Opinion Come clean,RSS to BJP
The Congress has always used the B.S. Yeddyurappa episode to counter the BJPs attack on the UPA government on corruption.
The Congress has always used the B.S. Yeddyurappa episode to counter the BJPs attack on the UPA government on corruption. Now,in what could be embarrassing for the main opposition party,the latest issue of RSS mouthpiece Organiser talks for the first time about the partys failure to purge corrupt elements.
The article makes two points. One,the BJPs ambitious plan to rouse people against corruption will succeed only if it is able to launch a mass movement like the JP movement of the 1970s. Two,it will have to do a thorough soul-searching and weed out corrupt elements to regain its image as a party with a difference. To launch a mass movement,it says,the BJP must identify a leader with impeccable track record and unwilling to accept any public office. It is a tough call that has to be responded to. In the absence of a selfless leader of that calibre and credibility,the party may look up to an organisation committed to probity and social good.
A major negative for the BJP, it adds,is its failure to purge corrupt elements that occupy positions of power and authority in the party… The BJP needs to fight against those who are corrupt in a forceful manner if it has to give the impression that it is serious on the issue.
There is nothing like Hindu terror
The lead editorial in Organiser goes all out to debunk the phenomenon of Hindu terror. That Swami Aseemanands confession has led to unease in the Sangh becomes clear,with the piece raising doubts about the confession. It says it is intriguing that only those who are named in alleged Hindu radicalism seem to be confessing. We have not heard of Kasab,Afzal or Geelani or such other jihadi terrorist making any confession. Are they so tight-lipped or do their confessions not make headlines? it asks.
In an attack on the Congress,it says,If mass murder is the criterion for charging an organisation with terror tag,then the Congress,which is directly accused of involvement in anti-Sikh pogrom,deserves that description more than any other outfit… By association,there are others like Mamata Banerjee who is accused of Maoist links,the DMK accused of LTTE links…
The editorial tries to argue that Hindu terror is a misnomer. Every terror outfit projects an objective as its raison detre,this is absolutely essential for it to draw adherents,sympathisers and collect funds even as they operate underground. After a terror attack they claim responsibility,because that is the only way they can attract attention and publicity,which is their lifeline…. So far there has been no instance of any Hindu organisation taking credit for a terror strike anywhere in the world…, it says.
Time for Lokpal
An article in Panchjanya points out that setting up of the institution of Lokpal has become imperative in the light of the recent series of scams. It targets the UPA government and says its moves in this regard have not been substantial. Tracing the history of Lokpal,it says over a dozen attempts have been made in the past to enact the legislation but it always got stuck over the issue of bringing the prime minister under its ambit. It mentions one significant attempt was made during the NDA regime.
While the article pitched for Lokpal,the BJP,interestingly,has been sidestepping the issue of late,wary that it may dilute its campaign against the UPA over corruption. Interestingly,some of the allies of the BJP think the PMO should be kept out of Lokpals ambit. The article says the Centre,while setting up the institution of Lokpal,should draw lessons from the experience of Lokayukta in different states. It makes a reference to Haryana where the post of the Lokayukta itself was abolished some years ago by a government claiming that its predecessor had misused it to settle political scores.
Compiled by Manoj C.G.
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