Congress Spreading " Modi Phobia " in Muslims....
Will they succeed....?
This is an observation of a Political Observer (Zafer Sureshwala) of Gujarat
Will they succeed....?
This is an observation of a Political Observer (Zafer Sureshwala) of Gujarat
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Zafar Sareshwala
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Zafar Sareshwala
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The political
discourse in India led by Congress Party and its Media henchmen has so created
a Modi phobia among Muslim that even if you express happiness at the
quality of roads in rural Gujarat or 24×7 power supply in the villages and
towns of Gujarat, you are branded a “supporter of fascism.”
To say a word
in appreciation of governance reforms in Gujarat is to commit political
hara-kiri – you are forever tainted and tarred with the colour of fascism.
I also found it
puzzling that almost all of those who have led the Hate Modi campaign are
neither Muslims nor residents of Gujarat. Three of the most prominent figures
of the anti-Modi Brigade from within Gujarat are not Muslims.
Then there are
those Muslims who have hardly visited Gujarat and do nothing more than sit in
TV studios either abusing Modi or abusing Muslims who work to build bridges.
Some Hate Modi campaigners are those Muslims who don’t even visit India.
Sitting in the US and UK, they run a five-star armchair criticism industry and
don’t want to do anything tangible for the Muslims of Gujarat or anywhere.
Wherever a
Gujarati Muslim has tried to speak in a different voice, he has been attacked
viciously and made to pay such a heavy price that people just shut up in
terror.
The highly respected and eminent Muslim scholar, Maulana Vastanvi, was
forced to resign as Vice-Chancellor of Deoband simply because he said Gujarati
Muslims had benefited from the inclusive development policies of Modi’s
government. Shahid Siddique, the editor of an Urdu daily, was attacked and
abused endlessly for simply doing an interview with Modi in which Modi defends
himself ably.
And now, very
recently, noted scholar Zafar Mehmood from Delhi is being hounded for having a
dialogue with Modi.. Zafar Mehmood had come to Gandhinagar to make a
presentation as a Speaker at a Youth Conclave where Modi too was one of the
speakers along with the ex-President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, renowned banker
Deepak Parekh and several others. Although his presentation was very scathing
against the BJP and he put several questions regarding the Muslim development
and state of the riot victims, he was still vilified just because he shared the
stage with Modi.
Young Maulanas
who had come to the Youth Conclave from Hyderabad were made targets too, to the
extent that they had to give interviews to the media saying “ Have I committed a
sin by meeting Modi?”.
The large
number of Muslims included in the Youth Conclave was for the first time and it
was not possible earlier. These are signs of changing times and new political
evolution. And yet it would be very unfair to target this Youth Conclave as an
exercise to present Modi. It was an apolitical conclave where Modi was rather a
silent listener for the whole day and spoke only for a few minutes towards the
end.
Over a period
of time since 2003 interactions have been going on between Modi and various
Muslim groups. Apart from his non-partisan schemes for all Gujaratis, Modi has
extended his hand to interact with Muslims. So far more than 178 different
groups of Muslims have met Modi on different occasions, taking their issues of
schools, colleges, madarsas, jobs, jails, housing, etc, to him. Modi has every
time heard the delegation patiently and has taken prompt action wherever
required.
To one group he
had said about 2002 that “yeh mere kaal kaa kalank hai, mujhe ise dhona hai.”
His actions have spoken more than words. Modi has expressed his remorse several
times in the past during his television interviews and also at his victory
speech on the 20th of December 2012, where he said: “Mere haathon se kisi ko
bhi takleef pahunchi ho to mein kshama chahta hun“.
As recently as
his latest interview given in late June to Reuters, Modi was compassionate and
was expressing his pain. But, as usual, his remarks were unnecessarily
distorted and maliciously presented by one and all. Muslims judge Modi by his
actions and they will judge any other politician by what they do and not by
what they say. T
The best
parameter to judge a leader will be by his deeds. So the whole debate of saying
sorry ends here. The consistent and growing electoral support to Modi from
Gujarati Muslims shows that Muslims have already moved on. I would sum up this
point in the words of Mahesh Bhatt, who said in 2012 why the Hate Modi closure
in not happening.
