AAP: Anti-Modi stalking horse
| by Sandhya Jain | on 11 Mar 2014 | 10 Comments |
The Aam Aadmi Party’s links with questionable activists in India make sense if one studies its ‘Made in UK’ agenda, which explains the seemingly disparate causes it espouses, and its visceral hatred towards the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate. Informed sources say that the AAP core leaders are only foot soldiers whose task is to undermine Narendra Modi in concert with London buddies like Amrit Wilson and left-wing activists. The rabidly anti-Hindu Aavaz group is part of this spectrum.
To those outside the charmed circle, Amrit Wilson is a journalist, feminist, and spokesperson of the South Asia Solidarity Group (SASG), in which capacity she helped organise a demonstration outside the Brent Civic Centre in Wembley, London, to protest against Labour MP Barry Gardiner’s invitation to the Gujarat Chief Minister to come and address a meeting in the House of Commons on “The Future of Modern India” (September 9, 2013). Note that the Gujarat riots figure among the AAP’s major concerns.
The SASG also helped organise a protest in front of the Indian High Commission in London against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant; some British MPs wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against it in 2012. Their protest was against Russian collaboration, not N-energy. Senior AAP leaders met the church-backed anti-Kudankulam leader SP Udayakumar at the height of his movement; he has since joined the party.
Afzal Guru also roused passions abroad. Writing to the death row inmate in May 2007, Amrit Wilson said she had joined a dharna in his support in Delhi and had organised a meeting of Champa, an NGO set up in the memory of her parents, where Nandita Haksar explained his case. Wilson wrote, “I wanted to do whatever I could to support you”. On her return to London, SASG organised a protest in front of the Indian High Commission on Republic Day 2008 and got three British MPs and several representatives of Indian and Pakistani organisations to sign a letter urging the Indian President to grant him mercy. Wilson organised many events, including the Save Afzal Guru Campaign in the UK with several individuals and groups; they wrote to all Members of the European Parliament.
In a joint letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, these activists blamed Indian security forces for alleged violence against the stone-pelters in Kashmir and demanded repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). Prashant Bhushan’s supposedly unilateral call for amnesty for Afzal Guru, removal of AFSPA and referendum in Jammu & Kashmir coincide with Louis Mountbatten’s unfinished agenda which has continued under the guise of the Owen and Dixon Commissions, Musharraf formula, PUGWASH, and numerous Track-II initiatives.
AAP has not fared well on women’s issues, possibly because it was forced to defend the then Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti’s indecorous conduct with African women, which led former diplomat and founder-member Madhu Bhaduri to quit in disgust. But gender violence is a ruse for interference in the internal affairs of non-Western countries, so the party will likely pick it up at an opportune moment. It is pertinent that on March 3, 2014, the SASG and LSE Gender Institute organised a seminar at the London School of Economics on ‘Hindu fascism’, where Narendra Modi was indicted “for orchestrating gender violence” and demands raised to bring him to justice.
Nishrin Jafri Hussain, daughter of former Congress MP, late Ehsan Jafri, claimed that many women raped in the 2002 riots did not file reports due to shame and trauma. She alleged that when the Gulbarg housing society was attacked, her father called the central government for help, in vain, and when he phoned Narendra Modi, the latter replied ‘You are on your own Jafri, save yourself’. It may be pointed out that in no proceeding before Indian courts or the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team has it been reported that Ehsan Jafri called anyone in the Vajpayee Government the day he was killed, or that Narendra Modi personally refused to help him. However, the SASG-LSEGI declared that the international campaign to bring Modi to justice would continue – a warning that he can be captured in a Western country and dragged to The Hague like Slobodan Milosevic.
Minority rights (read appeasement) are a famed colonial legacy. Arvind Kejriwal’s mentor Aruna Roy, a member of Sonia Gandhi’s National Advisory Council, was among those who petitioned the President for mercy for Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving commando of the terror attack on Mumbai in November 2008.
