Why does the secular leadership observe smug silence or go into hibernation to selectively suit its politics? If Hindu organizations can be questioned and subjected to media trial why is the same activism lacking in questioning Muslim communal elements? Equally heart rending and poignant would have been the stories and photos of Godhra. Why did the media fail in its investigative journalism on Godhra or name the community or the organizations responsible for the Godhra train inferno. Who then is distinguishing the killings in Godhra from that of the rest of Gujarat?
If Hindu oriented parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena can be dubbed as communal, who aligned with the Muslim League in Kerala or supported the Muslim-e-Ittehadul in Andhra Pradesh. Why is it that the assiduous cultivation of Muslims by parties like the Congress, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal or Communists pass off as secularism. Why can’t these parties be dubbed as Muslim communal parties? Is it a sacrilege to do so? Why is there a marked reluctance to take the Muslim communal bull by its horns by the so called secular leadership. When the West Bengal government wanted to investigate the activities of ‘madrassas’, it was dropped like a hot potato in the face of protests from Muslims and secularists. And what does one make out of this – secular or communal. Did the involvement of two Congress councilors in Godhra make the Congress communal or reflect on its secular credentia
