Opinion Exit Yeddyurappa

Hyderabad’s widely circulated paper Munsif writes in its editorial on July 30: “The opposition dreams of holding a fresh election in the state by letting this matter fester… the BJP,on the other hand,by its decision to clinch Yeddyurappa’s resignation,is making an effort to solidify the party’s image as one that opposes corruption,in order to strengthen its attack on the UPA at the Centre.”

Another Hyderabad-based daily,Siasat,writes in its editorial on July 29: “Now that the issue of illegal mining has been exposed in the Lokayukta’s report,there should be action against Yeddyurappa,after a proper inquiry. There should also be a probe into allotments made in the state during Yeddyurappa’s tenure.” Of the possibility of the BJP gaining from Yeddyurappa’s resignation,Delhi-based Jadeed Khabar,in its editorial on July 30,says; “The BJP’s action against Yeddyurappa has come too late. The party had no choice after the Lokayukta’s report was released.”

Red carpet for HRK

In its July 29 editorial,Rashtriya Sahara writes: “Though no solid results came out of the talks between Pakistan’s new foreign minister,Hina Rabbani Khar,who has received a tremendous welcome from the people in this country,and India’s minister for external affairs,S.M. Krishna… one positive aspect has certainly emerged — the political leaderships of both India and Pakistan have clearly realised that these two nuclear powers are not going to gain anything through confrontation and angry exchanges of statements.”

Munsif writes in its editorial on July 29: “Ms Rabbani is described as the soft face of our neighbour’s foreign policy — this has been proved right to a great extent.” The daily Inquilab,published from Mumbai,Delhi,Lucknow,Kanpur and Bareilly,has not taken very kindly to Rabbani. In its editorial on July 23,it writes: “Crores of people who believe in better relations between the two countries were unable to understand the initial diplomatic statements of the young Pakistani foreign minister,Hina Rabbani when,soon after her arrival in India,she tried to give some other message by meeting the separatist leaders of Kashmir.”

The Norway killing

The daily Inquilab,in its editorial “Europe ka tajahul-e-aarefana”(Europe’s feigned ignorance) on August 1,writes: “Norway’s tragedy has been a devastating and painful experience for the entire world. But it is also becoming clear that Europe and America did not care to provide security to their own people while making a hue and cry about so-called Islamic terrorism. If the main objective had been security,greater efforts would have been made to come down on all sources of danger. Instead,these governments,as a result of their enmity towards Islam and Muslims,warned the world about the phantom menace of ‘Islamic terrorism’… Ignoring the beam in their own eyes has resulted in the birth of people like Anders Behring Breivik.”

The Jamaat-e-Islami’s biweekly,Daawat,in a front-page comment on August 1,speculates on the Norway assault and its connections with Hindutva. Quoting a leading Indian daily,the paper describes the dangers from the unity of “Zionists,Crusaders and Hindutva terrorists”. These revelations point to the “deep contacts” between Breivik and his supporters and Hindutva adherents,says the paper.

Siasat,in an editorial titled “Europe and the Hindutva view”,writes on July 28 : “The mass murderer of Norway,Anders Behring Breivik,has made India’s Hindu nationalist movement an important part of his mission.” It goes on: “The campaign to create enmity between communities (aqwam) and anti-Islam propaganda has been so widespread that a common citizen of Europe was filled with hate and decided to kill his own people.”