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<b>How low can Kalyan stoop?
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<b>For âsecularâ SP, Kalyan spins Babri demolition
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Sanjay Singh Posted: Feb 05, 2009 at 0158 hrs IST
Lucknow: To help SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav contain the fallout of their new âfriendshipâ, former BJP leader Kalyan Singh today said he had taken the âmoral responsibility for the incident of December 6, 1992 in Ayodhyaâ â the demolition of the Babri Masjid â and âresigned as chief ministerâ the same day.
<b>Sending out a clear signal to Muslims, Kalyan Singh, in a statement, said those who want the BJP eliminated should welcome his âfriendshipâ with Mulayam Singh. Those opposing this âfriendshipâ, he said, would only be helping the BJP. He said the main objective of his âfriendshipâ with the SP leader was to âdestroy the BJP and prevent it from coming to power at the Centreâ.
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Under fire from Muslims for courting Kalyan Singh, Mulayam Singh has launched a damage-control exercise, meeting and assuring Muslim leaders that there is no alliance and that their âfriendshipâ will bring about âthe downfall of the BJPâ. SP general secretary Amar Singh even visited Deoband.
Last night, Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh met Kalyan Singh at his Lucknow residence. Kalyan Singh declined to reveal details, saying they discussed electoral strategy. He denied reports that Amar Singh had asked him to apologise for the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
He said Muslims had a right to take pride in their faith and Hindus had a right to take pride in Hindutva.
âCertain elements have tried to create enmity and bitterness between communities for selfish interests. I want all social forces to jointly fight such conspiracies,â he said.
<b>`Kalyan's apology is sheer political opportunism'</b>
5 Feb 2009, 0244 hrs IST, Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN
MUMBAI: The Muslim intelligentsia and ulema have dismissed former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh's apology for the demolition of the Babri Masjid
as sheer political opportunism. A section of the ulema also believe that mere apology for the heinous crime is meaningless in absence of a promise to rebuild the mosque.
"Who are Muslims to forgive those who demolished the mosque which belongs to no one but Allah? Let Kalyan Singh apologise to Allah for his crime,'' Maulana Hameed Noamani of Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind said.
The poll-eve apology comes at a time when Muslim anger against Mulayam Singh Yadav and his party is building up. Political pundits say the apology is unlikely to making any difference to the Muslim mood in UP. "They are misjudging the Muslims. They think Muslims are babies who get swayed by such opportunist statements. It is time political parties treated Muslims as grown-ups,'' former bureaucrat Syed Shahabuddin, who led the movement to protect the mosque through the Babri Masjid Action Committee in the 1990s, said.
<b>Secular activists are equally appalled by the timing of Singh's apology. "There is no remorse and no desire for a reconciliation in his statement. It seems mere lip service. But my concern is whether a mosque is more important for Muslims than their security," said Javed Anand of Muslims for Secular Democracy (MSD).</b>
"Mayawati, who campaigned for Narendra Modi just after the Gujarat massacre, is the new Muslim messiah. Sanjay Nirupam, who backed the Shiv Sena's anti-Muslim policies, is acceptable to Muslims after he joined the Congress. So why is Singh untouchable,'' he asked. "Muslims have been fed on emotional slogans for long. They must decide what is more important - a demolished mosque or a secure, bright future for their children,'' Javed added.
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But there are a few who have welcomed Singh's apology. "It is good that Singh, once a champion of Hindutva, has abandoned his communal agenda and joined a secular front. It should be welcomed,'' Aligarh Muslim University political scientist Mohibul Haque said. </b>
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/...how/4078003.cms
POOR HINDUS WE ARE. CAUGHT IN THE CLUTCHES OF SECULAR POLITICAL PARTIES THAT ARE JUST DIFFERENT ROOMS IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR THESE OPPORTUNISTIC DECEIVERS TO ENTER AND EXIT, THERE IS NO ONE TO TALK FOR US OR DEFEND FOR US BUT WE ALWAYS THINK ONE OR THE OTHER OF THESE ROOMS IS GREATER OR BETTER. HOW SILLY!
