"Campaign for autonomy of temples, pluralism and development"

 
     
 

A plea to Leaders, patriots and nationalist Hindus  

Subject: To elect nationalist Govt. in Karnataka & India , thwart disintegration by Aurangzeb like privileged treatment to Muslims as promoted by Congress, forming a United Hindu Front is essential. Democracy demands Hindu rule in India: 

Aadarniya Political and Religious Leaders,
Aadarniya patriot and nationalist Hindus
 

            The topsy-turvy policies of the present rulers of India have brought the Hindu masses of the country face to face with an unprecedented national emergency that can be ignored only at our own peril. Incapable of handling the serious issues of governance, and lacking political depths and understanding of important issues like sovereignty and security, the Congress led UPA Govt. is once again enforcing the colonial policies of “divide and rule”  thereby polarizing the nation on religious basis that lead to partition sixty years ago. Its unconstitutional and undemocratic appeasement of minorities, robbing Hindu temples for promoting predatory religions, outright failure to uproot the widespread Jihadist and Naxalite terrorism aided and abated by India’s unfriendly neighbors, absence of a firm stand on Tibet, massive unconstitutional and discriminatory reservations etc. has caused an undercurrent of anger, dissatisfaction and despair amongst the vast majority of the Indian people.  

These corrupt and discriminatory policies of the people in power, dejection and disappointment, the lack of hope and faith and omnipresent gloom and doom must give rise to intense electoral activism for bringing about the necessary changes so urgently needed to reverse the situation.  Despite its heart wrenching component the prevailing hopeless environment presents a valuable opportunity for the BJP as a Nationalist party to improve its political fortune and with the predictable support of the majority community to ride into a new beginning of unified India. However, what is needed is the party’s conviction and courage to declare its unwavering support to the policy of “equality for all”. Such a charter of equality should include autonomy of Hindu religious institutions currently reeling under the dictatorial and non-transparent Govt. control in many of the states, amending the articles 25 to 30 of the Constitution to allow Hindu institutions to enjoy the same freedoms and benefits as the other religions.  

1) The divisive policies of promoting two separate Societies for Hindus & Muslims by Govt.  must be challenged:  Official commitment for enforcing the politically motivated Sachar Report and Prime Minister's 15 point plan for Muslims; 20,000 student scholarships to Muslims on communal basis and enforcing a communal quota system even at the topmost technical and management institutions -IITs and IIMs;  brushing  aside talent and professional preparation are the Jazzia like first preference to Muslims on National resources rather than basing Govt. aid on poverty and need irrespective of religion – are the matters of serious concern (attachments B, C and D). These ultra-constitution patronages on the one hand and on the other the Muslim society's unwillingness to reform are a prescription for yet another communal explosion down the road. 

Govt. is oblivious of the fact that the backwardness amongst Muslims is primarily due to the structural problems in their society that allows many wives, is unwilling to follow a common civil code, promotes larger family for demographic advantage, and aims at Islamizing India rather than improving the lot of Muslims. There are estimates of some 30 to 50 million Bangladeshi infiltrators in India who should be deported rather than pampered to encourage more of them.  

The uncalled for and unconstitutional largesse amounts to open Bribery and class war by Congress to maintain control on power. A United Hindu Front must defeat such candidates and political parties that encourage and legitimize such illegal and disruptive behavior. Taking a lesson from the US policy of dealing with “illegal aliens” India must expel all sorts of infiltrators from her soil. Accommodating religious based infiltration into the country has serious demographic consequences and therefore, is tantamount to encouraging yet an other religion related  subversion in India.  

2) GOI silence on Chinese suppression and terrorism in Tibet is inhumane and shameful: China has been pushing its expansionist designs arrogantly and encircling Indian waters from Gwadar to Coco islands. It annexed Tibet, forcibly took possession of Aksai Chin and happily took an illegitimate 'gift' of Indian land occupied by Pakistan, one fifth of the original territory of J&K State is under the occupation of the dragon, it claims the entire Arunachal Pradesh and refuses to issue visas to resident Indians of Arunachal; yet the Indian authorities have remained shamefully silent and have done nothing to displease the mighty dragon.  

