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INDIAN DEMOCRACY ON TEST
Kill him for His bad Verses
Kashmir Watch, December 20
BY GHULAM NABI KHAYAL
[Srinagar- Kashmir]
Once again, the true spirit of India, the largest democracy in the world is on acid test.
The alleged terrorist involved in Mumbai blasts 26-28 November, Mohammad Ajmal Amin Qasab, reportedly the only nabbed attacker on Taj hotel complex, the Oberoi Trident and the Chattarpati Shivaji rail terminus in the countrys largest metropolis, is being denied justice when his case should be normally referred to a court of law.
Former Maharashtra additional advocate general, P Janardhan, who had pleaded for legal assistance in favour of Qasab demanding that legal aid be provided to the accused in accordance with the Constitutional guarantees, was most vulgarly manhandled by the goons of anti-Muslim fundamentalist militant organisation, Shiv Sena, and warned that he stood away from Qasab. Despite Senas hooliganism against this legal practitioner, Janardhan stuck to his humanitarian stand reiterating, The State has to give Qasab a fair trial. If he is not represented, it will be a violation of human rights, adding that no citizen, subject or even enemy of the nation be punished without proper trial and legal defense.
Continuing with their unchecked lawlessness, bout 100 Shiv Sainiks ransacked the house of another lawyer, Mahesh Deshmukh, who had also expressed interest in defending Qasab.
Earlier, one more lawyer, Ashok Sarogi had also to face ire of Shiv Sena when nearly 200 Sena activists attacked his residence in Malad, Mumbai pelting stones for hours together.
Sarogi had expressed his readiness to come out in defense of Qasab.
Giving out its editorial opinion,
The Political and Business Daily writes 17 December, Such rowdiness only prepares the grounds for terror.
We may not detail that in the aftermath of the demolition of Babri Mosque in Faizabad, Ayodhya, anti-Muslim riots broke out in the same Mumbai where thousands of Muslim human lives were turned into corpses by a gang of armed militants, followers of the Hindu fanatic, Bal Thackeray. Thackeray supervised massacres of the minority community in this commercial capital while the police played a condemnable role of silent spectators. Was any action taken against Thackeray? Had it been so, would he be denied any legal aid?
In Gujarat, another Muslim basher and the most discredited Hindu communalist, Narendra Modi, also masterminded killing of more than two thousand Muslims in Gandhis birthplace. He was never brought to book. He would also not have been left alone without legal defense.
We do not plead for innocence of Qasab, but we do strongly urge upon the authorities that, under all circumstances, he must be provided proper legal assistance to be provided by an eminent and honest defense counsel.
Renowned Indian jurist, Ram Jethmalani, also supports the humane sense of wise men and people with farsightedness when he emphasises, Qasab is a young man who has been indoctrinated. Had I been the judge, I would not have ordered to hang him. I would have given him life imprisonment so that he realises that his fate is in the hell of Indian jails and not in the paradise as the Mullahs might have convinced him. Jethmalani does not favour any punishment to Qasab without his going through a creditable legal trial. So that someone is not innocently killed for his bad verses.
Unfortunately, the esplanade court bar association has also passed a resolution that none of the lawyers will defend Qasab.
Does all this amount to drawing a wild conclusion that Qasab shall be punished without being heard in a court of law and not before committed and embedded police or intelligence interrogators?
In case, adequate legal facilities are not offered to the accused, mind it; Qasab is only an accused and not a condemned culprit; the most disturbing side of the story then shall be as to how long will communal goons like Bal Thackeray, Narendra Modi, Vinay Katiyar, Pravin Tagodia, Ashok Shingal, Uma Bharati and others of the same cult, keep on holding the entire Indian nation as their hostage on one pretext or the other? They have always remained untouched by the fist of the law with their orchestrated tune that whatever bad takes place across the county is of the making of Pakistan.
Despite such laughable claims being made time and again by these anti-national forces, not a single incident has been proved having been thought over and implemented at the behest of the Pakistan government. Yes, tens of thousands of innocent Muslim youths all over the country including hundreds hailing from Kashmir alone are languishing in the Indian prisons from Srinagar to Coimbatore for years now. They are neither being tried for charges framed against them nor are they being set free. Many of them, if let off the hooks, are again arrested and implicated in other fabricated cases.
In this unabated tirade against Islamabad, it may not be a far off imaginary thought that even if a dog bites Thackeray, Modi, or Tagodia, Pakistan may also be blamed for this happening.
Mohammad Afzal Guroo was implicated in a terror attack which took place outside the Indian parliament killing some policemen and others. Afzal was sentenced but it is again some political consideration and compulsion that he is in prison waiting for the punishment which he wanted to have saying, Im waiting for L K Advani to become the prime minister so that he hangs me without any delay. This speaks volumes of the mental torture Afzal might be undergoing in a solitary cell in the Tihar jail in Delhi.
