Jaitley Issue : The Hindu vs. The Chindu

There is an ongoing tussle between the Chindu, and the Hindu. The bloggers at Chindu claim that The-Hindu distorted Jaitley's statements. We will present our views on the matter shortly, but even before that, let us put some facts straight.

1. There happened an exchange between an American (Mr. Robert Blake) and Mr. Jaitley.

2. The American (Mr. Blake) sent a cable about this exchange to another American.

3. A part of this cable has been released by Wiki-Leaks.

4. The Hindu reported the content of the Wiki-Leak, and provided its interpretation.

5. Chindu contests this interpretation and alleges distortion by the Hindu.

Now, let us proceed step-by-step.

No party has denied that an exchange took place. So point number 1 is undisputed.

The Americans have not denied the contents of the cable, so point numbers 2 and 3 are also undisputed.

In the content, the American (Mr. Blake) who sent the cable reported about Jaitley "...he characterized this as an opportunistic issue...". So this means that Mr. Blake reported that Mr. Jaitley characterized Hindutva as an opportunistic issue for the BJP. Mr. Jaitley denies claim.

The crucial fact is that there is no audio recording of the actual conversation that took place. Thus it is one man's word against another's.

Now comes the tricky part. In most wiki-leaks disclosures, certain confidential exchanges between various government, financial, political and such entities have been made public. There has to be a consistent method while analyzing such exposes.

There is another question that remains unanswered, and that is, while Mr. Jaitley denies the claims made by Mr. Blake, Me Jaitley does not reveal what he actually said during the conversation. Mr. Jaitley can easily claim that he does not remember exactly what he said. But then the question is where is some internal report which Mr. Jaitley sent to the BJP wherein Mr. Jaitely briefed his party about his exchange with Mr. Blake? If the BJP does not maintain any such records, then the only thing it can do is to indulge in denial and therefore tying themselves into NOTs. And this precisely is what they have been doing.

Now if the BJP's denial has to be taken as a credible denial, the evil Congress is demanding similar deniability regarding wiki-leaks exposes on them, period!

Coming back to the original thread. The Hindu prepared the headline placing its faith in Mr. Robert Blake, and the Chindu is chest-beating placing its faith in Mr. Jaitley. Given the prevailing world scenario, neither choice is obvious.

Mr. Blake and The Hindu may be distorting or twisting facts, but Mr. Jaitley or The Chindu have no way of establishing this, for they have not presented their version of the exchange!

Mr Jaitley will do well to first reveal his version, which must be in form of some tangible record, before he indulges in denials.

And The Chindu will do well to first understand that without knowing the original the claims that any inconvenient report is a distortion hold no ground, even if it indeed is the case. Thus notwithstanding the unknown facts of the matter, The Hindu can hardly be faulted for point number 4, and The Chindu have hardly any supporting evidence for point number 5!

The Chindu's general view that the Hindu is a highly biased news paper and so on, is surely a reasonably appreciated fact. And we are very much with them in their discrediting such pernicious aspects of journalism which is so rampant these days. However, they (The Chindu) should exercise utmost caution before jumping in as saviors of politicians of the ilk of Mr. Jaitley.

Summary:

There has been no release of any official audio-record of the conversation. The wiki-leaks published a cable sent putatively by Mr. Robert Blake. Mr. Blake, therein, reports that Mr. Jaitley characterized Hindutva as an opportunistic issue for the BJP. Mr. Jaitley denies it. The cable is an official record that Mr. Blake sent way back in 2005. Mr. Jaitley has no similar record. And yet he wants his denials to be taken seriously. By the way, this is what the Congress also wants, that is their own affirmations and denials to be taken seriously!

Notwithstanding what the newspaper The-Hindu or the blog The-Chindu might present; what the HINDUS must do is to spot, encourage, support new leaders, and reject the useless ones.

Modi Betraying His DF-ery : Thinks Mohandas is Larger than Truth!

Where is our nation heading? A nation whose national emblem contains the statement "Satyameva Jayate" meaning: Truth alone Triumphs!