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<b>For âsecularâ SP, Kalyan spins Babri demolition
</b>
Sanjay Singh Posted: Feb 05, 2009 at 0158 hrs IST
Lucknow: To help SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav contain the fallout of their new âfriendshipâ, former BJP leader Kalyan Singh today said he had taken the âmoral responsibility for the incident of December 6, 1992 in Ayodhyaâ â the demolition of the Babri Masjid â and âresigned as chief ministerâ the same day.
<b>Sending out a clear signal to Muslims, Kalyan Singh, in a statement, said those who want the BJP eliminated should welcome his âfriendshipâ with Mulayam Singh. Those opposing this âfriendshipâ, he said, would only be helping the BJP. He said the main objective of his âfriendshipâ with the SP leader was to âdestroy the BJP and prevent it from coming to power at the Centreâ.
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Under fire from Muslims for courting Kalyan Singh, Mulayam Singh has launched a damage-control exercise, meeting and assuring Muslim leaders that there is no alliance and that their âfriendshipâ will bring about âthe downfall of the BJPâ. SP general secretary Amar Singh even visited Deoband.
Last night, Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh met Kalyan Singh at his Lucknow residence. Kalyan Singh declined to reveal details, saying they discussed electoral strategy. He denied reports that Amar Singh had asked him to apologise for the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
He said Muslims had a right to take pride in their faith and Hindus had a right to take pride in Hindutva.
âCertain elements have tried to create enmity and bitterness between communities for selfish interests. I want all social forces to jointly fight such conspiracies,â he said.
<b>`Kalyan's apology is sheer political opportunism'</b>
5 Feb 2009, 0244 hrs IST, Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN
MUMBAI: The Muslim intelligentsia and ulema have dismissed former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh's apology for the demolition of the Babri Masjid
as sheer political opportunism. A section of the ulema also believe that mere apology for the heinous crime is meaningless in absence of a promise to rebuild the mosque.
"Who are Muslims to forgive those who demolished the mosque which belongs to no one but Allah? Let Kalyan Singh apologise to Allah for his crime,'' Maulana Hameed Noamani of Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind said.
The poll-eve apology comes at a time when Muslim anger against Mulayam Singh Yadav and his party is building up. Political pundits say the apology is unlikely to making any difference to the Muslim mood in UP. "They are misjudging the Muslims. They think Muslims are babies who get swayed by such opportunist statements. It is time political parties treated Muslims as grown-ups,'' former bureaucrat Syed Shahabuddin, who led the movement to protect the mosque through the Babri Masjid Action Committee in the 1990s, said.
<b>Secular activists are equally appalled by the timing of Singh's apology. "There is no remorse and no desire for a reconciliation in his statement. It seems mere lip service. But my concern is whether a mosque is more important for Muslims than their security," said Javed Anand of Muslims for Secular Democracy (MSD).</b>
"Mayawati, who campaigned for Narendra Modi just after the Gujarat massacre, is the new Muslim messiah. Sanjay Nirupam, who backed the Shiv Sena's anti-Muslim policies, is acceptable to Muslims after he joined the Congress. So why is Singh untouchable,'' he asked. "Muslims have been fed on emotional slogans for long. They must decide what is more important - a demolished mosque or a secure, bright future for their children,'' Javed added.
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But there are a few who have welcomed Singh's apology. "It is good that Singh, once a champion of Hindutva, has abandoned his communal agenda and joined a secular front. It should be welcomed,'' Aligarh Muslim University political scientist Mohibul Haque said. </b>
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/...how/4078003.cms
POOR HINDUS WE ARE. CAUGHT IN THE CLUTCHES OF SECULAR POLITICAL PARTIES THAT ARE JUST DIFFERENT ROOMS IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR THESE OPPORTUNISTIC DECEIVERS TO ENTER AND EXIT, THERE IS NO ONE TO TALK FOR US OR DEFEND FOR US BUT WE ALWAYS THINK ONE OR THE OTHER OF THESE ROOMS IS GREATER OR BETTER. HOW SILLY!