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‘The party chose to pander to Muslim fears’: Wikileaks cable on Congress’ dangerous politics over 26/11 terror attack

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‘The party chose to pander to Muslim fears’: Wikileaks cable on Congress’ dangerous politics over 26/11 terror attack

A leaked WikiLeaks document reveals how the Congress party played politics over the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. It did not escape the notice of even the then U.S. ambassador to India, David Mulford.

Minority Affairs Minister Antulay’s remarks

In the leaked memo, Mulford is seen talking about the Congress party’s politics over the 26/11 Mumbai tragedy. He mentions that P. Chidambaram officially denied any Hindutva link to the terror attacks after the UPA Minority Affairs Minister made outrageous claims. Antulay had claimed that Hindutva element was behind the death of Hemant Karkare. Antulay said,  “Superficially speaking, they (terrorists) had no reason to kill Karkare. Whether he (Karkare) was a victim of terrorism or terrorism plus something I do not know.” “Karkare found that there are non-Muslims involved in acts of terrorism in some cases. Any person going to the roots of terrorism has always been the target,” Antulay had said, adding: “There is more than what meets the eye.”

Mulford’s scathing observations

Soon after the initial denial of Antulay’s rhetoric, the party issued statements which “implicitly endorsed” the conspiracy theories, Mulford observed. “The Congress party, after first distancing itself from the comments (of Antulay, the then Minority Affairs Minister), two days later issued a contradictory statement which implicitly endorsed the conspiracy. During this time, Mr Antulay’s completely unsubstantiated claims gained support in the conspiracy-minded Indian—Muslim community,” Mulford wrote in his secret cable to the State Department on December 23, 2008. “Hoping to foster that support for upcoming national elections, the Congress Party cynically pulled back from its original dismissal and lent credence to the conspiracy,” he added.

Mulford also observed that the Congress party chose to engage in dangerous identity politics for electoral benefits. He wrote, “The party chose to pander to Muslims’ fears, providing the impetus for those in the Muslim community who will continue to play up the conspiracy theory. While cooler heads eventually prevailed within the Congress leadership,
the idea that the party would entertain such outlandish claims proved once again that many party leaders are still wedded to the old identity politics. The seventy-nine-year-old Antulay was probably bewildered to find that his remarks, similar in vein to what he would have routinely made in the past to attack the BJP, created such a furore this time.”

It is interesting to note that the Congress’ minority appeasement politics did not escape the eyes of even the U.S. ambassador to India. It is also pertinent to mention that senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh also attended the release of a book titled “26/11: An RSS conspiracy?” at the India Islamic Cultural Centre.

Congress mouthpiece National Herald publishes article denigrating Hindu Epics

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Congress mouthpiece National Herald publishes article denigrating Hindu Epics

Congress mouthpiece National Herald in an article titled, “Are our epics replete with #MeToo sagas?” has argued that “Disregard for women’s consent and misogyny are deeply rooted in our religious, cultural and literary traditions”.


In the article, the author Kuldeep Kumar argues that the Holy texts of Hinduism, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are deeply patriarchal and disregard and disrespect women’s consent. It appears that the author has done so without a proper understanding of the texts. The author also wrongly believes that Suparnakha was punished for ‘expressing her sexuality’. He writes, “The punishment was reserved for Ravan’s sister Suparnakha who gave expression to her sexuality and told Rama that she fancied him. Her nose and ears were cut off.”

The article comes only days after the Twitter CEO created a storm with the ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy‘ placard. The article in the Congress mouthpiece contributes to the Leftist agenda of painting Hinduism as a ‘patriarchal’ religion.

People on Twitter were not happy with the Congress mouthpiece for publishing an article that misrepresents Hinduism and let their thoughts known.


The Congress party and its President Rahul Gandhi has been trying hard to shed its anti-Hindu image in recent times. However, in light of party members regularly playing communal politics against Hindus and now the party mouthpiece publishing an article that attacks the Holy texts of Hindus, their true motivations appear highly questionable.

Recently, senior Congress leader from Madhya Pradesh was caught saying, “If we did not get 90 percent votes of the Muslim community then we will face a huge loss. We have the numbers. You know where the Muslims votes. You have to take care where those votes were cast. If we have received fewer votes then what are the reasons behind it. You have to postmortem the reasons behind it.”

