Digvijay Singh (‘Do our youths...’, Aug 15) is what is dangerous to secularism in the country. This is the man who said the rss was involved in the Batla House encounter in Delhi and is known to have referred to Osama bin Laden as ‘Osamaji’. Next he will seek a pardon for Ajmal Kasab.
G. Vishwanathan, Chennai
That the man decided not to contest elections for 10 years is a favour he did the country. He should now go one up on that and take ‘maun vrat’.
P.K. Srivastava, New Delhi
Okay, right-wing Hindutva outfits were involved in the Samjhauta Express blasts and five other terror cases. Why is he silent on the Congress leaders’ involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases?
N.R. Koranne, Thane
The Congress, with leaders like Diggy raja, is trying to Islamise India on the sly.
Vishal Malhotra, Dehradun
He’s right. We the youth of India do not want “India to go the Pakistan way”. Which is why we seek a common personal law, a common syllabus for all schools, including madrassas, and compulsory maintenance for divorced women governed by a common law, irrespective of religion.
Narendra, Hyderabad
Varun,
>> some of the worst Moslems from the subcontinent are the educated ones. Look at Jinnah, Bhutto, A.Q Khan, Liaquat Ali Khan, Chundrigar, Ayub Khan and many more.
Your list of "the worst Moslems from the subcontinent" is somewhat moronic. Would it not be easier to say that we do not like the leaders of Pakistan, an enemy country? How does a young Canadian Indian like you get into this pathological obsession to badmouth Muslims? Can't you find a more uplifting pursuit?
"So a very well educated family"
Arvind, some of the worst Moslems from the subcontinent are the educated ones. Look at Jinnah, Bhutto, A.Q Khan, Liaquat Ali Khan, Chundrigar, Ayub Khan and many more. These characters could not even be said to be religious in the traditional sense of the term. But they had the worst features of the Islamic heritage and culture- fear, hate, suspicion, zenophobia, paranoia, demagoguery,connivance, manipulation, us-versus them etc. At least the illiterate masses had some kind excuse, despicable as their behaviour has been. What is these people's excuse?
Dear Ajit,
Read my statement
"respect all the religions and opinion"
Opinion also includes right not to respect god or right not to accept god and any thing else but in a civilized way.
Hope I get my point through is promote diversity and not one fixed idea.
Hi Ajit,
I am no way saying that my way is good or your ways is good.
I fully agree with you that you accept god or not. I could have chosen a different style of expressions or different words but only thing I want to highlight is that you must not teach a very narrow perspective to a child specially regarding a very emotive issue.
Nothing else.
Arvind
I am not so much interested in defending him as I am in mocking the vicious attack mounted against him by the saffronite brigade in this forum.
Never mind the irony of the situation or that the most mocked person is still interested in mocking others, it should perhaps be stated that all those attacking the idiot-diggi raja are not saffronite. But that would of course be lost on the self-styled seculars.
Arvind Kumar,
>> "There is only one God and that is Allah. There is no other God".
And how does that bother you, Arvind Kumar? Faith or lack thereof is a personal matter. As you say, you tell your son to "respect all religions" - what if I told you that instead of that you should be telling your son to direspect all religions? Or that there is no such thing as God? To teach civics, manners and etiquette to children and to have respect for other people's rights is one thing, but to expect that mono-theists should become poly-theists is analogous to atheists asking others to also become atheists or agnostics or followers of whatever your religion is. I understand that you mean well, but some things are best left alone. I grant that your mail was not addressed to me, but just as you felt free to butt in with some gratuitous advice, I thought you should get some too.
Do you think Allah, Brahma, Ahura Mazda and Yahweh are different Gods?
>> moderate and modren are trying to defend his communal and votebank agenda.
I said that I do not take him seriously. I am not so much interested in defending him as I am in mocking the vicious attack mounted against him by the saffronite brigade in this forum.
>> Why are you trying to defend indefencible that calling Osama Ji.
I called it a "booboo". Here is what I said:
"Poor Digvijay is being pilloried for his "Osamaji" booboo when the BJP leadership hardly even acknoledges Hindutva terrorists, BJP President Rajnath Singh went to visit Sadhvi Pragya just before her arrest, and BJP President Nitin Gadkari described the Aseemanand disclosures in the Mecca Masjid case in which he has also referred to the Samjhauta blasts, as a conspiracy hatched by the government under the patronage of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi! And the fig leaf of, "they are not convicted yet!" comes up as soon as these names are mentioned!" (Comment No: 43).
Dear Anwaar,
I want to share a big eye opening incidence with you and wider reader family.This is a true story.
I went to a stay with one of my friends's friend house ( some where is western and developed country). This was a well eductaed muslim family and wife was a solicitor and her husband was a PhD in Science. (I do want not to name)
So a very well educated family. I was really impressed to see that lady in the house was a true liberal and her actions and behaviour was true refelection of her liberal thinking.
Man in the family was also a very nice, down to earth gentle person. I really liked chatting with him and he is a very inteliigent scientist.
But at the same time I saw a note in the house written by their son that
" There is only one God and that is Allah. There is no other God". There are some other thing written as well but I do not want to share.
