In a list of
communal violence that have engulfed India, Delhi 1984, Gujarat 2002 and Delhi
2020 has something in common. Involvement of the local politicians, inability
and partisan ship of the police, delayed central involvement leading to
judicial intervention into executive space and lackluster response of senior
leaders. The underbelly of our democracy have been clearly exposed. The second significant element is that each such
calamity is just a ‘’ political event’’ for politicians for a renewed rhetoric
of mudslinging. Who loses ? Our people, their lives and our national pride. On one
side we try to showcase a nation of modernity and democracy to a visiting dignitary
and on the other side stink emanates from our rotten wraps.
The agitation against
the CAA or its pro demonstrations flaring up into a communal cauldron is only
symptomatic but what matters is our response system to lawlessness. It is
beyond doubt that local politicians are the general culprits in instigating
people but what worries is that of their audacity to get into rampage. This
either mean that they don’t fear of their leadership or they have the support
of their leadership. Whatever is the diagnostic of the series of events whether
it is this community or the other what matters is a nation state’s moral weakness.
Coming to
Delhi 2020 it is amply clear that the CAA divide is religious and it is bound
to result in extremism. Why that was not contemplated earlier and in that
context is there an intelligence failure. ? Be it Kapil Misra tweet or Tahir Hussain’s
deeds Why was their rhetoric and actions not responded strictly on time? Doesn't Delhi
police have an effective leadership , necessitating a prime minister to send
his National security adviser to take command? While such endless list of
questions remains unanswered media across has only taken a stand of politics of
partisan ship…
As usual the
SIT will probe and we see delayed judicial processes going on while the instigators
and tormentors run free as like we saw in 1984 and 2002 only to be arrested
late in their life as like sajjan kumar’s arrest.
What is
necessary for citizens is now to get the answers but not the buffoonery glee
that we see from our politicians who hide behind the ‘’subjudice’’ excuse when
confronted with questions.
This is not silly and heads should roll .....
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