Pakistan has found it relatively easy to send over Jihadists, terrorists, militants and fundamentalists after GOI, ignoring the security aspects of the country, made direct travel with Pakistan rather easy. The great people of India upholding their age old tradition must extend their full support to Dalai Lama and our Buddhists brothers in Tibet for restoration of their autonomy. Such a rational, realistic and pragmatic policy will also have a salutary impact upon the other Buddhist nations throughout the world. It should be understood clearly that supporting freedom struggles of Buddhists every where is in India’s national interest. 

3) The Congress led UPA Govt. at the Center is offensively anti- Hindu -- insulting and treating Hindus as second class Jazzia paying colonial subjects:  Here are a few examples supporting this contention: 

a) UPA supports the virtual demolition and destruction of Hindu religious infrastructure under official control by denying freedom of religion and taking away temple revenues and endowment lands thus rendering them dysfunctional;

b) The ultimate assault was launched against Hindus when Demolition of Rama Sethu Bridge, one of the top most symbols of India’s cultural and religious heritage, was ordered that too for building an uneconomic shipping channel against the wishes of the Majority community;

c) Unjustifiable arrest of H.H. Kanchi Shankaracharya, who is revered more than the Pope by Hindus, on concocted charges over three years ago -- and could not be found guilty.

d) Issuance of the two rupee coin with a Christian Cross violating the mandate of the secular Constitution.  

4)  The anti- Hindu establishment is well entrenched and formidable promising a tough struggle ahead;– The secularist power elite in India have, deliberately adopted a policy for doing every thing under and beyond their authority for appeasing various minority segments, particularly the Muslims and Christians, with a view to maintain control upon the seats of power.  This also includes extending unconstitutional patronage to their religions, religion based reservations and allocation of national resources for their enrichment. The largely foreign owned Indian media (Attachment E) by disproportionately highlighting even the minutest incidents involving the minorities and suppressing coverage on Hindu issues like ethnic cleansing in Kashmir and Bangladesh, usurpation of temples, etc has also joined the fray . 

Even the Indian Prime Minister did not contain himself from extending a helping hand to this inherently corrupt and divisive policy. Thus departing from truthfulness and rationality he called the unfortunate Godhra carnage as a holocaust. What better proof we need to establish his administration's partisanship and out right anti- Hindu stance? His Govt. did not even hesitate to massively distort the reality and exaggerate the riots into being a holocaust.  

5) The exaggerated doses of Islamic propaganda on post Godhra riots must be countered: Going by their incessant propaganda on Babri Masjid demolition and post Godhra riots the Islamists paint a picture of injustice against them in Hindu India and cause multiple including psychological damage to Hindus.  They must be reminded of the Islamic inhumanities, genocide, kidnappings and atrocities during the last thousand years against Hindus: Their complaint is like “Ulta Chore Kotwal Ko Dante”. Here are some examples:  

a) Some three million, mostly Hindus were massacred in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, with exodus of additional 9 million Bangladeshi Hindus to India as refugees in early 1970's, when the Indian army had to intervene to rescue the populace;

b) Virtually exterminating and cleansing of Hindus and Sikhs from Kashmir valley since 1989;

c) Massacre of some 20,000 in Calcutta in August 1946 in three days to force Congress to accept partition against Mahatma Gandhi's declaration of "Partition on my dead body";

d) Massacre of millions of Hindus during partition in 1947; 

e)  genocide of some 50- 100 million Hindus by some estimates during 700 years of Islamic rule - the worst in the history of mankind, and demolition, vandalizing and looting of  tens of thousands of temples and converting them into mosques; and;

 f) The recent incessant terrorist Jihadist attacks in India. 

6) The Jihadist terrorism directed against Hindus should be a core issue in Karnataka and national elections:  New and old accounts are replete with unrebuttable volumes of evidence that all these attacks and crusades are directed against Hindu India with the twin goal of achieving country’s disintegration and Islamization. The Jihadist terror attacks on Hindus, their culture and temples continue in the heartland of India.  

