So how many times did a “Communal” Narendra Modi invoke “hate” against “Muslims” to “polarize” the vote in Gujarat ?
If on were to go by the tone of media stories in the last 48 hours Narendra Modi has been spewing venom and vitriol to cause a communal polarization in Gujarat.
So what are the facts here ?
About 1092 news stories referencing Narendra Modi in the last 30 days.
About 180 of those news stories with references to the Muslim Community.
Offstumped has analyzed each of those 180 stories for evidence of “vitriol”, “venom”, “hate” against Muslims and “communal polarisation” by Modi.
Nov 5 – Congress accuses Modi of harboring contempt against Muslims
Nov 6 – Gujarat is a Terrorist State under Modi
A Bunch of news reports on the Tehelka expose which can be considered irrelevant to this debate.
Nov 8 – Rajdeep Sardesai likens Modi to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Nov 12 – Indian Muslim League demands Modi’s prosecution
Nov 16 – TN Ninan accuses Modi of having incited riots
Still no evidence of “vitriol”, “venom” or “hate”, so we continue to dig further
Nov 17 – Modi exudes optimism while criticising the Congress for its Muslim Appeasement in response to a deliberate question on “communalism” and “hindutva” (hardly evidence of “hate” or “polarization”)
Nov 18 – Modi is accused of robbing Muslims of voting rights
Nov 20 – Hindu carries two stories accusing Modi of genocide and demanding CBI investigation
Nov 21 – Indian Express editorial invokes Modi to criticise Buddhadeb
Nov 22 – Sagarika Ghosh invokes Modi to criticise Buddhadeb
Nov 23 – Barkha Dutt invokes Modi to criticise Buddhadeb
Nov 23 – Kushwant Singh invokes to criticise Buddhadeb on Nandigram
Nov 23 – editorial in the Times of India invoking Modi to criticise CPI-M on Nandigram
Nov 24 – articles in The Hindu and Indian Express
Nov 25 – Modi’s Gujarati asmita?accused of denying Muslim riot victims social space
No 25 – Editorial in TOI invoking Modi to criticse Nandigram
Still no evidence of “vitriol”, “venom” or “hate”, and we are nearing the end of November
Nov 26 – Modi invites Taslima Nasreen to Gujarat (hardly evidence of Muslim “hate” or Hindu “polarization”) multiple stories in the media
Nov 27 – Modi once again accused of denying Muslims voting rights
Nov 28 – Modi is accused of not protecting Muslim women in Gujarat by social activist Ms. Shabnam Hashmi
Nov 28 – Modi is accused of being arrogant
Nov 29 – More comparisons with Modi for Buddhadeb
Nov 29 – Story on why Muslims in Sikka prefer BJP
Nov 30 – Congress spews communal venom on Modi accusing him of not protecting Muslim lives or property
Nov 30 – multiple news stories on Congress chargesheet against Modi accusing him of harboring contempt and hatred against Muslims
Now that was all of November and there is no trace not a single story with evidence of any vitriol, hate or communal rhetoric from Mr. Modi. If anything all the vitriol was directed at Mr. Modi and all the communal rhetoric invoking the Muslim bogey was from the media and the Congress.
Dec 1 – Story on EC taking note of one BJP candidate’s alleged anti-Muslim remarks in 1 constituency, no reference to Modi
Dec 1 – Editorial in HT accusing Modi of bloodshed against Muslims
Dec 2 – Offstumped has chronicled all the vitriol against Modi from the Congress – Sonia Gandhi to Digvijay Singh
Dec 3 – Modi responds to being called “Merchant of death” by referring to Sohrabuddin encounter by challenging the Congress to pin the blame on him. There is no reference to Muslims in Gujarat nor to any Hindu issue.
Dec 4th – Story on Congress candidate in Amreli and soft Hindutva of the Congress
Dec 4th – Congress leader Ahmed Patel addresses a Muslim majority area does not bring up a single communal issue against Modi instead focuses on terrorism and economic issues while skirting questions on his own part denying Muslims ticket
Dec 4th – Modi and BJP are accused of ghettoism for not fielding Muslim candidates, silence on the Congress not doing the same
Dec 4th – Story on Sikka’s Muslims supporting Modi
Which leaves us all the stories in the last 48hours. So far all of November and the first 4 days of campaigning in December all the vitriol is against Modi and not a single anti-Muslim issue emerged nor did any evidence of communal polarization
So what happened in the last 48 hours that lead the Indian Express in its lead editorial to say this
he hops from rally to rally reviving the ghosts he is so familiar with: the ghosts of fear and hatred.
So what ghosts of “fear” and “hatred” is the Indian Express referring to here ?
Calling Musharraf “Mian Musharraf ?
Do we have such a low opinion of the average Indian Muslim to be suffering deep paranoia merely because a foreign leader, a particular nasty one with known anipathy to India, who was mocked at shared their religion ?
Responding to accusations of having arranged a fake encounter death of a known criminal is using “terror to underline the communal divide” ?
Are we now stereotyping Indian Muslims to have such low moral standards that a hardened criminal like Sheikh Sohrabuddin becomes a role model and his death in an encounter a cause for fear and hatred only because he allegedly shared their religion ?
Offstumped Bottomline: It is no one’s case that extra-judicial killings be condoned. But to monger communal fears based on the religion of a hardened criminal is ridiculous. If we were to apply this perverse logic shouldnt the majority Hindu community be fearful and polarised in every other state which saw a large number of mostly Hindu fake encounter deaths. There maybe an argument against Mr. Modi if he condoned extra-judicial killings. But to say he is using terror to underline a communal divide and is playing the Hindu Card to spread fear and hatred is disingenuous secularism at its worst. That Sohrabuddin was a Muslim was incidental. His death in a fake encounter has little to do with Hindu interests or Muslim fears.
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Dear offstumped,
Shorabuddinn and Irfan(killed by maharashtra police) who were killed in police encounters are terrorists.But encounters are illegal acts and it produces sideffects like the killing of his wife.You are trying to give a cover up for a blatant illegal act by saying “that shorabuddin was a muslim was incidental”.It is not incidental at all.