The Gujarat CM has shown himself in highly parochial light by banning a book on Mohandas, merely because it brings to light certain inconvenient facts about him, that is Mohandas, who has been made to our beloved nation, what Sonia Gandhi presently is to Congress!

So Mohandas is so highly above any scrutiny that if inconvenient facts come out about his persona then the facts must be denied, suppressed or done away with. No wonder that we have become a nation of blind-followers!

What a strange nation we are! You can't write facts about Mohandas, you can't write facts about Jawahar, you can't write facts about Islam; but we claim that we are a nation who owe allegiance to Truth! Satyameva Jayate! Can anything be a bigger farce than this? Is it a wonder that Mohandas is claimed to be a Saint, Jawahar a Visionary, and Islam a Religion of Peace?

This in a country where just about a century ago, a fire brand monk roared, "Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die."

Just a few days ago I cautioned regarding Mr. Modi, who is touted to be a far-right-Hindu-Nationalist, that Modi is not a right-winger. He is another left of center politician. And he has exhibited exactly this by his speech-control action.

Jaitley betrays himself, or BJP's Truth?

None can accuse me of being wrong even if they accuse me of being a doomsayer. Another recent incident vindicates my perception about the thought-process in the higher echelons of BJP. Can you imagine that an empty-suit Kapil Sibal should ever have the gall to accuse someone of doublespeak. Well a BJP high-politician has gifted an opportunity to do exactly the same to the Congressman.

Another empty-suit, this time from BJP, Mr. Arun Jaitely, a colleague of the Thayee (Ms Sushma Swaraj, For her performance, see here, here and here) is alleged to have remarked that Hindutva was just an opportunistic tool for the BJP. The exact news from the Hindu reads:

...“Pressed on the question of Hindutva, Jaitley argued that Hindu nationalism ‘will always be a talking point' for the BJP. However, he characterized this as an opportunistic issue,"...

My readers will recall that long ago Mr. Govindacharya was shunted out of BJP for calling Mr. Vajpeyee merely a "mask" of the BJP, while Mr. Advani was the "real face". Mr. Jaitely, being one of the men of Mr Advani, has now betrayed what the "real face" of BJP is.

I have been very critical of Advani for his rants, see here, here and here. I have been repeatedly saying that the Sangh Parivar and the BJP are deceiving their devoted foot-soldiers who have willingly sacrificed again and again for their organizations.

If BJP, starting from just two parliament seats, rose to a government-forming party, it was owing to their Hindutva claims. Mr Advani used to exhort crowds which used to chant "JahAn rAm kA janma huA hai, mandir vahIn banAyenge" "We will make the temple at the birth-place of Ram". Lakhs of Kar-sevaks gathered from all parts of India. Several young men sacrifized even their lives. But these self-proclaimed leaders of the Hindus, are so treacherous, that Mr Advani described the structure-demolition day as the saddest day of his life, and now his empty-between-the-ears protege, Mr Jaitley reveals that Hindutva is merely an opportunistic tool for the BJP.

We all love to hate Mr. Jinnah, but realize that Mr. Jinnah did not cheat the Muslims. Despite being whatever he was, an English educated secular Muslim, he fought for the creation of a Muslim nation. Mohandas and Jawahar cheated the Hindus. They gave a nation to the Muslims, while they gave the Hindus a "Secular (read Minority Appeaser) nation". An unsuspecting citizen may have felt that the BJP, with some of its top brass (Advani and Jaswant Singh) being admirers of Jinnah, would at least not deceive their self-chosen constituency, namely, the Hindus. But the citizens' gullibility has proved to be costly. The BJP has, time and again, betrayed the Hindus. To be fair to the grass-roots workers, it may be so that they have no say in what the top-brass empty-between-the-ears leaders blabber, and it might well be so that these workers feel betrayed and hurt. But that is besides the point. The BJP with its current-top is not just headless, it is treacherous!

