Image via WikipediaCouple of days ago when I read about the remarks made by the Honorable Home Minister P. Chidambaram regarding the threat of - what he & his party apparently seems to be deeming - 'The Saffron Terror". I wonder how & since when the Congress started attaching the color labels to the terror aspects.
Let me take on this one by one.
A. Terrorism is a color blind's business-
People who raise the guns, nukes, & other mass destructive weapons are not the ones who are following the great verses or practicing the sacred commandments from the great books. Because no religious philosophies advocate such a business of massacring innocents. I believe anyone will agree to it that every political establishments across the world have accepted it. If India really considers itself to be a great democracy & Secular Republic, such a religionists statements don't suit a responsible cabinet minister on the floor of the Parliament.
If we consider the problem of terrorism faced by India, it is largely coming of Pakistan & now a days patronage d by China. These are not the simple allegations but there have been growing evidences in this regard & there is no denying the fact that even Mr. Obama won't rule out Pakistan's hand in supporting terrorism. I am not crossing the line by attributing any color to the terrorism faced by India. As I've mentioned, terrorism is just the color blind's game..!!
In the domestic troubles, problem of Naxalites is the prominent one & there has been a very slow progress in this regard to curb it & provide the residents of Red Corridor a free & fearless life. In this respect, lot more is expected from the Congress-led UPA Government. If the home ministry can't even get permissions to use helicopters & firing on the Naxalites if caught making violence, we got to admit that P. Chidambaram needs to do lot more than just pointing out new brilliant color-codes.
B. India's Challenges-
Even if you would scratch up a moss in the Indian territory, you would surely find someone advocating his/ her own theory about the problems India is facing today & will also give you solutions to tackle those problems, free of cost..!! (Don't ask me if mosses really flourish in India's famous hot & dusty climate..) So, I don't want to add something to that neither I've got any such intension. But it is largely evident fact that if any threat to the India's security is there, it is largely from Maoists, Naxalites separatists, & radicalists present in the national territories. So, having conveniently forgotten them all Honorable minister sights Saffron terrorism as a major threat. Sad..!
So, the point it has led me to, is there are other issues - much bigger than this - needing careful attention rather than making some cheap political stunts for the sake of vote banks...! Saffron is the color of sacrifice & it is there on our national flag quite rightly. If at all Home ministry has some evidences of so called Hindus involved in crime, it is duty bound to bring them to justice & punishment. But this doesn't mean that there is a bigger threat of so called Saffron terror. By & large I view at this whole incidence as an event to catch the votes from non saffrons - if you are aware of what I mean. If this move succeeds, the unity of our nation is at stake. We can't afford to let this cheap political stunt succeed..
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