A video also emerged where Kamal Nath was heard telling Muslim leaders, “We will deal with them later but you’ll have to suffer everything until the assembly elections.” BJP leaders claim that he was referring to Hindus while others are of the opinion that Nath was referring to the RSS. Regardless of who he was referring to, Nath’s rhetoric appears to be extremely problematic for the Congress party.

The Congress party and its ally JD(S)’ government in Karnataka also has been celebrating ‘Tipu Jayanti’, birth anniversary a Muslim ruler who is widely condemned for his atrocities against Hindus. Senior leader Shashi Tharoor claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ‘Scorpion on a Shivling’ who you can neither remove with your hand nor hit with a chappal.

The Congress party’s history of peddling an anti-Hindu agenda is well known. Now that its own mouthpiece has published an article denigrating the Hindu faith, it appears the Congress party president’s new found respect for Hinduism is just for political gimmicks.

As Rahul Gandhi prays at Ajmer Dargah before talking in Pokhran, here is Congress’ tarnished history with both places

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As Rahul Gandhi prays at Ajmer Dargah before talking in Pokhran, here is Congress’ tarnished history with both places

As a part of campaigning for assembly elections in Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited and offered prayers at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah today. He was accompanied by Rajasthan Congress president Sachin Pilot and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot. After that, he addressed a rally in Pokhran.

As the Congress leaders visited the shrine, its dark past where Congress leaders were also associated, comes to mind. One recalls the mass rape and sexual exploitation that had happened at Ajmer which was exposed in 1992. Several members of the ‘Khadim’ family, who are the traditional caretakers of the Dargah, were involved in the crime.

The modus operandi of this crime was similar to what the Muslim grooming gangs have been doing in the UK in recent times. They would trap one girl and manage to take obscene images. Then they would blackmail the girl into familiarising them to her classmates and friends. Eventually, other girls would be raped, sexually exploited and have their pictures taken. The cycle continued so forth. The gang continued to expand its operations and victimise an increasing number of girls.

Local police were aware of this organised crime, but they turned a blind eye because the Khadims were powerful people with connections in high places. Even after a local newspaper exposed the crime, the prosecution was difficult as not many girls were ready to come forward and testify.

One of the main accused in the case was Farooq Chishty, president of Ajmer Congress. Other two persons accused in the case were vice-president and joint secretary of the city Congress unit. Initially, Farooq escaped prosecution by claiming to be mentally unstable. The defence was successful in proving that he had developed schizophrenia. He was convicted much later in 2007 by a fast track court.

It was estimated that more 500 girls became victims of this gang, most of them Hindus, while the criminals were Muslims. Rapists were not the only people to have exploited the helpless girls, others also joined in harassing them. Many local papers and tabloids had got photographs clicked by rapists, and they used those photos to extort money from the girls by blackmailing them.

Pokhran is the place where India has conducted its nuclear tests. And while Rahul Gandhi visits the place to campaign for election, the stand of the Congress party on the tests can’t be ignored.

While the first nuclear test was done at the same location by Indira Gandhi government in 1974, Congress reaction to the second test by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1998 was dubious.

While the tests were vital in building India’s nuclear weapons, the Congress party had actually opposed the tests. Then Congress president Sonia Gandhi had said that “real strength lies in restraint, not in the display of shakti,” referring to Operation Shakti, the name given to the operation. Party spokesperson Salman Khurshid said that BJP had done the test for political reasons and not to enhance the security of the nation. India’s neighbouring enemies have nuclear weapons, despite that fact, the Congress party had opposed the nuclear tests.

‘Why are you Muslims afraid when Digvijaya Singh is here’? says the veteran Congress leader

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‘Why are you Muslims afraid when Digvijaya Singh is here’? says the veteran Congress leader

The senior Congress leader, Digvijaya Singh has stoked a fresh controversy ahead of Madhya Pradesh assembly polls. As per a report in Republic TV, while addressing a public rally in the state, the former MP Chief Minister made some objectionable statements, asserting that he had been receiving a bad name for helping the Muslims and Dalits because they are being constantly threatened from different sections of society.

