Opinion Spoilt Kashmir
The lead editorial in the latest issue of RSS mouthpiece Organiser makes for an interesting read. Discussing the crisis in the Valley....
The lead editorial in the latest issue of RSS mouthpiece Organiser makes for an interesting read. Discussing the crisis in the Valley,it says Kashmiris on the Indian side are a pampered lot, only too happy that they can afford to shut down the state for days at a stretch,and let their children roam on the streets instead of going to school.
It claims that Kashmiris are asking for more despite having better roads,electricity,education,railways,huge Central subsidy and the highest per capita income in the country (it does not). J&K,it says,gets the highest Central aid,which deprives poor states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
So what is the problem with these gentlemen? The problem is not that of Kashmir,but it is one for India to consider and confront. Should secular India facilitate the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state with the tax payers money and indulgence? The country has to consider the price it is paying gratifying a recalcitrant,fanatic lot out to destroy India, it says.
The people of Jammu and Ladakh are happy. Even in the Valley,only four districts Srinagar,Sopore,Baramullah and Anantnag join the protest. These are mostly Sunni Muslims fed on Wahabi fanaticism alien to Kashmiriat. Among the Muslims in J&K,the Shias are also not part of the protest. It is only a small segment of determined,indoctrinated Islamists who are intolerant of everything modern and Indian who create the trouble, it says.
The Islamisation of Kashmir is a dangerous game,it says and points out that India has to resolve with finality that nobody will be allowed to play with the integrity of the country. The writ of Delhi has to run in every part of the country. It has to be enforced whatever the price we have to pay. Only that clear message will douse the so-called fire in Kashmir, it concludes.
Iron in the soul
The RSS has given a thumbs up to B.S. Yeddyurappa for banning the export of iron ore,a decision which has already irked the powerful Reddy brothers,with one of them (Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy) saying it was not welcome and that the CM should have given mine owners at least three months time before implementing the ban. An article in the Organiser nevertheless dubbed it a bold decision by the chief minister to preserve natural resources and even calls the chief minister a visionary. He is doing this to check the mining mafia and to preserve ecological balance at the same time, it says,without taking any names.
The article says that the ban on exports of iron ore came about since the new mining policy had not deterred the mining mafia,and the illegal export of iron ore continued as usual. It also notes that Yeddyurappa is keen that the export of iron ore be banned across the country in order to save precious natural resources.
The shame of the Game
The scandals tumbling out of the Commonwealth Games 2010 organising committees cupboard,and the prime ministers silence over the corruption charges levelled against his government,is all set to make the ensuing Games in New Delhi a matter of shame,says another article in the Sanghs official publication.
It says that Games officials from abroad have to be credited for being tight-lipped to maintain decorum. But in private conversations the angst and fury of the officials become evident… Now when the government spreads the word that all allegations of corruption should be brushed under the carpet because it is a matter of national pride,it is even stripped off the fig leaf.
The article targets Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for remaining silent on the allegations. The seamier side of the scandal will obviously be the pay-offs made to the ministry level officials,and going by the way the prime minister has been quiet over the goings-on under his nose,it seems there will be an all-out effort to cover up. This Congress government has been successful in bringing ignominy to the country like none else in the past, it says.
Compiled by Manoj C.G.
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