Very well written Ram Puniyani, add the inner corruptible influences which obstructed truth from being explored by the Liberhan commission! amita
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:27 AM, ram puniyani <[email protected]> wrote: > *Liberhan Commission; Painful wait for Justice* > > > > *Ram Puniyani* > > > > Liberhan commission submitted its four volume report to the Government on > 30 of June 2009. It might have been one of the longest times taken by any > commission. Liberhan’s claim that the report got delayed due to non > cooperation of leaders involved may have some truth as one knows Kalyan > Singh avoided appearing before the commission for long time, and so was the > attitude of many of those alleged for demolition. Still all the hearings > were complete by 2004. Did it take 5 long years to write the report? Such a > long delay in the report coming out, defeats half the purpose of the same. > One of the minor reasons of delay has also been the differences in the > approach of Justice Liberhan and its chief counsel Anupam Gupta. Gupta after > he interrogated Advani, Justice Liberhan allrently told him to apologize to > Advani for being harsh. While Gupta maintains that Justice Liberhan had been > soft on Advani, despite his role of the chief mobilizer for demolition. > > > > One awaits the report to be tabled and see what the commission has to say > about things which have been reported in the media and seen on the TV by > most. One also await to see the attitude of this Government towards this > commission, is it going to be forthright objectivity or dictated by > political exigencies. That apart, since the report was submitted some of the > accused have been hiding for cover, and some others are saying that since > already 17 years have lapsed how the report can be meaningful, if at all? > Some of them have questioned the timing of the report. > > > > To expect that those involved in demolition will own up the crime and > honestly confess to that is something not to be expected. Still Uma Bharati > was honest enough to say that “I definitely wanted Ram temple to come up (in > Ayodhya) and I definitely wanted that building (Babri Mosque) to come down > but not in that manner. But I am not going to apologize. I am ready to be > hanged for it.” It was the same Uma Bharti, who along with Sadhvi Ritambhra > was exhorting the Kar Sevaks by saying, Ek Dhakka Aur Do: Babri Masjid Tod > do”. (Give one more push, break the Babri mosque) She also expressed her joy > after the demolition by hugging another accused, Murli Manohar Joshi who was > sharing dais with her. Amongst others who shared the dais, when the > demolition work was in progress, were Lal Krishna Advani, Ashok Singhal and > ex- RSS chief K. Sudarshan himself. > > > > How do people respond to the crime after executing it, is a matter of great > variance. Same Murli Manohar Joshi, who before the demolition had said told > his followers "…demolish the masjid, nature of Kar Seva will be determined > by Sants and not by courts/demolition is prerequisite for temple building", > in the hearing of the commission he said that “With all humility, I say that > the incident was never remotely conceived by us”. This despite the fact that > Vinay Katiyar, the then Bajrang Dal chief had asserted that "Masjid will be > demolished and debris will be thrown in river Sarayu". During the deposition > he distracted form the main issue and doubted the need of commission and > said that Ram Lalla is the owner of the place. While Lal Krishna Advani had > stated the Kar Seva will done with Bricks and shovels, kar sevaks are not > going to Ayodhya to sing Bhajan and Kirtans, later he declared that the day > of demolition was the saddest day of his life. Which is the real Advani is > difficult to say. > > > > K.Sudarshan, who later became RSS Sarsnghchalak, stated that he heard > Nirmala Deshpande saying that Mosque fell due to the explosion inside. > Nirmala Deshpande disowned the statement. Kalyan Singh takes the cake as for > as turn arounds are concerned. Before the demolition he committed to > National Integration Council and through a sworn affidavit to Supreme Court, > that he will protect the mosque. When demolition began he did not deploy > 20000 central forces stationed barely 10 minutes from the place. Later he > was imprisoned for a day and he proudly justified his inaction in the path > of Ram Temple. He filed a 300 page affidavit, taking a line, which was in > accordance with his the then Party’s line, stating that it was a spontaneous > act by uncontrollable Kar Sevaks. With his problems beginning with BJP, he > hit out at A.B.Vajpayee, Advani and Joshi saying Babri was destroyed on the > instructions of senior BJP leaders. > > > > The then Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao was famously having the afternoon > siesta when the Babri was being demolished and he covered his inaction by > putting the blame on Kalyan Singh. Immediately he promised that Babri will > be restored at the same spot. > > It all raises the question of political morality. How the actors in the > tragic act have been taking stances according the political necessities. How > they regard that public memory is short and they can wriggle out of their > crimes by mere play of words. > > > > And now with report on the table of the Congress Government can one expect > justice? The experience so far is far from optimistic. Congress weighs the > issues on the scale of political advantages or otherwise. On one hand it > tries to put a show that it will do justice and when the crunch time comes > one finds it wanting in resolve to stand firmly for secularism and justice. > Political calculations have been its guiding load stones. So even now one is > not sure about the real justice coming through after 17 long years of wait. > > > > BJP on its part is a divided house. It has used the Ram Temple agitation > and the consequent demolition and the violence for politically strengthening > itself. It is around this agitation, demolition and violence that it came to > occupy the major position on the political scene in India. Now having been > in power and having seen that Lord Ram cannot eternally help it to keep > coming to power, some of its major leaders have been rethinking the > political line to be adopted. What one sees around is the total opportunism > for the sake of power. They realize the necessities of such issues to be in > power, they also see that beyond a point it can be counter productive. Now > it’s up to them to keep adopting double standards or to come to adopt > democratic issues as their political base. Can BJP shift away from such > issues and take up the issues of the poor and downtrodden? This is a > million-vote question. This is also a question related to the goals of its > political father, the RSS. How does RSS evaluate its future role in Indian > political chessboard? Indications are RSS will stick to Hindutva and Ram > temple type of issues, come what may. One only hopes in despair that people > concerned have honesty to own up their acts and face the legal consequences > for their commitments! > > > > -- > > Issues in Secular Politics > > II December 2009 > > www.pluralindia.com > > response only to [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- Amita Singh Professor & Chair Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University Off.add: Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi 110067 landline (o) 91-11-26704021 Mob: 91-9910170904 Project Director Governance Knowledge Centre Secretary General NAPSIPAG(Network of Asia-Pacific Schools and Institutes on Public Administration and Governance, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. 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