Army General GD Bakshi's speech equated to 'hate-mongering' by IIT-Madras student

[DesiGuy1403]

http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-...bakshis-speech-to-hate-mongering-2951576.html

Retired Army General GD Bakshi courted controversy on Thursday because of his speech in IIT Madras which was strewn with "jingoism", alleged Abhinav Surya, an IITian in a letter to the institute director .

According to The News Minute, Surya, who was present at the event where Bakshi was delivering his speech on the eve of 'Special Independence Day Lecture', equated it "hate mongering".

In the letter, Surya wrote, "I am still not able to digest the fact the institute has given platform to such a speech filled with hatred, instigating violence among the students. A lecture that was heavily loaded with brewing enmity, inhumanity and glorification of brutality.”

According to The News Indian Express, which has access to the full letter, Surya quotes Bakshi's speech where the Major General urges the present generation to split Pakistan into four after their generation were successful in splitting Pakistan into two.

Bakshi said, "In our generation, we split Pakistan into two. Your generation should split it into four. Only then we can live in peace!”

According to Surya, the lowest point of the speech was when Bakshi mocked the freedom movement of India while asserting the fact that it was actually the Indian Army who brought freedom and that Ahimsa is "nonsense".

This 'hate speech' comes in the wake of the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle controversy which had rocked the IIT Madras campus in 2015. Students of the institute had protested over an Indology conference, accusing the central government of trying to 'saffronise' the campus.

Bakshi — known for his fiery, aggressive speeches — is a vocal supporter of the actions taken by the Army in Kashmir. He frequently appears on live news debate and in one of his frequent appearances he broke down during a debate over the Centre's mandate on hoisting the national flag in every central university.

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I have noticed one thing about left, "liberals", Sickulars & Atheists.
They want Freedom of expression for expressing ONLY their views. They can shout against India, against our military, against hindus, against Leadership and pro jihadis...
BUT
They will not tolerate others using their freedom of expression to express contrarian views to theirs. Then they forget all the principles they preach and get down to abuse & assault.

@ranjeet @Levina @CorporateAffairs @magudi @nair @TejasMk3 @Soumitra @Stephen Cohen @Robinhood Pandey @IndoCarib
@Nilgiri

 

[Nilgiri]

They want Freedom of expression for expressing ONLY their views.

Thats contemporary leftism in a nutshell.

 

[TejasMk3]

Yeah this happened yesterday, It's done by those APSC nutjobs, leftists and Dravidian loonies, "studying/researching humanities" for about 10 years. They were in the news a few months ago if you remember when their official funding was cut off and congis made a stink about it.

They tried to disrupt the speech he was delivering yesterday. Orgs like these are making it another JNU, hopefully the govt takes notice.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Put this Abhinav Surya on suicide watch. These leeches are fragile don't want another @sshole to hang himself.

You've already got 20 -ves; no point.

 

[mpk1988]

I can't believe someone can be so dense. Maybe, it's to court attention.

 

[Nilgiri]

Put this Abhinav Surya on suicide watch. These leeches are fragile don't want another @sshole to hang himself.

That is very intolerant thing to say. ._.

 

[Spectre]

You've already got 20 -ves; no point.

Don't be so nihilistic or soon the answer to every question would be - no point. Wield thy Hammer!

 

[ranjeet]

That is very intolerant thing to say. ._.

Hence the negative rating wapsi from Sir joe.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Don't be so nihilistic or soon the answer to every question would be - no point. Wield thy Hammer!

Actually, I feel that way about @ranjeet . He's the closest we have to @Windjammer , except half as knowledgeable.

 

[ranjeet]

Don't be so nihilistic or soon the answer to every question would be - no point. Wield thy Hammer!

Bring the sickle too.

 

[Spectre]

Bring the sickle too.

Nah that would make him a communist.

Actually, I feel that way about @ranjeet . He's the closest we have to @Windjammer , except half as knowledgeable.

If so, then thank heavens! Windjammers has eldritch knowledge - unfathomable by puny humans

 

[cerberus]

http://www.firstpost.com/india/iit-...bakshis-speech-to-hate-mongering-2951576.html

Retired Army General GD Bakshi courted controversy on Thursday because of his speech in IIT Madras which was strewn with "jingoism", alleged Abhinav Surya, an IITian in a letter to the institute director .

According to The News Minute, Surya, who was present at the event where Bakshi was delivering his speech on the eve of 'Special Independence Day Lecture', equated it "hate mongering".

In the letter, Surya wrote, "I am still not able to digest the fact the institute has given platform to such a speech filled with hatred, instigating violence among the students. A lecture that was heavily loaded with brewing enmity, inhumanity and glorification of brutality.”

According to The News Indian Express, which has access to the full letter, Surya quotes Bakshi's speech where the Major General urges the present generation to split Pakistan into four after their generation were successful in splitting Pakistan into two.

Bakshi said, "In our generation, we split Pakistan into two. Your generation should split it into four. Only then we can live in peace!”

According to Surya, the lowest point of the speech was when Bakshi mocked the freedom movement of India while asserting the fact that it was actually the Indian Army who brought freedom and that Ahimsa is "nonsense".

This 'hate speech' comes in the wake of the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle controversy which had rocked the IIT Madras campus in 2015. Students of the institute had protested over an Indology conference, accusing the central government of trying to 'saffronise' the campus.

Bakshi — known for his fiery, aggressive speeches — is a vocal supporter of the actions taken by the Army in Kashmir. He frequently appears on live news debate and in one of his frequent appearances he broke down during a debate over the Centre's mandate on hoisting the national flag in every central university.

