02-04-2007, 08:26 AM
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Left_wo...how/1559209.cms
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Left worried as Muslims oppose Buddha on Singur</b>
[ 4 Feb, 2007 0114hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
KOLKATA: The movement against the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government's bid to acquire farmlands seems poised for a fresh showdown with Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind's Siddiqullah Chowdhury emerging as a potent force.
After his initial success at Baruipur, Chowdhury is doing the rounds in the districts in a bid to fan sentiments among the peasants, especially Muslims.
And this, days after the Trinamul Congress rally in Singur turned into a flop show. Chowdhury on Friday held a meeting at Krishnangar in Nadia and will address a gathering in Singur, though unlike Baruipur, Bhangar and Nandigram, Singur has a low Muslim population.
The <b>Krishi Jami Raksha Committee</b> has also invited Chowdhury to join the movement."I am game to such joint movements,"Chowdhury said.
The new development is worrying the Left. For many devout Muslims owing political allegiance to CPM, and other Left Front partners such as Forward Bloc, RSP, and the CPI went to attend the Jamait Ulema-I-Hind's gathering in Baruipur and Nandigram.
"They are a dangerous force. Don't pamper them,"CM Buddhadeb said. The CM also ruled out inviting Jamait Ulema-i-Hind to table talks over land acquisition."Why should I? I am not going to wage war with them,"he said.
The matter came up in the CPI state secretariat meeting as well."We are concerned. For the movement, though against land acquisition, might go out of Chowdhury's hands because chances are there that <b>fundamentalists might use the innocent Muslims to bring about a polarisation on religious lines</b>,"CPI state secretary Manju Majumdar said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->What? The 'secular' communists warning their comrade followers off from 'fundamentalists' taking over the movement? They are referring to islamic fundamentalists, of course, hence the necessary contrast with 'the innocent muslims' that follows. They are blatantly accusing islam of communalism when stating how muslims in the region could be used 'to bring about a polarisation on religious lines'. Gasp! Shock!
Where is the All-India Secular Brigade, ever-ready to defend the rights of the slighted Indian ummah? Isn't this communist communalism reprehensible, why aren't The Usual Pseculars and their psecular christomedia up-in-arms? Why haven't they pounced on this - is it merely because this time it's the never-can-do-wrong communists who are referring to 'islamic fundamentalism'?
May this friction between the communist and islamic political forces in W Bengal be the beginning of a beautiful enmity, one that will blossom to have both ideologies crush each other to dust without affecting anyone else. Tataastu. Perfect love match, Made In Pardees.
One question. What is the Krishi Jami Raksha Committee? What is its ideology?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Left worried as Muslims oppose Buddha on Singur</b>
[ 4 Feb, 2007 0114hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
KOLKATA: The movement against the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government's bid to acquire farmlands seems poised for a fresh showdown with Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind's Siddiqullah Chowdhury emerging as a potent force.
After his initial success at Baruipur, Chowdhury is doing the rounds in the districts in a bid to fan sentiments among the peasants, especially Muslims.
And this, days after the Trinamul Congress rally in Singur turned into a flop show. Chowdhury on Friday held a meeting at Krishnangar in Nadia and will address a gathering in Singur, though unlike Baruipur, Bhangar and Nandigram, Singur has a low Muslim population.
The <b>Krishi Jami Raksha Committee</b> has also invited Chowdhury to join the movement."I am game to such joint movements,"Chowdhury said.
The new development is worrying the Left. For many devout Muslims owing political allegiance to CPM, and other Left Front partners such as Forward Bloc, RSP, and the CPI went to attend the Jamait Ulema-I-Hind's gathering in Baruipur and Nandigram.
"They are a dangerous force. Don't pamper them,"CM Buddhadeb said. The CM also ruled out inviting Jamait Ulema-i-Hind to table talks over land acquisition."Why should I? I am not going to wage war with them,"he said.
The matter came up in the CPI state secretariat meeting as well."We are concerned. For the movement, though against land acquisition, might go out of Chowdhury's hands because chances are there that <b>fundamentalists might use the innocent Muslims to bring about a polarisation on religious lines</b>,"CPI state secretary Manju Majumdar said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->What? The 'secular' communists warning their comrade followers off from 'fundamentalists' taking over the movement? They are referring to islamic fundamentalists, of course, hence the necessary contrast with 'the innocent muslims' that follows. They are blatantly accusing islam of communalism when stating how muslims in the region could be used 'to bring about a polarisation on religious lines'. Gasp! Shock!
Where is the All-India Secular Brigade, ever-ready to defend the rights of the slighted Indian ummah? Isn't this communist communalism reprehensible, why aren't The Usual Pseculars and their psecular christomedia up-in-arms? Why haven't they pounced on this - is it merely because this time it's the never-can-do-wrong communists who are referring to 'islamic fundamentalism'?
May this friction between the communist and islamic political forces in W Bengal be the beginning of a beautiful enmity, one that will blossom to have both ideologies crush each other to dust without affecting anyone else. Tataastu. Perfect love match, Made In Pardees.
One question. What is the Krishi Jami Raksha Committee? What is its ideology?