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Bomb Blasts and Vote Bank Politics
By Anis Rahman
May 25, 2008 |
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It seems
that from time to time, bomb blasts in India
work like life-protecting tablets for the BJP.
The strong communal reaction after the recent
bomb blasts in Jaipur, and attempts to implement
the hidden agenda in Rajasthan by the saffron
party that pretexts terrorism, confirm this
theory. To date, central and state governments
have failed to make any breakthroughs with these
blasts. Despite that, suspicions point towards
the Bangladesh-based organization HUJI. This is
the reason why the Rajasthan government is
sincerely considering deporting all illegal
Bangladeshi nationals across Rajasthan, in
suspicion that many of them may have criminal
records in India, claiming that many of them
have Indian IDs and ration cards, among other
official papers.
The reality is that the saffron party wants to
implement its communal agenda while hiding
behind Bangladeshi nationals, and revive its
experience like it did against Muslims in
Gujarat, although law enforcement authorities
have the ability to tackle anyone involved in
anti-national activities very efficiently. But
the BJP ignores the rule of law and tries to
take political and communal advantage in every
incident, and this has become the nature of this
party.
BJP and its allied organizations want to destroy
the unity, stability, peace and secular customs
of this country, by playing “vote bank”
politics. These policies have put the country at
a crossroads, as Hindus and Muslims no longer
can move freely in each other’s areas. Its
cupidity for power razed the Babri Masjid,
called the genocide of Gujarat a laboratory to
implement its dirty aims and politics,
cultivated the seed of aversion against Muslims
in the minds of Hindus, divided the whole nation
on religion and customs bases, and thrust the
secular, united country onto the verge of
barbarism, communalism and in anarchy.
On the other hand, Congress and other so-called
secular parties speak only the language of
politics. Every party and every person has only
one aim: Power. The stability of the country,
the security of the nation, and protecting the
rights of every citizen became a second-tier.
These communal parties and some fundamentalist
organizations have put the country on the edge,
where violence, anarchy, exploitation,
atrocities, and conspiracy can divide the
country on religion, caste, and creed. If this
situation remains and secular and concerned
citizens don’t take any steps, watching the
whole situation silently instead, then India
will crumble and once again lose its original
secular face in the flame of aversion, violence,
and communalism in the coming days. It is the
duty of secular parties to come up with an
effective plan against the saffron party and its
ideologists, and fight for the stability, peace
and unity of the country. But can the vote bank
politics in India achieve these goals in the
interest of the country?
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