dear mr king your explanations are too pat. calling someone"merchant of death"is not a crime. but justifying a fake encounter on religious grounds is a crime as per the EC rules. after making his statement Modi tried to cover it up by stating sohrabuddin was killed in a real encounter. whereas his own officers have accepted in the supreme court that sohrabuddin was killed in a fake encounter and several police officers were arrested. secondly sohrabuddin was a small time extortionist who was extorting money.a lobby of gujarat builders paid money to the gujarat police officers to have him eliminated. under no count can you call him a terrorist on the lines of azhar mahmood or afzal guru.sohrabuddin was not such a big criminal to justify an encounter and for modi or the bjp to beat their chests for a job well done. regarding the hijack at kandahar , it was an intelligence failure. the plane at amritsar could have been prevented from taking off to afghanistan , but for the lack of courage by advani the home minister and his officers in taking tough decisions.3 dreaded terrorists were released and rs 25 crores paid to them . and not to forget the same terrorists were responsible for 9/11 and several other terrorist attacks . lastly the medias job is to cover events as they unfold. you cannot criticse them for doing their job. similiarily its the job of politicians to criticse the decisions of the ruling party. brinda karat was right in staging a dharna for the release of the
