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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)
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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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