Opinion Parivar probity

Unlike the alleged irregularities in the business dealings of Robert Vadra,the alleged wrongdoings in the business enterprises of BJP president Nitin Gadkari get a muted response from the Sangh Parivar journals.

November 1, 2012 11:10 PM IST First published on: Nov 1, 2012 at 11:10 PM IST

Parivar probity

Unlike the alleged irregularities in the business dealings of Robert Vadra,the alleged wrongdoings in the business enterprises of BJP president Nitin Gadkari get a muted response from the Sangh Parivar journals. While Panchjanya has given no coverage to the controversy,the Organiser has carried a column on its inside pages that seeks to highlight the sharp contrast between the BJP presidents offer to face probe and the defence of the indefensible members of dynasty (that is,Vadra) and Virbhadra Singh. BJP stands by probity in public life; is Congress ready for agnipariksha? asks the front page pointer to the column. The column seeks to present the defence extended by Gadkari and the party on the trial by media and asserts that wild allegations san evidence should not be taken seriously and suggests that an inquiry was the only way to deal with the mud-slinging.

Both Sangh Parivar weeklies,however,prominently carry the Dussehra speech of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat,highlighting his message to not tolerate corruption at any level.

Price of vote

THE editorial in Panchjanya takes a serious view of fresh incidents of communal violence in Samajwadi Party-ruled Uttar Pradesh. Highlighting that the recent incident in Faizabad was the eighth in the seven months so far of Akhilesh Yadav,the editorial claims anti-Hindu sentiments were expected given the fact that the SP rode to power on the back of pro-Muslim politics.

The editorial laments that there was some hope that the young Akhilesh would keep a check on the Muslim appeasement of Mulayam Singh Yadav and an expectation that social harmony would be given priority. However,the editorial concludes that the Akhilesh government has lost control in the face of fanatic Muslim forces seeking to extract its pound of flesh for their votes to the SP during the assembly elections.

Weakened argument

Always ready to take a potshot at the prime minister,Organiser has trained its guns on Manmohan Singh for Rahul Gandhis meeting with him ahead of the cabinet reshuffle. Suggesting that Gandhi was pitching to accommodate his buddies in the cabinet,the editorial claims that the weak Prime Minister (is) weakened further because he has surrendered his prerogative to choose the council of ministers to not just Sonia Gandhi… but also to her son.

Although the editorial appears to have been written before the event of the reshuffle,it concludes that the PM has once again let down his position and lowered further in the estimate of the people during the process of consultation ahead of the reshuffle.

Compiled by Ravish Tiwari