Terrorism

The bomb blast in Delhi, and the rage in people about it ..

Slowly it seems that people in India are becoming insensitive to the problems posed by terrorism. This is a rather unfortunate statement to make, given the shock repeatedly administered to various cities through terrorist activities. As a manifestation of this, consider the recent bomb blasts in Mumbai, followed by the one in Delhi. All of these killed people and injured many others, but if you look within yourself, you would not really feel affected by it. If you are of the more concerned type, then you would be angry at what has happened, but you would forget about what has happened within a couple of days, and only get worried when the next one happens. Consider what has happened to some of the previous blasts.
Most of them do not have any sort of progress in terms of investigation, or finding the culprit, or finding the local support that are required to execute such blasts; yet it does not show up in media columns, or in TV debates, or in the concerns that people exhibit in various forum.
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Supreme Court grants bail to Binayak Sen, seems to think that the conviction for sedition not correct

The recent conviction of the left-leaning Doctor, Binayak Sen, by a court in Chhattisgarh for sedition, and for helping Maoists in their efforts to overthrow the power of the state has always been controversial. For his supporters, the legal evidence that helped to get him convicted was nebulous, and not on firm legal ground; in fact, his supporters state that the efforts of the state Government to get him convicted was done, not based on the legal evidence, but based on the need of the State Government to try and shut up an outspoken supporter of the rights of the people. On the other hand, the state Government contends that he is actually a Maoist who provided support to jailed Naxalites, and is as much a part of the movement as any of the gun carrying people on the ground. Further, his conviction was done by a trial court, an independent judiciary, and was all legal and proper.
The cause of Binayak Sen has become much more famous, not just isolated to the state; he had a number of supporters who are campaigning to get him set free, and this happened in a number of cities in the country; and of course, like many other people who lean left, he has a number of supported internationally as well. In fact, a group of observers representing the European Union nations wanted permission to attend his trial, and they got the required permissions as well.
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Saffron Terror – Chidambaram jumped into some controversy

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has jumped right into a controversy by mentioning “Saffron Terror” in one of his speeches. While addressing a meeting of state IGS and IGPs on Wednesday, Chidambram has cautioned against the cross-border terrorism as well as the Saffron Terrorism. The Home Minister admitted that saffron terror is a new phenomenon and threat that security agencies should be aware of. His point was in the light of recent arrest of people affiliated to Sangh Parivar in several terror blasts including Ajmer Dargah, Malegaon and Mecca Masjid. Soon to jump in to score some political points was RJD spokesman and lawyer Shakeel Ahmed who used the same term and in turn criticized the Congress led government of giving patronage to the saffron brigade. The criticism of P Chidambram and Rashtriya Janta Dal Spokesman came pouring in from all corners with even the congress in no mood to take the side of its Union Minister.
Both Bhartiya Janta Party and Shiv Sena were quick to lash onto the opportunity with executive president of the latter demanding the resignation of the home minister. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh who addressed the same audience next day chose to skip the term. The issue rocked the proceedings of Rajya Sabhha on Friday. Slogan like “Hinduon ka apman nahin chalega” thronged the house. The matters were not helped by Lok Janashakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan as he made reference to RSS’ association with terrorism which led to the adjournment of the house for the day.
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