This refer to the article “Modi set to rewrite History” by Prof PR Kumaraswamy in Organiser dated July 2. It is very true, that political contacts with Israel, when Congress was in power, were very limited, only to appease the Muslims. It has been mentioned in the article that in October 2015, when former President Pranab Mukherjee visited Israel, he stated in his address that both “India and Israel made parallel struggles against the British”. What a meaningless statement, which has no importance at all and is devoid of reality. The fact is that both the Hindus and the Jews have been the worst victims of Islamic terror in the past and are still suffering due to Islamic terrorism. Both are pre–Islamic civilisations, India being the most ancient. That makes us natural allies. Question arises, as to why Israel is so effective in dealing with Muslim terrorism and why we have miserably failed. The only reason is that Israel is a solid Jews nation, where as we are not a Hindu nation, but are bearing the burden of an internal Pakistan of 20 crore Muslims living in Bharat. Not only that we are being governed by an anti – Hindu Constitution. We must understand that friendship with Israel and the US would not be so effective unless and until Bharat becomes a Hindu Rashtra Constitutionally.
ANAND PRAKASH, Panchkula,Haryana
Stop Violence
Apropos the article ‘CPM’s Killer Squads’ by Arun Lakshman in Organiser dated August 13. Kerala is yet to come out of the shock inflicted by the brutal murder of a 34 year old RSS worker, Rajesh, by the CPI(M) killer gang and the attacks on the houses of BJP leaders, corporation councillors, activists and sympathisers in Thiruvananthapuram. But the State’s LDF Government led by the Marxist Party seems to be taking everything—is—fine attitude. Concerns are already expressed that Thiruvananthapuram is no more just the administrative capital of Kerala but also the State’s capital of the Marxist tyranny, a status owned so far by Kannur, where many BJP-RSS activists have become victims of the ruthlessness of the CPI(M) under the leadership of Chief Minister Pinararyi Vijayan, one of the chieftains of the party’s Kannur tribe. The violence in Thiruvananthapuram seems to be the inevitable outburst of the Marxist intolerance as the Communists are losing the ground beneath their feet—like it happened in West Bengal. However, it would be good for them if they realise that modern-day societies do not tolerate tyranny and political savagery.
ISHAN, Bengaluru
A Big Catch
This refers to the article titled ‘Romeo Dujan meets his fate’ by Deepak Zazia in Organiser dated August 13. Indeed the killing of Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) chief Abu Dujana is one of the biggest achievement of our security forces this year. Dujana was not only involved in many terrorist activities but was also instrumental in luring Kashmiri youths towards terrorism. After the encounter of Bashir Lashkari, Junaid Mattoo, this development must have surely come as a severe blow to the LeT. Meanwhile it is commendable that the Army has blocked internet services in Jammu and Kashmir to avoid mass gathering and protests. What is also praiseworthy is that our intelligence establishment is not only helping eliminate these dreaded terrorists but they have also been choking their support system so that they do not create further complication. Now with the thinning population of trained terrorists in the LeT, one thing is sure that the terror group will try to find a suitable replacement for Abu Dujana soon. India must be vigilant. Chances are high that the LeT will plan a terrorist attack to keep our intelligence agencies and the Army on their toes. Last but not the least, recent development in Pakistan should make us wary as now the Army over there, like Nawaz Sharif’s successor, will toe the line and there may be rise in cross-border violence in the Valley in the near future.
BAL GOVIND, Noida
Unnecessary Controversy Apropos the article titled ‘Monumental Memorial’ by T S Venkatesan in Organiser dated August 13. It is unfortunate that addition of the Bhagavad Gita and a veena to the statue of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, at his memorial at Peikarumbu, near Rameswaram, should have created controversy. Probably, Dr Kalam himself would have regarded the Gita being placed on the podium as a recognition of his roots and the Indian tradition as he understood it. The row over whether it was the right thing to do is completely unnecessary. Parties opposed to the BJP should not make it their business to portray Abdul Kalam as someone he was not. He was reputed to not have accepted Allah as the only God and the Quran as the inviolable word of faith. A man of great learning he was well versed in Tamil literature and his favourite daily reading included the couplets of Thirukural. Thanks to the personality he had, he became a national hero, and a cultural icon—the people’s President. At the same time, his immense popularity bordering on deification cannot be delinked from his identification with the nationalist cause espoused by the upper crust of the society. Dr Kalam’s shared BJP’s vision of India and favoured its model of development. His involvement with India’s missile and nuclear research programme won him the nickname, ‘Missile man of India’. |
A Right Step
Floods claiming more than 600 lives and displacing thousands of people in western, north-eastern and other parts of the country have yet again called upon the need for a national programme to deal with the recurrence of weather-related events. Floods wrecking havoc in India is not so uncommon. what is varying though is the rate or recurrence of such events in different parts of the country. A vigorous monsoon in across the length and breath of the country leaves our cities in shambles—roads are waterlogged; there are monster traffic jams; daily life comes to standstill; crops are wiped off—but lesson have rarely been taken. Seeing such problems the Union Government has constituted a high-level committee to study the problems of flooding. Such efforts, must, however lead to a logical conclusion. The National Disaster Response Force Teams and the Central Water Commission must also lend their support to the Government for better understanding of the problem.
Sagar Mathew, Sikkim
No faux pas
In the article titled ‘Uncomfortable Allies, Always!’ by Nishant Kr Azad in Organiser dated August 13 it has been rightly said that from the very beginning the grand alliance was never functional as it was formed on negative agenda of opposing the BJP and both Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar were just looking for an appropriate time to split. By breaking–off the mahagathbandan in Bihar, Janata Dal ( United ), JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar has not committed any faux pas as claimed by JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav that Nitish Kumar betrayed the Bihar public as the latter had given its mandate against the NDA, whose laps he has chosen to sit now. Before pointing fingers on Nitish Kumar’s volte face , Sharad Yadav should have fathomed the reasons which led to Nitish Kumar’s parting ways from the mahagathbandan. Had Nitish Kumar not broken relations with the Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD), he would have emerged as a villain and a protagonist of corruption. RJD chief Lalu Yadav himself is out on bail and ineligible to contest in any elections for 11 years. His entire family is on the radar of various Central Intelligence agencies. The nitty gritty of the matter is that Sharad Yadav should forget this acrimony with Nitish Kumar and maintain cordial relations with him as ever before.
SAGAR SINGH, New Delhi
Forceful Speech
Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj’s statement in the Parliament that bilateral talks and not war is the solution to the ongoing stand-off at Doklam is in confirmation with the measured and restrained response New Delhi has taken ever since tensions began at the tri-junction two months back. In fact, in a forceful speech, Sushma Swaraj sought to kill two birds with one stone—Beijing and the Opposition. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj rightly lashed out that instead of trusting the Indian Government or taking a brief first from Foreign Secretary on this matter and understanding India’s position, the Congress vice president sought to meet the Chinese ambassador to be informed on critical issues. To this end, Swaraj minced no words to slam the Opposition. Peaceful negotiations and not ruptures will solve the tri-junction issue. After all, its not just a matter of solving the issues, but bilateral ties too have to be maintained.
ARCHANA SHARMA, Kanpur