“Congress workers have been dying for 15 years. He has been receiving a bad name, he has been going to jail. He has been dragged into false cases and still, we(BJP) are working in the direction of defeating Congress? They should be ashamed. I am quite sad. I am in deep grief as I am making this speech in front of you. Dalits are being threatened. Muslims are being threatened. Why are you Muslims afraid when your leader Digvijaya Singh is here. I have been infamous for helping Dalits and Muslims,” said Digvijaya Singh during an election rally.

The Congress has been busy dialling up its Hindutva image in Madhya Pradesh before the state assembly elections.

Retaliating to these statements former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and BJP leader Uma Bharti attacked the Congress party for always resorting to caste-based politics. “Congress has always been a party that plays the caste card. They have always indulged into communalism. It has divided the country in the name of religion. They have attacked the Sikhs in the name of caste. It is an opportunist party. It is a party that believes in superstitions. It has resulted in the degradation of the country. It has only divided the country in the name of caste and religion,” said Uma Bharti while speaking to reporters in the matter.

Recently, a video had surfaced where party veteran, Kamalnath was caught on camera resolving to use the Muslim card, weeks before the Madhya Pradesh state elections. In a ‘behind-closed-door-meeting’, Kamal Nath was perceived saying that ‘only the Muslim votes can make the Congress party win’. He is the same person who had promised that a Gaushala will be built at every Panchayat in the state of Madhya Pradesh. These statements coming from a Congress veteran have exposed the devious intent of the party which has made Soft Hindutva in public, minority appeasement in private and creating caste divide in secret its latest mantra.

However, these kinds of untimed statements from senior party members may cause troubled predicaments for the Congress party who has been lately trying its best to project its ‘soft-Hindutva’ image.

Congress’ approach towards wooing voters always seem to be caste or community-based. It has earlier too projected its predisposition towards the minority community. So far so a decade ago the Congress-led UPA government had submitted before the supreme court that “there was no historical proof of Lord Ram”.

Continuing in this context, in December, the Congress party had decided to maintain ambiguity over its stance on Ram Mandir by refraining from commenting on the matter. The explanation was given then, that it would be unfair to comment on a matter that is sub-judice. Its senior leader Kapil Sibal though was making other noises, with reports claiming that he was trying to delay the verdict in the matter, by openly trying to push the issue beyond the 2019 elections.

Rahul Gandhi furthering the anti-Hindu stance, which his party actually, fundamentally, believes in, had told the US ambassador that Hindu extremists were a bigger threat to India in the context of the Lashkar-e-taiba.

Besides this Hindu terror bogey, was the infamous communal violence bill which the Congress-led UPA government wanted to enact. All this is apart from the noise made by the state level leadership of the Congress, which includes Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah asking for the opinion of district heads regarding withdrawal of cases lodged against people from the minority community.

For a party that has been in power for the major part of India’s independent history, Congress’ tactic of bringing caste, religion, and communities rather than issues of development as their election agenda only exposes its own failure. As the 2019 general elections draw close, the once grand party of India’s politics seems to be fighting a desperate battle.

Petrol prices decline by an average of almost Rs 10, Diesel by Rs 6.5 in the last 8 weeks

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Petrol prices decline by an average of almost Rs 10, Diesel by Rs 6.5 in the last 8 weeks

Ever since the astronomical rise in prices of Brent crude in the international market and the weakening rupee against the dollar, the fuel prices of Petrol and Diesel in the Indian markets were at an all-time high.

However, now the country is witnessing a steady decline in petrol and diesel rates in the last several weeks. To understand the quantum of reduction in prices of fuel, We have analysed the reduction in rates of fuel in four metro cities: Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata.

Mumbai

From the high of Rs. 91.39 on October 4, 2018, the rates have come down 12.3% to Rs. 80.12/litre on November 23, 2018. In the month of November alone, the petrol rates have come down approximately 5.6% in the city of Mumbai.

Similarly, from the high of Rs. 80.15/litre for diesel in Mumbai, the price has drastically come down to Rs. 72.65/litre, a reduction of 9.3% in a matter of a few weeks.

