Different political analyst, columnist, intelligentsia, social activist and many other active thinker's theories are being circulated to mass through the active print media and it needs a point to point close analysis for obtaining contrast views. This is an endeavour in this line just by initiating some comments with the idea that more comments will be forthcoming from the readers:
What BJP’s PM-aspirant stands for: Development or riot politics ?
For many, the answer to the above question would appear so obvious they would deem it stupid to even pose it. But since we as a nation have time and again displayed the collective stupidity necessary to reward communal politicking with votes, it might be a useful exercise—in the light of the recent events in western UP. to examine this question afresh. Narendra Modi’s supporters—at least those who claim to believe in religious equality—have always held that the 2002 Gujarat riots are in the past, that Modi has abandoned it for a developmental agenda, and that we too should move on. This is argued, why this is a self-serving delusion . The recent events in UP’s Muzaffarnagar are significant in that they offer an unambiguous answer, if any was needed, to the question of whether Modi 2.0 is the same as the Modi of 2002.
One panel reader argues : Will you equate Narendra Modi and Azam Khan on the same platform ? If yes , are not you equating Sardar Patel and Mohammad Jinah on the same stage before India's independence ? Both were nationalist and both were religious. Again you look in the past and present; and find the status of the minorities in India and Pakistan , you will get an answer and a conclusion.
Second do anyone find the circumstances of Godhra riot and Muzaffarnagar Riot same ?
The history which at least I know, there is no parallel comparison to 2002 Godhra riot, except the 1984 Sikh killings. Both happened in such a short time with so much ferocity; and so much anger and hate generated in such a short time that the ruling government's leadership had very little time to visulise it and tackle it. Moreover you cannot always curb peoples anger with gun power. Yes this argument does not suggest that it could not have been dealt in a better way ? So also you cannot simply blame the governing head that; what resulted was due to his or her ulterior motives. A sudden fire spark can cause a major loss of property and lives or can be extinguished without any big loss,thus you must have to judge the circumstances also, before throwing the quantum of blame on any one. Yes both 1984 or 2002 could have been handled differently.
But except these two riots, all other riots were completely different, when the grudge, anger, hate and preparations were running for a period of time. Here the governing authorities had some time to effect their open or hidden wishes, to take a neutral or biased view. Do you still believe Muzaffarnagar riot was not a fixed game ? I and most will surprise if you say no.
And this is the pathetic story of India; alike the self serving politicians, the intelligentsia also remains in denial mode, afraid of speaking the truth in open.
The original theme of the writer about Modi is described as : Modi’s rise within the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national hierarchy culminated with his selection as it's prime ministerial candidate. His journey to the top has been parallelled by a similar rise in the frequency of communal incidents, especially in north India. Between 2009 and March 2013, UP., the state with the highest number of parliamentary seats (80), witnessed 482 incidents of communal violence, “the highest for any state in the country—resulting in 105 deaths”. According to several reports, there is every indication that the Muzaffarnagar conflagration was a “made-to-order riot” aimed at polarising the electorate along religious lines. This would engineer the precipitation of the BJP and the Samajwadi Party’s core vote banks around the majority and minority religious identities respectively. (one could not justify; whom to name first BJP or SP : most had practiced as an habit to blame BJP first )
Even if one agrees with the above theory, do anyone among the political analyst, columnist, intelligentsia, social activist have the guts to speak the truth in open, no ? Most will take excuse of no proof or absence of information, but still they can identify the communal among the so called secular lot, because they treat themselves as modern and non fundamentalist,or only because they are so much secured that may not have to face what the forty thousand displaced villagers living in Muzaffarnagar camps have to or the displaced Khasmiri Pandits had to for so many years. Instead of blaming one should accept that BJP’s PM aspirant Modi stands only for "Development" .