Oct 30, 2008

India - Making a matyr of a gunman

In normal times, the Mumbai police would not have drawn much flak for the killing of a gun-wielding youth who was threatening bus passengers and bystanders. These, however, are not normal times. The shooting-to-death of Rahul Raj Kundan Prasad Singh, who came to Mumbai from Patna in search of a job, is witnessing a rapid rise in political temperatures in Bihar as well as Maharashtra. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who argued that the police could have overpowered Rahul without shooting him down, sent across an Inspector-General of Police to Mumbai to collect details of the incident and submit a report. Union Ministers Lalu Prasad and Ramvilas Paswan were also quick to condemn the killing. For its part, the Maharashtra government defended the police action and ordered a high-level probe. Not to be left out, Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray, the estranged cousin of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, asked the political leaders of Bihar to keep off Maharashtra. The incident would not have provoked such sharp reactions were it not for the larger context of the hate politics carried on by the Shiv Sena and its offshoot, the MNS, against north Indians. According to those who knew Rahul, the case was particularly tragic because he was motivated by anger over MNS activists targeting Bihari youth looking for employment in Mumbai; and the attack on those appearing for a Railway Recruitment Board examination on October 19 deeply disturbed him. In brandishing his gun at the passengers and the conductor, Rahul was apparently trying to convey a message to the MNS chief through the police and the media. That he did this consciously as a political statement has made his case politically volatile in both States.

The anger in political circles in Bihar over the use of ‘excessive’ force by the Mumbai police is symptomatic of the widespread outrage against the attacks on Biharis by the MNS thugs. Rahul is now being seen as a martyr in the cause of unemployed youth looking for jobs in Mumbai. Whatever the findings of the probe ordered by the Maharashtra government, the larger issues raised by the controversy will not die down so long as the Sena and the MNS persist with their toxic chauvinism. The Janata Dal (United) led by Mr. Kumar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal led by Mr. Prasad, and the Lok Jan Shakti Party led by Mr. Paswan are essentially regional parties without much support beyond Bihar. They too are susceptible to the pulls of chauvinism. If competitive chauvinism is not to overwhelm the two States, the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government in Maharashtra needs to act tough with the likes of Raj Thackeray.

3 comments:

Nynol said...

i support the mns cause against anti-discrimination but i don't support there violent ways. btw, the protesters were not MNS people but common angry marathi speaking people who took the streets today. not raj's gundha's like the TV says. i like to look at the root of the problem and a problem which our north-indian news channels have cunningly ignored to telecast to argue about - unemployment in bihar/UP.

i think a state or any state is only equipped to handle it's own baggage. if there are people coming in then there should be equal people going out. a balance has to be maintained. the administrations of UP and bihar have failed to provide jobs to it's own stock and which is why the stock considers traveling to other states for jobs. the people to blame here is not raj thackray or MNS or north indians... but it's the administration of these two states who are to blame.

but since lallu controls the railway ministry and SP holds the UPA govt. together any actions against them is very unlikely. finally, it also shows the discrimination and vote bank politics played by the UPA govt. the common marathi voice speaks. no it screams.

Shifting Sands said...

my 2 cents on this: (kind of lenghthy all of the things I say below but LOLS :-) I am just a common hindi man with a lot on my mind)

Man, don't forget that we (the people of Bihar cum UP) are the fucking cream of this country when it comes to education, getting in to high posts through competitions, in top education institutes like IIT's n IIM's, go look anywhere, marketing, journalism, technical fields, any-fucking-where, you will find us at the top. Don't fucking underestimate us... the culture n religion of this country spawned from our lands n we ruled this fucking country till now and will continue to do so, we control the media, politics, entertainment, whatever!!!

this claiming-to-be-well-read-intelligent-visionary but a cheap wanna be 'politician' Raj Thackeray continues to gives fiery speeches, cites examples from history of all over the world but the fact is that he doesn't have a clue. He tells the frustrated Maharshtrians what he thinks is the cause of all of the problems of Maharashtra. Of course he tells them so because when growing up, 'politician' uncle Bala told him so. Of course Bala uncle didn't have a clue either, somebody in a lungi molested him in his own childhood and he tried taking revenge on all lungi's when he grew up.

The stupid cunt and you Ghatti's who think is right have made it sound like Mumbai is fucking Singapore or Dubai and Bihar cum UP are as bad as Africa to the globe, the differences aren't that bad!! it can't even be faked!! Its common knowledge that the British developed Bombay city as a port and well, we can thank them and all of the communities in Mumbai since independence who made it the great city it is now. (of course that includes the Marathi community also which has always been here in big numbers) while farmers continue to commit suicide, youth instigated by such netas as Raj himself carry on the violence, the truth is that rural and semi urban Maharashtra has some of the highest number of Rapes and Murders in the country while development just isn't reaching these inner parts of the state, it's limited to major urban centers like Puna, Nashik, Mumbai only...

Raj Thackeray really doesn't hanged in daylight public and then and this will tell anybody so cunts what happens when you do a thing like this

Nynol said...

