Republished from a Right source, sure deserves attention
Excerpts from Varun Feroze Gandhi’s letter to election commission:
In utter disregard of the principles of natural justice, the EC has in haste and unusually censorious language, passed an opinion without:
a. Providing me a personal hearing (to which I am entitled even as per the principles of natural justice).
b. Providing me a copy of the report dated 17.3.09 and any materials on which that report is based.
c. Showing me or even seeking out for itself the original recording (if at all it exists).
d. Examining the authenticity or source of the tape that was sent to it which on a cursory glance shows that there has been splicing, repetition and interpolation during the so calledediting process as evident from the media logo seen in the footage. The short jumpy sequences also establish that the tape has been edited.
e. Independently applying its mind and conducting a thorough examination of the material (for it cannot be called
More than what Varun said or didn’t say, it’s the hurt and bewilderment of a loss of a Gandhi to the saffron that has made the media and anti-Hindutva politicos shout with such a venom and acid. He was not heard, not given a chance to present his case,neither the forensic experts examined the so-called proof in the form of the CD. Yet the ‘Badshah’ declared his judgement. Some justice in our age is this.
Yet, Varun has suddenly dwarfed the high-media supported Rahul. Phew!
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And incidentally, while Varun is all over the media Mr. Imran Kidwai, who’s the Chief of Minority Cell of the Congress, has been given a notice by the EC too, for making inflammatory speeches as Varun, but that doesn’t seem to interest mainstream media to highlight as much, because they don’t get to villainize the BJP with that.
Of course, the SECULAR congress doesn’t demand votes on the basis of Hindutva, but on the basis of Islam!
Indian Express does mention what Mr. Kidwai said, but well, that still seems acceptable to our secular mindset.
“Main mufti nahin hoon iska mujhe afsos hai kyunki mufti log hamare yahan fatawa de sakte hain. Aur agar main mufti hota to sirf ek fatwa deta ki musalmaan ka BJP ke sath jana kufr ke barabar hai. (I regret not being a cleric. Only clerics can issue a fatwa. If I were a cleric, the only fatwa I would issue would be that to vote for BJP is like committing a sin).”
Wish people stopped being fooled by the Congress’s fake secularism.
so i suppose media is the only culprit here. in tat case i would really applaud EC for taking some steps…
Well.. media doens’t function on it’s own.. the biases are inspired ones!
well Ankur , well researched post ..
But definitely Varun does not deserve to be a part of progressive nation building ..
Hope this is a lesson to other also .. you just cant stand in public and call your opponent laden !
Haven’t seen what has Mr. Kidwai been upto – accept your research in all trueness. But is that a kind of reasoning and explanation to Varun’s acts? How are the two linked?
As far as I can understand Mr. Kidwai and Varun Gandhi are both wrong at their places and just because they both belong to opposite parties – doesn’t in any way nullify what they have done.
The above, obviously, is under the assumption that speeches with religious flavors are wrong-doings.
I’m only pointing out the hypocrisy involved in giving different levels of attention to the two cases. And it does become a comparative thing, when the people calling BJP communal, are seen to be the actual communal ones dividing the country.
If speaking of the rights of one religion is fair, (with our dear PM engaging in giving the minority first rights to nation’s resources), lets apply the same metric everywhere..