03-09-2006, 10:23 PM
UPA govt sowing seeds of another partition: Rajnath
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Thursday, March 09, 2006 20:01 IST
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PATNA: Attacking the UPA government for "pursuing politics of minoritism and appeasement", BJP president Rajnath Singh has accused the Congress-led UPA government of 'sowing seeds of yet another partition'.
In an indication of the BJP going back to its 'Hindutva' moorings after the Jinnah episode which saw his predecessor L K Advani locked in a confrontation with the Sangh Parivar, Singh reaffirmed the party's faith in 'Hindutva' and 'cultural nationalism' which, he said, alone could save India from disintegration.
"The Congress is sowing seeds of another partition by pursuing politics of minoritism and appeasement.....The congress had sown the seeds of partition when in 1916 it adopted a resolution at its Lucknow plenary advocating status of separate electorate for the Muslims which culminated in the Partition in 1947," he said addressing a well-attended BJP workers' conference.
To buttress his charge, Singh said, "The UPA government proposed to bring a legislation to restore the minority institution status to Aligarh Muslim University after it was struck down by the Supreme Court. Congress government in Andhra Pradesh declared to implement reservation policy for Muslims in violation of the Constitution and then the UPA government appointed a committee for the headcount of Muslims in the armed forces."
The BJP president said that it was because of the Congress' 'votebank politics' that POTA was scrapped for being 'too harsh'.
Rajnath Singh alleged that it was because of the UPA government's 'soft' approach to terrorism that incidents like Varanasi blasts happened. "The terrorists today feel emboldened to strike at a marketplace in Delhi, our scientific hub in Bangalore and the centre of our faith in Varanasi," he said.
The BJP president slammed the Congress and its Left allies for dubbing his party as communal.
"Our commitment to Hindutva does not mean we want to create hatred among people. If those who condemn us as communal and have any faith in the judiciary, they should tender an apology after the Supreme Court ruling that Hindutva is not a religion but a way of life," he said.
"It is because of Hindutva that India has a President who is a Muslim, a Prime Minister who is a Sikh and a president of the ruling party who is a Christian," he said and reaffirmed his party's 'total commitment to cultural nationalism'.
"It was due to cultural nationalism that Israel was born and it was on account of lack of it that the mighty Soviet Union splintered," the BJP president said.
Recalling the sacrifice made by Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in keeping India united, Rajnath Singh said had he not defied the law which required people from outside Jammu and Kashmir to seek a permit to enter the state, India would not have remained one and he paid for it with his life.
"When nobody dared, former BJP chief Murli Manohar Joshi hoisted the Tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar after a gap of 12 years braving threats from terrorists," he said.
Attacking the UPA government's foreign policy which he dubbed as 'very weak', the BJP chief said," despite so much hype over the nuclear deal with the US, it could not secure the status of a nuclear weapons state for India. It is a big failure."
Describing India's present foreign policy as 'too timid', he said that the erstwhile Atal Bihari Vajpayee government went ahead with the Pokhran nuclear test without fear of international sanctions and emerged stronger.
"I don't know why the successive Congress regimes right from the days of Nehru have tried to model India on the Soviet Union. Followers of Nehru blindly adopted the policy of controlled economy as prevalent in the erstwhile USSR and the present day Congressmen are votaries of globalisation and open door policy espoused by America without caring for its consequences," he said.
Claiming that the UPA government's popularity was on the decline, Singh said BJP had gained in strength in the last couple of years with the party forming governments in Bihar, Jharkhand and now for the first time in the southern state of Karnataka.
Asserting that the BJP today had a 'stronger support base than even the Congress', he said that the 'BJP is destined to gain in strength as we are the only truly nationalist party in origin, ideology and inspiration. The Congress was founded by an Englishman and the source of inspiration for the Left is China or the now extinct Soviet Union.'
Slamming the Centre for its failure to check price rise, he said that prices of essential commodities like sugar, kerosene and LPG had doubled since the exit of the Vajpayee government.
The BJP president appreciated the steps taken by the NDA government in Bihar for the state's development, but warned against complacency.
Addressing the gathering, the newly appointed state BJP president Radhamohan Singh affirmed his 'total allegiance' to the RSS. He asked the workers to mobilise public opinion against terrorism, which, he said, was the biggest threat faced by the country.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi listed the steps taken by the new NDA government to bring the state back on the path of progress and prosperity and claimed state's image outside had undergone a positive and remarkable' change in little over three months that NDA has been in power.
Former Union Ministers Ravishanker Prasad, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, C P Thakur and former state BJP presidents Nandkishore Yadav, Gopal Narain Singh and Tarakant Jha also spoke on the occasion.