New Delhi

In the last 20 days, there has been a marked decrease in the prices of fuel in the Nation’s capital New Delhi. Petrol which was available at Rs. 84.06 in early October is now available at Rs. 74.58, a reduction of staggering 11.27%.

Whereas the current price of Diesel in New Delhi is Rs. 69.38/litre. The decline is about 8.3% from the high of Rs. 75.74/litre around mid-October.

Bengaluru

Petrol was soaring at Rs. 84.72/litre on October 4 in the Southern metropolis of Bengaluru. Since then, there has been a fall in the prices and it is currently almost 11% cheaper from its high at Rs. 75.17/litre.

The diesel was at a high of Rs. 75.89/litre last month. It has firmly come down from mid-October and is at Rs. 69.74/litre, down about 8.1%.

Kolkata

Petrol prices saw a steep fall of about 10.3% to Rs. 76.94/litre this month from its high of Rs. 85.8/litre in the last month in the city of Kolkata.

Diesel prices in Kolkata were at unprecedented levels around 18th of October, 2018 at around Rs. 77.54/litre. Since then, there has been a downward trend in the prices of Diesel in Kolkata. The current price of Diesel in Kolkata is about Rs. 71.55/litre and is 7.7% down from its high.

If the price decline in the 4 largest metropolitan cities are averaged out, Petrol prices have declined by almost Rs 10, Diesel by Rs 6.5 in the last 8 weeks.

It is also anticipated by think tanks across the world that the prices of Brent crude might go down further, resulting in an additional decline in the fuel prices.

But as the prices of fuel have been firmly going down, in the last couple of weeks, in particular, the praise around the declining fuel prices haven’t matched the decibels the soaring prices of fuel did. In fact, the brickbats and the praise should not accrue to the Modi government since the prices of Petrol would follow the international markets. However, opposition’s selectivity reaks of political opportunism.

Note: The data collected for the above representation is as of November 26, 2018, and sourced from Mypetrolprice.

Sex workers in US have been accused of evading taxes, on Snapchat

K Bhattacharjee
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Sex workers in US have been accused of evading taxes, on Snapchat

In one of the most extraordinary series of events in recent times, ‘right-wing tax squads’ in the United States of America are reporting sex workers with premium accounts on Snapchat to the government for tax evasion. And from the initial reaction by the sex workers, it appears at least some of them are guilty of the charge.

The events were set in motion allegedly by a Facebook user called David Wu who started the hashtag #ThotAudit and was then popularized by highly controversial pick-up artist Roosh Valizadeh. ‘Thot’ is an internet derogatory slang for sexually promiscuous women. Roosh tweeted, “Online thots are finding out that all income generated from their breasts and vagina is taxable.”

Sex workers and their supporters are furious that they are being reported for tax evasion and claims it’s malice driven by hate towards women. Self-proclaimed ‘Thot leader’ and writer, Bridget Phetasy claimed that those reporting sex workers to the IRS for tax evasion had small penises.


A ‘Camgirl’ and ‘nudemodel’ claimed people who are reporting sex workers to the IRS feel entitled to women’s bodies.


Ford Fischer, a filmmaker according to his bio on Twitter, is blaming it on the sexual frustration of the men doing the reporting.


The general sentiment on the liberal side towards the phenomenon was captured by a Twitter user Repzilla who called it a ‘witch-hunt’ and ‘terrible disrespect of women’.


The right-wing, meanwhile, is having a field day. As per the right-wing, everyone should pay their fair share of taxes, especially those whose political affiliations are with the left-wing. They claim it’s hypocritical to demand free healthcare and college education for everyone which would translate to higher taxes for the ordinary citizen while not paying taxes themselves.

There appears to be significant support in favour of reporting sex workers to the IRS as well. In a Twitter poll run by Conservative and One News Network host Jack Posobiec, 73% of more than nine thousand users voted in favour of it.


The memes are flying thick and fast as well.


To make matters worse for sex workers on Snapchat, there’s a financial incentive as well for those reporting them to the IRS. As some have pointed out, the person will be rewarded with 30% of the tax recovered by the IRS if their information is correct.

There’s certainly a lot of schadenfreude flying around.