That is why we have covert acts and intelligence agencies are meant to do that like Kennedy ordering killing of Cubas Castro or his own killing by castro’s hit man.Today madani a confirmed terrorist is out on the streets as also the killer of Indira gandhi who got released due to Jethmalini’s legal acumen.The police knows the truth almost 99.9% times and it is this frustration which results in encounters.The criminal justice system is loaded in favour of the RICH and mighty AND NOW terrorists CAN BE SEEN FROM bmw, AND OTHER CASES.
What is dangerous is due to electoral politics, the illegal actions are getting legitimistised.You are only giving intellectual legitimisation for an illegal act.Last 8 years Modi was ruling but none bothered about the riots.Now during elections this old wound is reopened. Same happens when in Delhi and Punjab elections the anti/sikh riots of 1984 are reopened and wounds are allowed to fester.
Now today the Akal takht jdedhar has opened the photograph of Bhindranwale inside golden temple. We from the security forces who faught hard against this monster are feeling dejected by the elcectoral politics of BJP and Congress who reopen Old wounds without bothering for national security.
Another wound creator is the SriKrishna reoprt on Mumbai riots. It only helps shiv sena when old wounds are reopened.But the FIBRE OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND UNITY IS THE ULTIMATE SUFFERER.
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Lets have a look at against whom Narendra Modi is pitted against:
1. Against Entire Congress.
2. Against Gujarat BJP dissidents, notably Keshubhai.
3. Against All News Papers.
4. Against Entire Media (Count all New channels…NDTV,IBN,AAJTAK etc).
Can anybody else fight so many at one time…..
“Modi responds to being called “Merchant of death” by referring to Sohrabuddin encounter”…
Looks like Modi feel for the trap – IE has four stories and an editorial on the response. Now Sharat list will surround and try and take Modi down like a caged tiger….but unfortunately those people are in Delhi.
Congress I trap worked brilliantly – it got all the media lined up and even got SC and EC involved. BJP, with no media support, could never lay such a trap.
“Modi and BJP are accused of ghettoism for not fielding Muslim candidates, silence on the Congress not doing the same”
Did you expect anything less? What even-handedness?
Not sure who is walking into who’s trap.
Modi has been pilloried by the MSM for 5+ years now. This new round is not going to matter much. Not sure if Sohrabuddin is going to lose any votes for Modi, He may infact gain some. But sending out the signal that this election is closer that expected ensures that Modi supporters would come out and vote ( There was a real danger that his supporters were counting on a cakewalk ). The modi haters would anyway have voted ( Hate is a stronger emotion than like ).
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Offstumped,
Your bias is obvious in your writings. But everyone is entitled to their idealogy and I will not argue that. But the following sentence is where your holier than thou attitude falls on its face.
“There maybe an argument against Mr. Modi if he condoned extra-judicial killings.”
Maybe??? MAYBE???
We are fighting drawing room battles for and against Modi.
The truth is Modi’s fate is hanging in balance in the hands of Gujarat voters.
I am one of the voters. Modi has repeatedly said that as a human being, he has erred many a times, for right or wrong reasons.
Modi haters believe that are super humans and as perfect as men can be. There lies the real difference.
I have separated wheat from the chaff. Let any one hurl any kind of abuse against Modi. Modi’s life is more transparent, democratic, and sensitive to delicate issues than his haters’ lives.
My vote is for Modi and the BJP candidate from my constituency.
Gujarat is peaceful, progressive, liberal, forward looking and enterprising. Modi’s touch has transformed Gujarat, both in urban and rural areas. His presence for the next 5 years will mean sustained progress, peace and proseprity for Gujarat.
Kiran – you are reading far too much literally. If it satisfies you read the sentence as “it is germane argue to if indeed mr modi condoned extra judicial killins…”. Whether there is a “maybe” or not does not change the reality for mr modi he still has to contend with the courts and his defense counsel who wants to quit. It also does not change the reality of the many arrests in the case which his govt has to prosecute. The real question is bias in the media for whicvh there is overwhelming evidence.
Facts about Gujarat.
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Date: Nov 16, 2007 9:56 AM
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1. Gujarat is one of the most prosperous states of the country,
having a per-capita GDP 3.2 times India’s average.
2. If it was a nation it would have been 67th richest nation in the
world above many European and Asian economies like China and Ukraine
.
3. Gujarat holds many records in India for economic development:
· 20% of India’s Industrial Output
· 9% of India’s Mineral Production
· 22% of India’s exports
· 24% of India’s textile production
· 35% of India’s pharmaceutical products
· 51% of India’s petrochemical production
4. The world’s largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar
at Alang.
5. Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance
Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil
refinery at Jamnagar which is the world’s largest grass roots
refineries .
6. Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity
generation with national market share of over 8% and second
nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market
share of over 1%.
7. Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat.
8. Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati People.
9. Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati.
10. An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three
times more than the average income of an American family.
11. Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state
12. Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India
(Total 12).
13. India’s 16% of Investment are from Gujarat.
14. Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any
other state in India.
15. The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad
16. Ahmedabad – the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh
largest city in India.
17. Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.
18. Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia.
19. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia’s 1 st and
world’s 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
20. Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which
is the least in India even after considering 2002 communal riots,
stated by India Today 2005 report.
21. Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian
states (excluding Goa) where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd
,Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th.
22. Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest
in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.
23. Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate – Ahead of
Bangalore,Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai & Delhi. 3rd in Policy
Initiatives – Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Mumbai & Delhi.
4th in Manpower – Ahead of Bangalore,Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi.
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This then is my Gujarat. I am proud to be its citizen as much as I am proud to be Indian. My leader is Narendra Modi and much more can be expected from him in future in his new avatar as CM of Gujarat.
Let the barking people bark. They are to lose the battle.
No Doubt…Media has being very nasty about Narendra Modi….
