going into the politics of region or caste and fully believing in the fact that police force needs a free and sometimes iron hand for tackling any unlawful activity in the city & state and must not always be questioned or doubted for all their actions & intentions I leave this chapter here for the moment.
Now I only hope that R R Patil and his men in khaki will continue to exhibit the same courage and recourse and will certainly show the same spine and commitment in detecting & dealing with the killers of the youth in Khopoli-CST local irrespective of their alleged MNS affiliation. They have to ensure that gruesome murder of a young human is not lost in unwanted, unnecessary and unpleasant debate whether it was a Hate crime or not. It was a crime for sure and this fact is enough for an appropriate action.
If we justify the eliminating a gun wielding boy for his scary actions then being even a little less harsh on the killers of Dharamdev should certainly be more than unjustified and unacceptable to us.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Castes, Terrorism & Politics
I wonder many a times when people so easily get biased. And it stuns me even more when matured politicians of this huge nation either start relating terrorism with one community or start defending the terrorists related to that community. All for petty politics. But in the name to serve and protect the common man from the atrocities of the ruling party.
For last few years it has been Islamic terror. Before that terrorism was synonymous to Sikhs. Now Hindu Terror is being described as the new phenomenon on this horizon.
Why the hell terrorists are not separated from any cast or community as other criminals are. Why even a single Muslim is allowed to speak that they are being discriminated because of their minority status. Why when Raj Thackerey's goons or Shiv Sainiks strike terror they are not vociferously condemned and reined by govt agencies. Why when Bajrang Dal activists kill Christians no one from BJP condemns the act. And why no VHP leader has yet come up with any statement on so called Hindu Terror.
It is unfortunate that all our so called leaders have shamelessly proclaimed themselves as cast oriented politicians and have no hesitation in admitting that they find no wrong in indulging into vote bank politics.
Until the members of this breed mend their ways and learn to call spade a spade rule of law can not be established. We all must understand and accept the fact that terrorists can emerge from any community like all other criminals. And if we take it as a disease for social reasons any person from any community can get infected by social virus. There should be no hesitation or shame in accepting that a person or a group of persons has taken ill or has gone in wrong direction for any reason whatsoever.
Elected representatives are supposed to concentrate on governance only and their only motive should be to maintain the rule of law in the country. Hence it is imperative for all sorts of politicians ( belonging to all political entities) to keep their mouth shut when investigating agencies are at work. Not only they should allow them to work independentlly but also hold them responsible for the outcome.
For last few years it has been Islamic terror. Before that terrorism was synonymous to Sikhs. Now Hindu Terror is being described as the new phenomenon on this horizon.
Why the hell terrorists are not separated from any cast or community as other criminals are. Why even a single Muslim is allowed to speak that they are being discriminated because of their minority status. Why when Raj Thackerey's goons or Shiv Sainiks strike terror they are not vociferously condemned and reined by govt agencies. Why when Bajrang Dal activists kill Christians no one from BJP condemns the act. And why no VHP leader has yet come up with any statement on so called Hindu Terror.
It is unfortunate that all our so called leaders have shamelessly proclaimed themselves as cast oriented politicians and have no hesitation in admitting that they find no wrong in indulging into vote bank politics.
Until the members of this breed mend their ways and learn to call spade a spade rule of law can not be established. We all must understand and accept the fact that terrorists can emerge from any community like all other criminals. And if we take it as a disease for social reasons any person from any community can get infected by social virus. There should be no hesitation or shame in accepting that a person or a group of persons has taken ill or has gone in wrong direction for any reason whatsoever.
Elected representatives are supposed to concentrate on governance only and their only motive should be to maintain the rule of law in the country. Hence it is imperative for all sorts of politicians ( belonging to all political entities) to keep their mouth shut when investigating agencies are at work. Not only they should allow them to work independentlly but also hold them responsible for the outcome.
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