It may be recalled that after the terrorist attack on the Parliament on December 13, 2002 there was a massive build up of Indian forces on Indo- Pakistan border, by the then BJP/NDA government apparently to warn Pakistan and the Jihadists about the possible consequences of their criminal behavior. However, those days of decisiveness in Govt. actions are all but gone. Now the terrorists are emboldened by current government's policy of a) appeasement of Muslims for votes; b) enlarging the illegal religion based reservations; c) using the Sachar Commission as a tool to legitimize reservations and additional rewards for the separatist Muslims; and, d)  PM's highly illogical and undemocratic assertion that Muslims should have the first priority over the national resources, etc. The grant of such privileges and special treatment is unthinkable for minorities in any Muslim country or in any other country in the world. Such indifference towards Hindus in India and pampering of a particular minority by the Indian Govt. has adversely impacted the Hindu populations in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Bhutan and even in Nepal.   

In view of these and other appeasement measures taken by the Singh-Sonia regime the federal Govt. has become a willing partner and collaborator of the Islamic jihadists engaged in schemes and criminal conspiracies to explode India from within. It presents a serious challenge to the patriotic Indians – one that cannot be allowed to materialize.  

This crisis and national emergency can be resolved only when the corrupt, domineering and ruling minorityism spearheaded by congress and its allies is rejected and the Hindu Nationalist majority assumes its rightful and democratic role of governing the country. Therefore, it is extremely important that in the interest of establishing a real democracy the Hindu majority should take charge, exercise the power of its votes to elect a Govt. that reflects Hindus wishes, desires, aspirations and dreams. The threat posed by the congress combine, of which the jihadists are an integral part, is so enormous that if left unchallenged it might alter India for good and relegate the Hindu majority to subjugated and powerless subjects for ever.  

7) Autonomy of temples is an urgent election issue: The Karnataka state devastates Temples by siphoning off their revenue to promote adversarial religions that too without any justifiable legal authority. It simply diverts their funds to enhance the Muslim run Mosques and Madrasas and Christian run churches. Such discrimination against Hindus and patronage for Muslims and Christians is highly questionable, illegal and provocative to Hindus worldwide.  In the year 2002-2003, out of Rs 79 crores of temple revenues, Rs. 59.15 crores was given away to mosques, Madrasas, Hajj, etc. , Rs. 12.75 crores was given to Christian institutions and a mere Rs.  7.1 crores were allocated to maintain over 248,000 temples (attachment A). It should also be noted that during the previous five years the number of temples in the state has been reduced from 267,000 to 248,000.  Some 19,000 temples have been closed down while many others find it hard to sustain and maintain even minimum rituals due to financial strangulation, courtesy of the state Govt. 

 No where in the world does a Govt. engage in such robbery of one religion to benefit its adversaries. Without a doubt such extra legal actions constitute a reverse discrimination against the religion of India’s majority community. 

The Karnataka High Court deserves to be commended for its historic judgment striking down the Endowment Act as it violated Articles 14, 25 and 26 of the Constitution which provided for right to equality, freedom of conscience and freedom of profession, practice and propagation of religion and also the freedom to manage the religious affairs.

It is understood that the committee appointed by the Govt. and headed by the former Chief Justice of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court Shri Rama Jois to review the Endowment legislation, has submitted its recommendations. These must be reviewed by jurists and Community leaders and urgent action taken for establishment of a Hindu Board by the new administration. 

 8) Hindus must develop clout to influence Govt. policies: Short of their dominance in India’s power structure Hindus must develop an invincible clout in all branches of Government. Indian minority groups have regularly utilized this tactic very successfully. For instance the Indian communists’ are successfully stalling the Indo-US Nuclear Deal by using their 65 MPs in Parliament; and, b) the Muslims in addition to getting unconstitutional religion based reservations subsidies for Hajj pilgrimage, are now going to get financial support - "Admission fee up to Rs. 1 lakh for a professional course will now be paid by Mayavati Govt. in Uttar Pradesh, if the student is from an underprivileged minority community”. Among the other interconnecting factors this also seems to be the consequence of the PM's undemocratic and illogical statement asserting that Muslims should have first priority over India’s national resources, and now a 15 point plan to promote Muslims!   

9) Hindu activists must acquire oratory, communication skills and leadership qualities to overcome the anti- Hindu biased media's reporting and help serve public. The so called secularists  seem to follow Jawaharlal Nehru's outlook "by education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim, and I am a HINDU ONLY BY ACCIDENT OF BIRTH" which will disintegrate India through Islamization and Christianization. East Timor separated out of Indonesia, because they were Christians and India got partitioned in 1947 by Muslims.  