I can expect such statement from uneducated person( either hindu or muslim) but this statement taught by a high educated person to his son is shocking.
What will this 6 year old learn and how would he accomodate himself in a liberal society?
I was really sad to see that statement as I can only teach to my son that "Respect all religions and different opinions. If we all are same then world would be a boring place."
Dear Anwar,
One thing is sure that Digi's strategy is working. If people like you who are educated and so called moderate and modren are trying to defend his communal and votebank agenda then what can we say about uneducated mass of muslim community.
I do not like BJP or RSS and truly believe in neutral state which is free from bias against/ for any religion.
I know India is far from this situation but is this not the time that we people oppose both RSS and people like Mulayam Singh, Digvijay Singh and other hate mongers?
Why are you trying to defend indefencible that calling Osama Ji was blatant communalisation of Indian politics.
Will appreciate your comments.
apart from his dangerour views on religion he is perfectly capable of being a Raja or Kalmadi..
http://indoreheartofindia.blogspot.com/2011/07/s-kumars-mukul-kasliwal-digivijay-singh.html
Why waste time reading what a scoundrel has to say?
ramki>>
The man you call as better leader was given the golden opportunity to rule India’s biggest state (by area) , not one or two but for TEN full years and he proved to be the most incompetent and hated Chief Minister of any Indian state.
If Saba Naqvi was a proper journalist she woud have asked Diggy this: Given your mediocre record and rejection by your state, how are you maintaining such a powerful position in the Congress Party? How did you ever become Chief Minister in the first place? What did you say or do?
Because she doesn't ask such questions, the charge that she is simply a communal journalist has a lot of merit.
Anwaar >> Now if you get get rid of corruption, you will have a fine party again! But I must say this is a good interview. I like his self-cinfidence
I mus say that I like the entertainment that DS creates. Top Class tamasha. I Wish he is made a PM in place of the dull, boring and drab Guwahati Residing icon of honesty and integrity called MMS. We will have daily dose of entertainment that bollywood or regional cinema can never match.
anshul >> Congress has not been able to win a single loksabha, vidhansabha, municipal or panchayat elections in MP after 2003 as people have really bad memories of Diggi rule.
Here is a not well known anectode. It was 2008 Assembly polls in MP. There was this young journalist from English media, who was assigned the task of covering MP polls. During his journeys he met a veteran (a really aged and experienced) Congress leader in MP. After general conversation , the veteran asked about the journo and the journo said that he was doing his assignment and added that he was also trying to find out who will win the assembly polls in MP .
The veteran - who was himself campaigning for some of his congress candidates laughed and said, do not even bother about that. Everyone knows the answer , we (congress) are all trying to see that we get maximum seats to be a strong opposition. He added that the best hope for congress was to strengthen and see that we get a good number of LS seats in the forth coming elections.
The journo was stunned and said " but why do you (cong) people think you cannot come back to power in MP? after all you have MMS, SG, RG , NREGA acheivements etc etc?" . The leader calmly replied ,yes we have all of them, but we also have Digvijay Singh with us.
Enuff said !!!!!
Bonita >> It is apt that Digvijaya Singh acknowledges Arjun Singh as his mentor and role model.
Very true. It is also true that DS is one of the two most corrupt, feudal non performing CMs from MP. The other one was our own AS.
Hitesh >> He is one of the better leaders and at the very least knows what is not good for India.
The man you call as better leader was given the golden opportunity to rule India’s biggest state (by area) , not one or two but for TEN full years and he proved to be the most incompetent and hated Chief Minister of any Indian state. MP remained in bottom in every parameter during his ten year regime. Yes, he knows that development and progress are not good for India since it will make people expect more from politicians like him.
RV Subramaniam >> Digvijay keep up your good work!
Indeed, such a good work, keeping MP in dark ages (literally) for a full decade !!
Abdulla >> Still the RSS follows its same tactics in all its horrific attacks all over India blaming it on Muslims
Not just India, they are also making horrific attacks in London , leading to rioting there.. how bad. And yeah, those bomb blasts in Pak, surely RSS is behind that too right?
JO MB >> 65 posts for this clown is sheer waste of energy and time .
Don’t disrespect DSji. You never know he could one day be the President of India . If honble PP can be the Prez by washing IG’s vessels, our DS who washes the dirty linen of RG should surely deserve the highest post of the land.
Our youth have already gone to Pakistan Camps .Indian Mujahidins,SIMI,Deen Dars,HUJI,various Kashmiri Tanjeems and Lashkars have already trained in ISI camps.Bhatkal brothers are in Pakistan Dawood,Tiger Menons with their henchmen are in Pakistan .
So what Digi ji ji wants to convey ??
Well of course Dirtytricky Singh (does he deserve to be called as Singh as he shows all symptoms of a mad dog) toes the party line ... he addresses the most dreaded Islamic terrorist OBL as Osama ji ... why ? To appease the Congress's Muslim vote bank ... what else ?
How effective is the politics of Congress to have a sycophant who espouses and voices of knowledge about minorities, secular ideals and leftist ideas and policies. Seriously, Digvijay Singh is bad horror movie about decency and truth in public life. One should topple this walking draintrap by strapping his boots to a wild neighborhood dog whose self worth will be sriously challenge to have come in close proximity with this scum called diggy Singh.
