Mandar, First, you should refrain from making casteist remarks. If you claim to worry about India as a nation, the first thing that you need to stop is propogating divide in our society on caste/language/religion. I hope you get this. I did care to tell you that I am not an ardent supporter of anyone. However the drama of democracy gives you a choice. The choice we have now is not to choose the best but to choose the least evil. I am quite open to supporting any political group based on their policies and real actions on the ground. India does not have a lot of alternatives. For now there are only two national players - The Congress and the BJP. Congress have had their chance and it only stands to reason that someone else be given a chance to make a difference. BJP is only two decade old phenomenon. If you are trying to tell me that religious conflicts in India were conceptualized, created and executed by RSS/BJP - I am afraid you would be mistaken. If I study the history that is taught to us in our schools - a history writtem by left leaning scholars - never told me that Hindus as a group at any time demanded for bifurcation of our nation. Someone did - and succeeded. And religious conflicts in India date back much prior to curent date - long before even Europeans came here. Ayodhya issue was noit born in 1980s. It is centuries old and has been responsible for riots decade after decade, century after century. Just to give a perspective, RSS and likes never existed then. So holding RSS and company responsible does not seem very intelligent. Especially more so because people seem to vote for them. At the same time, if I see what these guys have to offer is, an educated leadership to begin with. And if you see the statistics of their 6 years' rule you will find that they fared a bit better than earlier regimes. As far as riots are concerned - loss of human life is deplorable under all circumstances. However, if we have deicided to make a case from Godhra and brand a party as communal then National Confrence and Congress in J&K, entire congress for 1984 massacre thru out the country need to be highlighted in the same breath. And then what option do we have Samajwadis of UP or Communists from Bengal ?
Lets condemn all who are sectarian. My advice to you - please do not be selective while you choose to do so.