Nobody gags the Media….they have a consititution of their own…..
Modi did condone the killings. There is no ‘maybe’ to it.
However, I don’t think the Congress is even trying to win in Gujarat.
For the rest of us in the ‘liberal’ media, Gujarat is always a reminder of what happens when communal anger reaches a boiling point. Same as Nandigram is a reminder of what happens when CPIM is given a free hand.
As long as Modi is in power, the mainstream media can be trusted to be after him. I for one, will be. I personally will let go of the topic only when he is, if ever, taken before the SC and is left free for want of evidence or whatever. Same for CPIM. No letting go, till I see them suffer.
A lot of us see the BJP as different from Modi. In fact, if we thought BJP = Modi, we might have already given up the battle!
Matt – if u have an agenda be honest about it. The media is no non profit ngo but a commercial enterprise. Your consumers have a right to know what agenda they are subsidising so they can take their business elsewhere. It is this arrogance that will be the peril of mainstream media just like in the united states. Mark my words.
“A lot of us see the BJP as different from Modi. In fact, if we thought BJP = Modi, we might have already given up the battle!”
Not so sure Matt. You may not savage BJP as much as Modi, but to say you are even handed when it comes to BJP or others within BJP on one hand and Congress I and Commies on the other is laughable…
Yossarin,
That was superb, just out of this world! I too have been following the media in these elections, but you have really made an organised effort to lay bare the shameless bias that the media has exhibited this time!
The media, whether the print or TV, has discarded whatever shreds of impartiality it had, while covering these elections. They are on an all-out war against Modi! There is just no semblance of balance in the reports. As you have rightly pointed out, the Congress and the “secular” media kept provoking Modi with their “allegations”. For more than a month, Modi did not react. But the day he did react, it looked as the media was just waiting to pounce on him! It all started with an innocuous poster! Times Now channel Arnab Goswami kept saying “Two months ago, Modi had promised this channel that he would only talk about the development agenda and not about Hindutva, but he has now broken his promise!” But not a word about the incessant bombarding of anti-Modi articles provoking such reactions from him!
I challenge the likes of Vinod Mehta, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua, Sagarika Ghosh, Arnab Goswami etc etc. to respond to this excellent post of yours!
BTW, is there nothing in the Press Council rules which frowns on such blatant media bias? If no, then shouldnt there be some? If yes, why isnt the BJP invoking them?
My agenda is not clear yet, Yossarin?
The long term agenda is complicated, and it takes a long time and trust to communicate. My right-winger friends (I have a few) will vouch for my intentions, thankfully they know me and do not think I am a traitor.
the short term agena is to make sure that Modi is shown up for what he is. No one has much doubts about his administrative acumen. But we – after watching him for a long time – believe the man condoned killing Muslims in Gujarat and was instrumental, if not by commission but by omission. I believe he has turned the state into the Hindu Pakistan. So he may stay in power there, but we guys in the media will be on his tail. Till he is out, or we are beaten.
Apart from that, BJP is the party I believe has the greatest potential in India. The right of center party of our dreams, though they still have a long way to go.
There. My agenda is very clearnow, I hope.
For those who think that Modi is the savior of India – I think none of it comes from the god work that Modi has done, but from the bad work. The satisfaction and loyalty to Modi comes from looking up to him as the one who taught a lesson to the Muslims. I had Hindu friends in Gujarat who came back horrified during the riots, I have Hindu friends who teach me Hindu philosophy and those who tell me that they have serious problems with Muslims in India, but that Modi nothing but a killer.
Thank God, I think those Hindus are in majority. Except maybe in Gujarat.
http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2007/12/gujarat-polls-2007-disingenuous.html
Matt – thanks for the monologue on your agenda, the reference was to organized media houses which peddle their agenda for profit at the consumer and ad-sponsor’s expense
Haha. I believe the agenda of the media is the same.
Organised media houses? The horror!
Peddle their agenda for profit? Of course. You want Doordarshan instead?
Matt,
Why is it, despite the media’s campaign against Modi, which has painted him at the least as a mass murderer and at the most as the mastermind of a genocide, and the fact that the Congress has focused its campaign around riot victims and pro-minority rhetoric, there are still a significant number of Muslims who will be voting for Modi despite the media telling them he wants them all dead and burned and there existing an opposition party which promises to be their saviour? If Modi is dragged before the Supreme Court, what charges will be levelled against him? Does the media even have an answer for that, or are they unable to move beyond philosophical rhetoric “guilty of ommission”, “communal baiting” or whatever else the media vomits out. How about something that makes legal sense? Could it be there simply isn’t anythhing – and at the end of the day, we have a justice system that is already closing cases related to the riots, and somehow Modi does not figure in the list?
So please tell me, in legal terms, what the media expects to happen. Please no philosophical nonsense. Something that is concrete in the real world. Then we will stop believing the media has any hidden agenda.
Janpar,
I frankly am unaware of what percentage of Muslims are voting for Modi. I have also come across news in the ’secular’ media where Muslims say they do that to avoid any further problems / victimization. But I cannot confirm anything on that. Muslims who returned to villages after riots could do that – often, not always – only after they promised to forget going to the police over anything.
It may even be possible that you are right – but frankly, I have no verifiable information on what you say.
Again, Modi in SC — can an act of omission be prosecuted? You have to prove a motive. I suspect the media does not have an answer to that. In fact, the same as in the case of buddha’s handiwork in Nandigram, evidence will be lacking or extremely hard to come by.
I agree with you about the communal baiting. I am all for full freedom of expression – it exposes people. I believe our politicians are too careful in how they say stuff because they are afraid of being dragged to court. I wish the law was not there so a Modi could speak his mind freely.
In the real world, this is a battle for public opinion. The media is tying to pull down a political leader who they think is a textbook-fascist. Modi knows that he has established his credentials (!) and does not need to further emphasize that, and would like the media to focus on other aspects of his work. And he is probably being deliberately baited by the media and Congress so talks the angry language which is truly the secret of his mass appeal.
