Encountering the truth
Both Sangh Parivar weeklies report and comment on the court verdict that declared the lone accused in the Batla House encounter case guilty. They said it was a slap on the face of so-called secular persons who alleged that the encounter was fake. An editorial in the Organiser highlights the Batla House case as an example of how the Congress passes judgement,paints people as secular or communal,and makes heinous attempts to defend and justify anti-national behaviour,before allowing the law to take its course. Panchjanya,in an editorial,emphasises that the Batla House judgment was neither in support of Hindus nor against Muslims and that it was a victory of Bhartiyata alone. It also asserts that the judgment defeated the school of thought that sympathises with terrorists in order to project their concern for Muslims. A news report in Panchjanya mentions Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Salman Khurshids claims that the encounter was fake,and criticises Sonia Gandhi for not coming forward to help the widow of inspector M.C. Sharma,who was killed in the encounter.
The poverty line
Montek Singh Ahluwalia is criticised by Panchjanya for the new poverty estimates. The weekly also criticises the Tendulkar poverty line for not considering persons with Rs 27 in rural areas and Rs 33 in urban areas as being poor. A news report and editorial in Panchjanya describes the poverty line as an ugly joke that could cost the government dearly. Panchjanya also takes strong exception to Congress members claims that it was possible to have a meal for as little as Rs 12 in Mumbai and Rs 5 in Delhi. The weekly asserted that this was like rubbing salt in open wounds given that people are reeling under inflation,which has been consistently high during the UPAs terms.
Visa conspiracy
The controversy surrounding a letter,that Indian MPs allegedly wrote to the US administration,pleading that Narendra Modi be denied a US visa has been covered by both weeklies. Both criticise the legislators behind the letter and accuse the Congress of masterminding it. A news report in Panchjanya highlights how several MPs,reported to have signed the letter,are now distancing themselves from it. The report also mentions the Lok Sabha speakers assurance of an investigation to ascertain whether the MPs signatures were forged. Panchjanya accuses the Congress of having orchestrated the letter out of fear of the rising stature of Narendra Modi and expresses amusement at how the Congress appears to be caught in its own net. The recent attempts of appealing to the US president to deny a visa to the Gujarat chief minister is the worst case of undermining national interest for trivial electoral gains,says an editorial in the Organiser. This incident shows the limits to which the Congress party will stoop to win over minority voters at the expense of making the nation the laughing stock of the global community,a news report in the Organiser laments. Both weeklies claim this development is an indirect acknowledgement of Modis rising stock in Indian politics. [It displays the Congresss insecurity over Narendra Modi… whose time is round the corner, claims the Organiser.
Compiled by Ravish Tiwari
