11-24-2008, 07:53 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Rip off 'secular' media's mask</b>
pioneer.com
MC Joshi
The Pioneer editorial, "The mask falls off" (November 21) has aptly said that the claim of Mr Hemant Karkare, chief of Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad, that there is "zero political pressure" in the Malegaon bombing case, will impress only the naïve and those who are comfortable with the cynical politics of the Congress. The record of the Indian police and investigating agencies in extracting 'confessions' from suspects through third degree methods is well known.
<b>By invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against those arrested in the Malegaon bombing case, the ATS has not only exposed the cynicism that permeates it but has also exposed the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister and the Congress ,who have emphatically been claiming that the present laws of the country are adequate to deal with terrorism.</b> If the present laws are adequate, then why has a tough law like MCOCA been invoked? And if MCOCA is necessary to deal with terrorism, then why is the UPA Government denying clearance to similar laws submitted by the State Government of Gujarat? It is now crystal clear that such laws are being denied clearance on political grounds.
Lately, the 'secular' media has been flooded with TV debates, editorials, columns and letters that are highly critical of the BJP's accusations against the ATS in the Malegaon case. However, for these people it was never a matter of concern that Sadhvi Pragya was subjected to barbaric treatment while in the illegal custody of the investigating agency. She has even stated in open court through a sworn affidavit that she was harassed and tortured by the ATS to the extent that she thought of committing suicide.
Till recently the so-called 'secular' media was asserting that terrorism has no religion. But now they are applying a different yardstick in the Malegaon bombing case and are shamelessly throwing around terms such as 'Hindu terror' and 'saffron terror'.
It is a fact that the 'liberal-secular' people within politics, media and the intelligentsia have never been fair and reasonable to Hindus. If 'Hindu terror' someday proves to be a reality, it will be entirely because of provocation by these people. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
pioneer.com
MC Joshi
The Pioneer editorial, "The mask falls off" (November 21) has aptly said that the claim of Mr Hemant Karkare, chief of Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad, that there is "zero political pressure" in the Malegaon bombing case, will impress only the naïve and those who are comfortable with the cynical politics of the Congress. The record of the Indian police and investigating agencies in extracting 'confessions' from suspects through third degree methods is well known.
<b>By invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against those arrested in the Malegaon bombing case, the ATS has not only exposed the cynicism that permeates it but has also exposed the Prime Minister, the Union Home Minister and the Congress ,who have emphatically been claiming that the present laws of the country are adequate to deal with terrorism.</b> If the present laws are adequate, then why has a tough law like MCOCA been invoked? And if MCOCA is necessary to deal with terrorism, then why is the UPA Government denying clearance to similar laws submitted by the State Government of Gujarat? It is now crystal clear that such laws are being denied clearance on political grounds.
Lately, the 'secular' media has been flooded with TV debates, editorials, columns and letters that are highly critical of the BJP's accusations against the ATS in the Malegaon case. However, for these people it was never a matter of concern that Sadhvi Pragya was subjected to barbaric treatment while in the illegal custody of the investigating agency. She has even stated in open court through a sworn affidavit that she was harassed and tortured by the ATS to the extent that she thought of committing suicide.
Till recently the so-called 'secular' media was asserting that terrorism has no religion. But now they are applying a different yardstick in the Malegaon bombing case and are shamelessly throwing around terms such as 'Hindu terror' and 'saffron terror'.
It is a fact that the 'liberal-secular' people within politics, media and the intelligentsia have never been fair and reasonable to Hindus. If 'Hindu terror' someday proves to be a reality, it will be entirely because of provocation by these people. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->