There's a Pagalkhana (lunatic asylum) in Agra not far from Delhi ... where a cell is waiting for this Congressi Pagal to be locked up for the rest of his life ... and obviously if he is not welcome there by the inmates then there's always 10 Janpath where Sonia's dogs will keep him company ...
‘Do Our Youth Want To See India Go The Pakistan Way?’
India is a vast country and parts of it already are. For example, in UP (Uttar Pradesh) roads in many areas are slowly returning to nature. Such disintegration of the state emboldens extremist groups. It may not be apparent in cities like Delhi but if you travel 100-200 kms outside Delhi you can see it. You would be tempted to form your own lashkar, if you had an ideology in place, the area is for the taking. So what difference is there with Pakistan?
Digiviy was a mediocre achiever. But he is OK because he knows how to say the right things. He has latched on to communalism and identity issues, as its the simplest form of politics. And he is also playing a sort of Rasputin to a naive and foolish crown prince.
Interviews like this are like dancing on someones grave.
Hi Saurabh,
Diggy knows that IUML - Post Independence avtaar of Muslim League is an ally of Congress in Kerela. Where is the question of fighting Muslim League...
But Indians are very gullible... hence the falsehoods :)
Diggy ji says: We have been fighting fundamentalists even before independence when we fought the Muslim League on one side and the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha on the other side.
Muslim League?
Is it "All India Muslim League", the party which under Jinnah's leadership, led the demand for partition of India?
But I thought the damnd for Pakistan was led by Secular and Liberal Muslims while hard core Islamists lk those led by Deoband wanted a united India?
Then how can Diggy call Muslim League fundamentalist?
A standard response of "Seculars" like Javed Akhtar, Mahesh Bhatt etc., when questioned about Islamic Personal Law and many such incovenient questions would be: "I oppose them also"
What it means is that "we go through our lives signing and dancing about Hindu Communalism, fascism, RSS etc etc. but if someone wants to know our stand on say Indian Mujahideen (IM), then we would like to clarify that we do have a problem with IM, if their existence and if still necessary, their guilt is proven in a court of law, where the prosecution, the Judge and the judgement; all are from secular class"
Reading this interview the only conclusion is that nowadays Congress Press Releases come in the form of Interviews by Saba Naqvis of the world.
Editorial in he New Indian Express on the subject of choosing CMs
Installation of Karnataka’s ever-smiling BJP leader D V Sadananda Gowda as the state’s new chief minister .......marks a rare and welcome departure from the tradition of imposing the choice by the national leaderships of big parties like the Congress and the BJP. By allowing the Karnataka party MLAs to elect their new leader through a democratic process, the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership has managed to turn an adversity into an advantage and show the mirror to its principal rival, the Congress where the leaders of the parliamentary party as well as state legislature party are not elected by the legislators but hoisted as nominees of the Congress high command.
The paper does not seem to agree with Digvijaya's explanation of how the Congress goes about its work, though Saba Naqvi does.
the figure of boys arrested and hardly any convictions
The fact that no convictions have been obtained speaks volumes for the forensic skills of our investigating agencies.
By the same yardstick we can see how innocent and maligned are our politicians. So many have been arrested but none convicted.
Saba: "What about Muslim boys who are picked up after each blast. I found there are no all India figures, no human rights report, no survey by the government, on what happens to them. What about bail or release for them?"
Digvijay: "Please do a research on how many convictions there have been for bomb blasts and terrorism in last ten years. I think you will find that mostly the people who are picked up are not convicted. Why doesn't Outlook give you this task of research of putting together the figure of boys arrested and hardly any convictions."
Good question! Worthy answer!
Ghai,
>> Whole Islamic World says that no charges established against Osama ji ji ji .
You seem to hear only that part of the Islamic world which is as loony as yourself!
>>>> I supported Osama's murder " >> Since when you have converted to Encounterwala ? It seems I have to give you every answer five times, and even then you forget! You must see a doctor soon. Osama, a mass murderer, was apprehended in a foreign land, in a hostile milieu, where there is a non-coperative government, a devious ISI, and possibly local public support. Under such circumstances, he cannot be said to be "in custody", because such "custody" can slip any time and the arresters can become arrestees. I also support Obama's order to kill Anwar al-Awlaki, even though he has not killed anyone, and even though he is a US citizen, because his website is training and inspiring terrorists, and because he is hiding in Yemen and carrying out his criminal brain-washing from there. His disciples have killled many Americans. Please do not ask this question again.
Anwaar,
If Hitler had not committed suicide, he would have been brought to Nuremberg for trial. The rule of "innocent till guilty" would apply, however grotesque it may seem.
Absolutely correct. No argument at all.
Saurabh,
>> So it hurts that Osama jee was not given a proper trial. Nobody said that. Another of your misunderstandings?
Bonita,
>> If they are killed in the hunt like Osamaji, the case is closed. That's correct, ji or no ji! If Hitler had not committed suicide, he would have been brought to Nuremberg for trial. The rule of "innocent till guilty" would apply, however grotesque it may seem.
This supposed interview of a dimwit worthless sychophant is a rant presented by an uncommanly biased member of the press is not worth commenting.