Hindus must be trained and encouraged to assume leadership roles. They must educate and train themselves for assuming responsibilities and become competent leaders in all areas - politics, education, media, etc. and not let be governed by the minorities by passivity and default. The election campaign provides an invaluable opportunity for reaching and interacting with general masses; developing communication skills and building grassroots units. 

10) People must be asked to vote their conscience and not be led away by phony promises and pre- election gifts.  The slogan of "Garibi Hatao" by Indira Gandhi in early seventies was used as a tool and forgotten right after the election. In spite of oft repeated campaigns and election promises for over sixty years, there is still a serious lack of education, electricity, medical care, water and roads for the vast majority of the village populace.  

The Congress version of secularism is another fraud committed on Hindus as may be seen by government usurpation of temples and other Hindu religious infrastructure, while supporting adversarial religionists, as briefly described above, violating a secular Constitution. Secularism in India is exemplified by minorityism - a mechanism for disenfranchising the majority. It is a self defeating and divisive dogma.  In spite of the presence of this self defeating strategy Hindu voters must reject this inherently corrupt practice and vote according to their conscience for erecting a Govt. dedicated to national unity and defense of national interest. Hindus should boldly reject govt. patronage of any religion or minority’s crusade to establish "darul Islam'" with intent to demolish Hinduism. 

11) Hindu Political and religious leaders must develop a vision for “Mahaan Bharat” and Hinduism and demand its implementation by political parties.   

Muslims openly assert and work hard to Islamize India and the world, even sacrificing their lives by resorting to Jihad, etc.  Christians aim to Christianize India and send hundreds of thousands of missionaries and hundreds of crores of dollars for achieving their goal. Hindus seem to have no such vision for India or for Hinduism. They have simply been overwhelmed and have therefore, accepted the mumbo jumbo slogan of phony secularism as a mantra for "moksha". 

The Hindu vision may include "Mahaan Bharat" : a sovereign country and an economic powerhouse, capable of fully defending itself and its people from any external aggression or internal Jihadist onslaught  -- following Raj dharma, where every one will receive equal treatment, there will be no farmer's suicides under the trying circumstances. And with equality and prosperity there will be no untouchables or backwards for being used as a tool for social fragmentation, factional frictions and political manipulation. All citizens will enjoy equal protection under the law, opportunity through education and necessary help based on need and not on creed.  

12)   May we humbly suggest that patriotic and nationalist Hindus, dharma bhaktas , political and religious leaders should recognize the urgency brought about by the challenges before us during these tumultuous times and provide collective leadership for actively guiding the community. The object of such unified guidance should be to elect a pro-Hindu nationalist Govt. in Karnataka that could in time help towards 'dharma raksha" and "Ram Rajya” across India. Nothing defines who we are as a nation more than our commitment to protection of Hindu culture and faith, and of course fairness and the rule of law.  

 As has been indicated earlier the other religious formations particularly the Muslims and Christians use religion as a factor for advancing their interests. The Hindu votes are much more powerful, valuable, significant and precious. They must be put to good use for nation building, national integration and ending the "Kaurava" regimes that suppress Hindus and Hinduism.  

14) BJP must not take Hindus for granted and commit to address their concerns while keeping in mind that other political parties were going beyond the boundaries of law to please and appease minorities. The spheres of commitment by the BJP should include : a) projecting a Vision for "Mahaan Bharat", which would galvanize the electorate ; b) liberating temples in Karnataka from Govt. control by adopting Justice Rama Jois Committee’s Report after review by jurists and Hindu community and religious leaders ; c) making a concerted effort to enable the SCs, STs and OBCs opportunities for advancement and social equality by focused Govt. and NGO programs; d)  phasing out Hajj and other religion based patronages & subsidies; and, e)  campaigning to: i) amend Articles 25 to 30 of the Constitution that discriminate against Hindus; and  ii) removal of temples from the Concurrent List of Constitution abused by states to nationalize temples - against mandated Constitutional separation of state and religion - and virtually demolishing the Hindu religious infrastructure.  

