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India-Pakistan
BJP's victory an 'accident': Congress
2007-12-25
India’s ruling Congress party on Tuesday called Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s tutelage of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to victory in the Assembly elections a “mid-way accident” of reselling the communal card as “Gujarat pride” and hoped he does not carry this card “beyond the frontiers of Gujarat” if he has national ambitions.
Yep. That's the way to win the next election: Describe your opposition winning this one as a fluke.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee could become the prime minister since he wore a liberal face and Modi has to play a similar positive role if he wants to enter national politics, Congress party’s media chairman Veerappa Moily said, in what he described as “advice from a brother”. He also appealed to Modi to discard the communal card now that he has won according to polls.

No Regrets: Moily, however, commended Modi for the corrective steps he took in denying the ticket to many sitting BJP MLAs to skirt the “anti-incumbency” while asserting that “we have no regrets for losing because we put up the fight against communalism”.

He pointed out that it is absolutely wrong to dub Congress pro-Muslim since it stands against fundamentalism of any religion, be it Hinduism or Islam. As a result of the Gujarat elections, he said the “process of polarisation will firm up as we want a more determined fight, keeping secularism and security of the country at the top”.

Posted by:Fred

#1  He pointed out that it is absolutely wrong to dub Congress pro-Muslim since it stands against fundamentalism of any religion, be it Hinduism or Islam.

How about asking Congress MLA candidate in UP to stop campaigning with a lookalike of Osama bin Laden before adoring Muslim crowds.

How about fixing the textbooks used in Indian schools? The ones that portray the great butchers in Indian history like Aurangzeb as enlightened Islamic rulers?

How about letting the police do their job? Everytime the Islamic terrorists bomb somewhere in India, the Police are ordered to lay off the Muslims to "avoid offending minority sentiments"
None of the recent bombing cases has been solved because the Police have had their hands tied.

Maybe they should also obey the Indian constitution and draft a common civil code for marriage divorce, inheritance etc instead of having Sharia law.

Maybe they should stop the Haj subsidy they give to Muslims (alone).

How about giving Taslima Nasreen an Indian passport?

How about resettling the three hundred thousand Kashmiri Hindus ethnically cleansed from the valley?

Nah.. gotta chase that elusive muslim vote. And then wonder why Hindus are getting pissed off and voting for Modi.
Posted by: john frum   2007-12-25 14:17  

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