Opinion Ayodhya D-day
With the Ayodhya verdict now due,the RSS journals are full of reports arguing that Hindus are the rightful claimants to the site.
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With the Ayodhya verdict now due,the RSS journals are full of reports arguing that Hindus are the rightful claimants to the site. Organiser carried an article by a former director-general of the Archeological Survey of India (ASI),B.B. Lal,on archaeological evidence that proves that the site was the birthplace of Lord Ram. It even reproduces a statement made by one K.K. Mohammad,an ASI official who participated in the Ayodhya excavations in the late 1970s,that Ayodhya is as holy to the Hindus as Mecca is to the Muslims,and so Muslims should respect the sentiments of their Hindu brethren and voluntarily hand over the site.
The edition also carries articles tracing the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and the six-decade legal battle. Panchjanya claims it was time to reverse the injustice done to the Indian nation by the destruction of the Janmabhoomi temple by a foreign invader. The lead editorial argues that the Hindu community is eager to carry out the much-needed course correction. Another article dwells on the history of the site and,citing the reconstruction of the temple at Somnath,argues that legislation should be enacted for a Ram temple at Ayodhya.
Another article sees a Congress conspiracy in the attempt by R.C. Tripathi to defer the judicial verdict.
Atal speaks
BJP patriarch A.B. Vajpayee has been out of the public eye for a long time because of ill-health. The latest issue of party fortnightly Kamal Sandesh carries an article in his name that marks the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh stalwart Deendayal Upadhyaya. Vajpayee says Upadhyaya never hankered for office either; politics was the means and not an end in itself. Vajpayee recalls that he wanted to inject spiritualism in politics.
Behind Munda
There is a strong perception that many in the BJP top brass were not really aware,or were informed at the last minute,of the partys moves to form a government in Jharkhand with the JMM led by Arjun Munda. An editorial in Kamal Sandesh says that by becoming CM,Munda has proved that he is not only a natural tribal leader but also a political leader of the entire state. Perhaps reflecting factional feuding in the state unit,it says that the state leadership will have to stand united behind the CM.
Churches and AFSPA
Panchjanya sees Christian-backed conspiracies in Manipur,where it claims that nationalist forces were being restrained from carrying out their work in the name of protection of human rights. It says more than 30 insurgent groups are operating in the state and they selectively kill only the Hindi-speaking population. Claiming that human rights outfits or church-sponsored groups never criticise insurgents,but target only the armed forces,the article says if AFSPA is fully withdrawn from the state,then only the terrorist groups could rule there,and the entire countrys security would be jeopardised.
Compiled by Manoj C.G.
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