Man, don't forget that we (the people of Bihar cum UP) are the fucking cream of this country when it comes to education
hmmm... looking at the literacy late... i don't think so. maharashtra and the rest of the four south states have a better literacy/education rate's combined.

getting in to high posts through competitions,
name a few for me please. don't quote me anything from those stupid gana nachna TV shows.

in top education institutes like IIT's n IIM's,
technical fields, any-fucking-where,
go look anywhere, marketing,

bangalore and hyderabad are the the two IT destinations where everyone goes. pune will be the next one. most management guru's are mallu's. south states are the one's who are ahead in bio, research and technology. people from south and the gujarati/punjab descent are more likely to get HB1 visa's than anyone else in this country.

journalism,
this is the only one i agree with. and much of it is biased. i'd rather watch porn than this BS.

you will find us at the top.
plz name them...

Don't fucking underestimate us...
i already have. you obviously have no friends or relatives living abroad or working in any leading companies to tell you about the facts. good luck with these dreams, you have of yourselves.

the culture n religion of this country spawned from our lands n we ruled this fucking country till now and will continue to do so,
islamic invasion had a great impact on north indian culture. it still does. those north indian women who cover there faces with there saris are an aftermath effect of islamic invasion. south states are the one's following the hindu culture in it's true and pure form. that's why you'll find most of the foreign tourists roaming around the villages of south indian states. jodhpur is just for kings and queens.

we control the media
the media is an open mine field. most maharashtrians don't even watch hindi news channels. south indians is a long story. your the only one's watching that BS and agitating for a useless reason in bihar.

politics
north indian politics is sh!t. west bengal tortures itself with communism. bihar and UP have leaders like lallu prased yadav and other muslim appeasing politicians like ram vilas paswan and mulayam singh yadav and the list is endless. the real issue is the worthlessness of UP/bihar. since independence, they have been the largest exporters of unemployed youth not just to different parts of india but also to the world at large. the migrants exercised a huge opportunity during the 1960-70's. resulting in a huge demography change in the city. even today the number of UP/bihar folks working in govt. houses in mumbai is huge. the marathi stock started migrating after the late 80's and early 90's and were surprised to find this weird demography of the city. result was that they got pissed and angry. this talk about kicking the north indians has been going on since the early nineties. raj thackray was to the one who gave it a mainstream platform. and the marathi crowd cheered. banning raj or the MNS won't do much good. it'll be someone else who'll speak his words after him and someone else the day after that.

it's amazing that no north-india backed news channel has questioned the worthlessness of the UP/bigar govt. in providing jobs to the local stock or attracting industries there.

assurances and fulfillment of water/sanitation, electricity, transport, SECURITY is what is needed to attract industries. after 60 years of independence, bihar/UP has a long way to go. muslim appeasement/vote bank politics is all they seem to know. there latest agenda: lift the ban on SIMI!!!

entertainment, whatever!!!
south indian entertainment industry is bigger than what you have over there. plus they make original films. and there actors don't have any underworld or pakistani or bangladeshi links. and there industry isn't ruled by any khan khandan. there black and there proud of it and they got even brains to launch a satellite into space or send a man to the moon. maybe someday the north indians could shed there years of islamic hangover and join the true dravidian power and hinduism as it truly should be!!!

this claiming-to-be-well-read-intelligent-visionary but a cheap wanna be 'politician' Raj Thackeray continues to gives fiery speeches, cites examples from history of all over the world but the fact is that he doesn't have a clue. He tells the frustrated Maharshtrians what he thinks is the cause of all of the problems of Maharashtra. Of course he tells them so because when growing up, 'politician' uncle Bala told him so. Of course Bala uncle didn't have a clue either, somebody in a lungi molested him in his own childhood and he tried taking revenge on all lungi's when he grew up.
politicians like raj and bal are fighting your fight. when you elect a leader, then its his job to provide the local people with jobs and infrastructure etc etc. well, it's been more than 60 years and you guys still have security issues in bihar/UP. maharashtra and punjab and orissa and south states have been carrying your weight since independence. when will you be self sufficient. the time had come to give you guys a kick in the butt and instead you revolted against the feeders themselves. you should have protested against your worthless govt. but you didn't. you still have lot to learn. and you will still continue to migrate to other states for jobs and get kicked because of this attitude of yours.

The stupid cunt and you Ghatti's who think is right have made it sound like Mumbai is fucking Singapore or Dubai and Bihar cum UP are as bad as Africa to the globe, the differences aren't that bad!! it can't even be faked!! Its common knowledge that the British developed Bombay city as a port and well, we can thank them and all of the communities in Mumbai since independence who made it the great city it is now. (of course that includes the Marathi community also which has always been here in big numbers) while farmers continue to commit suicide,
fine, then don't come to maharashtra or south india for jobs and tell your people not to come here. less weight for us. slowly punjab and haryana and orissa and the rest of the states will start kicking you out to. it's not regionalism... it's kicking some useless people out.

youth instigated by such netas as Raj himself carry on the violence, the truth is that rural and semi urban Maharashtra has some of the highest number of Rapes and Murders in the country while development just isn't reaching these inner parts of the state, it's limited to major urban centers like Puna, Nashik, Mumbai only...
your lecturing the wrong states about law and order my friend. our women can walk the streets without any fool always starting at her. she can work late nights and feel secured. understand the facts before lecturing us about some thing that we don't care about because it's not even there.

Raj Thackeray really doesn't hanged in daylight public and then and this will tell anybody so cunts what happens when you do a thing like this
beta yeh english poetry bandh kar aur apne neta ko bol ki janwaroh ka chara khana bandh kare aur sache hindu banee... muslimo ki katlutli nahi. aur jobs provide karne ke barre mai bolna mut bhulna.