15) The forthcoming Karnataka elections must not be taken casually, since they have far reaching implications on the over all functioning of India's political and governmental system: The UPA Govt. has a rare talent of inventing programs and projects that will keep Indians divided thus vulnerable to becoming subservient. Despite the imminent threat posed by this strategy, if the BJP - the only Nationalist party that could legitimately represent Hindus at the moment, wins big it must be firm in matters of National security, terrorism and expansionist designs of India’s inimical neighbors.  

It should also trash the "Prime Minister's 15-Point bogus Program claimed to be for the Welfare of Minorities" and other preferential communal programs that aid to divide and destroy India. It must prevent the surrender of India’s sovereignty in the nuclear field to foreigners as envisaged by the agreement accepted by the Sonia-Singh regime. BJP should restore the sovereign role of the Parliament in this matter and renegotiate the nuclear deal with interested parties on the basis of equality.


For success of the collective National Vision there is an urgent necessity for a Unified Hindu Front to assure election of nationalist candidates at all levels now and in future - from Municipal level to state and Central Legislatures.  All Hindu organizations, including RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal, etc. must come forward for this "Yajna" dedicated to the rebirth of nationalist governance in
India. Any sense of overconfidence by BJP that it will win due to sympathy vote and on internal factional fights must be effectively countered by leadership at all levels. For patriots the issue should not be as to "Kaun Banega (who will become) Chief Minister" but assuring India's survival in the face of the imminent internal and external threats. 

The rejection of the Congress designs in Karnataka could also compel and bring about the necessary changes in the attitude of the UPA hopefully making it humble and more responsive towards the wishes and desires of the general public.  

Dr. Jagan Kaul
Krishan Bhatnagar
Hindu Jagran Forum (
USA)
April 07 , 2008


Attachment A 

         Statement of Receipts and disbursements of revenues from Temples

                                                Govt. of Karnataka

         Statement of Allocation of Revenue for development purposes

Revenue/Expense  From Temples

 

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

Revenue collected ( Rs. in Crores )

58.63

65.35

69.98

71

72

79

No. of Temples

2,67,073

2,67,000

2,62,035

2,54,038

2,61,012

2,48,196

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

Disbursement 

( Rs. in Crores )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Madarsas, Mosques, Haj committee*

Compensation for Haj Pilgrim Victims

14.25

 

27

 

35

13.21

45.34

 

50

 

58

1.15

Christian institutions, churches

5

8

8

10

10

12.75

Temple renovation & maintenance

16.5

15

13.75

11.5

10

7.1

Miscellaneous

22**

17.35

 

5.1

2

 

* Disbursement for minority comm. development
**  Women and child welfare programs
Note: These are approx. Figures
Source: Chief Minister's Office, Vidhan Soudha, Bangalore PH: 2225 3414 / 2225 3424 


Attachment B 

Govt grants Rs 37.8 bn (Rs 3,780 crores) to minority-dominated districts
ibnlive.com;
Mar 27, 2008

New Delhi: The Indian government has set aside Rs 37.8 billion (Rs 3,780 crores) in the Eleventh Five Year Plan for the development of 90 districts where religious minorities are concentrated.

”The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took the decision which constitutes a part of the 15-point package for minority development conceived by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and promoted by the newly constituted Minority Affairs Ministry," government spokesperson Deepak Sandhu said on Thursday.

"The objective is to improve the basic amenities and other socio-economic parameters in these districts for betterment of the quality of life of the people inhabiting them and reducing the imbalances."

This, she said, is "in line with the priority attached to inclusive growth".

Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Buddhists are India's prominent minority communities, which make up 140 million of the country's billion-plus population.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/govt-sanctions-rs-378-bn-for-minoritydominated-districts/62090-3.html 


Attachment C 

UPA inducements for conversion
By Dr. Indulata Das

Organiser, Feb 24, 2008

The communities designated as minorities, which include Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Budhists and Parsis (Zorastrains) account for 18.4 per cent of the India’s population according to 2001 Census. Among them, Muslims constitute the largest group with 13.4 per cent of our population followed by Christians 2.3 per cent. The percentage of Muslim population in 1951 was less than 10 per cent and that of Christian about 2 per cent. As analysed by various experts including Justice Sachar, the high growth of Muslim population is contributable to higher female fertility. Unchecked infiltration from the neighbouring country, i.e. Bangladesh, has also enhanced the Muslim population growth substantially, which according to a view articulated by Justice Sachar in his report does not matter. The growth of Christian population, however, is mainly due to conversion among weaker sections of the society, particularly in SC/ST-dominated regions. The methods employed for conversion include allurement, deception and threats.