Those who talk
of secular values need to go back and study the Mahatma because in the pages of
the Mahatma there is no concept of the kshatru (enmity).”
The political discourse
in India is so vitiated by Modi phobia that even if you express
happiness at the quality of roads in rural Gujarat or 24×7 power supply
in the villages and towns of Gujarat, you are branded a “supporter of
fascism.” To say a word in appreciation of governance reforms in Gujarat
is to commit political hara-kiri – you are forever tainted and tarred
with the colour of fascism.
I also found it puzzling that almost all of those who have led the Hate
Modi campaign are neither Muslims nor residents of Gujarat. Three of the
most prominent figures of the anti-Modi Brigade from within Gujarat are
not Muslims. Then there are those Muslims who have hardly visited
Gujarat and do nothing more than sit in TV studios either abusing Modi
or abusing Muslims who work to build bridges.
Some Hate Modi campaigners are those Muslims who don’t even visit India.
Sitting in the US and UK, they run a five-star armchair criticism
industry and don’t want to do anything tangible for the Muslims of
Gujarat or anywhere.
Wherever a Gujarati Muslim has tried to speak in a different voice, he
has been attacked viciously and made to pay such a heavy price that
people just shut up in terror. The highly respected and eminent Muslim
scholar, Maulana Vastanvi, was forced to resign as Vice-Chancellor of
Deoband simply because he said Gujarati Muslims had benefited from the
inclusive development policies of Modi’s government.
Shahid Siddique, the editor of an Urdu daily, was attacked and abused
endlessly for simply doing an interview with Modi in which Modi defends
himself ably.
And now, very recently, noted scholar Zafar Mehmood from Delhi is being
hounded for having a dialogue with Modi. Zafar Mehmood had come to
Gandhinagar to make a presentation as a Speaker at a Youth Conclave
where Modi too was one of the speakers along with the ex-President of
India, APJ Abdul Kalam, renowned banker Deepak Parekh and several
others.
Although his presentation was very scathing against the BJP and he put
several questions regarding the Muslim development and state of the riot
victims, he was still vilified just because he shared the stage with
Modi.
Young Maulanas who had come to the Youth Conclave from Hyderabad were
made targets too, to the extent that they had to give interviews to the
media saying “Have I committed a sin by meeting Modi?”.
The large number of Muslims included in the Youth Conclave was for the
first time and it was not possible earlier. These are signs of changing
times and new political evolution. And yet it would be very unfair to
target this Youth Conclave as an exercise to present Modi. It was an
apolitical conclave where Modi was rather a silent listener for the
whole day and spoke only for a few minutes towards the end.
Over a period of time since 2003 interactions have been going on between
Modi and various Muslim groups. Apart from his non-partisan schemes for
all Gujaratis, Modi has extended his hand to interact with Muslims. So
far more than 178 different groups of Muslims have met Modi on different
occasions, taking their issues of schools, colleges, madarsas, jobs,
jails, housing, etc, to him.
Modi has every time heard the delegation patiently and has taken prompt
action wherever required. To one group he had said about 2002 that “yeh
mere kaal kaa kalank hai, mujhe ise dhona hai.” His actions have spoken
more than words. Modi has expressed his remorse several times in the
past during his television interviews and also at his victory speech on
the 20th of December 2012, where he said: “Mere haathon se kisi ko bhi
takleef pahunchi ho to mein kshama chahta hun“.
As recently as his latest interview given in late June to Reuters, Modi
was compassionate and was expressing his pain. But, as usual, his
remarks were unnecessarily distorted and maliciously presented by one
and all.
Muslims judge Modi by his actions and they will judge any other
politician by what they do and not by what they say. The best parameter
to judge a leader will be by his deeds. So the whole debate of saying
sorry ends here. The consistent and growing electoral support to Modi
from Gujarati Muslims shows that Muslims have already moved on.
