From: sunder@grusin.crhc.uiuc.edu (Srinivas Sunder)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: ACTUAL MOTIVE BEHIND THE RIOTS
Date: 11 Jan 1993 19:33:46 GMT
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In article <48332@ogicse.ogi.edu>, partha@mse.ogi.edu (R. Parthasarathy) writes:
|> The BJP's main objective appears apparently as establishing
|> a Hindu temple at Ayodhya at any cost. The renewed riots in
|> Bombay and Ahmedabad puzzle me. It looks to me like the 
|> sequence seems pretty well planned. Now Tamils are being
|> attacked. I am slowly seeing the clear picture of the actual
|> motive - destabilize the nation and the government. Because
|> BJP had economic liberalization in its agenda. Before they
|> could get to that, Narasimha Rao pulled the rug from under their
|> feet by liberalizing rather extensively, thereby "stealing"
|> any positive opportunities for the BJP. How does one counter
|> that? - Hit the stability of the nation. That will discourage

I enjoy conspiracy theories as much as the next guy. So let me
offer up one of my own. The latest MARG poll shows that the BJP
would gain approx. 50 seats more than they have now, which result
I am sure the Congress knew before-hand (by means of their private
pollsters -- the Intelligence Bureau). Now, if they can engineer
riots and blame the BJP for it, they can hope for an anti-BJP
backlash and retake the offensive from them. On the other hand,
even if the expected backlash does not happen, they have with them
the perfect opportunity to declare a state of internal emergency
and then be beyond the arm of the law as they wipe out all remaining
opposition. The fear of a post-emergency backlash would not worry them;
the Congress is very rarely able to think more than a day into the 
future, and sometimes, they get even that mixed up with the past.

|> the foriegn investors from coming forward to do business
|> with India. That will bleed the nation for a while. Then there
|> will be elections and "stability" will be the main issue of
|> the election manifesto. The attacks on Tamils seems preplanned
|> because during the last episode of riots, Tamil Nadu was pretty
|> calm and to drag them into the blood bath, the best idea would
|> be to attack them elsewhere. Short sighted politicians are dividing

I doubt that it was pre-planned. If it was, they would have begun 
with that. This looks like some goondas looking for someone to beat up
on, and after finding a convenient target, going for them. The Shiv Sena is
always there to be blamed for it, and they have been anti-Tamizhan in the
past anyway, so they are logical suspects. But, which party do we KNOW
to be the friend of Goondas in New Delhi post-Indira Gandhi's death?
No prizes for guessing.

Of course, you could be right. But then, so could I.

|> the nation. Now the Kazhagams in Tamil Nadu will enter the
|> fray. Whether they'd target north Indians or not, they'd attack
|> the Brahmin communities there for sure. If India has to survive
|> as a nation, they must ban the BJP, The Kazhagams and all such
|> parties and put their leaders in some remote place for about

The BJP represents about 25% of the country; the Kazhagams represent
about 75-80% of Tamizhnaadu. You are seeking to effectively de-recognize
about 30% of the country. What nation will we be left with to exist
as after that?

|> 25 years now. That's the only way out. This would be a good
|> time to declare an emergency and arrest all trouble mongers
|> and keep the country under a tight clamp for a couple of years.

That way, you will be ensured of a BJP Government after a "couple of
years." You ban the BJP and they will land up in a new guise. You put
them in jail by the hundreds and they will be whooping with joy -- 
what a perfect opportunity for martyrdom! You relax the emergency and
they will emerge as the "champions of Hinduism." You put the Kazhagam
guys in jail, and THEY will emerge as the new Messiahs of the Dravida
Makkal (people). It will be THE opportunity for them to make a comeback
just as their message and allure has started to fade.

|> Partha sarathy

-- 
Srinivas Sunder                                         sunder@crhc.uiuc.edu

If my employer shares these views, I'd be most surprised.
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