[Reader-list] Sonia’s presence in Delhi is costing India dearly

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Sonia's presence in Delhi is costing India dearly
François Gautier - Indian Express
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First Published : 02 Dec 2008 02:37:00 AM IST



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1898, the French writer Emile Zola wrote an open letter to the then French
president in the newspaper L'Aurore, titled j'accuse ('I accuse'), where he
accused the French government of anti- Semitism towards Captain Alfred
Dreyfus, a Jewish officer unfairly condemned for treason.

Now it is time for the people of India to say openly that which many,
including within the Congress, think secretly and may utter in the privacy
of their chambers.

It is not about Manmohan Singh, it is not even about Shivraj Patil, the fall
guy; it is about that one person, the Eminence Grise of India. She who pulls
all the strings, She whose shadow looms menacingly over so many, She who
holds no portfolio, is just a simple elected MP, like 540 others, but rules
like an empress.

Sometimes, one's very physical presence at the top is enough to move things,
to influence the course of events. One word from Her, a glance, a frown, are
enough to put the whole heavy, inert, unwilling machinery of India's
bureaucracy and political system in full motion. Sometimes She need not say
anything: in the true tradition of Bhakti, Her ministers, Her secretaries,
interpret Her silences and rush to cater to Her western and Christian
identity.

Nevertheless, she has said and acted enough so that one day she may stand
accused on the pages of History for what she must have done to India.

I'accuse Sonia Gandhi as being responsible for the tragedy of Mumbai, having
emasculated India's intelligence agencies by stopping them from
investigating terror attacks in the last four years, including the Mumbai
train blasts. She has also neutralised the ATS by ordering them at all costs
to ferret out 'Hindu terrorism', which if it exists, has wrought minuscule
damage compared to what Islamic terror has done since 2004. Did the US send
a warning to India that there may be an attack on Mumbai and that the Taj
would be one of the targets? Were these ignored because the ATS was too busy
chasing Hindu 'terrorists' on Sonia's orders? I accuse Sonia and her
government of having made the NSG the laughing stock of the world. How many
times did the NSG (who took ten hours to reach Mumbai) claim that it had
"sanitised the Taj and that the operation was over" and how many times did a
bomb go off immediately after? For the last 20 years, the NSG has guarded
VIPs and has become soft. See the comments of Israeli terror specialists,
who said the NSG should have first sanitised the immediate surroundings of
the places of conflict, kept the bystanders and press (who gave terrorists
watching TV in the Taj rooms a perfect report of the security forces'
whereabouts) out of the place, gathered enough information about the
position of the terrorists and hostages before taking action, instead of
immediately engaging the terrorists, and ensuring the deaths of so many
hostages.

I accuse Sonia of having let her Christian and Western background, in four
years, divide India on religious and caste lines in a cynical and methodical
manner.

I accuse Sonia of weakening India's spirit of sacrifice and courage, so that
20 terrorists (or less) held at ransom the financial capital of India for
more than three days.

I accuse Sonia Gandhi of always pointing the finger at Pakistan, when
terrorism in India is now mostly homegrown, even if it takes help, training,
refuge and arms from Pakistan; of not warning Indians of the grave dangers
of Islamic terror for cynical election purposes.

I accuse Sonia of being an enemy of the Hindus, who always gave refuge to
persecuted minorities, and who are the only people in the world to accept
that God may manifest under different names, in different epochs, using
different scriptures.

I accuse Sonia Gandhi of taking advantage of India's respect for women, its
undue fascination with the Gandhi name, and its stupid mania for White Skin.

I'accuse Sonia of exploiting the Indian Press' obsession with her. She
hardly ever gave interview in 20 years, except scripted ones to NDTV, yet
the Press always protects her, never blames her and keeps silent over her
covert role.

I'accuse Sonia and her government of trying to make heroes of subservient
and inefficient men to hide the humiliation of Mumbai 26/11. Before going to
his death, Hemant Karkare, the ATS chief, was shown on television clumsily
handling his helmet, as someone who uses it very rarely. Why did he die of
bullet wounds in the chest when he was wearing a bullet-proof vest? Either
Indian vests are inferior quality or he was not wearing one.

How did the terrorists who killed him and his fellow officer escape in the
same vehicle used by the ATS chief ? Why did he and his officers go into
Cama Hospital without ascertaining where the terrorists were? We honour his
death, but these facts say a lot about the ATS' battle-readiness.

Will someone in the Congress, someone who feels more Indian than faithful to
Sonia, stand up and speak the truth? Who said, "Go after Hindu terrorists"?
Who insisted on putting pressure on BJP governments in Karnataka or Orissa
for so-called persecution of Christians, when Christians have always
practised their faith in total freedom here, while their missionaries are
converting hundreds of thousands of innocent tribals and Dalits with the
billions of dollars given by gullible westerners? Who said, "Go soft on
Islamic terrorism"? Who wants to do away with India's nuclear deterrence in
the face of Pakistani and Chinese nuclear threats, by pushing at all costs
the one sided Indo-US nuclear deal, which makes no secret of its intention
to denuclearise India militarily? I am sure Sonia Gandhi has good qualities:
she probably was a good wife to Rajiv, a good daughter in law to Indira and
by all accounts, she is a good mother to her children. One also hears
first-hand reports about her concern for smaller people, her dignity in the
suffering that befell her when her husband was blown to pieces, and her
courtesy with visitors.

Nevertheless, she is a danger to India.

Her very presence, both physical and occult, open the doors to forces
inimical to India. Even Indian Christians should understand that she is not
a gift to them: her presence at the top has emboldened fanatics like John
Dayal or Valson Thampu, who practise an orthodox Christianity prevalent in
the West in the early 20th century, but no longer, to radicalise their
flock. Indian Christians should recognise that they have a much better deal
here than Christians or Hindus have in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia or
Saudi Arabia.

Under Sonia's rule, Indian Muslims, too, have been used as electoral pawns.
They have been encouraged to shun the Sufi streak, a blend of the best of
Islam and Vedanta, for a hard-line Sunni brand imported from Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan and Afghanistan.

For the good of India, her civilisation, her immense spirituality and
culture, Sonia Gandhi has to go and a government that thinks Indian,
breathes nationalism and will protect its citizens must be voted to power.

*— fgautier at auroville.org.in*