[Reader-list] Varun and vendetta of hate politics.

[Rakesh Iyer]

Dear Rajen

You are probably mistaken on many issues here to begin with. In states like
Gujarat and Rajasthan, as soon as Advani left with his Rath, there were
riots. Rajasthan had riots at many places for the first time, and many were
stunned with the savagery witnessed during these riots. Moreover, in
Gujarat, prior to 1992, even during riots, women and children were never
attacked. But Advani's Rath Yatra and the combination of lumpen elements and
Sangh Parivar cadre ensured total chaos and destruction and even rapes on
women on a scale never witnessed.

Lalu arrested Advani after quite a long time from the time yatra sarted. And
while there were riots after this, there were riots and breakdown of law and
order even prior to this arrest.

As for unity of Hindus, I couldnt' care less. What has this unity achieved.
It's a unity forged by the Brahman-Bania combine in the BJP to satisfy their
own hunger for power. Has this unity actually helped the Dalits and tribals
improve their social and economic standing? No. Not even in Gujarat, where
tribals and Dalits constitute a significant portion of the population, and
they have been misled into the Hindutva regime. I would term that
brainwashing, as much as Mao did in China as well.

Anyway, when did tribals become Hindus is anybody's guess. Tribals never
asked to be made Hindus. As for Dalits, they were never made to feel like
one. They were never allowed to enter temples since a pretty long time, and
this practice still continues even now. And what the BJP and Sangh Parivar
has done is only ensured division of people for opportunistic gains, like
the Left too has done (although they do try to improve the life of the
downtrodden and the poor upto a limited extent.)

I had said it once, I will say it once again: 'Taakat logon ko jodne se
badhti hai, unhein khilaaf karne se nahi (quote: Amitabh Bachchan in
Sarkar)' . If the BJP's aim is to make India a superpower (I dont' feel we
should become one, but for now forget it), then we are not going to become a
superpower by targetting our own minorities. Each time we do so as in
Gujarat 2002, the world powers will ask us questions which we would never be
able to answer. And one important source of power according to Western
conceptions in today's world, is the extent of freedom people in a nation
have. And that freedom is reducing everyday, thanks to the BJP.

Now you decide, if you want India to be a superpower, you want to vote for
it, or against it. Choice is yours.

Regards

Rakesh