It might appear that it’s merely an instance where ‘trolls’ are reporting sex workers for tax evasion but it goes much deeper than that. It is another manifestation of the culture war that has ensured in the USA. Roosh, one of the central figures in the entire series of events, certainly perceives it as such.


The other side has embraced violent rhetoric in response. The tweet in the screenshot appears to have been deleted.


As per one website, there are over 33,000 such accounts on Snapchat. As per the law in the USA, sex workers are obliged to pay their fair share of taxes. Although they claim they are being targeted for being a woman, they are indeed in violation of the law if they are not paying taxes on their income.

It certainly appears to be true that they are being reported out of malice but it’s not something those doing the reporting have denied. What’s unclear is whether they are being reported because the ‘Right-Wing Tax Squads’ hate women in general or because they hate ‘thots’. It certainly has turned into a carnival on fringes of the right who are celebrating the meltdown on the Left and with the added incentive of possible monetary reward, there’s nothing to lose here for the ‘trolls’ and plenty to gain.

It also goes on the show the extent of politicization of discourse in the United States and that the political battle has transformed into a full-blown culture war. Sex workers are the last people one would expect to suffer due to a political war between the Right and Left but since it has escalated into a culture war, they are suffering the brunt of it as well. That a lot of sex workers are believed by the right-wing to support the democratic party agenda of free healthcare and college education which translates into higher taxes for everyone also certainly contributed to it.

Madhya Pradesh: candidate polishes shoes to woo voters ahead of assembly polls

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Madhya Pradesh: candidate polishes shoes to woo voters ahead of assembly polls

Ahead of the five state assembly elections, politicians from all states are going the extra mile, in order to please the voters. In an attempt to garner attention, Sharad Singh Kumar, of Rashtriya Aamjan Party contesting on the election symbol of a shoe, has adopted a unique style of campaigning.

Singh is polishing shoes of people ahead of Madhya Pradesh Elections and says that he will make use of his unique election symbol to turn it into a blessing.

Speaking to ANI, Singh said, ”It was a free poll symbol that no one was willing to take. We took it and we will turn it into a blessing”.

Singh is not alone to have chosen a peculiar way to woo voters. Akula Hanumanth, an independent candidate from Korutla constituency of Jagtial district in Telangana had also adopted an unconventional way to impress the voters.

In another out of the box campaigning style he was seen distributing slippers and a signed slip to citizens, asking them to hit him with the same if he doesn’t fulfill their expectations after winning.

Congress too has been trying hard to lure voters in the upcoming Mizoram Assembly elections. It has promised in its election manifesto to provide free laptops every year to students who clear the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) exam for Class 10 and above

While Madhya Pradesh will go for the assembly elections for its 230 constituencies on November 28, people of Telangana will vote to elect legislators on December 7. The Mizoram legislative assembly election will also be held on 28 November 2018. Results will be declared on December 11.

IndiGo announces they will charge for every seat during web check in, Govt to review after outrage

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IndiGo announces they will charge for every seat during web check in, Govt to review after outrage

Low-cost airlines Indigo and Spicejet have recently announced that they will be charging the customers fees for web check-in for all the seats. Earlier, passengers used to pay the premium seats, like aisle, additional legroom and window seats.

Following the outrage on social media, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, on Monday tweeted clarification that it will review such fees to see if it falls within the unbundled pricing framework.


As per July 2015 circular of the Civil Aviation [pdf], states that tariff should include all relevant factors including cost of operation, service, reasonable profit and generally prevailing tariff.

DGCA circular, July 2015

The circular states that sometimes, the passengers do not require many of such services offered by the airline and hence, they should be unbundled to make the fares more affortable. Such services, among others, include preferential seating, meals and additional baggage charges.

Earlier, airlines used to charge anything between Rs. 200 to Rs. 800 for preferential seats, leaving seats like the middle ones free. However, now all these seats are chargeable at web check-in. The check-in at the airport, where seats would be assigned as per availability, is free.

While the nation mourns 26/11, Arvind Kejriwal calls a special session to discuss the mirchi attack on him

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While the nation mourns 26/11, Arvind Kejriwal calls a special session to discuss the mirchi attack on him

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has a penchant for skipping work and not attending the Assembly while in session, has called a special session to discuss the ‘chilli powder attack’ on him. A one-day special session will be held today to discuss the ‘chilli powder attack’ as well as alleged ‘mass deletion’ of names from the voters’ list.

