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ASSEMBLY POLL '98
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'India stands betrayed'
E-mail from readers the world over
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 05:05:56 +0200 Mr Kuldip Nayar's column is a typical example of journalism in India. What a shame that Rediff cannot find a better person (eg, M J Akbar) for articulating the anti-BJP point of view, and instead loads us hapless readers with the likes of Nayars. Gopi Krishna Maliwal
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 05:05:56 +0200 I think Mr Kuldip Nayar is just trying to create a controversy. I had great appreciation for Mr Nayar's writing and political judgements. But this article is an exception. Mr Joshi, Mr Advani and Mr Sinha are great contributors to the BJP government. Mr Nayar had no business in criticising their Hindutva. I think we Hindus forget the very basic thing. In this country around 85% population is Hindu and India is the only country where Hindus do have pride in saying they are Hindus. The Congress is to blame for this. Shielesh Damle
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 01:39:47 -0400 You are an eminent journalist. You have your views on BJP and politics. That is fine. But please do not ridicule the Sanskrit textbook Sanskrit Gyan without fact and figures. If you have any objection to any part of that book, please mention very clearly what the contents are, what is wrong, why, what they should be and prove them with facts and figures. Mere ridicule will not do. Atanu Mukherjee
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 22:55:07 -0700 Listen, Nayar: Our concept of the BJP leadership includes Vajpayee, Advani, Murali Manohar Joshi at the top rung. If Vajpayee gets rid of them, we get rid of him too, even if he be the incarnation of God. If only Rediff got rid of Kuldip Nayar! Srinivas Murthy
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:44:59 +0530 The writings lack objectivity. I would request you not to waste server space and our time by publishing Kuldip Nayar's writings. Shiva
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:56:52 +0500 This is in response to your article 'Partisan charge upsets President' by George Iype. Your report that Narayanan is upset is absurdly an understatement. He should be, rather, thoroughly ashamed for bringing the President's office within the reach of the pro-China elements like N Ram, Subramanian Swamy, Jyoti Basu, Surjit Singh et al. The day he gave that historical interview of the president-in-the-office to N Ram, he made his partisan choice public. He clearly conveyed to the world to which ideology he leans. And thereafter he has always tried to cover up his moral timidity. By no stretch of imagination can ex-President Venkataraman be described as being pro-BJP. Then how can you subscribe to the theory that it is only the pro-BJP elements that are being critical of the Narayanan mess up? Having bungled and destroyed the stability and buoyancy that was slowly returning to the government and economy, he tries to corner glory by chiding everyone to pass the Budget. If he and his Congress had so much as a concern for the passing of the Finance Bill, then they should have waited for Parliament to function. What business did Narayanan have to give an attendance to an ousted admiral? Had he refused to meet the fallen guy, Bhagwat would have never stood up to create so much of mischief. Interestingly, N Ram is one of the master strategists for Bhagwat along with Praful Bidwai, Kumar Ketkar and the other daydreaming Marxist mischief mongers. Besides, how can Narayanan ever feign ignorance of not knowing the reason for Sonia's new found aggression? Is it more than a coincidence that the lady decides to raise the JPC on the Bhagwat affair when Narayanan is forced to give the go ahead for the charge sheeting of Solanki, Arora and Bhatnagar in the Bofors case? Perez
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 10:13:23 +0530 Georgie as usual is rubbing his hands with glee as the Pope's wish has been fulfilled by his subjects. To describe Mr Narayanan's action as bipartisan is foolish. He seems to have a one point agenda of enthroning Sonia. His words clearly convey it. The Italian precedent of calling the defeated leader are numerous (after all, does not Narayanan sees virtue in anything Italian?).
1. Why should he firstly ask Sonia to examine forming a government? Should it not be the leader of the Opposition?
The only course available to Narayanan is to resign. Let him do it immediately. Ranjit
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:18:17 +0530 It clearly shows the President is very partial to the Congress. He should not have given so much time to the Congress. The Opposition said they would form a government in two minutes once the BJP government falls.
