Delhi Violence: Who sowed the seeds of separatism?
The affidavits being submitted by the police about the Delhi violence have now become a subject of discussion with several social activists alleging that police investigations into the Delhi violence have not been impartial. The affidavits reveal that out of those who were affected in the riots, about 80 percent were Muslims who suffered injuries and loss of life and property. At the same time, the affidavits also reveal that Sangh Parivar targeted their ire not only on Muslims but also on Dalits.
The miscreants arrested by the police for the riots reveal the efforts of the police in protecting the Sangh Parivar workers. Not just that. It is alleged that the police have created some fake incidents to prove that even Hindus have experienced heavy losses. The confusion in the police about the number of temples that were damaged during the riots supports these allegations. Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) last month, the police had informed the court that two temples and 13 mosques were damaged. But in the latest affidavit, the number of temples damaged has risen to six.
Social activists suspect that the police and the Sangh Parivar organizations have jointly created several such fake incidents of temples being attacked and damaged. A right-wing website had reported that miscreants had stoned a Hanuman temple near a school and a Gowri Shankar temple near a Shishu Vihar in the national capital, but the temple priest had refuted the report. This shows the attempts of the police to render the victims as the accused and protect the accused.
A few days ago, the chief of Delhi police warned his department staff that Hindu leaders were upset that workers of Sangha Parivar were being arrested. This indicates that the police are being pressurized by politicians and Sangh Parivar organizations against arresting those miscreants who were actually involved in the violence and is raising suspicions that the police are trying to portray the victims as the accused.
The most shocking element of the investigation into the Delhi violence is the desperation of the police to falsely project the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protestors as perpetrators of violence. The violence in Delhi took place to suppress anti-CAA protestors with the sole objective being to threaten the protestors and make them withdraw the protests. But the police have come out with a different conclusion. According to them, people who were outraged at the CAA came to the streets and unleashed violence.
The police have recorded similar such statements from miscreants and have tried to falsely implicate student leaders and social workers for having triggered and encouraged the violence. In their affidavits, police have said the main objective of the anti-CAA protestors was to instigate separatism. “Creating riots between two communities and encouraging armed rebels to fight against an established government, thereby giving a fillip to the separatist movement was its main agenda,” the police have said.
The anti-CAA agitation was not started by any one community. It began in Assam with most of the protestors being non-Muslims. Lakhs of people in Assam are living in fear of losing their citizenship over the unconstitutional National Register of Citizens (NRC) introduced by the government. Not all of them belong to a specific community but belong to different castes and communities. It is the CAA that has divided the country on the basis of religion and not the protests against the CAA. In fact, the CAA saw thousands of people coming to the streets holding national flags reiterating that ‘we are all of the citizens of this country’ with their only objective being an appeal to stop suspicions over their citizenship and definitely not dividing the country. However, continuing the attempts to divide the country, attempts were even made to identify the protestors based on their attire. The attempts, however, failed due to the coming together of anti-CAA protestors on a common plank.
It is obvious that the government tried to suppress the anti-CAA movement by using Delhi violence. A situation has been created where victims of Delhi violence are now being forced to go to jail instead of handing out punishment to the accused. The law has been used to further inflict wounds on those who are already wounded. The violence in Delhi took place to suppress the Constitution of India and it is now being used again for the same purpose. If we do not protest this conspiracy that is being hatched during the lockdown, the country’s future will be at a greater risk.
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LoP Ashoka targets CM govt over corruption, says being 'shameless' in public life not forgivable
Bengaluru (PTI): Targeting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government in Karnataka on corruption, BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday said, being foolish was forgivable, but being "shameless" in public life was not.
The Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly claimed that in just 30 months of its tenure, the Congress administration has broken every previous record on corruption-related controversies.
He was responding to Siddaramaiah's post on 'X' on Thursday hitting back at the BJP, stating that Upa Lokayukta Justice Veerappa's claims of "63 per cent corruption" were based on his report in November 2019, when BJP's B S Yediyurappa was the CM.
"But Ashoka, without understanding the Upa Lokayukta's statement properly, has ended up tying the BJP's own bells of sins onto our heads and has effectively shot himself in the foot," the CM had said, as he accused Ashoka of foolishness for trying to twist Veerappa's statement to target the current government.
Responding, Ashoka said, "it is one thing to be called foolish in politics, that can be forgiven."
"But in public life, especially in the Chief Minister's chair, one must never become shameless," Ashoka posted on 'X' on Friday addressing Siddaramaiah.
Noting that the CM himself had admitted on the floor of the Assembly that a Rs 87 crore scam took place in the Valmiki Development Corporation, he said that when a CM acknowledges such a massive irregularity inside the floor of the House, the natural expectation is immediate action and accountability.
"But instead of taking responsibility, you continue in office as if nothing has happened. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness," he asked.
Pointing out that the CM's Economic Advisor and senior Congress MLA Basavaraja Rayareddy had publicly stated that under Congress rule, Karnataka has become No.1 in corruption, Ashoka said, "Yet, you still cling to the Chief Minister's chair without a moment of introspection. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness."
Senior Congress MLA C R Patil had exposed the "money for House" racket in the Housing Department and even warned that the government would collapse if the details he has were made public, Ashoka said.
"Despite such serious allegations from within your own party (Congress), you neither initiated an inquiry nor acted against the concerned minister. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness," Ashoka asked the CM.
Highlighting the "40 percent commission" allegation Congress made against the previous BJP government, the opposition leader said, the commission that the Siddaramaiah government appointed concluded that the accusation was baseless.
"After your own panel demolished your own claim, what moral right do you have to continue repeating that allegation. What should the people of Karnataka call this, if not sheer shamelessness," he asked.
For the last two and a half years, Karnataka has been 'drowning' in corruption, scandals, irregularities and allegations across departments. Ashoka said, "If I begin listing every case that emerged under your government, even 24 hours would not be enough."
"And the most tragic aspect of your administration is this: the unbearable pressure, corruption demands and administrative harassment under your government pushed several officers and contractors into extreme distress - including the suicide of Chandrasekharan which exposed the Valmiki Development Corporation scam - a sign of how deeply broken the system has become under your watch," he said.
Instead of fixing this hopeless environment, the government has tried to bury every complaint and silence every voice, he charged.
"Being foolish is forgivable, but being shameless in public life is definitely not."
"When your own ministers admit scams, when your own advisors certify Karnataka as No.1 in corruption, and when your own MLAs expose rackets inside your departments - clinging to power without accountability is not leadership. It is shamelessness in its purest form." PTI KSU
Earlier on Thursday Ashoka had demanded that the corruption case and allegations in the state against the Congress government be handed over to a CBI investigation, citing a reported statement by Upalokaykta Justice Veerappa alleging "63 per cent corruption", following which Siddaramaiah hit back at the BJP leader.