"The Congress never projects a chief minister. We LEAVE the DECISION to elected MLAs."
I missed this one. I would like to know when the MLAs in any state last (s)elected their leader. The normal procedure in the Congres is for the MLAs to request the High Command to nominate the CM. Latest example would be Prithviraj Chauhan. Digvijaya can lie with a straight face and the intrepid interviewer swallows this guff without so much as a blink.
Somehere in Outlook there has been an article in which the writer says the election of Sadananda Gowda over Jagdish Shettar in Karnataka would cause problems for the BJP. The writer would have us believe that it would have been better to force a leader with minority support down the throats of the majorit.
'Pedestals aside, were charges framed against Osama? ' Faruki
Whole Islamic World says that no charges established against Osama ji ji ji .
Teesta to take over this is just Shrabidin and Ishrat type stage manged encounter .
" I supported Osama's murder "
Since when you have converted to Encounterwala ?
So it hurts that Osama jee was not given a proper trial.
By the way I just can't see the point of this INTERVIEW. Digvijay's answers to "each" of the question asked by SABA have been in public domain since much before this interview, so what was SABA trying to do here?
In any case this interview by Saba should become standard reference material for aspiring "secular" (as Anwaar will have us believe) journalists. Consider Diggy's reply to one of her questions............. "The Congress never projects a chief minister. We LEAVE the DECISION to elected MLAs. But have no doubt that Rahul will be leading the campaign but he will not be projected as the chief minister of one state"
Like all true blue secular class journalists, Saba moves on to the next topic.
>> provided the authenticityof the claim is verified. It has to go through the court procedure.
>> provided the authenticityof the claim is verified.
It has to go through the court procedure.
Absolutely correct. However, law enforcement agencies would be at liberty to pursue and use necessary force to bring the self confessed terrorists to justice. if they are caught, a la Kasab, they are entitled to a trial with due process to prove their guilt. If they are killed in the hunt like Osamaji, the case is closed.
People may argue he was innocent of all charges levied against him, but iy becomes a moot point.
Hi Anwar,
nature of terrorism arising from diff communities will not be understood without understanding religion and culture... if you had nothing in mind you would have said that all religions are equally good... but you go here and there and round and round...
Anyways... :)
Gaurav,
I already said what I wanted to say on the subject in my last post. If you want to discuss it further you should go to a website devoted to religion.
So idolatry may not be good but it is definitely respectable?
>> Are all religions equally good? I am not qualified to answer that, but I respect all religions equally.
65 posts for this clown is sheer waste of energy and time .
>> BTW, does the rule, "Innocent till proved guilty" recognise gradations of crime or what was confessed outside the courtroom?
Did Hitler confess something inside the court room? Were charges framed against him?
Funny that the Jehadis who demand that Kasab should get a fair trial, want to hang Pragya without even framing charges against her.
One simple question - Are all religions equally good?
Hinduism, paganism, animism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism?
Are they equally good? Or is some religion out of these "the only way"?
>> but as a gadfly he is without rival.
As are you. Instead of being proud of it, both of you should be ashamed.
I do not take him to seriously, but as a gadfly he is without rival.
Good. unfortunately, Outlook seems to, which is why they provide a daily dose of his regurgitations culminating in this interview.
BTW, does the rule, "Innocent till proved guilty" recognise gradations of crime
NO.
or what was confessed outside the courtroom?
I'm not sure what you're referring to. If it is Al Qaeda or any other group claiming responsibility for terrorist activites, YES (provided the authenticityof the claim is verified).
While islamist radicals see India as villain because of its Hindu majorityness... the hindu radicals see islamists as villain because of their seeing India as villain... hence the two forms of violences are different... the hindu radical thus seems to put a deterrent particularly in the absence of tough political response..
Although both are dangerous they are different in nature...
Mohammed Othman,
Your hissing sounds familiar. I am fairly certain who you are.
>> Sadvi Pragya against whom no charges have been framed yet and Osma Ji Ji Ji are on same pedestal . Pedestals aside, were charges framed against Osama? I supported Osama's murder, but the inconsistencies of the mockers of Digvijay are glaring. Constantly listening to one another seems to have created Folie à deux (shared psychosis). I do not take him to seriously, but as a gadfly he is without rival.
Irreverent,
>> he supports 'mocking' of Digvijay Singh.
Are you dense? BTW, does the rule, "Innocent till proved guilty" recognise gradations of crimes or what was confessed outside the courtroom?
ANWAAR:
So for you it would be very nice if Digvijay crooned "Dear Hitlerji"?
Poor Digvijay is being pilloried for his "Osamaji" booboo when the BJP leadership hardly even acknoledges Hindutva terrorists, BJP President Rajnath Singh went to visit Sadhvi Pragya just before her arrest " Faruki
Sadvi Pragya against whom no charges have been framed yet and Osma Ji Ji Ji are on same pedestal . Never knew anti Hindu phobia can be really reach such dizzy heights.
@ Whats InaName
I think Anwaar meant that he supports 'mocking' of Digvijay Singh. You would need to read Pankaj's question to decipher Anwaar's response...