The agenda is not hidden
Matt – how deluded you are ? Sorry your agenda will not be subsidised on our dime. Believe me we will go after your sponsors and pull you down. Its a free market if you want to peddle an agenda fine find consumers who buy into it, but it will not be at our cost.
@matt
‘the short term agenda is to make sure that Modi is shown up for what he is’
Okay. Fine. but how about showing islamic terror for what it is ? Showing the grief and loss of victims of terrorists for what it is ? or showing the suffering of kashmir pandits for what it is ? showing the suffering of hindus in pakistan, bangladesh, malaysia, for what it is ? Or for the communist rape of nandigram, without the gujurat comparison caveats, for what it is ?
why ignore, or sugar-coat hindu suffering ? why so shy suddenly ?
‘But we – after watching him for a long time – believe the man condoned killing Muslims in Gujarat and was instrumental, if not by commission but by omission’
the same words, interchanged with sikhs and new delhi, can be used for Rajiv Gandhi and Co. Why not such blistering, heart wrenching, name-calling, blood-curdling, all-gujus-are-communals, reporting on that ? his lackeys are still alive and well, and in power, you know ? no stings on mr tytler ? how come mr tytler doesnt have to go through this, each time he runs for elections ? is modi special ?
‘I believe he has turned the state into the Hindu Pakistan’
only your friends might be deluded enough to NOT think of you as a traitor. only a traitor would compare any part of india to pakistan.
‘So he may stay in power there, but we guys in the media will be on his tail. Till he is out, or we are beaten.’
he will stay in power, and you guys will lose, as a matter of fact, he will be the next indian pm. hail to the chief, brother.
‘Thank God, I think those Hindus are in majority. Except maybe in Gujarat.’
You should refrain from labelling a whole state or people. Stick to the issues. you’d be offended if people labelled your ‘kind’, wont you ?
Matt
The biggest problem with MSM and the likes of you is that their fundamental premise about terrorism is wrong. India has lost 3500 Indians to terrorismafter UPA took over and it is second country in the world afer Iraq. And this is from the Sonia/ManMoronsingh govt report. So to me this is a much bigger issue than anything else in this election. But whenever any leader talks about Jihadi terrorism then MSM immediately calls them communal. So does the 3500 lives have no value? But these MSM and PseduoSecular industry talks about riot whic happened 5 years ago whenre around 750 muslims and 250 hindus killed.But for them that is not communal. To me we need to call the UPAs bluff on their abysmal national security record and that walking zombie Shivraj Patel. How their policies of non action led to the death of thousands of Indians. To me Sonia and co are the real merchants of death and they have blood on their hand, you should be going after them but the MSM always ignores them and paints a rosy picture and completly ignores the 3500 dead people. Have you ever seen a news story on any of the victim of terrorism. It is always the terrorist who needs understanding our sympathy.
Now you have to look at Modis speech against the above context where Indians are dying of terrorist attack every week and the Manmoronsingh govt is doing nothing instead encouraging the Jihadists with his policies and calling them Hindu terrorists. But here is another guy who did a lot of development work and kept them relatively safe compared to the rest of India who should they vote for. They see that entire MSM and Delhi Sultanate is against them and treats them like hearltess murderers. If I were in that position I would gladly support Modi. It is sad that we have to choose between thugs. But atleast he is our thug. He is much beteer then Congi/Pseudo secular crowd. And he is raising the most important issue of the govt the security of its people. And he started all this after the Merchant of death comment from the death goddess Sonia herself.When the MSM and Congis realizes this and start addressing the Jihadi issues they have no chance in Gujarat who are much more intelligent than the rest of India who keeps electing this sorry bunch.
I just hope we will have a genuinely right wing party without the demonising anybody but sadly with the MSM and the Lefties/Cong demonising the hindus I don’t see any choice.
Very valid questions from Aryan and Karthik. Will be back and answer them. Have to sign off for now.
Well, you will not hear my denying that Modi holds the reins of the Gujarat government tight and close…the problem is, so does Sonia Gandhi in both the Congress party and FEDERAL government alike, yet the media has no lack of praise for the way she manages either one. Why is that? What about Chautala, Mayawati, MSY, Lalu, Nitish, Jaya, Gowda, the CPM Politburo, Chandrababu, and so many others who are the epitome of fascist behavior? They likewise run their respective states as personal hegemonies, yet they are the media’s darlings. Would the media ever be willing to give as much space to opponents of those leaders’ fascist style as they have to Keshubhai and company? I severely doubt it, or at least I haven’t seen it thus far. Why one standard for one ‘fascist’ and another for the rest?
Once again, we drift into the philosophical vs. concrete debate and everything crumbles.
Back for a min.
Janpar, these questions are a different story, right? You wanted a clear answer on whats the concrete plan/ agenda of the media re: Modi.
These questions are a much wider topic, a blog comment is enough to discuss that to make any sense, right?
Quick point i have to make about something earlier: I know quite a few Gujjus. Not communal
I said the majority are. The numbers are not enough, and it is stupid to call everyone who votes for Modi communal too. People vote for many reasons, but I believe his core followers are there because to them, he is the one who taught Muslims a lesson.
(To an extent, all of us are communal, so its about how far we take it. Unfortunately, the label fits almost everyone. Me too. I would like to publish some really offensive religious stuff which has some artisistic value on my own site, but my own community won’t let me live in peace afterwards! So who is not communal! I have not met anyone who is not communal in some degree from any community, and that goes for me too probably
But a lot of us manage that. We deal with it. Feeling upset / angry about another community is normal; humans do it, animals do it. But most people deal with it by talking, writing, debating, arguing. Some don’t.)