The policy pronouncements and programmes of the UPA-government seem to have far reaching consequences in disturbing our social equilibrium. In the name of development intervention to help the minority communities, the new schemes that have been introduced actually amount to division of our society. It is unthinkable to visualise inclusive growth through policies and schemes that are divisive and segregative. It will be pertinent to mention here some important features of newly introduced schemes and ramifications of their implementation.

The merit-cum-means scholarship provides that a student of minority community within annual family income of up to Rs. 2.50 lakh will receive course fee of Rs. 20,000 and scholarship of Rs. 10,000 per annum as hosteller and Rs. 5000 per annum as day scholar. Although educational status of SCs, STs and some of the OBCs in the country is worse than that of minorities, the central government has not considered it necessary to introduce a similar scheme for them. The scheme looks like a government-funded inducement for conversion.

In addition to merit-cum-means scholarship, the central government has started another scheme to provide post-matric scholarship to students of minority communities. Accordingly, a student having annual family income of up to Rs. 2,00,000, is eligible for post-matric scholarship which includes course and maintenance allowances. It is to be noted here that the family income ceiling for SC and ST students to be eligible for post-matric scholarship is Rs. 1,00,000 and for OBCs Rs. 45,000. The income certificates for SC, ST and OBC students have to be issued by the designated revenue officers as per the prescribed norms. No such conditions exist for minority students. A self certification to be filed on a non-judicial stamp paper regarding annual family income of up to Rs. 2,00,000 for post-matric scholarship and Rs. 2.50 lakh for merit-cum-means scholarship is all that is needed. The discrimination is evident.

The scheme of pre-matric scholarship approved by the central government for students of minority communities provides for cost sharing of the scholarship in between the centre and the state at 75:25 ratio. The central government does not consider introducing a similar scheme for SCs and STs knowing it well that their educational and economic status is worse than that of minorities.

The Prime Minister’s 15 Point Programme provides for ear-marking of 15 per cent budgetary allocations under priority sector programmes for minorities. There are no additional allocations from the central government for this purpose. It is to be remembered that majority of SC and ST population is below the government-defined poverty line. This is why 50 per cent to 60 per cent targets under most of the priority sector schemes are required to be achieved by assisting SC and ST families according to the relevant guidelines.
 

Setting apart 15 per cent of schematic grants without any additional allocation under the Prime Minister’s 15 Point Programme means diversion of benefits meant for the poor SCs and STs to that extent. For example, under Indira Awas Yojana, 60 per cent houses have to be given to the SC and ST families as per the prescribed guidelines. Under the Prime Minister’s 15 Point Programme, 15 per cent houses will have to be given to the families of minority communities which account for about 4.5 per cent of Orissa’s population. The fact remains that about 40 per cent of the Muslim population lives in the urban areas where Indira Awas Yojna cannot be implemented and STs do not change their social status.

In brief, the differential and more favourable scholarship norms for minority students from primary to professional courses, and the earmarking of 15 per cent plan resources under the 15 point programme are not only divisive and segregative measures, they can also be viewed as the central government sponsored incentives to promote religious conversion. The society should judge whether inclusive growth and social assimilation can be achieved through the segregative, divisive and discriminatory communal budgeting. Whether the parties in power actually mean development of minorities or want to misuse them as ‘vote banks’ perpetually. There is no country or society where inclusive growth and social integration have been achieved through divisive policies and programmes.

(The writer can be contacted at Qtr. No. 5R 9, Forest Park, Unit-1, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 751009, indulatadas@yahoo.co.in)
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=225&page=30 


Attachment D 

The Tribune, Sep 01, 2007

Action on Sachar Report
New deal coming for Muslims
Nod for ‘equal opportunities panel’ but govt silent on quota
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 31

The Manmohan Singh government today said guidelines had been issued to improve their share in government jobs and in principle agreed to set up an “equal opportunities commission” to look into grievances regarding discrimination against them.

The follow-up action on the Sachar Committee report announced in Parliament today, however, remained silent on the committee recommendation favouring reservation for the most backward in the 150-million-strong community. 
 
