I endorse the statement of the Union Home Minister . The truth is never
defamatory, as the organizations resorting to terror did so in the name of
Hindutva . It is time a spade is called a spade as it is every day for more
than a decade the media and the Sangh Parivar among other organizations and
parties have fed us stories about Jehadi and Muslim Terror and continue to do
so through the corporate controlled media, and were not sued for defamation
when an entire cultural and religious group was being defamed nationally and
internationally , yet sweeping generalizations were made . Similar sweeping
generalizations were made regarding " Sikh terrorism".
The objective was political diversion .and divide and rule by projecting the
Muslims as the real enemy when in fact global financial forces in league with
comprador sections of the Indian Corporate Sector closely allied with the
corporate media were controlling the country and camouflaging policies ,
privatizing several sectors including health care and education and profitable
public sector undertakings , taking over land of the peasantry and the tribal
people , among other policies as a consequence of which financially once again
the country is facing a downhill situation as the global recession and collapse
of erstwhile financial centers was deliberately camouflaged by more than one
political alliance .
Jt. Commissioner of Police Mr. Hemant Karkare with his brilliant
investigations exposed the real conspirators and terrorists, who are
politically fascists , for which he paid with his life , we need to honor his
memory by an annual national lecture on issues vital to our Republic by a
foundation to be constituted , a fitting memorial .
Aseemnanda's Judicial Confessions which were made before a Judicial Magistrate
and cannot be retracted disclose a great deal among other investigations .
Mr. Chidambaram was similarly harassed for exposing these forces . We may
disagree with these individuals on other issues ,however when they speak up in
the country's interest we support them and when they fail to protect the weak
and innocent castes and classes in our society we must condemn them .
No organization which uses and misuses the religious card is acting in the
interest of the country . This is true of the pre-partition period and true
now. It must not be forgotten that the Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League had
alliances in Bengal and Sind during the pre-partition period .
The real agenda is development , what kind of development and the priorities
,in terms of people, classes and sectors and the issue of economic , political
and social justice for all weaker sections and for society as a whole.
Niloufer Bhagwat
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From: Mahtab Alam
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:21 PM
Subject: [humanrights-movement:6566] for Publication: Joint Public Statement
on Hindutva Terror
Joint Public Statement on Hindutva Terror
24 January 2013
While one may or may not agree with the terminology employed by the Home
Minister in his recent speech at Jaipur, we feel that for long prejudice has
ruled investigations, obscuring the role of organizations and their multiple
affiliates in planning and executing of attacks and bombings in the country.
The veneer of 'nationalism' -- narrow, exclusionary and based on hatred for
minorities as it is-- cannot hide the violence that Sangh and its affiliates
beget and peddle.
Civil rights groups have been arguing for long that the investigations into
bomb blasts and terror attacks have degenerated into communal witch-hunts. Bomb
blasts are followed predictably by mass arrests of Muslim youth, raids in
Muslim-dominated localities, detentions, arrests and torture; media trials,
charge sheets and prosecution based on custodial confessions and little real
evidence. It has been assumed, and accepted widely, that no further proof of
guilt need be offered than the fact that the accused belonged to a particular
community. Leads which pointed to the hands of groups affiliated to Sangh
organisations and their complicity in planning and executing acts of terror
were ignored, never seriously pursued. The agencies, showing their abject bias,
instead chose to pursue the beaten track of investigating Islamic terrorist
organizations such—despite clear evidence pointing in the opposite direction.
This was true of Nanded blasts in 2006, as well as of Mecca Masjid and Ajmer
Sharif bombings.
The only exception was Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who had, as far
back as 2008 conclusively brought into the public domain the nefarious designs
of Abhinav Bharat and its foot soldiers of hate: (Sadhvi) Pragya Singh of the
ABVP, serving army officer Col. Purohit, and Sunil Joshi, Indresh and Swami
Aseemanand belonging to the RSS. Karkare had communicated to the Hyderabad
Police the sensational claim by Col. Purohit that he had procured RDX from an
army inventory when he was posted in Jammu and Kashmir in 2006. The Hyderabad
Police however ignored his messages, having already detained close to 70 youth
belonging to the Muslim community.
We demand that:
· Although the Indian government has belatedly acknowledged the
heinous terrorist acts of the Sangh groups we feel that a genuine probe must
also perforce encompass a thorough enquiry into the terror nexus straddling
Abhinav Bharat, RSS, VHP, BJP and Bajrang Dal leaders together with sections of
the Indian intelligence and security agencies who deliberately subverted the
probes as well as the due process of law.
· It must also be investigated whether the network of Hindutva
terrorists have been provided not just political but also financial and
logistical support by various governments
· There must be a thorough investigation into the foreign sources of
funding of the Hindutva organizations.
We hope that the acknowledgement of Hindutva terror will not remain a
statement only but that the investigations will be seriously and sincerely
pursued.
Signatories
1. Manisha Sethi, Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association
2. Shabnam Hashmi, Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD)
3. Mahtab Alam, People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL)
4. Mansi Sharma, Activist, Delhi
5. Subhash Gatade, Activist and Author, Godse's Children: Hindutva
Terror in India
6. Rajeev Yadav, Adv. Mohd. Shoaib and Shahnawaz Alam, Rihai Manch, UP
7. Amit sen Gupta, Senior Journalist, Delhi
8. Abu Zafar, Journalist, Delhi
9. Harsh Kapoor, South Asian Citizens Web
10. Seema Mustafa, Senior Journalist, Delhi
11. Ram Puniyani, Activist and Author, Mumbai
12. Sukumar Muralidharan, Senior Journalist
13. Syed Zafar Mehdi, Journalist
14. Dr. John Dayal, All India Christian Council
15. Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, JNU
16. Navaid Hamid, Member, National Integration Council, GoI
17. Prof Anuradha Chenoy, JNU
18. Saba Naqvi, Senior Journalist, Delhi
19. Wilfred Dcosta, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF)
20. Harsh Dobhal, Human Rights Law Network (HRLN)
21. Kaviata Krishnan, All India Progressive Women Association (AIPWA)
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