@MATT
thanks for not answering any of the questions, I knew you could’nt.
thanks for NOT defending being called a TRAITOR, thats the first thing any self-respecting Indian would have done.
thanks for clarifying, that majority of gujjus, not all gujjus are communal. and you are the sane one ? by the way Would you like to further refine that statement ? Is that your final answer =)
thanks for engaging in verbal gymnastics, to educate us, that, after all, we are all communal =) are the sacred Congi’s, Communists, and Liberal Media communal ? are you sure =) OMG, the world must be coming to an end haha =)
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Matt,
Can you please cut the CRAP?!!! You can take a zillion hours. But you have absolutely nothing against Modi. You are just among the deluded page 3 yellow journalists who are feeding the Hindu middle class which has doubts about Modi brand of Hindutva.
Most of you guys will never write the same thing if your were writing in Hindi or any other language of India. You feed the “Elite” with more opportunities to hate an already despised entity so that they can assure themselves that their moral equilibrium is intact.
Again, if you can say why Modi should be dragged to the SC, please go ahead. Else please cut the crap!
Source : OXFORD ANALYTICA
“Congress leader Sonia Gandhi dismissed incumbent Gujarat leaders as “peddlers of death” as she hit the trail for votes, but her party campaign has lacked fizz. It might be the Hindu nationalists toasting victory again in Gujarat in coming weeks”
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Gujarat: key battleground
Gujarat, India’s most industrialised state, goes to the polls this week.
The vote, in which Congress is trying to unseat controversial Hindu nationalist state leader Narendra Modi, may influence the timing of a general election, currently scheduled for mid-2009.
For a decade Gujarat, one of India’s most communally divided states, has been a stronghold of the country’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Modi last secured another term in 2002, after bloody communal riots. He has since overseen a significant upturn in the state’s economic fortunes.
A good performance this week could propel him into a higher profile role in national politics, possibly to the leadership of the BJP, which has languished in the doldrums since its shock election defeat of 2004. There are signs of BJP resurgence: a recent offer of sanctuary to persecuted Muslim author Taslima Nasreen pointed to the presentation of a ’softer’ side that might prove more politically palatable.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi dismissed incumbent Gujarat leaders as “peddlers of death” as she hit the trail for votes, but her party campaign has lacked fizz. It might be the Hindu nationalists toasting victory again in Gujarat in coming weeks.
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Link : http://www.oxan.com/worldnextweek/2007-12-06/Gujaratkeybattleground.aspx?WT.mc_id=TWNWsubs10&
Hi Yossarin
Sorry for the long comment but had quite a few things to say.I havent blogged or commented for long(:
Without an iota of doubt Modi’s administrative acumen and record in governance is outstanding but I held the view that Modi was an albatross around BJP’ neck in advancing their fortunes at the national level and also an impediment in achieving the true objectives of an Indian right wing project .But now i am increasingly coming to the view that Modi is a historical neccesity.
You have to see the newschannels to believe the virulence and viciousness with which the MSM goes after Modi.The latest and the most ugliest manifestation of the manufactured secular outrage over the purported ‘hate’ speech’ was evident in last night’s episode of ‘Face the Nation’ anchored by Vidya Shankar Aiyar,relative of Mani Aiyar and journalist of dubious antecedents who incidentally found himself on the wrong side of the law in Singapore not long ago.Like the proverbial devil quoting the scriptures,Vidya Aiyar was reading the portions of the law pertaining to hate speech.At end of it,he cut a sorry figure as he was unable to figure which part of the law Modi had breached .He could not locate it in the contours of religious hate speech .He tried fitting it in the framework of regional chauvinism.Then he resorted to typical red herring resorted to by these third-rate telejournalist when their inadequacies and subnormal intelligence levels are all too evident- invoking irrelevant comparison to obfuscate the issue .Then he tried to get the panelist involved in this dubious exercise.Lord Meghnad Desai(no fan of Modi) who was one of the panelist refused to come to poor Vidya ’s recue by clearly pointing out Modi did not breach any law(Desai had gone through the speech and felt the only thing Modi could be accused of was political incorrectness-fair point)
It is shocking that EC can slap notice based on this flimsy complaint by Teesta.I challenge any critic of Modi to point out which part of the election law has he violated
This is link of Teesta’s complaint and EC’S NOTICE
http://www.eci.gov.in/press/current/NOTICETO%20CM%20GUJARAT.pdf
WTF since when did allusion to Sohrabudding get translated as slur on the muslim community.If i were a Muslim,i would feel humiliated by Teesta’s complaint
I think there is grave threat to the democratic institutions in the country -its infiltrated with third rate scums whose credential starts and ends with unstinted loyalty to the first family.It sends shivers down my spine that such dubious family bootlickers and people who managed the kitchen in 10 Janpath are now holding key constitutional positions
BTW i think Advani and others seems to be inflicted by the ‘Panditji’ culture inflicted on the party by Vajpayee and his cohorts.Its time they rediscover the belliigerence that catapulted them in to the centrestage of politics.I was shocked to see Advani quoting The Hindu and N.Ram during the LS debate.Mr Advani- -you are one politican i greatly admire but why are you perpetually in search of ‘mainstream ‘respectability .For all your impeccable integrity and intellectual calibre you will never earn the respect of media.It will be accorded to any lowly creatures with an certain surname.
I think Modi brings out the worst form of hidden caste and class prejudices of Indian MSM.He is a from poor backward caste(point that hardly gets mentioned in the MSM which otherwise has no qulams in celeberating Laloo type of regressive OBC politics) .He is emerging as pan Hindu leader.He is only politician in India who beleives in genuine economic reforms.He is not the suave English speaking type but his achievements tower in comparison to the paper tigers.True man of action who has delivered on social and economic front.I think thats what makes them hate this guy.Likes of Sardesai and Barkha clearly recognise that Modi might be only challenge to the pretty. young ‘handsome’ Congress faces whom the parasitic journalist class wants to rule the country.In reward of sycophantic services,these journalist will get to wine and dine with the Gen Next politicans and write pieces boasting of their closeness to the ruling class by giving teasers about their personal lives.Such bloody creatures these jornos are
Also Yossarin since you had written on IE TOO-i am not sure who long this scumbag Shekhar Gupta will continue this existence as sycophantic spindoctor of the first family.Not a word on ‘Merchant of death ‘ speech but he loses no time in writting editorial on Modi’s speech.Hypocrites of the worst order
I suspect there’s big money in this campaign. If you notice, the media’s shenanigans lack sophistication, even by Indian media’s standards of crassness. It shows the hand of mercenaries, not hate-driven ideologues. The Congress’s hired media hands are not going to win a single vote for the party, in fact they will piss off the educated voter. Moreover, history shows that the more venom Modi gets from his detractors, the more popular he becomes with the electorate.