Tabling the statement in the Lok Sabha, minority affairs minister A.R. Antulay hailed the move saying “it is a historic occasion and it is a historic statement”.

In a 15-point action plan on the report of the committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar that went into the social, economic and educational status of the Muslims, Antulay said guidelines had been issued to improve the representation of minorities in government, public sector enterprises, public sector banks, etc.

The government intends to initiate special coaching and scholarship schemes for minority students. The Centre also wants to identify Muslim-dominated districts for running special schemes.
The outreach of upper primary schools will be expanded, particularly for Muslim girls, and where necessary, with “girls only” schools. The minister said more Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas would be opened in areas with substantial Muslim population.

Antulay added that priority would be given to the opening of secondary and senior secondary schools in areas of Muslim concentration and a special literacy drive would be taken up in similar districts.

Under the recommendations in the report, an equal opportunities commission will be set up along with a nomination procedure for their political involvement at the grass roots.

The government also intends to set aside a portion of priority sector loans, especially in agriculture and industry, for minorities.

Public sector banks will open more branches in Muslim concentrated areas and 15 per cent of the priority sector lendings will go to Muslims in the next three years.

It will try improving basic amenities in 90 identified minority concentrated districts and 338 towns.
Antulay said a comprehensive amendment to the Wakf Act is proposed to address existing deficiencies at the earliest. A suitable agency will soon assist in the development of Wakf properties so that the augmented income could be utilised for the purposes intended, he said.

The Sachar Committee, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in March, 2005, had made comprehensive recommendations for “setting the community on the road to progress”.

It pointed out that the percentage of Muslims in government employment was a mere 4.9 per cent of the total 88,44,669 employees, indicating that all was not well for the 150 million Muslim population in the country.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070901/main4.htm 


Attachment E
Which Media is controlled by whom &
how does it derive benefit

http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2006/12/why-eenadu-etv-is-under-siege-in-ap.html

(December 26,  2006 )

NDTV:

Funded by Gospels of Charity in Spain supports Communism. Recently it has developed a soft corner towards Pakistan because Pakistan President has allowed only this channel to be aired in Pakistan. Indian CEO Prannoy Roy is co-brother of Prakash Karat, Gen Secy of Communist party of India. 

CNN-IBN:
100% Funded by Southern Baptist Church with its branches in all over the world with HQ in US. The Church annualy allocates 800 Million Dollars for Promotion of its channel. Its Indian Head is Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife Sagarika Ghosh. 

TIMES GROUP LIST:
TIMES OF INDIA, MID-DAY, NAV-BHARTH TIMES, STARDUST, FEMINA, VIJAYA TIMES, VIJAYA KARNATAKA, TIMES NOW (24 hr News Channel) & many more.

Times Group is owned by Bennet & Coleman. 80% of the Funding is done by "WORLD CHRISTIAN COUNCIL" , and balance 20% is equally shared by an Englishman and an Italian. The Italian ROBERTIO MINDO IS A CLOSE RELATIVE OF SONIA GANDHI.

STAR TV:
Is run by an Australian, who is supported by St. Peters Pontificial Church Melbourne.

HINDUSTAN TIMES:
Owned by Birla Group, but hands have changed since Shobana Bhartiya took over. Presently it is working in Collobration with Times Group.

THE HINDU:
A English Daily, started over 125 years has been recently taken over by Joshua Society,
Berne, Switzerland. 

INDIAN EXPRESS:
DIVDED INTO TWO GROUPS. THE INDIAN EXPRESS & NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (SOUTHERN EDITION). Acts Ministries has major stake in the Indian express and later is still with the Indian counterpart

EEENADU:
Still to date controlled by an Indian named Ramoji Rao

ANDHRA JYOTHI:
The MUSLIM PARTY OF HYDERABAD known as (MIM) along with a Congress Minister Has purchased this Telgu daily very recently.

THE STATESMAN:
It is controlled by Communist Party of India

KAIRAL TV:
It is Controlled by Communist party of India (marxist)

MATHRABHOOMI:
Leaders of Muslim league and Communist Leaders have major investment.

ASIAN AGE &
DECCAN CHRONICLE:

Is owned by a Saudi Arabian Company with its chief Editor M.J.AKBAR
.


 
 

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