I would sum up this point in the words of Mahesh Bhatt, who said in 2012
why the Hate Modi closure in not happening.
“Unfortunately, there are some conflict entrepreneurs who live off
conflicts. Like, the war industries would cease to exist if human hatred
evaporated. They have a tremendous investment in this hatred, so to
keep the demon alive is to keep their God alive. They draw sustenance
from this hatred. Those who talk of secular values need to go back and
study the Mahatma because in the pages of the Mahatma there is no
concept of the kshatru (enmity).”
(Zafar Sareshwala is a Gujarat businessman who has confronted Modi on
2002, but later decided to build bridges with the Gujarat government in
order to be of practical help to the community.)
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The political discourse
in India is so vitiated by Modi phobia that even if you express
happiness at the quality of roads in rural Gujarat or 24×7 power supply
in the villages and towns of Gujarat, you are branded a “supporter of
fascism.” To say a word in appreciation of governance reforms in Gujarat
is to commit political hara-kiri – you are forever tainted and tarred
with the colour of fascism.
I also found it puzzling that almost all of those who have led the Hate
Modi campaign are neither Muslims nor residents of Gujarat. Three of the
most prominent figures of the anti-Modi Brigade from within Gujarat are
not Muslims. Then there are those Muslims who have hardly visited
Gujarat and do nothing more than sit in TV studios either abusing Modi
or abusing Muslims who work to build bridges.
Some Hate Modi campaigners are those Muslims who don’t even visit India.
Sitting in the US and UK, they run a five-star armchair criticism
industry and don’t want to do anything tangible for the Muslims of
Gujarat or anywhere.
Wherever a Gujarati Muslim has tried to speak in a different voice, he
has been attacked viciously and made to pay such a heavy price that
people just shut up in terror. The highly respected and eminent Muslim
scholar, Maulana Vastanvi, was forced to resign as Vice-Chancellor of
Deoband simply because he said Gujarati Muslims had benefited from the
inclusive development policies of Modi’s government.
Shahid Siddique, the editor of an Urdu daily, was attacked and abused
endlessly for simply doing an interview with Modi in which Modi defends
himself ably.
And now, very recently, noted scholar Zafar Mehmood from Delhi is being
hounded for having a dialogue with Modi. Zafar Mehmood had come to
Gandhinagar to make a presentation as a Speaker at a Youth Conclave
where Modi too was one of the speakers along with the ex-President of
India, APJ Abdul Kalam, renowned banker Deepak Parekh and several
others.
Although his presentation was very scathing against the BJP and he put
several questions regarding the Muslim development and state of the riot
victims, he was still vilified just because he shared the stage with
Modi.
Young Maulanas who had come to the Youth Conclave from Hyderabad were
made targets too, to the extent that they had to give interviews to the
media saying “Have I committed a sin by meeting Modi?”.
The large number of Muslims included in the Youth Conclave was for the
first time and it was not possible earlier. These are signs of changing
times and new political evolution. And yet it would be very unfair to
target this Youth Conclave as an exercise to present Modi. It was an
apolitical conclave where Modi was rather a silent listener for the
whole day and spoke only for a few minutes towards the end.
Over a period of time since 2003 interactions have been going on between
Modi and various Muslim groups. Apart from his non-partisan schemes for
all Gujaratis, Modi has extended his hand to interact with Muslims. So
far more than 178 different groups of Muslims have met Modi on different
occasions, taking their issues of schools, colleges, madarsas, jobs,
jails, housing, etc, to him.
Modi has every time heard the delegation patiently and has taken prompt
action wherever required. To one group he had said about 2002 that “yeh
mere kaal kaa kalank hai, mujhe ise dhona hai.” His actions have spoken
more than words. Modi has expressed his remorse several times in the
past during his television interviews and also at his victory speech on
the 20th of December 2012, where he said: “Mere haathon se kisi ko bhi
takleef pahunchi ho to mein kshama chahta hun“.
As recently as his latest interview given in late June to Reuters, Modi
was compassionate and was expressing his pain. But, as usual, his
remarks were unnecessarily distorted and maliciously presented by one
and all.
