E.Rajesh Pathak
Last days NDA govt arrested five Maoist
'intellectuals'. Along with communists that who came out in what is called most vocal opposition against this action was Rahul Gandhi. However, this would have been better for him at least this time to exhibit some maturity to consult with his senior leaders before taking step in the matter. Anyway, please read these lines- "His party is also surprised at the way Rahul offered his support to the persons arrested in the charge of having connection with the Maoists. His [Rahul's] UPA govt itself either arrested or put ban on four among those arrested.
Of them one spent six and other seven years in the jail as prisoners under trial. Apart from them it was UPA that arrested Kobaad Gandhi and G.N. Saibaba, who are still in the jail. His own govt's agencies killed two key Naxalites, Azad and Kishanji. In 2006 Dr. Manmohan Singh termed naxalites as most serious threat to national internal security. Though, owing to closeness with Sonia Gandhi many individuals and groups launched movement against the strict anti- naxal initiatives of the then Home minister, P. Chidamberem.
Chidamberem initiated that drive after some big ambushes on security forces. As the security forces began to gain upper hand against naxalites that Manishanker Aiyer soon termed that policy as one-sided. The wife of a leading naxalite was released against the kidnaped IAS officer, and she turned out be the chief of an NGO run by the member of National advisory council, Harsh Mander[whom Sonia Gandhi appointed for personal reasons]. Incriminated on the charge of sedition, Vinayak Sen was also taken into the health committee of Planning commission [that's too by Sonia 'madam']".
This all revealed by noted journalist [editor-in-chief, 'The Print'] Shekher Gupta in his article in Dainik Bhasker. Not many days back Telangana's ex-CM, K Chandrshekher Rao gained limelight by his statement that -"Rahul Gandhi is a big buffoon. His being on the highest seat of Congress is a biggest asset for the opposition parties". If Rahul Gandhi wants to continue doing this kind of politics he had better leave the hope that widely held perception about him would ever change.
On the other hand the truth of the matter is also that, opposed to the name 'development', Maoists never attacked so many schools, hospitals and hostels run by Christian missionaries in Baster. Whereas at the instance of church they killed Lakshmananand Saraswati, who raised the living standard of adivasis by making popular among them the organic farming, cow rearing and by running schools in Kandhmal [Orissa]. Keeping all these facts into account this seems that there might be some compulsion for Rahul behind supporting Maoists! |
