Posts Tagged ‘Rajasthan’

Incitement to murder

…must be punished
There is an urgent need to crack down hard on ‘leaders’ (especially in Uttar Pradesh) who issue public calls for assassination.
In the Gurjjar stronghold of Sarsawa in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur district, Akhil Bharatiya Gurjjar Mahasabha president Chaudhary Virendra Singh has put Rs 5 crore reward on Vasundhara Raje’s head. “The Rajasthan CM is [...]

Non-opposition is costly

The BJP didn’t forcefully counter the UPA government’s communal socialism. It’s paying for it in Rajasthan
Let there be no mistake: those who organised the violent mass agitation demanding entitlements that go with a scheduled tribe (ST) status, including its leader Kirori Singh Bainsla, are responsible for the deaths and injuries that resulted. Surely in a [...]

What’s worse than being attacked by jihadi terrorists?

…receiving bizarre emails from them
The ‘Indian Mujahideen’ have sent an email, from a UK domain, claiming responsibility for carrying out the attacks in Jaipur. They have provided enough details, including the chassis number of one bicycle and video clips of others, that suggest that it’s not a hoax.
So what else do they have to [...]

Behind the timing of the Jaipur bombings

Why did terrorists carry out attacks in Jaipur yesterday?
Some hypotheses:
1. It’s just part of a long series. They struck when they were ready. Tactically, they set the bombs off on a day and at a time when they would do maximum damage. The venues were chosen to have another go at the “communal fabric”. The [...]

Jaipur attacked

And the fork in the road
A series of bomb blasts killed 80 people in Jaipur. According to the Times of India this is the 21st attack by Islamist terrorists in the last three years.
Here’s what it means: that we will just have to ‘live’ with this new threat to life. Or that we will take [...]