I generally do not write on political issues, however, the happenings in the last few months or so have compelled me to write something on the present situation.
Last week when I was flying to Delhi for an official visit, the city got rocked by the bomb blasts once again. As I was being taken to the company guest house, I was listening to the FM in the car. The RJ was urging the people to follow the spirit of Delhi & maintain calm & the next day people were being lauded as the normalcy had returned in Delhi. The same spirit of Delhi stuff was being repeated. I think we have taken to Gandhism or Gandhigiri, whatever you like to call it, too seriously. Otherwise what explains the series of bomb blasts other than the Gandhian Philosophy of presenting the other cheek when slapped once. We have been slapped not once, not twice but God knows how many times. However we continue to laud the so called spirits of our cities be it Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore or for that matter any city.I have a question, is this so called spirit really laudable or exemplary? Isn't this an act of cowardice on part of the government & the general citizens that some scums murder people in broad daylight and we continue our lives as nothing has happened.
Our government and the other political parties along with the so called champions of people like the media and the human rights groups are once again playing the blame game. The BJP wants a tough law to counter terrorism, while the government says will the same law be applicable to groups like Bajrang Dal etc. The media is playing the stooge and the human rights groups do not want any tough law. There is also a debate on what can be classified as terrorism. All this blame game is taking us nowhere and is a mere hogwash for the citizens.
First of all, let me define terrorism. Terrorism is an act of violence against civilians to achieve political or ideological objectives by creating fear. I think it is quite a clear definition and incorporates all types of terrorism which we are witnessing, be it the bomb blasts, killings in the name of religion or the vandalism against the North Indians in parts of Maharashtra.
So how to tackle it? The best way is to use the force. Remember what happened in Punjab. As long as the politicians were dilly dallying the issue, things were getting worse. Once force was used things came under control. Terrorism cannot be controlled as long as the terrorists are there. So to eliminate terrorism we have to eliminate the terrorists. We cant let a group of people to hold the general citizenary to ransom for whatever reason. Catch the terrorists and hang them in public view. A terrorist is a terrorist, he has no religion. Hence be it the SIMI or the Bajrang Dal or the MNS, all have to be meted with the same punishment. I can assure you that once 10 of them are killed things will start coming under control. Today situation has gone out of control as the terrorists take it for granted that they are above the law. What else can explain the fact that Afjal Guru is still alive despite being sentenced to death by the Supreme Court years ago. We have had enough talking. This is the time for action and showing the intent for eliminating this menace. The government and the opposition should come together in tackling this issue otherwise what has been shown in the movie "A Wednesday" might become a reality. And that is the day I dread as a law abiding citizen of this country.
