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HEIGHT OF CONGRESS MINORITY APPEASEMENT
by Krish Koundy on Dec 19, 2007 01:48 PM   Permalink | Hide replies

Minority appeasement in this country is in its peak today-The Christian in our Super PM-Sonia is out to divide the country!

The Prime Minister of the country (or of the minorities?)Is announcing 15% allocation in the budget for Minorities-as of the central revenues is pocket money!! At the same time, lets see whats happening in Andhra Pradesh.

Majlis Mutehading Muslimeen party MLAS have attacked ad wounded two junior doctors in the gap of two weeks for death of patients-because these patients happened to be Muslims. Are only Muslims dying in the hospitals in this country? Are others not dying? However the spineless Congress government is refusing to book these MLAS and arrest them fearing Muslim backlash. Instead the government imposed ESMA on the striking doctors. The myopic media tells us that patients are suffering due to doctors strike but dont tell us the details of MIM Attack on doctors.


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  RE:HEIGHT OF CONGRESS MINORITY APPEASEMENT
by Sudhir Gupta on Dec 22, 2007 04:24 PM   Permalink
I THINK THIS DEBATE HAS NO MEANING IT IS ONLY AND ONLY CONGRESS WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITUATION ABOVE ALL CONGRESS RULED OVER THIS COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND WAS ONLY WHOLESALE CONTRACTOR TO GRAVE THE VOTES OF MUSLIMS.

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  RE:HEIGHT OF CONGRESS MINORITY APPEASEMENT
by Pop Head on Dec 19, 2007 04:59 PM   Permalink
Krish. You can consider it minority appeasement. Well there could be another way of looking at the problem.

In Sri Lanka, the Singhalese kept Tamils suppressed - prevented them access to education etc. They landed with decades of conflicts. The Tamils in Malaysia because they were descendants of Plantation labor also like their Sri Lankan counterparts lacked education. Their plight was made worse when Malaysia adopted the BumiPutra policy which favored Malays as Sons of the Soil. So in Sri Lanka - Tamils remain uneducated & poor. This makes them happy hunting grounds for terrorists.

In India, Muslims as a community are the poorest and uneducated. So they attend Madrasas and come under the easy influence of communalized mullahs and terrorists.

So long term strategies should be directed to lift Muslims from poverty and illiteracy. If we don't we will remain divided time and eternity. A nation divided in itself is a weak one. The UPA's government strategy from this point of view is the right one.



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  RE:HEIGHT OF CONGRESS MINORITY APPEASEMENT
by Vaibhav Pradhan on Dec 19, 2007 07:05 PM   Permalink
Absolutely WRONG. Mahatma Gandhi said "Don't give a fish to the poorest. Instead teach him to fish and make him sustain himself". Why Congress is not creating an environment in the country where everyone (including Muslims) will get an opportunity?

UPA policy is absolutely WRONG and its actually continuation of British policy of divide and rule.

As a matter of fact, secular country CAN'T have laws and schemes based on religion. Religion SHOULDN'T have ANY place as far as conducting politics is concerned. So UPA is absolute disaster.

Another side effect of religion based laws and schemes is that it instills the feeling of separateness. We don't need that. We are one and we need to treat everyone equally.

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  RE:HEIGHT OF CONGRESS MINORITY APPEASEMENT
by Pop Head on Dec 19, 2007 07:50 PM   Permalink
Every country has some sort of affirmative action for socially vulnerable groups and minorities. US has it. UK has it. The UN has it. South Africa has it. That's only a short list.

Technically there is little to bar women contesting elections. In Gujurat, their % was abysmal. Now if you reserve constituencies for women then their share in elected represetives go up.

So is the case of Dalits & BCs.

But there should be a balance ad a time limit.

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by on Dec 23, 2007 11:06 AM   Permalink
hi, Do you know this peace of information?
Sometime back when AP goverment propsed to intorduce social studies and sciences in madrassas (salaries of teachers paid by government), muslim bodies opposed that stating it will give state govt control over the madrassas.

Now what else can any govt do?

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