[Reader-list] The Communist Conspiracy

[Venugopalan K M]

Dear Prakash Ray,

Let me take objection to these points you were raising here:

>"The Left does not have any alliance with Madani in Kerala. However, even
in you opinion, he is 'allegedly' a terrorist. If a group extend supports to
the Left, what it can do...

Com Pinarayi Vijayan has never been accused of corruption nor indicted in
any report..

Taslima Nasreen was never ousted. The govt merely advised her against
staying in Kolkata at that time since some groups had objected..."

There has not been any conviction of Maudani despite 10 years of his life
had been robbed off  by the political manipulators of Kerala and Tamil Nadu
with impunity. It is unfortunate that despite Maudani  himself having
admitted his mistake in trying to take on the Hindutva forces in the
aftermath of Babri demolition, by organizing people purely on religious
grounds, he's being branded a terrorist! It is like branding Dr Binayak Sen
as a Maoist just because he has been implicated in an absolutely false
charge and in reality because the world famous doctor and human rights
fighter  had campaigned against  salva judam as an anti-poor civilian force
backed by the Corporate giants as well as the state Govt of
Chathisgad..Maudani continues to be dubbed a terrorist by the actual
terrorists and the politicians of each camp and sections of media who have
stake in disturbing peace in Kerala.

Secondly, your contention is wrong with respect to Pinarayi's involment in
corruption.Actually he is under the shadw of grave accusation and this is
the first incident in the country in which any political leader from a left
party is chargesheeted by the CBI for a curruption case, following its
enquiry. It is another thing that the entire Polit Beareau had come to his
rescue,notwithstanding the fact as even his Chieft Minister in fact has gone
in record against Pinarayi in this particular case.So it is not just that
there is in fact an allegation against Pinarayi,but more than that.

The role of WB Govt in the ousting of Taslima was more than evident.
Why did the govt shy away from its responsibility just because 'some groups
had objected' to her staying in WB? If that were the case,why groups of
farmers which objected to giving away their lands to Salim Group's proposed
chemcal hub in Nandigram or the ones which opposed losing their agricultural
lands to Tata were not treated with bullets and lathis? In the case of
dealing with the stagemanaged riots and protests by a handful of Muslim
hardcores would have been much easier for a left administration.which
enjoyed handsome peoples support in using force to prevent hoolganism.
Ever since she mentioned in her autobiography Dwikhandika(2003), of certain
intimate relations she had with one or two cultural figures of the state,
she had been viewed with less lenience by her leftist friends who ruled her
'dream destination',the leftist WB. This had more to do with the common
grounds where the leftists and her Muslim fundamentalist tormentors stood in
the matter of  women being bold enough to say that  they were not bound by
the rule of chastity and thus  had rights to autonomy over their bodies. So
you can have it  secretly and yet you should not alow this to be expressed
it even in an autibiography!
It signifies just something more than personal vendetta.The patriarchal
ideolgy is common for Hindus, Muslims and Christians..Here, a woman dares to
challenge it even when she stays here at our mercy , consequent to being
driven away by her own state..(You can also have an idea of futility in
taking being too much of pride of one's own nation and culture; the culture
is predominantly male whether it is India or Bangla Desh..whether it is
Hindu or Muslim..whether it is Right or the 'Left'!!

So these are all issues fraught with too much of intricacies that would
elude stock answers to the problems involved. While I wish to be on the side
of Pinarayi as one among the few leaders who dared to go beyond the media
hue and cry about Maudani having been implicated in the coimbatore serial
bomb blasts without any evidence against him.His being projected as a hard
core terrorist is just a typical pttern of communal stereotyping of Muslim
leaders.It is true that he wanted to lead an organization called Islamic
Sevak Sangh(ISS)in the 1990s to counter the violence of RSS ,but later he
learned that people will not accept this kind of communal confrontation with
this fascist RSS which also enjoyed a great deal of tacit state support even
in Kerala where the BJP has not been able to "open its account"(in the
assembly and the parliament).
On the contrary, I would neither support Pinaray  nor his party for the
dubious role being played vis a vis the serious charges of corruption as in
thre Lavlin case..People could perhaps see through both the communal
profiling of Muslim leaders as well as the attempts being made to defend
many corrupt practices at party level and in supporting the forces of
globalization.
Venu.