The leader of Opposition in the Assembly, BJP’s Vijendra Gupta accused the government of calling a special session to raise ‘fictitious political issues to bluff the public’. Gupta added that Kejriwal government is raising dust and storm over non-existent issues while it does not deem fit to deliberate over serious issues such as pollution control and providing basic civic amenities.

The Congress, which does not have a single member in the legislative assembly, too, has slammed AAP accusing the party of ‘lowering’ the dignity of the House for holding a ‘special session’ for a ‘trivial issue’ like the chilli powder attack. In a letter to the Speaker of Delhi Assembly, Delhi Pradesh Congress Chief Ajay Maken expressed his disbelief that pressing matters such as increasing pollution in Delhi, law and order situation and dengue epidemic gripping the state is ignored while a personal problem of the chief minister is discussed in special assembly session.

Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government has earlier held special sessions of the Assembly for issues such as demanding a full statehood and to announce to the world that he is the ‘Delhi ke maalik‘. It was also during a special session where BJP MLAs were marshalled out for questioning the government over lack of water supply in the capital. As the party is known to have a penchant for tantrums that can put most toddlers to shame, guessing from the precedent set over past ‘special sessions’, it won’t be surprising if they pass a bill to declare chilli powder as an RSS proposed communal weapon being used by Modiji. The residents of Delhi should be prepared to beg for concessions to use Kashmiri Lal as Tikha Lal has no chances of surviving AAP’s wrath.

We are guessing if a new anti-Mirchi bill is passed by the overwhelmingly AAP dominated Delhi assembly, no vehicles will be allowed to hang Nimbu-Mirchi garlands on the front henceforth. Playing the superhit Govinda song ‘Tujhko Mirchi lagi toh main kya karoon’ will be treated as a punishable offence. Households will have to apply for a government permit to use Tadka in their Dals, which can be applied online and will be home delivered after an inspection. Radio Mirchi will be ordered to undergo a name change if they want broadcasting rights in Delhi.

It is also notable here that today, when the nation is mourning the 10th anniversary of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, AAP has deemed it fit to call a special session for so trivial an issue. AAP and its MLAs have been trying to gather an unwarranted level of attention and victimhood after the chilli powder attack. They first tried unsuccessfully to pin the blame on BJP. The MLAs have even called to exclude the Delhi Police personnel from the scheme that awards compensation to the families of martyrs because of their apparent ‘failure’ to protect their CM.

Tales of betrayal and Congress’ insensitivity as the 26/11 terror attack left 166 dead

Abhishek Banerjee
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Tales of betrayal and Congress’ insensitivity as the 26/11 terror attack left 166 dead

In 2013, when farmers were facing a severe drought, then Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar famously offered to urinate in the dams if people were running out of the water.

That has nothing to do with 26/11. It is just an anecdote that characterizes the arrogance and insensitivity of the misrule during the Sonia Gandhi years.

Today the secular establishment, humbled in the 2014 election, stands before the Indian people with hands folded, heads bowed and with a tilak on their foreheads. But when the terror attack of 26/11 happened at the height of their power in 2008, we saw a very different, or should we say the real face of both Indian secularism and global liberalism.

India is a young country. We must have hundreds of millions of people who were just kids at the time of the attacks in 2008. There’s no better time to tell these stories than today.

Rahul went out to party soon after the Mumbai attacks.

The attacks began on the night of Nov 26 and continued for nearly 60 hours. Counter-terrorist operations by security forces concluded somewhere around 8 am on Nov 29, which was a Saturday. Our people were mopping up the blood for days afterwards.

As the nation mourned, where was “youth icon” Rahul Gandhiji that weekend?

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He spent the weekend partying at a farmhouse with friends. They say that the party lasted till 5 am in the morning. Must have been real fun.

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So what if 166 innocent people have been killed, hundreds of families are in tatters and India’s security and prestige have been torn to shreds? For India’s most powerful people, the party must go on.

Please remember that this is the same Rahul Gandhi that media and intellectuals want to pass off as India’s greatest humanitarian.