>> When everyone mocks Digvijay for saying "Osamaji", who had been proven guilty at the time he said it?
Death of over 2000 innocents, for which Al Qaeda claimed responsibility, is not enough for you? How many innocents do you want killed before Osama is "more" guilty in your eyes than a person who is languishing in prison under supposedly draconian laws without even charges being filed?
Have you no shame?
Pankaj,
>> Digvijay says, "the principle of jurisprudence is that innocent till proved guilty".
When everyone mocks Digvijay for saying "Osamaji", who had been proven guilty at the time he said it?
Post #43,
Anwar Bhai,
"BJP President Rajnath Singh went to visit Sadhvi Pragya just before her arrest" and
Your SECULAR LIBERAL Leader Pigvijay says -
"the principle of jurisprudence is that innocent till proved guilty."
Which one do you support my dear? As far as I my tiny brain is concerned, there is not even a charge sheet against Pragya (Sadhvhi? is it?) Singh leave apart conviction and she has been subjected to umpteen Narco-Tests!!
Post #33,
"May be Digvijay did not forget the fact that the killer of Gandhi had himself circumcised to pose himself as a Muslim"
You are right. Godse shpot Gandhi and then lifted his dhoti...
>> And the fig leaf of, "they are not convicted yet!" comes up as soon as these names are mentioned!
Thank god the rest of us are not scoundrels like you, who treat people as convicts even before they have been pronounced guilty, and often, even after they have been proved innocent.
<<Samjhauta blasts, as a conspiracy hatched by the government under the patronage of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi!>>
It was the "National Security Advisor" of UPA-I who explictly stated that SAMJHAUTA blast was done by Paki LeT after investigations were compleated which was supported by evidence provided by USA and accepted by USA. Now an ASIMANANDA has been "pulled out of the hat" who has been "making and withdrawing" confessional statements which is used by Chithambaram to scuttle investigation into TERRORIST ATTACKS by followers of a "purticular religious group". Such turn around can only on the orders of Sonia and Rahul. because
-PM is incapable of getting elected to Parliament with out above two.
- HM Chithambaram is incapable of getting elected to Parliament with out support of either DMK or AIDMK (and so his involvement in DMK- RAJA 2 G SCAM).
- FM Mukerjee is incapable of getting elected to Parliament without the support of TC or CPM in Bengal.
- DM, Antony is incapable of getting elected to Parliament with out support of Muslim League in Kerala.
So PM and every top ministry is headed by Ministers who are vulnarable- keeping them imbalanced. Who else can do it except Sonia and Rahul.
the fig leaf of, "they are not convicted yet!" comes up as soon as these names are mentioned!
I suppose the following statement of Digvijaya applies only to some cases and not others.
" Poor Digvijay is being pilloried for his "Osamaji" booboo "
Poor indeed. Thankfully we have secular journalists like Saba who are working hard to help him.
"And the fig leaf of, "they are not convicted yet!" comes up as soon as these names are mentioned!"
Yes, It is so ridiculous to ask whether they are convicted by court specially they are already found guilty by Tehelka, 2circles.net, Anwars, Hashmis and Teestas.
Media should do some research before sining peans to Diggi raja..
1. As minsiter under Arjun singh cabinet he ran away from Bhopal for three days during bhopal gas disaster.
2. He finsihed congress in MP by silencing all critics or competitiors. Congress has not been able to win a single loksabha, vidhansabha, municipal or panchayat elections in MP after 2003 as people have really bad memories of Diggi rule, though BJP is breaking all records of corruption people still shudder at thought of return of Diggi rule.
3. Even cities like Indore bhopal has no road or power during diggi' rule. In 1997 gujaral came to Indore, situation was so bad that only a single lane for his car was made in the middle of raod.Afterwards for many days people used to tumble becuase of difference in thickness of roads.
4. Diggi tried to sale all hotels of MP tourism (which has been revived by BJP) for a song to one of his friends.
5. No progress was made on Maheswar and Omkareswar dam during his reign whichUma Bharti complete.
6. His biggest crime was against youth of state, on the one hand all government recruitment was stopped on the other hand while whole nations was facing IT revolution despite being an island of peace and endowed with talent MP did not attract a single IT company. MP missed the IT bus in from the very beginning
7. Mahidpur arms drop was never solved (infamous sohrabuddin was a small time criminal from the area), communalism got so much entrencehed that youth president of bhopal congress cut hands of a constable during violent protest agaisnt screening of movie gadar..
I will just ask reporter who interviewd this man, do you want whole country to go MP (1993-2003) way?
Poor Digvijay is being pilloried for his "Osamaji" booboo when the BJP leadership hardly even acknoledges Hindutva terrorists, BJP President Rajnath Singh went to visit Sadhvi Pragya just before her arrest, and BJP President Nitin Gadkari described the Aseemanand disclosures in the Mecca Masjid case in which he has also referred to the Samjhauta blasts, as a conspiracy hatched by the government under the patronage of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi! And the fig leaf of, "they are not convicted yet!" comes up as soon as these names are mentioned!
The Bees stinging Modi lack venom and they are, anyway, outnumbered in this forum!
Aww, that's a shame,
But don't worry they outnumber the ones demanding justice for the 1984 massacre, I guess that should cheer you up.
