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    • The Indian Express Tags : Politics, Rajnath Singh, Sangh Parivar, Pragya Singh Thakur, Lieutenant-Colonel Shrikant Purohit Posted: Tuesday , Nov 18, 2008 at 2317 hrs

    The BJP is an adept code-switcher, shifting between the soft touch and Hindu hardsell depending on context and convenience. This stand might suit Rajnath Singh’s own positioning within the party and give the BJP an emotive talking point for the ongoing and forthcoming elections, but at the cost of all truth and proportion in our political discourse. Terrorism is all too real a threat, and to confront it we first need to align with reality.

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    The Offence of Defence?By: TV Kumar | 20-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Dear EditorYes some readers of this column have pointed out that I.E. is presenting, lately somewhat biased viewpoints so far as communal angle is concerned. It gives a feeling amongst thousands of Indian Express' avid readers down the decades that this is not the same newspaper of the days of legendry RN Goenka, Kuldip Nayar and Arun Shouri.
    The offence of the defence..commentBy: padmesh kumar varma | 18-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Dear Sir, Mr. Rajnath Singh has belittled him self in the eyes of the right thinking people by saying what he said at Panipat. In all probability he must have said so at the instance of the RSS. It has been the practice of the Sangh to defend the wrong doings of its people be he be Godse, destroyers of Babri Mosque, Bajrangi, killer of the professor in Ujjain,people pointed out by the Krisna Commission, the person spitting on the face of the professor,Swami in Orissa or the destroyers of Churches in Orissa,Karnataka or Madhya Pradesh. The RSS is simply using the Sadhus and saffron clad saints to protect it self. It is afraid that sooner or later the ATS investigations will un cover its deep involvements in blasts and other terroristic activities. Sadhus and Babas will do better by distancing themselves from the Sangh and confining themselves to doing the public good they ate doing. Let the RSS bear the brunt of its wrong doings.
    The naked truthBy: Harish | 18-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Of course, ATS is politically motivated, no two opinions on that. Going by your logic, Israel should be called a terror state because it uses force. Why do we forget that the whole idea of jihadis is deep rooted hatred for other religions. This is the whole crux of the problem . What is happening today is a small retaliation, which is definitely un-justified. Unless, those jihadi elements within the Islamic community are brought to book, there is no hope for peace anywhere in the world, forget India, and dont expect people to sit back and relax. There will be retaliation, whether right or wrong.
    The naked truthBy: Harish | 18-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Of course, ATS is politically motivated, no two opinions on that. Going by your logic, Israel should be called a terror state because it uses force. Why do we forget that the whole idea of jihadis is deep rooted hatred for other religions. This is the whole crux of the problem . What is happening today is a small retaliation, which is definitely un-justified. Unless, those jihadi elements within the Islamic community are brought to book, there is no hope for peace anywhere in the world, forget India, and dont expect people to sit back and relax. There will be retaliation, whether right or wrong.
    TRUTH MUST BE TOLDBy: JATI S HOON | 18-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward NO MORE RATH YATRA,COME OUT WITH SOME NEW MODE OF TRANSPOTATION,BJP SHOULD TRANSPORT ITS MIND TO BETTER THINKING AND LEARNING, INSTEAD CONDEMING ANYTHING WHICH, ACCORDING TO BJP LEADERSHIP IS NON-HINDU, WHICH MEANS IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW OUR PARTY RULES OR BELIEVES, YOU ARE NOT A HINDU OR HINDOO.OH! THESE FUNDAMENTALIST THEY ALL COME IN DIFFERENT HUE AND COLOR."TERRORIST ARE THOSE WHO CONDONE TERRORIST."
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