There has been a hue and cry from all over the country that one Sarbjeet Singh, who is behind the bars in Pakistan awaiting death sentence for spearheading terror attacks over there which killed many people, be set free, but Qasab whose guilt is yet to be proved beyond suspicion, is being denied justice which smacks clearly of double standards of Delhi in dealing with terrorism, that too when Muslims are allegedly dragged into this net.
It is interesting to note that besides Pakistan, India has now begun also threatening Bangladesh to desist from infiltrating militants into its territory for Assam and West Bengal. Who will advise Delhi that it is not feasible to open all fronts on all sides?
On top of all this acrimonious controversy, the former Maharashtra chief minister and Union Minister for Minority Affairs, A R Antuly, has stirred up hornets nest saying that the mysterious killing of Anti Terrorism Squad chief, Hemant Karkare, who was mysteriously gunned down during Mumbai terror attack. Karkare had earned laurels for his bringing to book, along with one dozen more alleged Hindu terrorists of Sangh Parivar, one retired army colonel, Shrikant Prasad Purohit and a so called Sadhvi, Pragya Thakur for their involvement in Malegaon blasts. Antuly said 17 December, there is more than what meets the eyes, adding that it may be a separate inquiry how Karkares end came.
Expectedly, Antulys remarks could not be digested by the extremist Hindu organisation, BJP and its fanatic allies who immediately reacted calling for action against Antuly. Why turn Nelsons eye on what he has said? Why not to investigate into it?
Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, President of the All India Muslim Majlis Mushawarat, said that it is strange that in the worlds largest democracy people, especially Muslims, are not supposed to speak out their minds. A very slight expression of unpalatable facts and ugly ground realities, like the statement of actress Shabana Azmi on how she failed to purchase a house of her choice in Mumbai because of her faith, is enough to send you to the doghouse.
It is a pity that the embedded Indian media has lately been highlighting a condemned atheist with an Islamic name, Salman Rushdie, to endorse his tirade against Pakistan. This also is not going to help.
In the end, one may not but remind the entire nation that Purohit and Pragya Singh are not Pakistani nationals but are very much great children of the great Democratic Republic of India.
Kashmir Watch :: In-depth coverage on Kashmir conflict
Kill him for His bad Verses
Kashmir Watch, December 20
BY GHULAM NABI KHAYAL
[Srinagar- Kashmir]
Once again, the true spirit of India, the largest democracy in the world is on acid test.
The alleged terrorist involved in Mumbai blasts 26-28 November, Mohammad Ajmal Amin Qasab, reportedly the only nabbed attacker on Taj hotel complex, the Oberoi Trident and the Chattarpati Shivaji rail terminus in the countrys largest metropolis, is being denied justice when his case should be normally referred to a court of law.
Former Maharashtra additional advocate general, P Janardhan, who had pleaded for legal assistance in favour of Qasab demanding that legal aid be provided to the accused in accordance with the Constitutional guarantees, was most vulgarly manhandled by the goons of anti-Muslim fundamentalist militant organisation, Shiv Sena, and warned that he stood away from Qasab. Despite Senas hooliganism against this legal practitioner, Janardhan stuck to his humanitarian stand reiterating, The State has to give Qasab a fair trial. If he is not represented, it will be a violation of human rights, adding that no citizen, subject or even enemy of the nation be punished without proper trial and legal defense.
Continuing with their unchecked lawlessness, bout 100 Shiv Sainiks ransacked the house of another lawyer, Mahesh Deshmukh, who had also expressed interest in defending Qasab.
Earlier, one more lawyer, Ashok Sarogi had also to face ire of Shiv Sena when nearly 200 Sena activists attacked his residence in Malad, Mumbai pelting stones for hours together.
Sarogi had expressed his readiness to come out in defense of Qasab.
Giving out its editorial opinion,
The Political and Business Daily writes 17 December, Such rowdiness only prepares the grounds for terror.
We may not detail that in the aftermath of the demolition of Babri Mosque in Faizabad, Ayodhya, anti-Muslim riots broke out in the same Mumbai where thousands of Muslim human lives were turned into corpses by a gang of armed militants, followers of the Hindu fanatic, Bal Thackeray. Thackeray supervised massacres of the minority community in this commercial capital while the police played a condemnable role of silent spectators. Was any action taken against Thackeray? Had it been so, would he be denied any legal aid?
In Gujarat, another Muslim basher and the most discredited Hindu communalist, Narendra Modi, also masterminded killing of more than two thousand Muslims in Gandhis birthplace. He was never brought to book. He would also not have been left alone without legal defense.