So is the Congress a dumbass party? I don’t think so. I think it’s stupid only to the extent of focusing on the short-term. Right now its priority is to minimize losses in the Guj election, so the gameplan is to hamstring Modi in his electioneering. Because the result in Gujarat has a bearing on the future course of politics in Delhi.
I am not online all the time – hence the inability to answer to everything everyone accuses me of!
But no, I don’t see the need to defend myself any accusations of being called a traitor – you are the minority, and by allowing a Modi to convert a state into Hindu Pakistan, you are being the traitor! Ha!
See, that line is not going to take you or me anywhere closer to an understanding, so why take that.
People turn communal, majorities go wrong sometimes, and that does not mean I won’t point it out. No shame in that.
But this post was about the hidden agenda of the media, so all I have done is to lay the agenda out bare in front of everyone. There is no hidden agenda, it is very much an open agenda.
The rest of the issues are too large to discuss in a comment thread, I think.
Prasanna: “….scumbag Shekhar Gupta will continue this existence as sycophantic spindoctor of the first family.Not a word on ‘Merchant of death ‘ speech but he loses no time in writting editorial on Modi’s speech.Hypocrites of the worst order.”
Leave alone Congress poodles like Gupta, even someone who is supposedly eminent like Prashant Bhushan seems to have been blinded by Modi-hate…
http://in.news.yahoo.com/071206/211/6o5c9.html
“Is Modi’s excuse acceptable? Was Sonia Gandhi herself inflaming passions by calling a Chief Minister “merchant of death”? Bhushan, who wants to take Modi to court for his speech, said the point was not Sonia’s statement but Modi’s reaction to it.”
Yossarin
If Modi and BJP have been called the ‘merchants of death’ then what should Abdul Rehman Dhatia and Haji Bilal, two Congress members of the Godhra Municipal Corporation indicted by the Justice Tewatia report, for their alleged role in the ghastly incident be called – “messengers of peace’?
In fact what should the five of those arrested on charges of participating in the Godhra crime (incidentally members of the Congress Party, and two had links with the banned communal organization SIMI) be called?
Sohrabbuddin was a criminal who had a cache of illegal arms and ammunition – period.
Incidentally another nemesis of Modi- Rakesh Sharma of ” Final Solution’ fame is releasing 2 Gujarati movies aimed at Modi’s economic development plank.
Is it only me who thinks that the timing of the movies’ release is way too convenient for Mr Sharma to jump onto the anti Modi bandwagon?
There is a proverb in Hindi – “behti ganga mein hath dhona’ for such people and their moves.
I am with Narendra Modi….
Modi is damaging Democracy. Is the reverse then true, Sonia is salvaging Democracy?
Modi should understand and follow rule of law.
These are the discoveries made by the Editor of Times of India.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/TODAYS_EDITORIAL_Damaging_Democracy/articleshow/2602309.cms
In an interview to TIMES NOW, Modi has declared that he is a law abiding citizen. Are there no takers for this staement from Modi.
In election speeches are speeches, Modi has asked all his opponents to throw as much mud on him and BJP as possible. BJP’s ‘Lotus’ will bloom from the mud. That’s his confidence. He has predicted in TIMES NOW interview, he will return to power with substantial majority. That’s his confidence.
“Hindu Pakistan” and that too Gujarat?!
“Hindu Terrorism” and that too in Gujarat?
My Gujarat is Heaven on Earth that is India. If one Narendra Modi is defeated by chance, and why not, he too is vulnerable, there will be many more Narendra Modis to come from Gujarat, the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel. Be rest assured.
Sonia madam has already ‘bravely’ shielded his Rahul Gandhi, the reckoned one as the future ?, from Gujarat’s election heat. Mayawati, Uma Bharti are not visible on the scene during the first leg of Election on December 11. Just consider these facts.
Gujarat will answer the call of the Nation.
I am giving a link here on Gujarat style governance, the article written by a Kannada Newspaper Editor
http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/column/bhat/2007/0612-gujarat-modi-maveric.html
This may be of use to some people about seeing a thing without tinted glasses or prejudiced opinions.
[...] Gujarat Polls 2007 – Disingenuous Secularism at its worstBy yossarinA Bunch of news reports on the Tehelka expose which can be considered irrelevant to this debate. Nov 8 – Rajdeep Sardesai likens Modi to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Nov 12 – Indian Muslim League demands Modi’s prosecution …Offstumped – http://offstumped.nationalinterest.in [...]
Apparently, it’s not only a trap for Modi, but for everyone else. Not one person criticizes Sonia for racking the issue, which is covered under EC moral code of conduct and is about a case in SC – can’t touch the Congress family or a women, but Modi is an easy target for everyone to prove that they are secular. How can anyone support Modi even if they ignore Congress I and Sonia and still claim they are secular!
Congress I is planting stories now – they always knew Modi will use religion/communalism as electoral plank, apparently they had no role.
It’s brilliant trap on everyone. Not that Gujaratis would care, but it’ll keep Congress I in the lime light and keep BJP on the defensive.
In this case, offensive is the best strategy for BJP and Modi. If they give an inch, Congress I and the media will take a mile. Time to fight back – exposing the duplicity of EC, and SC, and other political parties, and especially the media.
Congress I has no role in Gujarat….since MSM is fighting on it’s behalf…….
Another timely provocation!
http://in.news.yahoo.com/071207/48/6o5lv.html
Chandra has a point there
Media will surely treat Gujarat the way they treat 1984 riots – just give them 23 years, give or take a few.