The AAP’s prestige survived association with the above persons and causes, but allotment of the Hisar Lok Sabha seat to Yudhvir Khayalia, the IAS officer who succeeded Ashok Khemka and cleared all controversial land deals of Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, provoked a virtual revolt. Khayalia resigned as Commissioner Hisar Division on February 9 and joined the party.
Eyebrows have been raised over the entry of suspected Maoist Soni Sori and Odisha Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda into the AAP. Panda is implicated in the abduction of two Italian tourists (later released) and carries an award of Rs 5 lakh on his head. In 2011, he quit the CPI (Maoist) and formed the Odisha Maobadi Party. AAP leader Gopal Rai, ex-member of Sonia Gandhi’s NAC, began his political career as president of the All India Students Association, a wing of the pro-Maoist CPI-ML. Magsaysay Award winner Medha Patkar (Mumbai North East, AAP) and Sandeep Pandey were thrown out of Dantewada town, Chhattisgarh, in January 2010, by tribals angry with their pro-Naxal activism. Prashant Bhushan was a Maoist mediator some years ago.
Concerns over the foreign links of AAP leaders (including as the original Lokpal movement) were voiced as recently as March 4 by National Council member Ashwini Upadhyay. In an email to the Prime Minister, Home Minister and both Leaders of Opposition, he warned that the CIA, ISI, Ford Foundation, Aavaz and other foreign agencies are funding Indian NGOs and individuals, many of whom are pro-separatist, pro-Maoist, pro-terrorist. He alleged that these agencies are also recruiting people on lines of caste and creed to weaken the social unity and integrity of the nation. Many of these persons are now contesting Parliamentary and Assembly elections as part of a foreign conspiracy; similar methods had caused the collapse of the USSR. Upadhyay said the conspiracy could be unmasked by examining the list of persons and organisations funded directly and indirectly by these agencies in the past ten years. This is sound advice.
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thanks Sandhya. U are o/s as always. Ishwar Bless.
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Popular Front of India organized a massive ‘National Political Conference’ in Calicut from 13 to 15 February 2009. As part of the conference, fundamentalists took out a huge rally in Calicut. Though ignored by mainstream print and electronic media, the Tamil daily, Dinamalar, reported (19 February 2009) that the Popular Front of India (PFI) organised a massive “National Political Conference” in Calicut from 13-15 February 2009. Whether coincidence or planned, the Taliban simultaneously took out huge rallies in Swat Valley. The conference was attended by members of PFI from 16 states including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa and Delhi. Its ‘theme’ was “Power for People”!
At the conference, seminars for students and NRIs were conducted separately. Leaders from various politics-oriented Islamic outfits participated; one seminar was titled “Political power and Alternatives.” A seminar “against” terrorism was inaugurated by Magsaysay Award winner and Human Rights (sic) activist Sandip Pandey, and attended by ‘secularists’ like Swami Lakshmi Sankaracharya from Kanpur, advocate Prashant Bushan and Chennai-based Prof. Arunan. Secularist Kavitha Srivatsava, the then president of PUCL-Rajasthan, inaugurated the seminar on “Women power in politics”. National Ulemas organised a seminar on “Religion in granting power”. Sri Goya, editor, ‘Tejas’ chaired a meeting of media persons. A seminar on “Reservations” was also held. PFI’s National Political Conference culminated with a massive rally and public meeting attended by over two lakh people.
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http://www.vijayvaani.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?aid=439 ( Is talibanised South the Swat Valley of India? )
At the conference, seminars for students and NRIs were conducted separately. Leaders from various politics-oriented Islamic outfits participated; one seminar was titled “Political power and Alternatives.” A seminar “against” terrorism was inaugurated by Magsaysay Award winner and Human Rights (sic) activist Sandip Pandey, and attended by ‘secularists’ like Swami Lakshmi Sankaracharya from Kanpur, advocate Prashant Bushan and Chennai-based Prof. Arunan. Secularist Kavitha Srivatsava, the then president of PUCL-Rajasthan, inaugurated the seminar on “Women power in politics”. National Ulemas organised a seminar on “Religion in granting power”. Sri Goya, editor, ‘Tejas’ chaired a meeting of media persons. A seminar on “Reservations” was also held. PFI’s National Political Conference culminated with a massive rally and public meeting attended by over two lakh people.
