[Reader-list] Swami Aseemanand’s Confessions: Its time for an apology

[Britta Ohm]

Thanks for posting this, Shuddha. If you hear at any time of an  
English translation of the full confession statement, please let me  
know (I can read some of the Hindi but not all).
Best -- Britta


Am 09.01.2011 um 13:02 schrieb Shuddhabrata Sengupta:

> Dear All, Dear Javed,
>
>
> Thank you, Javed, for your post forwarding the JTSA statement on  
> Asimanand's confessions.
>
> The Tehelka website -  www.tehelka.com - has Swami Asimanand's  
> entire confession statement as a downloadable pdf. The statement is  
> in Hindi, after an initial few pages in English by the magistrate  
> indicating that the statement is voluntary and is not being made  
> under any coercion and inducement. I would urge anyone interested to  
> read the statement. Trust me, it makes for riveting reading.
>
> While some of us might think (in agreement with the JTSA) that the  
> revelations contained in Swami Asimanand's confessions to a  
> Metropolitan Magistrate might require an apology from several state  
> and non-state quarters, including sections of the media. it might be  
> useful to remind ourselves at this juncture that the RSS organ  
> 'Organiser' carried a prominent news item featuring Swami Asimanand  
> being honoured with the Shri Guruji Samman, instituted in the memory  
> of Golwalkar, the second chief of the RSS, in December 2006. The  
> prize included a sum of 100,000 Rupees. For details see below.
>
> Swami Asimanand receives this award in December 2006. The Malegaon  
> Bomb Blast Took place in September 2006. The Samjhauta Express  
> Bombing took place in February 2007. The Mecca Majid Bombing took  
> place in May 2007. The Ajmer Sharif Bomb Blast took place in October  
> 2007.
>
> Swami Asimanand has confessed to have been party to the planning of  
> all these attacks. His statement shows him to be the inspiration.
>
> If we connect these seemingly disparate events, might one not  
> conclude that an RSS linked award, such as the Shri Giuruji Samman,  
> presided over by BJP notables, is an award and an inducement to  
> terrorism ? I wonder what the implications of such a line of  
> thinking might be.
>
> At any rate, it proves that it is always useful to read The  
> Organiser, carefully.
>
> best,
>
> Shuddha
> ----------------------
>
> Shri Guruji Samman to Swami Asimanand
> Pathey Kan
>
> The Organiser, January 08, 2006
> http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=112&page=29#2
>
> Noted saint and Shradha Jagaran Pramukh of Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram,  
> Swami Asimanand was honoured with Shri Guruji Samman in Jaipur on  
> December 10. Pejawar Swami Vishveshteertha Maharaj presented him a  
> shawl, a memento and a cheque of Rs 100, 000 as mark of the honour.  
> The award has been instituted by Shankar Smriti Samiti in the birth  
> centenary year of Shri Guruji, the second Sarsangachalak of RSS.  
> Senior BJP leader and former HRD Minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi was  
> the chief speaker at the function. Prominent among those who were  
> present on the occasion include Shri Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi,  
> Rajasthan BJP president, Dr Taradutt Nirvirodha, Prant Prachar  
> Pramukh of Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad, Shri Chandraraj Lodha and Shri  
> Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi. In the picture Swami Asimanand (left)  
> receiving the award from Pejawar Swami Vishveshteerth Maharaj in  
> Jaipur.
>
> -------------------------
> END
>
> Shuddhabrata Sengupta
>
>
>>
>
> Shuddhabrata Sengupta
>
>
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