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:11:28 PDT On the issue of whether Jyoti Basu makes a better PM than Sonia can you add a fourth option 'Who cares.' I would not be surprised if a majority of the surfers voted for 'who cares.' We have been a mute witness to the systematic rape of India's democracy over the past few days (the cynic would say for the last 50 years). None of the political parties care for the welfare of the country. In the given scenario the country is slowly going to the dogs and 'WHO CARES.' There's no place for a decent man like A B Vajpayee and it's high time the BJP forget its dream of making India a superpower. Again WHO CARES.
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:30:35 +0530 Interesting report. Why don't you consider an option of Mr Naidu being the PM with the support of BJP and rest of the Third Front?
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:07:02 +0400 I hope our antique Constitution is amended in such a way that:- When a no-confidence motion is brought against the ruling government, the Opposition bench spell out a leader in the event they come to power. Then we can find out the true turn-coats.
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 11:36 PM In Kanchan Gupta's article titled, "The President can halt the politics of cynicism," Mr Gupta makes the following (far-fetched claim): The leader of the Opposition, Sharad Pawar, recalled the more than four decades of "communal peace" when his party, the Congress, was in power. He conveniently forgot that India witnessed 72,000 riots during those decades of "communal peace". This is ridiculous. I don't know where Mr. Gupta is getting these figures and how he can pass it off to his readers. Our country has been independent for approximately 51 years now. That is approximately 18,600 days. If Mr Gupta's figure is to be believed, we have been having approximately 4 riots a day since Independence. This is clearly and plainly wrong!! I would appreciate if this is brought to the attention of Mr Gupta and such far fetched claims are avoided in the future. Also, such exaggerated claims tend to bolster the impression that India is a violent and unstable country. It takes a long time for a writer to built a reputation. That reputation can be destroyed quite easily. I like Mr Gupta's columns but was saddened and disappointed to see something that is obviously wrong and misleading written in them. Sidharth
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 15:07:27 +0530 Dear Mr Sidharth Kshatriya, I can be faulted on my arguments. But on facts and figures? No. I have taken the figure 72,000 from Union home ministry reports. It is verifiable from files with the Government of India. The figure has been mentioned during the debate on communalism in the Lok Sabha in the last winter session of Parliament. Just to drive home the point, here are some more statistics: 1. Between 1989 and 1998, there were 11,675 communal incidents/riots. 2. The average daily incidence ranges from 2.63 riots per day to 1.71, with a high of 7.1 in 1990. 3. The average daily incidence for the decade is 3.198/day. I hope this puts to rest all speculation. As for India coming across as a violent and unstable country, I am not in the business of selling India as a land of elephants and snake-charmers, a shangri-la, a xanadu or whatever. That is ITDC's job, not mine. I am happy that you like my articles. I will be happier if you continue to read them, and respond. Kanchan Gupta
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 23:15:36 -0400 This was a very good analysis. I would like to add the following: The fall of the BJP can be attributed not only to the greed of the various parties for enjoying power but much of it is due to its own in-fighting and poor public relations. For example: 1. The party became known as a party of North Indians wanting to dominate the rest of India from their Hindi strong holds. Thus the party tried to push the Hindi language on people who were not ready to accept that language. In Tamil Nadu, Hindi was being learnt voluntarily by many people till the Hindi zealots started to make noises that everyone who is an Indian must learn Hindi. Even in Punjab during the Punjabi Subha agitation, the Hindus were asked to declare Hindi as their mother tongue even though many actually spoke Punjabi at home. This created a schism between Hindus and Sikhs. 2. After coming to power, some of the constituents of the BJP like the VHP acted as if the party had received an absolute majority from the people and as such their disparate agenda. Every minority group started to feel insecure. 3. The public relations of the BJP was extremely poor. For example even when it was proved that the nuns in MP were raped by other Christians, the original accusation that this was an act by BJP activists remained in the minds of people. Similarly in Orissa too the BJP got blamed even though in one case the nun who claimed to have been raped was not and another was raped by another Christian tribal. This lack of poor PR was also evident in other aspects of the BJP rule. It seemed as if the media was not appreciative of even the good things done by the BJP. 4. By not standing up to Jayalalitha earlier and by accommodating various people of doubtful antecedents, the party ended up as being no different from others who are after power. 5. I think that the BJP lost a golden opportunity to show the country that they are a party with laudable principles and in the process, the country is at the mercy of unscrupulous people like Laloo Prasad, Jayalalitha and a motley crew of party-changing MPs who are being bought. V Hari
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