Can't say about the youths, but our leaders are definitely headed the Pakistan way!!
" Do Our Youth Want To See India Go The Pakistan Way?"
They will not if you stop opening your garbage mouth, Diggi.
Narendra
Good one!
Do Our Youth Want To See India Go The Pakistan Way?
No , Sir. They are happy with our sub-saharan ways. The unhappy ones buy their tickets to the United States of America. Cheerio the clever ( by half ) Raja - not A. Raja , I mean Diggy Raja.
Too many stinging bees indicate Diggy Raja is on the right track! Digvijay keep up your good work!
RV Subhramaniam
There are far more bees stinging Narendra Modi, I guess he doing a good job too.
Oh wait, that's not sarcasm, he IS doing a good job.
India is full of Jaichands and Mirjafars for whom india was slave of Englishman and Moghuls for thousands of years.Now also we are slaves of nehru dynasty.If all of indians wud not vow to liquidate the nehru dynasty who is ruling india since 64 years in the name board of Congress founded by patriots and nationalist leaders like gandhijee,BG TIlak,MMMalaviya future of india is bleak.
i surprised this gentlemen interview,whose have not 1% acumanship of standing to 22centuries india like him are so arrogant and playing divisive politics as he played with batla encouter,kasav,,afgal guru,,is shame, india being so big,abudance of money assest,mineral,,still legging behind in every field ,whether it is health,education, or adminstration, whole poltiician have been exposed, sonia,sarad, vilas ahamdpatel and score of corrupts congresi need tobe put behind bar immidiately for hand in globe with dawood like gangs and fake currency printing,this is most hated man who called osama ji and ramdev who adored by like me N R I chit,,he was bastard,who has been elevated just being crony of sonia family hierarchy,,i saw on tv ,stragulating man who shown shoe to janardhan dewadi ,diggi raj,slapping him,what great socalled stooge ,taking law into their hand,he is not only liar,,arrogant but lack basic human ethics,etiquttes to follow for good administrator,his state under siv singh chouhan doing much better than him,he is facing lot of corrupt charges like socalled chidamravan,if supreme analyse whole case with prompt expendiency , whole bigwigs of congresi will go to jail,,in usb bank foreign bank openning in india,looting stock money thorough foreign investors,by m nc banks,printing fake notes,posco deals,2 g deals, it is shame indian is being ruled by bench of looter who are looting in the name of indian mute,reticent constitution which allow them imunity from rape of indian poors money,nowmasses are up against and they need debate on jokpal,,financial problems,corrution,misdeeds of congresi rulr
Abdulla- I assume you must be one of the members of the neo Taliban of Kerala-PFI (or Popular Front of India). When your hero Digvijay called the international terrorist Bin Laden as Osamaji you and your ilks were clapping, and now our jihadi journalist Saba (pretending to be secular) FAILED to ask Digvijay the single most important question--"Why did you call him Osamaji??".... you think it is en excellent interview!!! great going....
Just a mention of Hindu terrorist Col.Purohit and sangh terrorism is itself enough for the right wing extremists to dislike Outlook and its interview with Digvijay(comments are overwhelming against Digvijay's remarks). May be Digvijay did not forget the fact that the killer of Gandhi had himself circumcised to pose himself as a Muslim. Still the RSS follows its same tactics in all its horrific attacks all over India blaming it on Muslims
Diggi Raja and Saba - together. What is next ? Neelabh Mishra interviewing Mullah Omar ?
Digvijay himself is dangerous to the secular element of this Country. He called for a probe into Batla house encounter, said RSS was involved in 26/ 11, called Osama as Osamaji & what not. But this is the typical hypocrisy of Congress. I am surprsied that Digvijay has not yet called for pardon to Ajmal Kasab. GOD help India from such Digvijay Singhs.
When will Outlook stop providing the oxygen of publicity to this discredited politician-living off sound bites? Or is he paying money for the interviews? Does anyone in India take his views seriously? He is the unctuous spokesperson for Sonia & Rahul and basically airs their views!
In fact mr Digvij sings past statsments are totally irresponsible and are very serious for our integrity and unity of India. His statsments are totally communal. He forget that in his own state MP he was thrown away and was rejected by his own home town Bhopal as well as he and his congress party was badlly defeted in MP state election.Mr Digvij Singh must see and solve problems in his state MP.In his home town Bhopla still thousands of people are sufering from serious and dengerous deceases becouse of " Union Carbide gas Tragede,and so far he done nathing for the victoms of Bhopal City.Mr Digvij Singh is mad man. He shoud be send to a metal hospital for his mental tretment.One day will come when his congress party will cick him from the party,then he will become a street animal and shouting and no party will accept him.How can he forget the great freedam fighters like great Maratha Sardar Shri Sivaji Maharaj, Za Si Ki Rani,Bal Gangadhar Tilak,Savarkar,SubashChandra Bose,and brave Shahid Bagat Singh? who fought for our freedan and liberty and not think a comfortable life style like Mr Digvij Singh seating in his comfortable AC office in New Delhi and travelling with comfortabl AC cars.He must solve problems in his home town Bhopal.