Muslims judge Modi by his actions and they will judge any other
politician by what they do and not by what they say. The best parameter
to judge a leader will be by his deeds. So the whole debate of saying
sorry ends here. The consistent and growing electoral support to Modi
from Gujarati Muslims shows that Muslims have already moved on.
I would sum up this point in the words of Mahesh Bhatt, who said in 2012
why the Hate Modi closure in not happening.
“Unfortunately, there are some conflict entrepreneurs who live off
conflicts. Like, the war industries would cease to exist if human hatred
evaporated. They have a tremendous investment in this hatred, so to
keep the demon alive is to keep their God alive. They draw sustenance
from this hatred. Those who talk of secular values need to go back and
study the Mahatma because in the pages of the Mahatma there is no
concept of the kshatru (enmity).”
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The political discourse
in India is so vitiated by Modi phobia that even if you express
happiness at the quality of roads in rural Gujarat or 24×7 power supply
in the villages and towns of Gujarat, you are branded a “supporter of
fascism.” To say a word in appreciation of governance reforms in Gujarat
is to commit political hara-kiri – you are forever tainted and tarred
with the colour of fascism.
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The political discourse
in India is so vitiated by Modi phobia that even if you express
happiness at the quality of roads in rural Gujarat or 24×7 power supply
in the villages and towns of Gujarat, you are branded a “supporter of
fascism.” To say a word in appreciation of governance reforms in Gujarat
is to commit political hara-kiri – you are forever tainted and tarred
with the colour of fascism.
I also found it puzzling that almost all of those who have led the Hate
Modi campaign are neither Muslims nor residents of Gujarat. Three of the
most prominent figures of the anti-Modi Brigade from within Gujarat are
not Muslims. Then there are those Muslims who have hardly visited
Gujarat and do nothing more than sit in TV studios either abusing Modi
or abusing Muslims who work to build bridges.
Some Hate Modi campaigners are those Muslims who don’t even visit India.
Sitting in the US and UK, they run a five-star armchair criticism
industry and don’t want to do anything tangible for the Muslims of
Gujarat or anywhere.
Wherever a Gujarati Muslim has tried to speak in a different voice, he
has been attacked viciously and made to pay such a heavy price that
people just shut up in terror. The highly respected and eminent Muslim
scholar, Maulana Vastanvi, was forced to resign as Vice-Chancellor of
Deoband simply because he said Gujarati Muslims had benefited from the
inclusive development policies of Modi’s government.
Shahid Siddique, the editor of an Urdu daily, was attacked and abused
endlessly for simply doing an interview with Modi in which Modi defends
himself ably.
And now, very recently, noted scholar Zafar Mehmood from Delhi is being
hounded for having a dialogue with Modi. Zafar Mehmood had come to
Gandhinagar to make a presentation as a Speaker at a Youth Conclave
where Modi too was one of the speakers along with the ex-President of
India, APJ Abdul Kalam, renowned banker Deepak Parekh and several
others.
Although his presentation was very scathing against the BJP and he put
several questions regarding the Muslim development and state of the riot
victims, he was still vilified just because he shared the stage with
Modi.
Young Maulanas who had come to the Youth Conclave from Hyderabad were
made targets too, to the extent that they had to give interviews to the
media saying “Have I committed a sin by meeting Modi?”.
The large number of Muslims included in the Youth Conclave was for the
first time and it was not possible earlier. These are signs of changing
times and new political evolution. And yet it would be very unfair to
target this Youth Conclave as an exercise to present Modi. It was an
apolitical conclave where Modi was rather a silent listener for the
whole day and spoke only for a few minutes towards the end.
Over a period of time since 2003 interactions have been going on between
Modi and various Muslim groups. Apart from his non-partisan schemes for
all Gujaratis, Modi has extended his hand to interact with Muslims. So
far more than 178 different groups of Muslims have met Modi on different
occasions, taking their issues of schools, colleges, madarsas, jobs,
jails, housing, etc, to him.
