Congress seems to be on the wrong side of fate in its second tenure. It is making such mistakes and that too in succession that for the first time in independent India’s history, it really seems to be confused. First it goofed up the issue related to the age of Gen V.K.Singh. And now a terminal mistake of stopping Mr. Rushdi from attending Jaipur Lit Festival. Mr. Rushdi has already come & gone a no. of times after ‘ The Satanic Verses’ was banned in India in 1988. Nothing happened. This time also he simply was an invitee of the festival & was coming around as a noted literary figure. People of India have already gotten over the satanic verses controversy.
But Congress, in the light of ensuing elections, miscalculated everything. They thought by stopping Rushdi, they will be able to score something with Muslims of India. Earlier these planks would work wonderfully because Muslims were having no other party to look up to. Hence any issue or non-issue related to Muslim faith, when given a communal shade, was a sure vote catcher. But now things have changed substantially. There are other parties who have played the same card and played it rather smartly. As a result the Muslim community of this country has realized the necessity to see through the claims & games of such political parties.
Congress, especially the kinds of Digvijay Singhs etc. are not willing to accept this reality. They are just not able to see beyond minority/majority.
Now that you have stopped Salman Rushdi from even video conferencing, people of this country are asking what was wrong with so called fundamentalist organizations when they opposed MF Hussein. After all it was also a case of hurting the religious sentiment of a community. You see, a government can not act in a partisan manner.
The Congress has exposed itself blatantly by showing a soft corner to the fundamentalist elements of one community. Now its cover of being a secular party will never have any sympathizers. Fools of course will have their own choices.
In my view Congress has been the most communal party of India. Others have only reacted to its vote bank politics.
But Congress, in the light of ensuing elections, miscalculated everything. They thought by stopping Rushdi, they will be able to score something with Muslims of India. Earlier these planks would work wonderfully because Muslims were having no other party to look up to. Hence any issue or non-issue related to Muslim faith, when given a communal shade, was a sure vote catcher. But now things have changed substantially. There are other parties who have played the same card and played it rather smartly. As a result the Muslim community of this country has realized the necessity to see through the claims & games of such political parties.
Congress, especially the kinds of Digvijay Singhs etc. are not willing to accept this reality. They are just not able to see beyond minority/majority.
Now that you have stopped Salman Rushdi from even video conferencing, people of this country are asking what was wrong with so called fundamentalist organizations when they opposed MF Hussein. After all it was also a case of hurting the religious sentiment of a community. You see, a government can not act in a partisan manner.
The Congress has exposed itself blatantly by showing a soft corner to the fundamentalist elements of one community. Now its cover of being a secular party will never have any sympathizers. Fools of course will have their own choices.
In my view Congress has been the most communal party of India. Others have only reacted to its vote bank politics.
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