He is one of the better leaders and at the very least knows what is not good for India. I can agree with almost everything he has said in the interview except this,
>>>Arjun Singhji was my mentor and role model. I have learnt a lot from him. And then off course Rajiv Gandhi gave me an opportunity to become Pradesh Congress President at the age of 30.
Why can't we have visionary, secular leaders who are also honest and not sycophants of old Congres establishment? V. P. Singh comes to mind but we all know how he was first hated and then marginalized for every one of his ideas and efforts. May be Indians do get the politicians they deserve.
What I took away from this interview:
1. Digvijay is reflecting the party line. Hence, there is no point in condemning just him.
2. Digvijay wants the freedom of speech for himself while gagging the rest of India.
3. Majority clusters of Hindus or Muslims have the same behavioral characteristics as a pack of hyenas.
4. Making new laws will deter hyenas.
5. Pakistan is the new benchmark for India. The excuse for gross incompetence and staggering corruption henceforth will be "We are better off than Pakistan!".
>> The fact that secular politicians and journalists are portrayed as pro-Muslim communalists
That's because unlike you, some of like to speak the truth.
Secular politicians and journalists? In this interview! Whew. Yes, someone has been relentlessly brainwashed. Clearly.
The fact that secular politicians and journalists are portrayed as pro-Muslim communalists is an indication of how much this forum has tilted as a result of relentless brain-washing by the Parivar over the past several decades.
Yes Charan,
Dhubri in Assam is the point from where lakhs and lakhs of illegal muslim immigrants have been coming into India for decades now. Absolutely unchecked. How many questions have hindus asked abut this anywhere? How many have you met who even know the name of the place, or care?
How many of us know that the world's biggest mosque is coming up right here in this secular country, in Kozhikode? How many hindus know about, and have kept a track of the violent islamisation agenda unleashed in Kerala by the PFI?
I haven't met a hindu in my offline life who was politically aware beyond calling Bal Thakarey and Praveen Togadia, communal. This is the reality. This is the reality that gives more than ample opportunity to people like the interviewer in this case, to pursue their hateful, intolerant, monolithic community agenda, knowing fully well they are never going to be either noticed or questioned.
SACHHAR accepting the "hospitality" of ISI man- FAI (free exicutive class tickets to USA and back with FIVE STAR hotel stay while in USA) recommending reservation on religious grounds in "secular India" is "heroism" for Digvijay. How can Muslims or Christians be MINORITY IN SECULAR INDIA??? Religion can not be criteria for deciding MINORITY STATUS if India is "secular" and if "religious consideration" decide minority status it is violation of the "Preamble of the Constitution of India". So why not prosecute SACHHAR and DIGVIJAY along with SWAMY for violating India Constitution??
INDIANS do not want to see India go the Pakistan way but it will happen sooner than later. The Bangladeshi Muslims have come in large numbers into India and taken over ASSAM and most of Bengal with the active support of Congress Party to be the "vote bank" of Congress. But now that they have formed an ISLAMIC PARTY in Assam- AIUDF and Pakistan like situation would soon commence in India from parts of Assam. just you watch.
"...it is like Hitler interviewing Mussolini!!!" - Prashanth
LOL...
Or probably, more like Ilyas Kashmiri sahab interviewing Laden ji......
The game of his masters is very simple. Don’t vote for BJP, destroy all Hindu leaders by any dirty tricks so they will not challenge [PM post] this Indian/Italian Rahul. The whole game can be called electioneer. It seems the Congress never learn from the past by playing the religious card.
>>>>"it is like Hitler interviewing Mussolini"
I like that.
It is well known fact that Indian by nature slave ,They have no independent thinking faculty.If there is no father figure they fumble.Digvijay is blind believer of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.What both say he blindly follow.How can anybody give importance to Chmacha ?Sane people never read what he say.
Diggi is NOT a lunatic. His rants are part of a well organized plot by the dynasty.
The idea is to wean away from SP and consoldiate muslim vote in favour of congress in the next UP elections.
There is no party which ever has the faintest chance of beating the Congress in playing communal politics. They treat Muslims as fodder. Amazingly Muslims, to their detriment, have remained easy prey to their cynical games.
Earlier Diggi said that how is it that all who are caught behind Samjhauta & other 5 blasts were RSS men. I have a question to Diggi "How is it that all who were caught in 1984 riots were linked to Congress"
I was wondering who is this PATHETIC chocolate mouthed interviewer who failed to ask tough questions and failed to corner Diggy on the hot issues.. then I checked the name and realised it is our own Saba Naqvi!!! LOLZZZZZ it is like Hitler interviewing Mussolini!!! Outlook is pathetic, Digvijay should be interviewed by a hard right/center journalist, not some jihadi loving hindu hating bigot like Saba.