PTI
Thursday, March 09, 2006 20:01 IST
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PATNA: Attacking the UPA government for "pursuing politics of minoritism and appeasement", BJP president Rajnath Singh has accused the Congress-led UPA government of 'sowing seeds of yet another partition'.
In an indication of the BJP going back to its 'Hindutva' moorings after the Jinnah episode which saw his predecessor L K Advani locked in a confrontation with the Sangh Parivar, Singh reaffirmed the party's faith in 'Hindutva' and 'cultural nationalism' which, he said, alone could save India from disintegration.
"The Congress is sowing seeds of another partition by pursuing politics of minoritism and appeasement.....The congress had sown the seeds of partition when in 1916 it adopted a resolution at its Lucknow plenary advocating status of separate electorate for the Muslims which culminated in the Partition in 1947," he said addressing a well-attended BJP workers' conference.
To buttress his charge, Singh said, "The UPA government proposed to bring a legislation to restore the minority institution status to Aligarh Muslim University after it was struck down by the Supreme Court. Congress government in Andhra Pradesh declared to implement reservation policy for Muslims in violation of the Constitution and then the UPA government appointed a committee for the headcount of Muslims in the armed forces."
The BJP president said that it was because of the Congress' 'votebank politics' that POTA was scrapped for being 'too harsh'.
Rajnath Singh alleged that it was because of the UPA government's 'soft' approach to terrorism that incidents like Varanasi blasts happened. "The terrorists today feel emboldened to strike at a marketplace in Delhi, our scientific hub in Bangalore and the centre of our faith in Varanasi," he said.
The BJP president slammed the Congress and its Left allies for dubbing his party as communal.
"Our commitment to Hindutva does not mean we want to create hatred among people. If those who condemn us as communal and have any faith in the judiciary, they should tender an apology after the Supreme Court ruling that Hindutva is not a religion but a way of life," he said.
"It is because of Hindutva that India has a President who is a Muslim, a Prime Minister who is a Sikh and a president of the ruling party who is a Christian," he said and reaffirmed his party's 'total commitment to cultural nationalism'.
"It was due to cultural nationalism that Israel was born and it was on account of lack of it that the mighty Soviet Union splintered," the BJP president said.
Recalling the sacrifice made by Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in keeping India united, Rajnath Singh said had he not defied the law which required people from outside Jammu and Kashmir to seek a permit to enter the state, India would not have remained one and he paid for it with his life.
"When nobody dared, former BJP chief Murli Manohar Joshi hoisted the Tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar after a gap of 12 years braving threats from terrorists," he said.
Attacking the UPA government's foreign policy which he dubbed as 'very weak', the BJP chief said," despite so much hype over the nuclear deal with the US, it could not secure the status of a nuclear weapons state for India. It is a big failure."
Describing India's present foreign policy as 'too timid', he said that the erstwhile Atal Bihari Vajpayee government went ahead with the Pokhran nuclear test without fear of international sanctions and emerged stronger.
"I don't know why the successive Congress regimes right from the days of Nehru have tried to model India on the Soviet Union. Followers of Nehru blindly adopted the policy of controlled economy as prevalent in the erstwhile USSR and the present day Congressmen are votaries of globalisation and open door policy espoused by America without caring for its consequences," he said.
Claiming that the UPA government's popularity was on the decline, Singh said BJP had gained in strength in the last couple of years with the party forming governments in Bihar, Jharkhand and now for the first time in the southern state of Karnataka.
Asserting that the BJP today had a 'stronger support base than even the Congress', he said that the 'BJP is destined to gain in strength as we are the only truly nationalist party in origin, ideology and inspiration. The Congress was founded by an Englishman and the source of inspiration for the Left is China or the now extinct Soviet Union.'
Slamming the Centre for its failure to check price rise, he said that prices of essential commodities like sugar, kerosene and LPG had doubled since the exit of the Vajpayee government.
The BJP president appreciated the steps taken by the NDA government in Bihar for the state's development, but warned against complacency.
Addressing the gathering, the newly appointed state BJP president Radhamohan Singh affirmed his 'total allegiance' to the RSS. He asked the workers to mobilise public opinion against terrorism, which, he said, was the biggest threat faced by the country.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi listed the steps taken by the new NDA government to bring the state back on the path of progress and prosperity and claimed state's image outside had undergone a positive and remarkable' change in little over three months that NDA has been in power.
Former Union Ministers Ravishanker Prasad, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, C P Thakur and former state BJP presidents Nandkishore Yadav, Gopal Narain Singh and Tarakant Jha also spoke on the occasion.