Dear Kundan, Thanks for your reply to initiate some discussion. I remember sometime back, the advocates of secular enthusiasts including Lalu, Mulayam, PM, HM Shivaraj Patil and the leftists, had gathered to ban Bajrang Dal. The outcome was that Bajrang Dal wasn't found fit for ban!!! Now search the reason why they could not ban it. Ayodhya, Gujarat, Kandhamal and Malegaon are the four major incidents in which the Bajrang Dal members were involved. As you know Gujarat riots did not happen all of a sudden. It was the repercussion of Godhra train carnage. Then Kandhamal was the outcome of the murder of Swami Lakshmanananda and his four disciples in cold blood. Even you would have reacted the way Bajrangis did on seeing the body of the 82-year-old lean and thin Swamy who was said to be a 'threat' to Christians. Come to Malegaon. Were all the blasts taken place in the country done by the Bajrangis? Before Malegaon, how many blasts the Bajrangis had done? There cannot be justification to the crime committed by the Bajrangis in Malegaon case but what the Centre had done so far to ensure the safety of Hindus in particular to save them from Islamic terrorism? What was Centre's role in rehabilitating Kashmiri Pandit's in Kashmir? Why in the Shah Bano case the Congress led government adopted the appeasement policy surpassing the judiciary? What the Centre has done to ensure handing over three major shrines- Ayodhya, Krishna Janmabhoomi and Kashi Vishwanath Temple- to Hindus? Manoj Padhi had raised an issue some time back saying that why the Christians do not convert Muslims and why Hindus alone, though many Muslims are also in a pathetic state in India? The reason is Muslims will hit them back in a very brutal way. I feel that the attacks on minorities reflect the sense of insecurity among the majority community. Secularism is not a one-sided affair. You cannot expect the majority community to shout the Bhai Bhai' slogan when the minorities are carrying out serial blasts. A sustained effort must be made by the minorities also to make the HIndus feel secure in their own country. Blasts and conversion will only aggravate the problem and will turn the country into a battle field.
G MANJU SAINATH