Divide and Fool ;;M J Akbar
Digvijaya Singh, the party general secretary for Uttar Pradesh, is a clever man. It is a bit surprising that he proved to be too clever by half. Imitating Abdul Rehman Antulay is not the most intelligent option for anyone who wants to make Rahul Gandhi the next prime minister of India. Like Antulay after 26/11, he sought to resurrect a conspiracy theory -
The sheer audacity of an event as astonishing as the Mumbai attacks encourages doubt, which is the first step towards conspiracy. But surely Digvijaya Singh has common sense, unless he sacrificed that virtue at the altar of power. The Urdu paper theory is, in brief, that 26/11 was organised to kill Hemant Karkare, a brave police officer, because he was on the verge of exposing Hindu zealots. This implies that Hindu zealots came to a deal with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, whose leader Hafiz Saeed was so delighted that, with the help of ISI, he armed and trained 10 young men, and sent them on Jihad to India so that Hindu zealots might be protected! I am not a votary of the exclamation mark, but rarely has it been more necessary. You have to be scarily bonkers to believe such utter nonsense. It is one thing when an editor desperate for circulation takes recourse to stupidity.When a man who has been chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and could be home minister of India promotes such rubbish, we have to worry about the health of our politics.
A historic event such as 26/11 creates a national narrative that might blur at the edges but is essentially consistent with the truth. Digvijaya Singh compromised the Indian narrative in order to flirt with rabid sentiment.
The irony is the Congress is losing the Muslim vote because it no longer understands the Muslim vote. Indian Muslims have seen through the deception of decades. They are, at long last, rejecting the politics of fear and demanding development. Check out Bihar. Posted by M J Akbar at 15:00 28 comments: "
mjakbarblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/divide-and-fool.html
First of all Digi of Osama ji ji ji fame doe not utter a single word beyond what is given to him by his Masters .Secondly it is Congress's Policy to use Bhagva Terror to get the Muslim Votes.
Hence Karkare was killed by the Hindus and Muslism barring a dozen believe it .
“I don’t know what they want to see Raja Ji, but they certainly don’t want India go to ‘Annals of Kennels’.”
Digvijay Singh has got no ideas or policy framework. All he has got is ambition. He wants to use the muslim vote bank to further his personal political interests and if in the process muslims get hurt he is least concerned. Most of the so called seculars do not have an iota of genuine concern for minority communities. All that they are interested in is to further their personal agends in the name of "secularism" Thank you
... a lot *less* appalling in comparison...
Look how a blatantly communal Saba Naqvi wants figures and data on (supposedly) innocent muslims picked up by police. She is doing all she can to further the narrow community agenda muslims have followed for the past 6-decades in the country - voting as a block for Congress in lieu for legislative gains, representations in crucial areas et al. The broad agenda: protect the muslim community and cause for what's coming.
Now tell me, have any one of us come across any hindus asking for the profile of the muslims who organised, and attended, the celebratory Friday prayers for Osama bin Laden across Kolkata, Lucknow, Chennai and Hyderabad? Have any of us asked which were the mosques that organised it? Who were the imams who preceded over the laudatory ceremony? Can't we question the ideological belief of those who attended?
Osama bin Laden belonged to the hate-spewing ideological ghettos of west Asia that rant openly against the majority community of this country, but that very community is least bothered about a section that routinely celebrates such directly confrontational causes, right here in this country!!??
I find everything else a lot appalling in comparison, if you ask me.
This Digvijaya first needs hard kicks in the same way he kicked a person at a Congress press meet.He does not even deserve a lengthy interview like this.This shameless rascal says that Congress fought the Muslim league,when infact Nehru was licking the shoes of Jinnah and Liaquat.Please don't impose this fellow on us.
In a communal clash by one group on the other whether it is a Hindu or a Muslim or a Christian, all have to get equal protection under the law. You can't only target one majority community. You cannot exclude any communal group from protection in this bill.
Full marks to Digvijaya if he is serious in his comments on the Communal Violence Bill.
It is apt that Digvijaya Singh acknowledges Arjun Singh as his mentor and role model. This is the same Arjun Singh described elsewhere in this edition. as "the wily Thakur with a Byzantine mind and overweening ambition"
No, we don't That is why we don't want to vote for a party which will not separate Mosque and state.
We want Shah Bano to be paid her full alimony.
We don't want Shariah law for Indian Muslims, we don't want Muslim Panchayats to interfere like they did in the Imrana rape case.
We don't want Madrassas to to be exempt from RTE, common syllabus for all Indians, indifferent to religion.
We also want justice for the 3,000 Sikhs who were butchered in 1984.
We want uniform civil code for all Indians.
Now, a question for Naqvi, Why have you, a supposedly progressive Muslims not demanded this for your community?
And Mr Pigvijay, Will your party carry out the necessary actions that were listed above. After all you're a progressive party, or are you?
Digvijay, who is a loose canon let loose by Quota-loving Muslim Congress, a traitor to the core. For him Muslim terrorism is a small infraction that should be tolerated by the grandeur of secularism. But if Hindus react angrily to the umpteenth bombing and umpteen deaths he immediately sees saffron terror. How long would Hindus need to tolerate the Jihadi terror? Until they are turned into a mental wreck? Will this satisfy this mad Congress scoundrel? These are real questions as Congress has been attempting to Islamise this nation on the sly.
" We have been opposing these extremists elements in both the Hindu and Muslim communities forom the beginning. The Congress is a liberal party. We have been fighting fundamentalists even before independence when we fought the Muslim League on one side and the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha on the other side." Now if you get get rid of corruption, you will have a fine party again! But I must say this is a good interview. I like his self-cinfidence.