[Reader-list] Jammu Agitation against Islamic Fundamentalists -Secular Campaign for last 55 days...

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

Amusing to see that in visual and print media,   none of our secular journalists are even noticing that the "mobs' are loudly saying, Bharath maatha Ki jai," may be because they are accustomed to sacrifices of different kind,  with diffeent kind of slogans from hired slogan shouters, Sonia ki jai. !
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----- Original Message -----
From: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:53 am
Subject: [Reader-list] Jammu Agitation against Islamic Fundamentalists	-Secular Campaign for last 55 days...
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> *With painted faces & flags, kids march to court arrest*
> *Jammu, August 21, 2008*
> 
> Link -
> http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mobile/Pages/StoryPage.aspx?ID=327de271-ff2f-4dd3-9783-b3c5be504eb6&BC=Home
> 
> Her cheeks painted in tricolour and a marigold garland around her 
> neck,10-year-old Hemalata was out on the streets of Jammu on 
> Wednesday — to .
> 
> She could be mistaken for a cheering cricket fan or an enthusiastic
> schoolgirl about to take part in a fancy fete. But Hemalata 
> thought she
> should join the processions "for the sake of the country — to 
> press for a
> piece of land for Amarnath's Bhole Baba". She was headed for a police
> station in Rehari.
> 
> On Tuesday, the government announced an indefinite curfew in Jammu and
> warned against bringing children to court arrest, as it was 
> against the law.
> But this morning, they came out, chanting "Yeh diwane kahan chale, 
> jailchale bhai jail chale" (Where are these frenzied people going? 
> They are
> going to jails).
> 
> Unable to cope with the rush of women, men and, now children, courting
> arrest, policemen looked quite harassed on the third day of the Jammu
> agitators' "Jail Bharo" programme. "We cannot detain kids, I tell 
> them,"said Arun Kotwal, a sub-inspector at Rehari, as protesters 
> wanted to know
> why he hadn't put up makeshift tents or called for water tankers.
> 
> For nearly 50 days, residents have voluntarily shut down 
> everything. But,
> how long can it go on? Sheetal Arjunwal, a councilor supervising a 
> communitykitchen, said: "The land transfer is only one of the 
> issues. People are out
> to disprove what New Delhi believes — that it can wear us out."
> 
> B.S. Salathia, president of Jammu Bar Association, said: "The 
> authoritieswant to use force against us for waving the national 
> flag, but think of the
> compensation for those waving the Pakistani flag in the Valley."
> 
> A Congress activist, Salathia did not think the BJP was behind the 
> upsurge."The BJP gave the first call for bandh because it does not 
> have to bother
> about the Valley. But, after that, it is the Sangharsh Samiti — that
> includes us all."
> 
> Agreeing with him, Ashok Khajuria, state BJP chief, said: "We are not
> looking for credit now. We are part of the people's movement. When the
> elections come, the people can decide."
> 
> Khwaja Mohammed Rashid, a lawyer from Poonch, said: "There is no
> Hindu-Muslim divide here. The Valley leaders come to us for votes 
> in the
> name of Islam. But once the polls are over, they don't bother 
> about Muslims
> outside the valley. No jobs are created. No college seats are 
> available. All
> money goes to the valley."
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