On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 2:38 PM, prakash ray <pkray11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Rakesh Ji,
>
> Let me first congrutulate you for your cent percent political
> correctedness.
> I thank you also for the questions you have asked. I try to reply them.
>
> 1) The V.P.Singh govt was formed after the congress govt led by Mr Rajiv
> Gandhi was voted out. The popular mandate was to form a non-Congress
> government. As you know the movement against the Rajiv Gandhi govt was led
> by Mr V P Singh, a former congressman and senior cabinet minister in the
> previous govt. So, he was the only choice for the top job. The Left Front
> ensured that BJP should not be part of the govt. The Front also ensured
> that
> the govt initiate pro-people policies. If you have even little awareness,
> the recomendations of the B P Mandal Commission for reservations of OBCs in
> jobs was implemented by the V P Singh govt. You must know that ABVP and
> NSUI
> supporters violently protested this across the country. The student who was
> the first to try to self-immolate was visited by Mr Advani in AIIMS and was
> elected as the president of DUSU unopposed as an NSUI candidate. Mr
> Advani's
> bloody Rath-yatra was stopped in Bihar and he was arrested. soonafter, the
> BJP decided to withdraw support but the Left stood strongly with V P Singh.
> The Congress broke the Janata Dal and made Mr Chandrashekhar the PM.
> However, soon they withdraw support and it collapsed. The Left continue to
> ally with the secularists like Laloo and Mulayam to contain the communal
> politics of the RSS-BJP. You must know that period was the most dangerous
> period for the secular India. Moreover, during this period, an ultra-Left
> student organisation AISA was formed as the student wing of
> CPI-ML-Liberation which raised slogans of 'No Mandal, No Kamandal, Inqalab
> Zindabad' and swept the students union polls in many campuse in the
> northern
> part of the country. For its political bankruptcy and opportunism, it soon
> lost its glory and the ABVP replaced it in these campuses.
>
> I hope you understand the context of the support to the VP Singh govt. The
> importance of that govt lies in the fact that it broke the tradition of
> Congress's political hegemony and new political formations/parties earned
> importance. If you still want to call it a political opportunism,  I have
> nothing more to say on this.
>
> The way you have ridiculed the Mandal Report and blamed the Left for the
> rise of the Kamandal politics, you need to introspect. Was it wrong to
> implement the Report? Would it have been correct to let the Congress rule
> the country? What should you have done if you were a member of Lok Sabha at
> that time?
>
> 2) The Left is working towards the formation of a non-Congress and non-BJP
> front. The Left had supported the UPA govt led by the Congress respecting
> the mandate for a secular govt. But, the Congress betrayed the commitment
> articulated in the CMP. Despite having differences and apprehensions, the
> Left is trying to build an alliance on the broader agenda of secularism,
> democracy, pro-people policies, anti-imperialism. You must note the fact
> that many parties are joining hands with the Left leaving the NDA and the
> UPA. Moreover, the Congress, Laloo and Mulayam are praising the Left for
> its
> positive role. Also, CPI-ML-Liberation has joined forces this time with the
> Left in Bihar. Mind you, in politics or in life, one has to make alliances.
> Life cannot be run only by irresponsible cynicism or anarchism.
>
> 3) The BJD realised its blunders and left the BJP. Let me tell you little
> more that the Left and the BJD have joined hands with the NCP in Orissa to
> defeate the Congress and the BJP. You should not be surprised if you learn
> that JD-U also joins the Left soon after the general elections.
>
> 4) As far as the Bengal govt is concerned, there is a great need to
> generate
> jobs. This is also true for the entire country. I share the concern
> regarding the mode of development adopted by various parties including the
> Left. The Left cannot and must not implement policies/programmes which can
> go against the people. The events in Nandigram and Singur were disturbing
> and the Left govt must learn a lesson. However, the situation was made
> worse
> by the TMC-Maoists combine aided by the Congress and the BJP. The need of
> the hour is to formulate a comprehensive developmental policy keeping all
> aspects in consideration. b
>
> 5) The Left does not have any alliance with Madani in Kerala. However, even
> in you opinion, he is 'allegedly' a terrorist. If a group extend supports
> to
> the Left, what it can do. As far as the central agencies are concerned,
> they
> are themselves communal in character and also they have only registered
> failures as far as terrorism is concerned. The Big Boss of these agencies,
> Nation Security Advisor, takes more interest in deals and lobbying.
>
> Taslima Nasreen was never ousted. The govt merely advised her against
> staying in Kolkata at that time since some groups had objected. It was a
> momentary step. You must know that after that episode, Ms Nasreen has
> visited Kolkata several times.
>
> 6) Com Pinarayi Vijayan has never been accused of corruption nor indicted
> in
> any report. The enquiry is still on. Till it is over, stop yourself from
> acting as a judge.
>
> PKR
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