Opinion Minority appeasement
The RSS journal,Organiser,lambasts the media for breaking into a cacophony on Muslim votes whenever elections take place.
The RSS journal,Organiser,lambasts the media for breaking into a cacophony on Muslim votes whenever elections take place. It accuses the media of projecting a general image of all leaders running after Muslim voters,trying to appease them,woo them and eventually get them to vote en bloc for their parties,however minor their vote share may be. Referring to reports that political parties are vying with each other for Muslim votes in Bihar,the lead editorial says,that according to the 2001 census,the community forms about 16 per cent of the population in the state. It seems as if whichever way the 80 per cent majority votes,only those will win who get the Muslims 16-17 per cent support. There is some serious arithmetic problem there.
It is actually not arithmetic. It is a phenomenon called Islamic lobbying. A funny bandwagon effect. People who go under various labels as senior journalists,political analysts,sociology scholars,academicians,former diplomats and of course politicians work as part of this lobby, it says. Interestingly,while the Organiser lashed out at the media for debating Muslim votes,the BJPs Hindi newspaper,Panchjanya,slammed Rahul Gandhi for equating the RSS with SIMI,saying he was trying to woo the Muslim votebank by making such outrageous remarks.
Pseudo-secularists and Ayodhya
The Organiser also lashes out at secularists. In the context of the Ayodhya verdict,another article argues that the judgment received universal approbation except from the usual rag-tag contingent of secularists who simply cannot believe that their time is up. What they do not realise is that India has changed and is no longer the same country that exploded,or so we were told,when Babars dome came down. Eighteen years is after all a long time for even the pea-brained secularists to realise that the world doesnt stand still,no matter how loud you shout,and how often, says the article written by Jay Dubashi.
There is,after all,a great difference between the real world and a make-believe world fashioned by politicians and down-at-heel journalists. The domes came down because they did not belong there,or they had been there too long. And the honourable judges in Lucknow have now declared that the world has changed and things cannot go on as before,just because the secularists think they ought to, he argues.
Omar,out of line
An article in Panchjanya calls Omar Abdullah a separatist chief minister for raising questions about Jammu and Kashmirs merger with India. It says Abdullahs remarks signal a deep conspiracy and reveal the real intentions of the National Conference,which has always sought autonomy for the state. Omar has removed the Indian mask that he has been wearing and made it clear that Jammu and Kashmir has not merged with India, it says. The article attacks Abdullah severely and says the Congress,by continuing its support to the NC government,has agreed that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed region.
Modi the victor
Organiser lavishes praise on Narendra Modi for the BJPs victory in civic elections in Gujarat. That is surprising since it is known that there is no love lost between the RSS and Modi. A report headlined Modi charisma reigns supreme in Gujarat says the results reaffirm the fact that Modi remains the tallest leader in the state. His popularity transcends caste,class and community. This is as much on account of his undiminished charisma as the development-driven,growth-oriented governance that has come to be identified with Modi. After completing nine years in office,Modi remains untouched by the slightest hint of anti-incumbency, the report says. It notes that Modis strategy of using the Sohrabuddin episode as part of the election agenda has worked wonders once again. Though the state BJP had announced peace,development and security to be its poll plank,the campaign led by Modi himself had drifted to the Sohrabuddin encounter case, it says.
Compiled by Manoj C.G.
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