Modi has every time heard the delegation patiently and has taken prompt
action wherever required. To one group he had said about 2002 that “yeh
mere kaal kaa kalank hai, mujhe ise dhona hai.” His actions have spoken
more than words. Modi has expressed his remorse several times in the
past during his television interviews and also at his victory speech on
the 20th of December 2012, where he said: “Mere haathon se kisi ko bhi
takleef pahunchi ho to mein kshama chahta hun“.
As recently as his latest interview given in late June to Reuters, Modi
was compassionate and was expressing his pain. But, as usual, his
remarks were unnecessarily distorted and maliciously presented by one
and all.
Muslims judge Modi by his actions and they will judge any other
politician by what they do and not by what they say. The best parameter
to judge a leader will be by his deeds. So the whole debate of saying
sorry ends here. The consistent and growing electoral support to Modi
from Gujarati Muslims shows that Muslims have already moved on.
I would sum up this point in the words of Mahesh Bhatt, who said in 2012
why the Hate Modi closure in not happening.
“Unfortunately, there are some conflict entrepreneurs who live off
conflicts. Like, the war industries would cease to exist if human hatred
evaporated. They have a tremendous investment in this hatred, so to
keep the demon alive is to keep their God alive. They draw sustenance
from this hatred. Those who talk of secular values need to go back and
study the Mahatma because in the pages of the Mahatma there is no
concept of the kshatru (enmity).”
(Zafar Sareshwala is a Gujarat businessman who has confronted Modi on
2002, but later decided to build bridges with the Gujarat government in
order to be of practical help to the community.)
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The political discourse
in India is so vitiated by Modi phobia that even if you express
happiness at the quality of roads in rural Gujarat or 24×7 power supply
in the villages and towns of Gujarat, you are branded a “supporter of
fascism.” To say a word in appreciation of governance reforms in Gujarat
is to commit political hara-kiri – you are forever tainted and tarred
with the colour of fascism.
I also found it puzzling that almost all of those who have led the Hate
Modi campaign are neither Muslims nor residents of Gujarat. Three of the
most prominent figures of the anti-Modi Brigade from within Gujarat are
not Muslims. Then there are those Muslims who have hardly visited
Gujarat and do nothing more than sit in TV studios either abusing Modi
or abusing Muslims who work to build bridges.
Some Hate Modi campaigners are those Muslims who don’t even visit India.
Sitting in the US and UK, they run a five-star armchair criticism
industry and don’t want to do anything tangible for the Muslims of
Gujarat or anywhere.
Wherever a Gujarati Muslim has tried to speak in a different voice, he
has been attacked viciously and made to pay such a heavy price that
people just shut up in terror. The highly respected and eminent Muslim
scholar, Maulana Vastanvi, was forced to resign as Vice-Chancellor of
Deoband simply because he said Gujarati Muslims had benefited from the
inclusive development policies of Modi’s government.
Shahid Siddique, the editor of an Urdu daily, was attacked and abused
endlessly for simply doing an interview with Modi in which Modi defends
himself ably.
And now, very recently, noted scholar Zafar Mehmood from Delhi is being
hounded for having a dialogue with Modi. Zafar Mehmood had come to
Gandhinagar to make a presentation as a Speaker at a Youth Conclave
where Modi too was one of the speakers along with the ex-President of
India, APJ Abdul Kalam, renowned banker Deepak Parekh and several
others.
Although his presentation was very scathing against the BJP and he put
several questions regarding the Muslim development and state of the riot
victims, he was still vilified just because he shared the stage with
Modi.
Young Maulanas who had come to the Youth Conclave from Hyderabad were
made targets too, to the extent that they had to give interviews to the
media saying “Have I committed a sin by meeting Modi?”.
The large number of Muslims included in the Youth Conclave was for the
first time and it was not possible earlier. These are signs of changing
times and new political evolution. And yet it would be very unfair to
target this Youth Conclave as an exercise to present Modi. It was an
apolitical conclave where Modi was rather a silent listener for the
whole day and spoke only for a few minutes towards the end.
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