In his speech after speech during the last general elections campaign, BJP’s star campaigner Narendra Modi had promised that the colossal black money stashed in foreign banks would be brought back to India within 100 days after the BJP comes to power. In one such pre-poll meeting he went to the extent of enticing the gullible masses that after the ‘kala dhan’ is brought back, each poor person can be given Rupees Fifteen to Twenty lakh. Having failed to fulfil the promise even after six months in power, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should have the humility to seek an apology from the people and the opposition parties, instead of trying to defend the indefensible.
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa, A.P.
Give Her Honourable Life
Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking about adopting villages and we got responses in the affirmative. From the sportspersons, to Bollywood heroes, politicians, industrialists and businessmen, everyone showed eagerness and adapted a village each in different parts of our country. It is a good sign. Let our Prime Minister adopt his wife Jashodaben and give her rights to live an honourable life in society as the wife of Prime Minister of India. Village comes later; first wife, children, and parents to build a good society.
Munaf Pasha
Bhadravathi
Why So Much Negativity about Muslims?
It refers to the article ‘Prejudices Led to Media Trial of AMU’ in Radiance (30 Nov-6 Dec). Mohammed Naushad Khan has nicely pointed out that when Aligarh students skipped their annual dinner to donate for flood victims in Kashmir and riot victims in Muzaffarnagar, there were no headlines and no front-page news. But, the same media made a huge hue and cry on a minor administration issue of Moulana Azad Library. What does it mean? Is it not a way of demonising Muslims? What do they want to gain by it? So much negativity is in no way of mental torturing? It is really threat to country and humanity?
Zakir Anwar
Aligarh
The Thirst for Power
The thirst for coming to power in J&K, by hook or by crook, seems to have prompted the BJP to trounce its own set principles. Not long ago, the talks between Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan were cancelled by the BJP government, raising strong objections to consultations held by the Pakistan High Commissioner with separatist Hurriyat leaders. However, in the run-up to the Assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir, senior leaders of BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi were seen warming up to former J&K separatist leader Sajjad Lone as he fits into the BJP-strategy of causing electoral loss to Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP. The BJP had been shouting from the rooftops over the abrogation of Article 370 till recently. But in its ‘vision document’ released in the State, the party chose to conveniently keep silence on the subject. While the BJP was vehemently speaking against religious-based quotas till the other day, it chose to ditch its avowed policy by announcing quota to the Kashmiri Pandits and the refugees of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Perhaps, no other political party can match with the BJP visavis double standards.
S.Sultan Mohiddin,
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa, A.P.