[Reader-list] Mallika Sarabhai's Public Meeting in JNU on 31st March

[Pawan Durani]

Mr Ray ,

With this kind of writing and without an idea of context , I really wonder
how does the JNU tolerate you ?

Has the standard of JNU fallen so low ?

Pawan

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:36 AM, prakash ray <pkray11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Some people have talked about Dr Mallika Sarabhai's visit to JNU. As an
> organizer of the meeting in JNU, I would like to say something on this. She
> was in Delhi on 31st to attend a prograame where she received an award.
> Since she was here, we decided to have an interactive session with her and
> also to get volunteers and support. I would also like to mention that a
> large number of students and teachers along with people from outside JNU
> attended the session and had a long conversation with her on her mission
> and
> decision to contest election from Gandhinagar.
>
> As far as the choice of venue is concerned, it could be any place. If
> someone is bothered, let me remind him that JNU along with the secular,
> democratic and progressive sections of society stood up against the carnage
> in Gujarat presided over by the then Home Minister L K Advani and the CM of
> the state Narendra Modi and carried out by the fascists of VHP-Bajrang
> Dal-BJP under the command of the monstorous RSS. A lunatic called Pravin
> Togadia (GURU of Varun Gandhi) alongwith Mr Modi demanded that JNU should
> be
> closed. However, JNU is still running but Togadia has been barred by the
> Law
> from visiting a large parts of the country. Anyway, when we heard that Dr
> Mallika Sarabhai has decided to contest against somebody who led the
> destruction of the social fabric of India, we decided to support her in
> every possible way. Her fight is very important for the entire country. Mr
> Advani is not only a candidate nor only a BJP leader, he is the man who
> communalized the society and masterminded uncountable atrocities against
> minorities continuing till date. He led the violent mob responsible of the
> destruction of the Babri Mosque. What to say about his role when the
> Carnage
> 2002 took place!! Home Minister!! Watching!! Shame!! He writes in his book
> that he was not aware about the decisions taken during the Kandhar Plane
> Hijack. Who kept you in the dark, Mr Lauh Purush?? ........
>
> In this backdrop, the contest in Gandhinagar becomes vital for the future
> of
> the Indian democracy. However, all seats are important. The communal
> fascists must be defeated along with the bancrupt Congress. We have
> alternatives. We will elect them. Come one! Come all!!
>
>
>
> Prakash
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