Hi Ravindra
As a general rule (with minor exceptions) its safe to assume anyone whom media describes as ‘eminent’ this ,’eminent’ that in context of Gujarat discussion is involved campaign of calumny against Modi
Prashnat Bhushan and his father have long been torch bearers of perverted version of Indian secularism
Supreme Court is to hear on Dec. 10, two petitions filed against Modi for his utterance regarding Sorabuddin’s death.
I’m skeptical that Modi has defended the elimination of Sohrabuddin. In deference to political correctness, he’d mostly have said something that can be interpreted any which way. We can’t rely on the reports of his rivals (eg: congress media) to accurately report what he said. But if he did indeed boldly defend the action of the police, he deserves to be congratulated for articulating what is on the minds of millions of Indians sick of terrorism. Terrorists are not ordinary criminals. Either you get them or they get you.
However, Modi needs to explain why his party did not follow a similar policy with the Kandahar hijackers. The hijack happened, the terrorists killed an innocent man, and the released terrorsits went on to kill many people (including Daniel Pearl) precisely because the inept BJP government let the terrorists survive in jail (and perhaps supplied them with biriyani) instead of eliminating them. What we need is not election time bravado, but governance-time action.
I saw Modi on several channels defending it. And anyway as you said, if he should be congratulated, I wish the BJP would make a stand on the issue. That terrorists will be killed in encounters. If it is on the minds of millions of Indians, I truly wish to see it being taken up seriously in parliament and in courts.
(There is the small question: if a terrorist can be killed, and Modi needs to be congratulated, should he be congratulated for killing the terrorist’s wife also? If a terrorist’s wife is raped, should that also be congratulated? If an armyman rapes a terrorist’s sister, should that be condoned and made national policy? Maybe it should, and maybe it will be. )
I truly don’t think Modi tried to incite communal passions talking about Sohrabuddin. It is obvious to most Modi supporters, and opponents like me, that Modi believes that it is the right thing to do. So why play hide and seek with it? Come on out with it, and directly take on the media which is pestering you. And win if you can.
There is the small question: if a terrorist can be killed, and Modi needs to be congratulated, should he be congratulated for killing the terrorist’s wife also? If a terrorist’s wife is raped, should that also be congratulated
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Just a thought…..nothing has been proved in the courts yet….
till now it’s figment of Media’s imagination…
Media is sowing many different stories ……gullible believe them anyway…..
Yossarin, I completely agree with you assessment and also with that of a lot of similar opinions expressed here.
The partisan nature of the Indian media is now fully exposed. And there is an obvious and sinister motive in trying to disparage the achievements of Modi and the BJP, in Gujarat. Moreover, they have become so predictable in their coverage of events.
For, if Modi wins, you would have the same media, through their pseudo election experts, pointing out that it was the communal agenda of the BJP which polarised the society and resulted in Modi’s victory. Or, how a large portion of Gujarati Muslims did not come out and vote (out of fear or otherwise), reflecting that this is not the real mandate of the people of Gujarat. Or, how development and thereby secularism, was never an agenda in these elections – all that mattered was spreading religious hatred. In short, no stone would be left unturned, to belittle Modi and his party.
And if Modi loses, the same media will tell us how the people of Gujarat, tired of such communal politics, have snubbed the BJP and given a thumbs up to developmental policies. Or how resilient, vibrant and mature the Indian democracy is. Or how, both Hindus and Muslims, in a show of solidarity, voted en-masse to oust the fascist forces, etc etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseam.
We all have heard these cliches and hackneyed responses and seen the double and even triple standards, long enough, to realise the vile and malicious propaganda that is hidden underneath. Wonder, where was the same media when Mayawati/BSP were spreading their “hate” upper castes agenda, using the famous “tilak taraazu aur talwaar..inko maaro joote chaar” slogans. Wasn’t that, by the same standards, a breach of election code of conduct? Wasn’t that an attempt to divide and polarise the electorate in the state?
The Indian media, precisely because of such inconsistencies, no longer deserves the status and title of the “fourth pillar of democracy”, and it is blogs like yours, which have filled up the vacuum. Keep up the good work ..!!
@MATT
If you want to make charges, about gujuratis, gujurat and modi, be willing to defend it, IF you want to sound CREDIBLE. otherwise animals make noises too, no one takes them seriously.
I never said you had to defend the traitor charge, I just said any self respecting Indian would have done so, and looking at the ‘pearls of wisdom’ you have shared, I would never accuse you of being one.
Shabana azmi and Javed akhtar are just as critical of mr modi, but they give their reasons, and stand by what they said, and I respect them for that. on the other hand, a MEDIA PARROT that’ll repeat whatever it’s MASTER said, for a few crumbs, cannot be taken seriously.
I am amused at arguments of Modi haters.
The latest to join them is none else than the ‘most respected’ and ‘most revered’ PM of India.
I will not be amused that all those who are falsely accusing Modi, BJP, Gujarat, just all of them would be hoist with their own petard when Gujarat votes on 11 and 16 December.
A wave of sympathy is gathering strength in favour of Modi. That will reach to crescendo nullifying all the vicious character assassination campaign of Modi’s rivals.
Blackmailers they all are who are trying to turn and twist the truth upside down.
People of Gujarat have seen peace, progress, development under Modi’s regime, both in urban and rural areas. They are not going to allow all this to go waste in the name of false propaganda unleashed by Sonia, Manmohansingh and their brand of followers.
The day of reckoning is coming near.
Rahul has gone in for a crash course in speaking Gujarati some time back in September . Can anyone tabulate how many speeches he addressed in Gujarati ?
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“Sonia Gandhi is a Jersey cow. Even shopkeepers are not ready to employ her as a clerk. Rahul Gandhi is a hybrid calf, and I will not even employ him as my driver,”— Modi , election address in UP
The mass media’s crusade against Modi.
