From: naga@sparcbiz1.Eng.Sun.COM (NAGA)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: RamaJanmaBhoomi
Date: 7 Jan 93 19:54:56 GMT
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    With so much talk of how there might be "ethnic cleansing" and oppression of minorities 
    under a BJP administration on the net, let's look at the record of the so called party of
    "DESH BAKTHS" (Cong-I, Janata Dal). They have given us ethnic strife in Punjab, Assam and 
    tried implementing unpopular schemes like Mandal in order to solidify their vote banks. It 
    was the Cong-I goons that unleashed the massacre on the Sikhs in 1984.
    And this on a community that has contributed more than its share to modern Indian (green revolution).
    ( How I wish I could say the same about the biggest minority ?)
    The so called "secular" party has still not brought to justice the people responsible for it? How can they?
    Some of these goons have been rewarded with minister slots.  

    But when it seems to appeasing the muslims, we find both Cong-I and Janata Dal competing with 
    one another. They were more than happy to change the constitution ( Shah Bano) just to win a few
    extra votes. Constitution laws were used to suit their needs like the Ram temple issue. 
    By dismissing the elected govts in MP, Rajastan and HP, Cong-I has given us a lesson on what 
    democracy is all about in today's India.

    India is probably the only country that has different set of laws for different people. It is alright for
    a certain man to  take a 9 year old as his fourth wife when the legal age for marriages is  much 
    higher let alone him having 4 wives. The Indian laws have allowed certain people to hide behind 
    their religious laws when it suits them but they never hesitate to call upon the constitution 
    when their interests are threatened like in the temple issue. The laws in India have become a laughing
    stock. The "pseudo-seculars" cry foul when we call for a uniform civil code. They claim "secularism"
    would be threatened by this action. Does  "secularism" mean having different laws for different people?
    India was neither truly "secular" nor will it ever be.

    The only alternative is BJP. At least, they are explicit about their intentions. Unlike Cong-I, they
    are not trying to have it both ways. Remember, they were elected with a big mandate to build the temple 
    in UP. The "pseudo-seculars" might claim that the people were "brain-washed" by the BJP. But they
    are the same people that have been making "intelligent" choice of electing Cong-I all along.
    BJP seem to have a pragmatic foreign and economic policies for the country. Now that Cong-I has 
    gone to their old habits of appeasing the minorities and communists, the liberal economic policy
    is going to take a beating. A BJP govt would have a better oil policy (not being dependent on the
    middle-east), better relations with the west, a better economic policy and above all would represent 
    the mainstream India.    
 
    The days of a single centrist party administration are  over. This administration is the one in
    a long, long time. We have given numerous  chances to the party of "so-called" DESH-BAKTHS. Now it is the turn
    of the party of RAM-BAKTHS. They can't do any worse than the "so-called" DESH-BAKTHS.

     
    
    
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