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I have noticed one thing about left, "liberals", Sickulars & Atheists.
They want Freedom of expression for expressing ONLY their views. They can shout against India, against our military, against hindus, against Leadership and pro jihadis...
BUT
They will not tolerate others using their freedom of expression to express contrarian views to theirs. Then they forget all the principles they preach and get down to abuse & assault.

@ranjeet @Levina @CorporateAffairs @magudi @nair @TejasMk3 @Soumitra @Stephen Cohen @Robinhood Pandey @IndoCarib
@Nilgiri

Majority of the Country Feels same in Pakistan case No surprise,Student is entitled to his views

But Writing Letter was Too Much Exaggeration And Disrespect to the Integrity of Military Veteran

 

[Joe Shearer]

Bring the sickle too.

Why? You've been growing a pair?

 

[Bhasad Singh Mundi]

so the loonies think britishers left because they were scared of dharnas

Majority of the Country Feels same in Pakistan case No surprise,Student is entitled to his views

But Writing Letter was Too Much Exaggeration And Disrespect to the Integrity of Military Veteran

writing letter is in these days.

 

[Soumitra]

Major General GD Bakshi stands by his speech at IIT Madras, says left liberals promoting sedition
Major General GD Bakshi responds to IIT-M student's letter on hate-mongering speech
Divya Karthikeyan| Friday, August 12, 2016 - 13:37

At IIT Madras’ yearly edition of extramural lectures, a section of IIT Madras students was aghast at the subject of keynote speaker, retired army officer Major General GD Bakshi’s lecture. One among this section was Abhinav Surya, who lodged his strong protest in a letter to the IIT director. Major General GD Bakshi has also responded to TNM on these claims.

Calling it a speech filled with hate-mongering and incitement to violence, Abhinav wrote, “I am still not able to digest the fact the institute has given a platform to such a speech filled with hatred, instigating violence among the students. A lecture that was heavily loaded with brewing enmity, inhumanity and glorification of brutality.”

Accusing Bakshi, whose lecture was held on Thursday of instilling a sense of hatred and enmity towards Pakistan and “fostering irrational jingoism”, the student quoted portions of his speech in his letter, “The level of hatred in his speech was going out of proportions when he said, and I quote, ‘In our generation, we split Pakistan into 2. Your generation should split it into 4. Only then we can live in peace!’. And later he went on to glorify nuclear weaponry and justified the usage of it.”

Speaking to TNM, Major General GD Bakshi clarified his stance on the lecture saying he stood by what he said and that it was the work of rogue elements who protested his lecture, “I was invited to address the gathering of students on the subject of “Indian army and national security”, and I began by saying that for the last 30 years, we have constantly been at war with Pakistan and thousands have been killed. From 1993 onwards, we have been fighting terrorism in major cities. My contention was that we should equally support the freedom movements in Balochistan. We have been stabbed in the back many times as Pakistan has been constantly preparing hostile activity against us. What is wrong with that?

As for the comment on ‘tit-for-tat’, he said, “When somebody doesn’t stop hurting you, and you keep telling them to stop, what do you do? Pakistan has been receiving aid from China and when India tried to have a dialogue with China, China said its bond was deeper with Pakistan. So India should supply weapons to Vietnam, which is also being threatened by China.” He also justified the use of nuclear weaponry. “They tried to break up India, so we need to break them up into 4, of course. How many times will we be stabbed in the back? We have repeatedly gotten stabbed in the back, and the leftist liberal ideology is used to promote sedition. Which nation can support its own break up? So many men have laid down their lives to fight in these wars, and we should respect them and do justice to them. I am amazed that this is called hate speech.”

IIT student Abhinav had said, “An instance of distorting history is when he said Dehradun was originally called Dehradrone, as Dronacharya’s camp was set there. In its spot the Indian Military Academy has come up,” Abhinav said.

"Yes, Dehradun was originally Dehradrone. This is an etymological, historical fact, just like Gurgaon was originally Gurugram,” Bakshi said.

The student had gone on to say that IIT Madras giving him a platform to voice his comments on the freedom movement in the name of “Special Independence Day Lecture” would shame the institution. He concluded his letter to the IIT Madras Director hoping that necessary action would be taken.

The response from the crowd, Bakshi says, was in solidarity with his sentiments. “99.9 percent of the crowd supported me, and 10-12 Kashmiri students and other left wing liberals formed the minority,” Drawing a similarity to the incidents at JNU he said, “They were trying to disrupt proceedings, making the same kind of tamasha. I do not respect Kashmiri students or leftist liberals – they only try to promote sedition on our campuses. I once even went to the JNU campus and tried to talk to students, promoting and spreading patriotism and nationalism in a time of treason.”

Commenting on the state of universities in the country, Bakshi responded that many were beginning to support Kashmiri separatists, “For the last six months, there has been a climate of sedition created to encourage separatists in Jammu and Kashmir. JNU and Jadavpur are supporting them.” Referencing the events in JNU that had sparked off tensions, he said, “Free speech is fine, but tell me one American university that has candlelight vigils supporting Osama Bin Laden? We are the only ones who celebrate this. India is not represented by JNU – which has created an impression of collapse and weakness."

I have noticed one thing about left, "liberals", Sickulars & Atheists.
They want Freedom of expression for expressing ONLY their views. They can shout against India, against our military, against hindus, against Leadership and pro jihadis...
BUT
They will not tolerate others using their freedom of expression to express contrarian views to theirs. Then they forget all the principles they preach and get down to abuse & assault.

That's true. Offline people write open letters, do dharnas, do award wapasi etc etc.

In online forums people people like @Joe Shearer give negative ratings