IS IT NOT COMMUNALISM?
Does it not attract rod of election
law?
Who calls the
shots in Manmohan government?
Addressing
an election meeting in a communally sensitive city of Vadodra in Gujarat, Union
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, according to BBC Hindi (December 11, 2012),
gave credit to Congress President, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, for the appointment of
first-ever Muslim as the chief of the Intelligence Bureau. This only Mrs. Sonia
Gandhi and no other person (even in Congress?) could do so, he claimed. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/india/2012/12/121211_shinde_ibchief_akd.shtml?print=1
)
It raises many questions. It establishes the fact
that it is the writ of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi which runs in the administration and
Prime Minister (for for that matter, Home Minister) are just puppets whose
strings are in her hands. It also proves that the Manmohan government is
functioning under some extra-constitutional authority like the Congress
President who can have full powers in the organization but has no ostensive
role in government.
Shinde's claim that it is only Mrs. Sonia Gandhi is
a humiliation of the person selected. It gives the impression that he had no
merit except the fact that he belonged to the Muslim community. It is also a fact that he has superseded
three-four officers senior to him.
It also raises a question whether any person can
be selected/appointed to a post solely on the basis of his belonging to a
particular religion/community?
Since Mr. Shinde has made this claim during
election campaign in Gujarat, he is not only guilty of indulging in communalism
and making a communal appeal to the electorate to vote for Congress, he has
also violated the election law.
It remains surprising that the Election Commission
has, so far, not taken note of this grave violation of law by a person none
other than the Home Minister of India himself.
If the Election Commission could take action
against late Bal Thackery for making a communal appeal during elections, why
can't it against Mr. Shinde?