Read more at:
http://www.vijayvaani.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?aid=439 ( Is talibanised South the Swat Valley of India? )
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That was to show that Prashanth Bushan has been consistently flirting with Islamic Terrorists and Maoists and that there has always been an unholy nexus between Maoists and Islamic Terrorists. When it comes to Tamil Nadu, Tamil separatists and Eelam separatists also join the bandwagon.
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And now, this guy S.P.Udayakumar, who protested against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is made the State President of AAP.
Anti-Kudankulam Activist SP Udayakumar- TamilNadu State Leader of AAP
Activist SP Udayakumar, who has been opposing against the nuclear plant Kudankulam, joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Tamil Nadu on Friday.
Convener of People`s Movement against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), Udayakumar led the movement against the Kudankulam nuclear plant.
Apart from Udayakumar, other prominent anti-nuclear activists including MP Jesurajan and Pushparayan also joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
The anti-nuclear activist is the latest entrant in the party, which will be contesting Lok Sabha polls this year for several places like Kanyakumari, Thuthukudi and Nellai.
During Aam Aadmi Party’s advisory meeting in Nellai, Udayakumar gave his speech via video conferencing yesterday.
Udayakumar will definitely receive an outstanding position in the party, party zones revealed.
He has been maintaining a superior relationship with Arvind Kejriwal before getting into party. During his anti-nuclear activity against Kudankulam, Udayakumar has met Arvind Kejriwal many times.
Even Udayakumar gave his wishes to Arvind Kejriwal via phone, when Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in Delhi. In this stance, Arvind Kejriwal has decided to give Udayakumar a position of Party’s TamilNadu State Leader post. Through Udayakumar we are anticipating that the party will grow to higher in TamilNadu, higher officials o of the party whispered.
Also Arvind Kejriwal will be presenting his supporter event in Kanyakumari district to gather the votes for Udayakumar.
http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=9812
Anti-Kudankulam Activist SP Udayakumar- TamilNadu State Leader of AAP
Activist SP Udayakumar, who has been opposing against the nuclear plant Kudankulam, joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Tamil Nadu on Friday.
Convener of People`s Movement against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), Udayakumar led the movement against the Kudankulam nuclear plant.
Apart from Udayakumar, other prominent anti-nuclear activists including MP Jesurajan and Pushparayan also joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
The anti-nuclear activist is the latest entrant in the party, which will be contesting Lok Sabha polls this year for several places like Kanyakumari, Thuthukudi and Nellai.
During Aam Aadmi Party’s advisory meeting in Nellai, Udayakumar gave his speech via video conferencing yesterday.
Udayakumar will definitely receive an outstanding position in the party, party zones revealed.
He has been maintaining a superior relationship with Arvind Kejriwal before getting into party. During his anti-nuclear activity against Kudankulam, Udayakumar has met Arvind Kejriwal many times.
Even Udayakumar gave his wishes to Arvind Kejriwal via phone, when Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in Delhi. In this stance, Arvind Kejriwal has decided to give Udayakumar a position of Party’s TamilNadu State Leader post. Through Udayakumar we are anticipating that the party will grow to higher in TamilNadu, higher officials o of the party whispered.
Also Arvind Kejriwal will be presenting his supporter event in Kanyakumari district to gather the votes for Udayakumar.
http://www.livechennai.com/detailnews.asp?newsid=9812
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Brilliant!!!
In capability of the est to hit at such anti-national elements is one of the main chink in armour of India. Next govt's main agenda should be to restore the est writ across nation and bring these lumpen elements under control.
In capability of the est to hit at such anti-national elements is one of the main chink in armour of India. Next govt's main agenda should be to restore the est writ across nation and bring these lumpen elements under control.
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This excellent article by Sandhyaji--outstanding even by her own exalted standards--deserves widest possible publicity. By explaining what kind of people are behind AAP, it sounds a warning bell that people of India can ignore only at their peril. There is method in AK's madness. With every passing day, it becomes clearer that all patriotic persons, especially Hindus, have a much larger stake in the outcome of this election than what was thought earlier.
