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<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addthis.com%2Fgo%2Ftoolbar-em&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHPntKS8PQ887RU2N4yW-q1UouQsg> ‘Perverse’ label on puppy parallel ‘Even Hitler loved his dog’IMRAN AHMED SIDDIQUI <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraphindia.com%2F1130713%2Fjsp%2Fnation%2Fstory_17112785.jsp&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFRW8CIFJWpxWa7j9bRcWWWuSlWTQ> *New Delhi, July 12:* Minority leaders and clerics today slammed Narendra Modi over his “perverse” puppy analogy, dubbed him a power-crazy politician and drew a Hitler parallel. Modi’s remarks came in an interview published a day after he had wished Muslims a “Happy Ramazan”, which community leaders described as inappropriate in the context of the holy month of fasting and dismissed as a pre-election gimmick. In the interview to Reuters published today, Modi was asked whether he regretted what had happened in Gujarat in 2002. He replied: “*Hum agar *car *chala rahen hain*… *aur koi *drive *kar raha hai aur hum peechhe baithe hain*,*phir bhi ek chhota kutte ka bachcha bhi * car *ke neeche aa jata hai*, *toh humein *pain feel *hota hai ki nahin? Hota hai.*” Reuters translated this as: “If we are driving a car, we are a driver, and someone else is driving a car and we’re sitting behind, even then if a puppy comes under the wheel, will it be painful or not? Of course it is.” Zafaryab Jilani, member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said the comment “reflects his perverse mindset and shows he has no regard for human lives”. All India Christian Council secretary-general John Dayal described Modi as a “vicious politician crazy for power” and criticised his use of the puppy analogy. “One of the recorded facts about Hitler is that he loved his dog Blondi dearly but it did not stop him from liquidating tens of millions of Jews and East Europeans without a thought. Modi’s crimes in Gujarat are well documented and I personally feel the judicial process will catch up with him in due course of time,” Dayal said. “He has never apologised or expressed any sincere regret for the killing of so many people in 2002. This will hound him forever.” Mohammed Ahmed, national secretary of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, described Modi as a fascist and accused him of trying to polarise the country along communal lines ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “He is a fascist and has proved it time and again. He is a murderer of so many Muslims in Gujarat — we can only expect the worst from him.” Ahmed asked why, if Modi loved dogs so much, he had “presided over the killing of so many human beings” in 2002. “If his heart bleeds for puppies, how can such a person kill hundreds of Muslims in Gujarat? Actually, he wants to say that he has no regard for the lives of human beings, especially Muslims?” he said. Zafarul Islam Khan, who heads the All India Majlis-e-Mushawarat, asked how the people of India could vote for this *zalim *(a cruel person). “What he has said today is beyond condemnation. He believes in divisive politics and the analogy reflects his perverse thought processes,” he said. Referring to Modi’s analogy, Khan said: “He was actually driving the car during the Gujarat genocide in 2002; he was not sitting behind.” Father Cedric Prakash, a human rights activist based in Ahmedabad, criticised Modi for calling himself a “Hindu nationalist” in the interview. “How can someone call himself a Hindu nationalist when our Constitution is based on secularism? By doing this, he is showing his true colours. He has no option but to go back to the Hindutva agenda of the RSS ahead of the elections,” Father Prakash said. “He is trying to build a myth of development in Gujarat by using PR firms and trying to reach out to certain middle-class people, but his evil designs will be defeated.” Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Maheli, the imam of Lucknow, said Modi’s downfall was imminent. “He must pay for the sins he committed in Gujarat in 2002. He can now foresee his downfall in the next election and has gone crazy. The people of this country will teach him a lesson by defeating his evil designs.” <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addthis.com%2Fprivacy%2Femail-opt-out%3Fe%3DA4R45njqZfx74WrufO5O6GPuZ.Mg7GHi&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHE9wYJuA-0k5Plov7la8YV4XGvXg> -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