India is slowly moving to the political right. Increasing middle class, ram janmabhoomi movement, Islamic terrorism have all contributed to India’s political change as evident by the number of states ruled by BJP today. As Indian economy grows, more people will join the middle class that will subscribe to the right wing political ideology i.e. BJP. BJP has always done better with the urban middle class.
On the other hand the poorer sections of Indian society will demand better governance as the Bihar and UP elections show. This can also potentially help the BJP, as the right-wingers are known (generally speaking) for their superior organizational skills and better governance.
The congress has not yet recognized this change, but the media has.
Indian media is a product of Nehruvian socialist era, but its broadcasting into ‘Modi’s free market’ India. If free market economy is indigestable to them, then the vitriolic ideology of hindutva is just down right scary for them. They have to show Mr. Modi’s defeat to justify their socialist, anti-hindu existence. This explains the absolute vilification of Mr. Modi, as it is a do-or-die fight for them.
Some say this is Mr. Modi’s last stand, I say its the media’s. As Mr. Modi wins the elections, and the Media sheepishly start spinning it as a win for hindutva, (not development) it will be the credibility, and then the viability, of the Indian media and nehruvian socialism that will be on it’s death bed. Modi’s win will be India’s version of bringing down the berlin wall, culturally, politically, and economically.
Mark your calendars, December 23rd 2007 will change India forever.
I like how you’ve put in an effort to provide so much factual evidence for your case.
But when you write this:
Responding to accusations of having arranged a fake encounter death of a known criminal is using “terror to underline the communal divide” ?
I wish you hadn’t mentioned “known criminal” in the above sentence. A fake encounter is a fake encounter. Doesn’t matter if it’s a known criminal or an innocent person.
“Doesn’t matter if it’s a known criminal or an innocent person.”
The press is taking no chances, they are calling him “a businessman” just in case people act indifferent to the death of Dawood’s extortionist.
>>I wish the BJP would make a stand on the issue
That is a good point, but to me, actions speak louder than words. As long as BJP — or ANY other political party — takes measures to eliminate terrorsits before they take innocent life, that party has my support. They don’t have to vocally state that that is their stand; I can understand the need for tact. We are living in times where terrorists have scored so big with outfits that control information dissemination (ie, the media) that you don’t even see the word ‘terrorist’ used. It makes sense to take a vocal stand only when it is possible to conduct a debate not manipulated by one-sided views, and not dominated by communist fanatics and corrupt editors as it is now. Silently doing the job is good enough. Have no illusions about the fact that the Islamist machinery will complement the efforts of its “field” people with such “lawful” methods as it can muster. Remember what KPS Gill said: these activists are the overground face of underground terrorists. The person making the most noise against Modi for example is a person who justified the burning of Sabarmathi Express on the grounds that its passengers went to Ayodhya!
My problem with Modi is duplicity: ok, we’re pleased you acted before Sohrabuddin got a chance to use the ammunition he stacked up, but how about Kandahar? For all its tall talk, the BJP is chicken.
>>f a terrorist can be killed, and Modi needs to be congratulated, should he be congratulated for killing the terrorist’s wife also?
If terrorists play by rules of Geneva Convention, it would be morally incumbent on us to return the courtesy. We are law-abiding and peaceable, we don’t want this fight. It is the terrorists and their overground backers who want it. Hence the primary responsibility for collateral damage rests not with those trying to protect innocent people but those who want to kill them.
The media expects Modi to win
A Modi win is no surprise at all!!
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A Modi win is no surprise at all!!
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a modi win will definitely be surprising to those ostriches who are bashing him and bending over backwards to please islamic fundamentalists.
shankar, thats a lot of reading into our heads – but let me assure you that a lot of us who are opposed to Modi think he will win anyway.
We may be ostriches, but not about his popularity.
http://truecongresspolitics.wordpress.com/2007/11/27/are-we-heading-towards-a-christian-india/
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shankar, thats a lot of reading into our heads – but let me assure you that a lot of us who are opposed to Modi think he will win anyway.
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Matt, i never said it was you. I was’nt even thinking about you. I know from your comments that you are quite informed about Modi’s popularity. I was only saying about Mass media journalists who are bashing modi as if its their birth right to do so.
There is a saying in tamil.
“engappan kuthirukkul illai”
Meaning “my father is not hiding inside that big basket”
I don’t know why this comes to my mind.
Thanks Shankar. Though I meant the media. They know exactly how popular Modi is, however much they disagree with him.
Today I had a discussion with my manager on the same and I couldn’t defend my argument that Modi has never made any hate comments against Muslims. Thanks for your effort now I can forward this to my manager and tell him what the truth is.
I wish Modi wins this election!!
@Matt
My simple questions to you.
Do you think hindu-muslim riots and fake encounters in gujarat happened for the first time in india?
If so then you are misinformed
If NOT then have you seen such an outrage by the media or people like you before? If NOT why so? Why only now? Fake encounters happened in Maharashtra and elsewhere and there were elections in those places after that. Did you have the same arguments in those cases?
If you can answer one other question. If you are in a jungle or a field and you see a snake what will be your reaction?
“If you can answer one other question. If you are in a jungle or a field and you see a snake what will be your reaction?”
PSEC Reaction: Is the snake a moderate or a extremist snake?
If I hit the snake, how can I prove that it was an extremist snake and not a “civilian” snake in mufti
If I hit and kill the snake will I become a fascist?
After all it is the snake’s job to kill but if I kill will I become like the enemy/snake?
If I kill the snake what will be the difference between me and the snake?
Can I appeal to the UN (since as a secularist I do not believe in God, so I cannot pray to God)
Suppose I start praying to God to save me and a media wallah sees me and videotapes me will it hurt my secular credentials
Even if it is an extremist snake – it may still like me, I mean its possible
Maybe I will sing my beautiful poetry and convince the snake to like me
If I prove to the snake that I am secular will it allow me to run away?
I am scared of the snake but I do not have the courage to do anything about it
Let me do one thing – let me offer my sister and daughter and wife to the snake and run away – just like those “clever” Bangladeshi Hindus did.
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