The prince’s party mood after 26/11 stands in sharp contrast to his reaction after India carried out surgical strikes in Sept 2016. That’s when Rahul ji got really angry, blew a fuse and ended up calling PM Modi a “khoon ka dalal”.

Maharashtra CM personally gave his actor son Riteish and Director Ram Gopal Varma a tour of the battered Taj Hotel

We know that Rahul Gandhiji went out to party. What was Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh doing?

Well, on Saturday, Nov 29 morning soon after security forces concluded operations, Vilasrao Deshmukh personally gave a tour of the battered Taj Hotel to his actor son Riteish and Director Ram Gopal Varma.

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At the time there were murmurs that Ram Gopal Varma was considering making a movie on 26/11. And what could possibly have been more important than that for the Chief Minister of Maharashtra? It’s not like he had something more significant to do at the moment.

Some were partying, some were giving tours to Bollywood actors and directors. After all, the show must go on.

Kerala CM said ‘not even a dog’ would have visited Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s house

India’s Communists have never really liked our country and have definitely never been a fan of our security forces. They have always been more likely to be favourable towards the enemy. Whether in the 1962 war or during the long-running Maoist insurgency in several states.

But seeing the overwhelming public sympathy for slain NSG commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, the martyred son of Kerala, the Communist Chief Minister of the state felt compelled to make a show of visiting the family.

But then, some grieving people at the house of Major Unnikrishnan expressed some dislike towards politicians. The arrogant Kerala CM V S Achuthanandan left in a huff, telling the bereaved family that “not even a dog” would have visited their house.

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Keeping it classy as always. This is exactly what we would expect from Communists. Drunk on power and full of hatred towards India and our valiant troops. In fact, I would have been surprised if they had managed to say anything even slightly more sensitive.

Digvijay Singh attends the release of the book 26/11: An RSS conspiracy?

Once the Congress leaders had finished attending to more important business, such as attending parties and giving tours to Bollywood actors and directors, did they finally get to the serious stuff?

Could they come together and focus the world’s attention to Pakistan’s terrorist activities?

Of course not.

This is Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh at the release of the book “26/11: An RSS conspiracy?” at the India Islamic Cultural Centre.

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It wasn’t just this. The secular ecosystem at the time had floated numerous conspiracy theories at the time about the death of ATS Chief Hemant Karkare in the terror attack.

They cared about parties, tours for Bollywood folks and spreading rumours about their domestic political opponents. Who had the time to put up a united front against Pakistan?

To this day, I shudder to think what would have happened if Ajmal Kasab had not been captured alive. Would the secular ecosystem have fixed the blame for 26/11 attacks on the “Hindu terror”? Amar Balidani Tukaram Omble saved us all many more times than we might realize.

Global liberal outlets didn’t want to “judge” Ajmal Kasab, refused to call him a terrorist

Here are three headlines from three major “liberal” global outlets.

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Notice anything? Not “terrorist” but “gunman”.

The global liberal outlets didn’t want to sound too “judgmental” by calling them, terrorists. Even though some of them were trying to murder sick babies in their sleep at the Cama Hospital in Mumbai, which caters to women and children.

Still not “terrorists”. That kind of label would be too “judgmental” for Kasab and his friends.

They didn’t want to stick a label on Kasab. Not just when he carried out those attacks. Not just when we saw a video of him murdering people. Not even after he was tried and convicted.

Try to remember this when one of these outlets like BBC comes calling with a piece of shoddy “research” that tries to label people as producers of “fake news”  and tries to label nationalism as the “driving force” behind the fake news.

There is so much depressing content above that I wanted to end on a note of hope.

This is Baby Moshe today.

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The terrorists tried to snuff out his life when he was just a baby. But in a triumph of human spirit, Baby Moshe survived and he has become a lasting symbol of the bond between India and Israel, two nations suffering the scourge of jihadi terrorism.

Live long Baby Moshe. Live long and prosper.

When will jihadi terror come to an end? Will it last our whole lifetime? Will it last for the whole lifetime of our children? I have no idea. But let me tell you what legendary Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir is believed to have said. The conflict will come to an end when they love their children more than they hate ours.

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