
Varanasi has to be hailed for thwarting the best efforts of the BJP to make it a second Godhra, and UP another Gujarat, after the twin blasts 8216;Terror and the terror tourists8217;, March 12. Indian Muslims also owe a salute to Mahant Veera Bhadra Mishra, the head priest of Sankatmochan Temple, for keeping tempers down following the blasts.
Mookhi Amir Ali
The BJP8217;s reaction to the twin blasts in Varanasi is bizarre, if not outright foolish and idiotic. How are the yatras going to help prevent terrorist activities is beyond the comprehension of an average citizen. Twin blasts, twin yatras! If there were three blasts they might have gone in for tri-yatras!
Bajaj
The 8216;Nehruvian secularism8217; practised by Indian politicians has helped the Islamic jehadis and Maoists, who are exploiting the situation for their benefit. Due to political considerations we haven8217;t been able to declare a decisive war against either.
A K Sharma
I suggest that all political parties8212;right, left or centre8212;who call themselves secular should redesignate themselves 8216;Seekular8217;8212;it conforms with their hidden agenda; to seek Muslim votes by offering them all kinds of lollipops. Lollipops, as dieticians tell us, are good in taste but harmful to health. This is precisely the kind of disservice the so-called secular parties are doing to our Muslim brethren.
Y N Grover