Dr Anand wrote earlier on Goanet: >>How about telling the Congress to stick to their constitution ? >>Havethey not engaged in minority communalism ( not to mention unimaginable corruption ) in every term they have been in power ? That's OK , is it
>>I can say from personal experience that in todays Goa ( and India ) , >> thanks to the minority appeasement / vote bank policies of the >> Congress and the reservation schemes for certain communities > > being born a Hindu is bad enough ... being born a Brahmin Hindu > is the > > ultimate disadvantage. And Fredrick Noronha replied: >>But what about the 120 million Muslim minority,whose indices are far below than that of the average Indian? >>You need to be blind not to see this... and to term it appeasement! >>Subsidies for the Haj fares don't help the average >>Muslim to get access tobadly-needed education, health-care and social services; if anything,it helps keep Air-India afloat! Fredrick loses the plot horribly by trying to illustrate how the Congress Government's decision to grant subsidies to Haj pilgrims should not be seen as a form of appeasement because the money eventually ends up into Air India's coffers. The logic Fredrick uses here is bizarre and does not seem to hold much water. So where do we go from here Rico? Would you justify next the act of politicians who allow the unabated and free flow of chicken and liquor during elections on the grounds that the money eventually ends up into the coffers of the Restaurant owners? And would you similarly justify the act of politicians who distribute freebies like Sewing machines, Television sets and motorcycles to their vast voters on the grounds that that money too eventually lands up into the coffers of the dealers? Isn't a free or subsidised trip to a foreign Country an act of Appeasement? Dr Anand Virgincar is perfectly on the dot when he blames the Congress Party for this act of Appeasement. Why should secular Governments gift such subsidies on religious considerations? Yes, the Congress Party is guilty on that score. Make no mistake about that. Dr Anand however loses the plot even more so when he fails to mention how, when the BJP Government was ruling the Country with Vajpayee at the helm, they ironically increased the grants to Haj Pilgrims instead of reversing this act of appeasement. The Vajpayee Government incidentally had increased the Haj subsidy by 22 times from what it was during the Congress rule earlier. In other words, if the Congress Party committed a grave sin, the BJP Government went one step further and committed a sin 22 times greater than that committed by the earlier Congress regime. Yes, if the Congress is guilty of appeasements, so is the BJP, even more so literally. Make no mistake about that too! To put it mildly, if the Congress Party must deserve 1000 lashes for this act of misdemeanor, the BJP must deserve 22,000. And make that another 50 thousand more for misleading and double-crossing their vast legion of voters on this issue :-) LOL Cheers Sandeep Heble Panjim
