The irresponsible Indian Home Minister: Sack him

See this: Patil links Afzal to Sarabjit; BJP says 'nonsense'.

It appears that minister Shivraj Patil does not have a clue of even the most basic details of both the cases.

AFZAL is an *Indian* citizen, sentenced to death by the *Indian* "Supreme court" after extensive investigations and proceedings and appeals, for the crime of waging war against India by attacking the Indian parliment and killing Indian policemen on duty. He has been treated in a dignified manner in the Indian prisons for 4 years. He himself accepts the crime and asks for "sympathy" as part of his clemency petition... And remember, India is a secular, democratic country, known for its reasonably impartial Justice system.

SARABJIT is an *Indian* citizen, about to be hanged by the *Pakistani* government based on frivolous charges, after trial by just lower courts with no options for any appeal at any level, most probably in a case of mistaken identity, for one "Man singh" who was allegedly involved in some bomb blasts in Pak. He has been tortured in the Paki jails for more than 18 years... And Remember Pakistan is a rouge Islamist Jihadist state ruled by a dictatorship, with horrible record of Judiciary and of treating its own non-Mulsim minorities, particularly Hindus.

Where is the comparison, Mr. Home Minister?
Do you also mean to say that, in case if Pak. govt. gives clemency to Sarbajit, should India *free* all the Jihadi terrorists it has captured?

With a home minister like this, is there any surprise that Islamist bombs are exploding all over India and killing patriotic, innocent Indian citizens?

BJP should not just stop with calling this "nonsense". They should press for this guy to be sacked.

தீவிரவாத குற்றவாளிக்கு பரிந்து பேசும் இந்திய அரசு: வெட்கக்கேடு!

ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் தீவிரவாத குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டு காவலில் இருக்கும் முகமது ஹனீஃபிற்காக இந்திய அரசும், ஊடகங்களும் போட்டி போட்டுக் கொண்டு அன்பைப் பொழிந்து கொண்டிருப்பதைக் கண்டு மனம் நொந்த ஜடாயு "டைம்ஸ் ஆஃப் இந்தியா" பத்திரிகைக்கு எழுதிய கடிதம் -

Dear Editor,

There are news reports that “Stepping up pressure on Australia over Mohammad Haneef issue, India on Tuesday summoned its ambassador in New Delhi to convey its concern and emphasize that the doctor from Bangalore be treated in a fair manner”. This, a day after Indian government made an extra ordinary request to Australia to treat Dr. Haneef fairly.

Has the Indian govt. ever cared to summon the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, where many Indian citizens are the victims of extreme brutality and torture from their employers, apart from non-payment of wages? Has the Indian govt. ever expressed its concern for the Indian women victims who get sexually abused in these Gulf countries, often by the men who employ them?

Ah! What an exemplary and overt gesture of solidarity overflowing from Indian government officials and the prime minister himself for *one* Mohammed Haneef accused of criminal conspiracy in the UK terror plot! For a Haneef, merely detained for questioning in Australia, neither harassed or insulted, but treated in the best possible manner, certainly under conditions much better than Indian police lockups. Can the craving for a couple of Muslim votes bring a PM and his political bosses stoop to such abominable levels?

Today’s Times of India has dedicated one full page interview of Haneef’s wife with her emotional outbursts. Did this newspaper publish even a quarter page report of the travails of the family of Suryanarayana, the Engineer from Hyderabad who was brutally beheaded after torture by the Jihadi gangs of Afghanistan in April 2006, when he was posted in that country on Indian government service? Does anyone remember this newspaper publishing a one-page interview of a widow of a Kargil war hero?

What do the Indian govt. and the media want to convey to the citizens of India, Indian expatriates and the world at large?
That, they will turn a blind eye to the sufferings of innocent Indian expatriates, hardworking and law abiding in their countries of residence, but will empathize totally with the expatriates getting arrested for questionable and unlawful activities and Jihadi terrorism, bringing disgrace to the nation?
That Indian government welcomes and nurtures Jihadi terrorists and is deeply concerned about their fair treatment and well being?
That India is ready to be a sanctuary for the Jihadi murderers who will stage bomb blasts in India, killing Indian citizens to rehearse for bigger International operations?

Shame on such a government, Shame on such a media.

Jataayu,
Bangalore