The BJP needs a revolt from within now. Either those who are devoted to their heartfelt cause of the Hindus, must leave BJP, or they must cleanse the BJP of the current scum. I personally prefer the former. However, for those who prefer the latter, I would recommend that they should ensure that the least the BJP should do is to make some one genuinely pro-Hindu its head. Mr Narendra Modi could be a possible choice. However, the Hindus need to be guarded. Mark my words, Mr Modi is not a right-winger! He too is left-of center! Thus, he could any day betray his "secularism"! Nevertheless, he is the best that the BJP has now. So on one hand they need to bring Mr Modi at the helm, and then criticize him for being soft on some of the very crucial issues, which he is.

I would repeat what I have said earlier:

O Hindus, realize that no politician is representing you! So you need choose and send politicians from among yourselves. Make new politicians, make new political parties. Encourage people with spine to become your representatives. Otherwise you will be led by a bunch of Mohandas and Jawahar clones. And surely they will lead you to your doom!

Nuclear Deal: The Japan Story

The recent earthquake and the ensuing tsunami devastated Japan. Hindus who have bore the brunt of many such destructions and devastations whether man-made or otherwise can easily sympathize with the plight of the victims in Japan.

As if these devastations were not enough, there is another impending danger, and let us pray and hope that it is only a fear. Some of the Nuclear Power Plants may have a melt-down, following which there could be an even greater devastation.

And this is a very relevant news for us. India is keen to have Nuclear Power and that is the reason Manmohan signed the self-esteem compromising nuclear-deal with the Americans. Indian too has had its share of earthquakes and a tsunami too. Imagine what a nuclear-power plant disaster could inflict on India!

I have been opposed to the Nuclear-Deal for other reasons, not this one. However, I also fear that the policy-makers have not given sufficient thoughts to the safety-issues before they decided that India needed to be on-course for a large scale nuclear-power-generation.

It will be necessary that the policy makers take a second look!

Advani blabbers again: On Ayodhya

Notwithstanding the sad albeit well-expected developments on the matter, I feel vindicated, and am having the last laugh too. Advani and Jaswant seem to be competing against each other in showing themselves to be more Secular then the other. If Advani gave a speech on Secular credentials of Jinnah, Jaswant wrote a book on the matter. Now Advani has reiterated his stand on the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya, and thinks that the demolition dented BJP's credibility. It is anyone's guess now what Advani would recommend to regain the credibility. I surmise that Advani wants the structure restored! And Jaswant must be itching to better Advani on this!

Advani, as a matter of fact, has been a long term member of the RSS, and is the senior-most leader in the BJP (Atal Bihari having taken retirement). An innocent reader will find such a statement from Advani surprising. But it is no surprise.

Firstly, Advani, is a DF in a class of his own! Secondly, he has blabbered in the past too. Thirdly, in Advani's own admission, the day the disputed structure was demolished was the saddest day of his life. Look at that! Not the day India was partitioned! Not the days when riots broke out and lacs of Hindus were killed and Hindu-women raped! If he wants to ignore the Hindus, not even the days when Congress and their goons killed Sikhs in 1984 anti-Sikh riots! This bleeding-heart Secularist, self proclaimed promoter of Hindutva, does not find any from many such days as the saddest day. He finds the disputed-structure-demolition-day to be the saddest!

Paraphrasing an old proverb: "God save me from my friends, enemies I know how to deal with"; God save us from the Hindutva politicians, the rest of the enemies we know how to deal with!

Thus if Mohandas is the father of the nation, then Advani is his deserving child. Well said Advani! You say it so well! Why don't you say it from a well? Drown yourself in a well Mr. Advani. We Hindus do not need you to represent us. Please go and relax with Mohandas in the hell he must be in.

If RSS does not make Advani publicly apologize for making such a statement, then fie upon RSS! Recall, recently Advani apologized to Sonia for a trifling matter. Is it any wonder that his protege Sushma (thayee) gave a concession to Manmohan?

O Hindus, realize that no politician is representing you! So you need choose and send politicians from among yourselves. Make new politicians, make new political parties. Encourage people with spine to become your representatives. Otherwise you will be led by a bunch of Mohandas and Jawahar clones. And surely they will lead you to your doom!