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

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

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On 12/2/08, Jeebesh <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
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> who is this Francois?
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> On 02-Dec-08, at 2:28 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul wrote:
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> > Sonia's presence in Delhi is costing India dearly
> > François Gautier - Indian Express
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> http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/searchresult.aspx?AliasName=9Sz/qRu/YvAhRnVbCZ/zGymsmOnOa/2e
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> > >
> > First Published : 02 Dec 2008 02:37:00 AM IST
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> >
> >
> > Link -
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> http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Sonia%E2%80%99s+presence+in+Delhi+is+costing+India+dearly&artid=LNnjswClsuc=&SectionID=vBlkz7JCFvA=&MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A=&SectionName=m3GntEw72ik=&SEO=Emile,+Zola,+Manmohan,+Singh,Sonia,+Gandhi,+Saudi
> > ,
> >
> > 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*
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