Congress Policy for Minorities Vis-a-vis Sikhs & Muslims

I have been away from the blog scene for close to two years. Normally one would expect a lot to change in a stretch of time this long.But if I look , has it really ? Bomb blasts in all major cities of the country , corrupt politicians, decadent judicial system , rising inflation.Hell nothing has changed, at-least not for the better.

Congress government continues to do what it does best: Muslim Appeasement. I don't agree with the use of the term "minority-appeasement". There is no appeasement of the real minorities in India. A community which comprises more than sixteen percent of world's second most populous country is certainly not a minority community by any stretch of imagination. Congress government has pursued unabashedly a policy of Muslim appeasement and has totally detached itself from the needs and interests of the Hindus and Sikhs.

Congress calls itself the "vanguard-of-secularism" in India. Thats good enough for rhetoric, but lets see if they practice what they preach. A party ,which cries itself hoarse over the Gujarat riots and how Hindu fundamentalists have perpetrated atrocities on the helpless-and-peaceful Muslims in India, has a rather dubious record itself when it comes to secularism.

Congress carried out the worst ethic-cleansing pogrom witnessed in post-independence India. Congress workers ,with the support of the government, killed thousands of innocent Sikhs to avenge the death of Indira Gandhi. Many Sikhs were forced to flee from India to escape death, torture and persecution by the state. And this to the India's most patriotic community. Adding salt to the wounds of the Sikh community was Rajiv Gandhi's statement " When a large tree falls the earth is bound to shake". There has been no apology to the Sikh community either for destroying their holiest shrine or for the riots. Also it is curious to note that Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale was a rather unknown figure till Indira Gandhi decided to upstage the Akalis with his aid. There is no evidence to prove that Bhindrawale was going ahead with a plan for creation of seperate homeland for the Sikhs: Khalistan.And more perplexing question is why did the government order the Army to rage the temple when the army had already cut the supply lines of the militants. The terrorists could not lasted long without food and water.Yet the army was ordered to enter (and destroy) the Golden Temple.Congress government succeeded in scripting one of the darkest chapters of the Indian history.It took more than ten years and a countless number of innocent lives before normalcy returned to Punjab.Yet Congress is a secular party.

When it comes to Muslims, we see a policy which is totally different from the one that was adopted towards the Sikhs.Congress ,as is its wont, kept silent when more than sixty Hindus were burnt alive but started to cry itself hoarse when the Hindus started to retaliate. Sonia Gandhi called it a national shame and immediately asked for Modi's head.In all the ensuing mudsling and name calling, the victims of sabarmati express were consigned to the pages of "national reports" and faded into oblivion. India's constitution declares it to be a "secular nation". But is it secular in the real sense of the word ? It is a land where a muslim life is valued more than a Hindu/Sikh life.It is ironic that in a country of overwhelming Hindu majority , Hindus have become second class citizens. know many people would not believe this.The state has systematically undermined the constitution to favour one community against the others.