We do not plead for innocence of Qasab, but we do strongly urge upon the authorities that, under all circumstances, he must be provided proper legal assistance to be provided by an eminent and honest defense counsel.
Renowned Indian jurist, Ram Jethmalani, also supports the humane sense of wise men and people with farsightedness when he emphasises, Qasab is a young man who has been indoctrinated. Had I been the judge, I would not have ordered to hang him. I would have given him life imprisonment so that he realises that his fate is in the hell of Indian jails and not in the paradise as the Mullahs might have convinced him. Jethmalani does not favour any punishment to Qasab without his going through a creditable legal trial. So that someone is not innocently killed for his bad verses.
Unfortunately, the esplanade court bar association has also passed a resolution that none of the lawyers will defend Qasab.
Does all this amount to drawing a wild conclusion that Qasab shall be punished without being heard in a court of law and not before committed and embedded police or intelligence interrogators?
In case, adequate legal facilities are not offered to the accused, mind it; Qasab is only an accused and not a condemned culprit; the most disturbing side of the story then shall be as to how long will communal goons like Bal Thackeray, Narendra Modi, Vinay Katiyar, Pravin Tagodia, Ashok Shingal, Uma Bharati and others of the same cult, keep on holding the entire Indian nation as their hostage on one pretext or the other? They have always remained untouched by the fist of the law with their orchestrated tune that whatever bad takes place across the county is of the making of Pakistan.
Despite such laughable claims being made time and again by these anti-national forces, not a single incident has been proved having been thought over and implemented at the behest of the Pakistan government. Yes, tens of thousands of innocent Muslim youths all over the country including hundreds hailing from Kashmir alone are languishing in the Indian prisons from Srinagar to Coimbatore for years now. They are neither being tried for charges framed against them nor are they being set free. Many of them, if let off the hooks, are again arrested and implicated in other fabricated cases.
In this unabated tirade against Islamabad, it may not be a far off imaginary thought that even if a dog bites Thackeray, Modi, or Tagodia, Pakistan may also be blamed for this happening.
Mohammad Afzal Guroo was implicated in a terror attack which took place outside the Indian parliament killing some policemen and others. Afzal was sentenced but it is again some political consideration and compulsion that he is in prison waiting for the punishment which he wanted to have saying, Im waiting for L K Advani to become the prime minister so that he hangs me without any delay. This speaks volumes of the mental torture Afzal might be undergoing in a solitary cell in the Tihar jail in Delhi.
There has been a hue and cry from all over the country that one Sarbjeet Singh, who is behind the bars in Pakistan awaiting death sentence for spearheading terror attacks over there which killed many people, be set free, but Qasab whose guilt is yet to be proved beyond suspicion, is being denied justice which smacks clearly of double standards of Delhi in dealing with terrorism, that too when Muslims are allegedly dragged into this net.
It is interesting to note that besides Pakistan, India has now begun also threatening Bangladesh to desist from infiltrating militants into its territory for Assam and West Bengal. Who will advise Delhi that it is not feasible to open all fronts on all sides?
On top of all this acrimonious controversy, the former Maharashtra chief minister and Union Minister for Minority Affairs, A R Antuly, has stirred up hornets nest saying that the mysterious killing of Anti Terrorism Squad chief, Hemant Karkare, who was mysteriously gunned down during Mumbai terror attack. Karkare had earned laurels for his bringing to book, along with one dozen more alleged Hindu terrorists of Sangh Parivar, one retired army colonel, Shrikant Prasad Purohit and a so called Sadhvi, Pragya Thakur for their involvement in Malegaon blasts. Antuly said 17 December, there is more than what meets the eyes, adding that it may be a separate inquiry how Karkares end came.
Expectedly, Antulys remarks could not be digested by the extremist Hindu organisation, BJP and its fanatic allies who immediately reacted calling for action against Antuly. Why turn Nelsons eye on what he has said? Why not to investigate into it?
Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, President of the All India Muslim Majlis Mushawarat, said that it is strange that in the worlds largest democracy people, especially Muslims, are not supposed to speak out their minds. A very slight expression of unpalatable facts and ugly ground realities, like the statement of actress Shabana Azmi on how she failed to purchase a house of her choice in Mumbai because of her faith, is enough to send you to the doghouse.
It is a pity that the embedded Indian media has lately been highlighting a condemned atheist with an Islamic name, Salman Rushdie, to endorse his tirade against Pakistan. This also is not going to help.
In the end, one may not but remind the entire nation that Purohit and Pragya Singh are not Pakistani nationals but are very much great children of the great Democratic Republic of India.
Kashmir Watch :: In-depth coverage on Kashmir conflict
