Friday, September 15, 2006
Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao's complicity in Babri Masjid demolition
20 February, 1997
The Editor
The Asian Age FAX:4229048
Mumbai PHONE:4228391
Sir,
In his article: ‘Mr. Chavan’s revelations: An afterthought’ (Asian Age, 19/2), Parwez Hafeez has taken the old hackneyed line about analyzing the motivations and compulsions of the squealer, which differentiate the media approach from the law enforcement approach, where all information is scrutinized on its merit. It is of no consequence to people why Chavan said, but what he did say has far reaching consequences. Those who have watched the relevant ‘Ru ba Ru’ programme on TV, would have been able to judge that the 50 year old ingrained sycophancy of Congress rank and file itself, is not any earth shaking discovery, if for Mr. Hafeez , Chavan’s revelations, are no revelations. This is the first time, a first hand account of the conspiracy was publicly given and is on record and not only it can, but will be used to strengthen the case against Rao personally, as being the sole manipulator who was instrumental in the perpetration of the most heinous crime committed in independent India, after the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.
As for Mr. Hafeez’s long list of Mr. Chavan’s public support to Rao and his hobnobbing with Sangh Parivar, that has no bearing on his testimony as he should be treated as witness to a crime and cannot be expected to convert to Islam to prove his bonafide as a credible witness. As a media person, Parwez Hafeez should be able to differentiate between what is for public consumption and what is for real.
Parwez Hafeez errs again when he states that Muslim masses have reconciled themselves to the destruction of Babri Masjid. Their leaders might have reverted to their own immediate business of survival, but Babri Masjid has gone too deep in the psyche of Muslim masses to be so lightly and easily dumped in the dustbin of history. It was a good try by Mr. Hafeez to defuse the nightmarish spell, but it will be suicidal for Muslims to slip back into complacency, so soon and for that matter, any time now on.
#221
The Editor
The Asian Age FAX:4229048
Mumbai PHONE:4228391
Sir,
In his article: ‘Mr. Chavan’s revelations: An afterthought’ (Asian Age, 19/2), Parwez Hafeez has taken the old hackneyed line about analyzing the motivations and compulsions of the squealer, which differentiate the media approach from the law enforcement approach, where all information is scrutinized on its merit. It is of no consequence to people why Chavan said, but what he did say has far reaching consequences. Those who have watched the relevant ‘Ru ba Ru’ programme on TV, would have been able to judge that the 50 year old ingrained sycophancy of Congress rank and file itself, is not any earth shaking discovery, if for Mr. Hafeez , Chavan’s revelations, are no revelations. This is the first time, a first hand account of the conspiracy was publicly given and is on record and not only it can, but will be used to strengthen the case against Rao personally, as being the sole manipulator who was instrumental in the perpetration of the most heinous crime committed in independent India, after the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.
As for Mr. Hafeez’s long list of Mr. Chavan’s public support to Rao and his hobnobbing with Sangh Parivar, that has no bearing on his testimony as he should be treated as witness to a crime and cannot be expected to convert to Islam to prove his bonafide as a credible witness. As a media person, Parwez Hafeez should be able to differentiate between what is for public consumption and what is for real.
Parwez Hafeez errs again when he states that Muslim masses have reconciled themselves to the destruction of Babri Masjid. Their leaders might have reverted to their own immediate business of survival, but Babri Masjid has gone too deep in the psyche of Muslim masses to be so lightly and easily dumped in the dustbin of history. It was a good try by Mr. Hafeez to defuse the nightmarish spell, but it will be suicidal for Muslims to slip back into complacency, so soon and for that matter, any time now on.
#221