Indirectly, Sandhyaji has brought to the fore another challenge which India in general and Hindus in particular shall have to meet and neutralise sooner rather than later. The followers of Islam, Christianity and Communism--each of them a sworn self-declared enemy of Hinduism-- have vastly succeeded in garnering a large share of the mind space in the Western countries. Small in number, they are extremely good at networking. They have no dearth of money, political influence, organisational abilities and media presence. Perceptions about India, Hindus and Hindu leaders (if there are any) are shaped (read distorted) by them. They have access to, if not control of the mainstream; we can fight back only on the fringes. I have no solutions to offer right now but the problem worries me no end.
Indirectly, Sandhyaji has brought to the fore another challenge which India in general and Hindus in particular shall have to meet and neutralise sooner rather than later. The followers of Islam, Christianity and Communism--each of them a sworn self-declared enemy of Hinduism-- have vastly succeeded in garnering a large share of the mind space in the Western countries. Small in number, they are extremely good at networking. They have no dearth of money, political influence, organisational abilities and media presence. Perceptions about India, Hindus and Hindu leaders (if there are any) are shaped (read distorted) by them. They have access to, if not control of the mainstream; we can fight back only on the fringes. I have no solutions to offer right now but the problem worries me no end.
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Virendraji, agreed that the scenario looks grim. However,there is a constant fight back that is happening within the Hindu Samaj now.
This is happening in a variety of ways, not in one fell swoop. The logistics, the power equations etc. prevent that. However, we are still holding on. The recent fightback by Shri Batra is a good example.
There is a good article ( I read it in Bharata Bharati) by Gautam Sen which discusses this specific issue of the withdrawal of the book. He concludes with this line : a magnificent victory for the beleagured Hindus against an enemy combatant.
BR Haran's information and this article are startling. Important that we also note that.
This is happening in a variety of ways, not in one fell swoop. The logistics, the power equations etc. prevent that. However, we are still holding on. The recent fightback by Shri Batra is a good example.
There is a good article ( I read it in Bharata Bharati) by Gautam Sen which discusses this specific issue of the withdrawal of the book. He concludes with this line : a magnificent victory for the beleagured Hindus against an enemy combatant.
BR Haran's information and this article are startling. Important that we also note that.
Dr. Vijaya Rajiva
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This article brilliantly expose the anti national maoist face of aam admi party.
The dramabaazi of arvind kejriwal can not be explained in few sentences. Any of the contributors of Vijayvaani may take pains to pen an article exposing double standards and dramabazi of ford foundation sponsored arvind kejriwal.
In the recently held India Today Conclave, the TV anchor Sh.Rahul took head on AK on the issue of somnath bharathi and literally squeezed AK. AK had no answers but to largely agree to the anchor.
Sh.VP has articulated the current scenerio. It poses not only threats but also opportunities to the forces of Hindutva.
The contribution of the Social Media in putting forth the perspective of Hindutvavadins is commendable.
Sooner than latter it is better that Hindutva Forces strongly establish themselves in the mainline print and visual media -- to take head on -- the media dons sponsored by anti national elements and white church.
The dramabaazi of arvind kejriwal can not be explained in few sentences. Any of the contributors of Vijayvaani may take pains to pen an article exposing double standards and dramabazi of ford foundation sponsored arvind kejriwal.
In the recently held India Today Conclave, the TV anchor Sh.Rahul took head on AK on the issue of somnath bharathi and literally squeezed AK. AK had no answers but to largely agree to the anchor.
Sh.VP has articulated the current scenerio. It poses not only threats but also opportunities to the forces of Hindutva.
The contribution of the Social Media in putting forth the perspective of Hindutvavadins is commendable.
Sooner than latter it is better that Hindutva Forces strongly establish themselves in the mainline print and visual media -- to take head on -- the media dons sponsored by anti national elements and white church.
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Excellent and an eye opener article.
The Indian public must get to know the anti national activities of this cabal.
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