- As Swami Dayanand said : Janam se sab Shudra. Karma se...
- Hence there is only empirically variable characteristic-- we are Hindus. Let us be Virat Hindus
- Who gave you the authority as CRTs. The same power which authorized Congi to declare Namo as not OBC
- Since all Indians have the same DNA hence birth based caste has no meaning.
- I have succeeded in my mission. Congi propaganda on OBC has fizzled out
- With the authority vested in me I hereby appoint Namo as a Brahmin since he has Brahminical gunas.
Subramanian Swamy TNN | May 9, 2014, 02.23 AM IST
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil on Thursday accused chief minister Narendra Modi of being a "fake OBC" and claimed that the 'Modh Ghanchi-Teli' caste, to which he belongs, was actually included in the OBC list only after Modi became chief minister in 2001. Gujarat government immediately rushed to Modi's defense and refuted Gohil's claim.
Gohil, a former leader of opposition in the Gujarat assembly, released a copy of a Gujarat government circular dated January 1, 2002, to claim that Modi "manipulated" records to bring his caste into the OBC list.
"Of late, the Gujarat CM has been indulging in low level political gimmickry. He has been desperately trying to invoke his OBC status and garner sympathy. Modi does not belong to OBC as he has been claiming. He belongs to rich and prosperous Modh Ghanchis who were never given any kind of reservation nor were included in OBCs before Modi became CM. In the way encounters were fake in Gujarat, Modi is also a fake OBC," Gohil said.
State finance minister Nitin Patel, also the state government spokesperson, accused Gohil of misleading the people of the country. He said the Modh Ghanchi community was included in OBC list of Gujarat under Baxi Commission norms by the state Social Justice & Empowerment department's Government Resolution (GR) on 25-07-1994 while Chhabildas Mehta was chief minister. Patel said Gohil himself was a minister in that government.
Patel said government of India included Modh Ghanchi community by notification in extraordinary gazette no. 246 dated 06-09-2001 (one month before Modi became CM). He said after the inclusion of the Modh Ghanchi community in the central OBC list, the Gujarat Government's Social Justice & Empowerment department issued revised central OBC list in January 2002, which Gohil is referring to.
Retired officer K G Vanzara, who was director of the department then, also corroborated the fact that Modi Ghanchis were included in the OBC list in 1994. Vanzara told TOI that though Modh Ghanchis, or oil millers, were not named in the first list of 82 OBC communities in Gujarat in 1978, they were part of the 38 communities which were added to the list in 1994.
Gujarat Congress has claimed that BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi does not belong to the 'Other Backward Castes' (OBC) as he has claimed nationwide for political gains.
Gohil claimed that, "The government resolution dated: 1/1/2002 presented before the media established that Modi manipulated government records and included his caste, Modh Ghanchi, in the OBC list."
Gohil had also quoted from the authentic Gujarati lexicon 'Bhagvadgomandal', which says that Modhs are rich people living in a particular village. "Gandhiji was a Modh Vanik," he said. "Modh is an adjective showing the prosperity of a particular caste or community."
"By acquiring OBC status for his selfish motives, Modi has in fact encroached on the rights of OBCs," Gohil said. "Modi is a man born into an upper caste and is indulging in low-level politics."
Gohil, a former leader of opposition in the Gujarat assembly, released a copy of a Gujarat government circular dated January 1, 2002, to claim that Modi "manipulated" records to bring his caste into the OBC list.
"Of late, the Gujarat CM has been indulging in low level political gimmickry. He has been desperately trying to invoke his OBC status and garner sympathy. Modi does not belong to OBC as he has been claiming. He belongs to rich and prosperous Modh Ghanchis who were never given any kind of reservation nor were included in OBCs before Modi became CM. In the way encounters were fake in Gujarat, Modi is also a fake OBC," Gohil said.
State finance minister Nitin Patel, also the state government spokesperson, accused Gohil of misleading the people of the country. He said the Modh Ghanchi community was included in OBC list of Gujarat under Baxi Commission norms by the state Social Justice & Empowerment department's Government Resolution (GR) on 25-07-1994 while Chhabildas Mehta was chief minister. Patel said Gohil himself was a minister in that government.
Patel said government of India included Modh Ghanchi community by notification in extraordinary gazette no. 246 dated 06-09-2001 (one month before Modi became CM). He said after the inclusion of the Modh Ghanchi community in the central OBC list, the Gujarat Government's Social Justice & Empowerment department issued revised central OBC list in January 2002, which Gohil is referring to.
Retired officer K G Vanzara, who was director of the department then, also corroborated the fact that Modi Ghanchis were included in the OBC list in 1994. Vanzara told TOI that though Modh Ghanchis, or oil millers, were not named in the first list of 82 OBC communities in Gujarat in 1978, they were part of the 38 communities which were added to the list in 1994.
Gujarat Congress has claimed that BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi does not belong to the 'Other Backward Castes' (OBC) as he has claimed nationwide for political gains.
Gohil claimed that, "The government resolution dated: 1/1/2002 presented before the media established that Modi manipulated government records and included his caste, Modh Ghanchi, in the OBC list."
Gohil had also quoted from the authentic Gujarati lexicon 'Bhagvadgomandal', which says that Modhs are rich people living in a particular village. "Gandhiji was a Modh Vanik," he said. "Modh is an adjective showing the prosperity of a particular caste or community."
"By acquiring OBC status for his selfish motives, Modi has in fact encroached on the rights of OBCs," Gohil said. "Modi is a man born into an upper caste and is indulging in low-level politics."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Modi-a-fake-OBC-Congress/articleshow/34847209.cms
THE CAMPAIGN DAIRY – 9/5/2014
Arun Jaitley(Leader of opposition, Rajya Sabha)
The Case of Narendra Modi’s Caste
The fact that Narendra Modi belongs to the OBC community is a major cause of worry to the Congress Party. Though Narendra Modi has never made caste as his identity and his appeal cuts across castes and communities, the Congress worry is apparent. The ruling dynasty of the Congress cannot digest defeat at the hands of a commoner. It is therefore that they made his humble origin as a tea vendor into an issue. The move backfired.
Yesterday Shkati Shaktisinh Gohil, the leader of the Gujarat Congress alleged that Narendra Modi had committed a “paap” of including his own community into the OBC list and thus changed his stature from upper caste to OBC.
Does the Congress Party believe that every time a caste is added to the OBC list it is a “paap”? In any case the “Modh Ghanchi” was added as an OBC in Gujarat on 25th July 1994 by the Congress Party government headed by Chhabildas Mehta and in the Mandal Commission list by the Government of India on 4th April 2000. Both these events took place much before Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Do Constitutional Institutions have an immunity from criticism
I do not subscribe to the view that merely because an institution is created by the constitution, it cannot be criticised. Criticism is a way of life. To err is human. Criticism can be intended to put the institution to notice that either the current incumbent or future successors correct the error into which the institution has fallen.
Courts, Election Commission, Prime Ministers, Council of Ministers, Parliament and bodies like the CAG are all creations of theConstitution. They are manned by men either selected or elected. History is a witness to the monumental errors that some of them have committed.
In England the Law Lords have held that even judgements of courts can be criticized. Justice is not a cloistered virtue. It must continue to suffer scrutiny. Lord Dennings the celebrated British Judge always maintained that judgements must be criticized since judges can go wrong and need to put on notice. The Indian judges have held that their decisions can be criticized but don’t impute motives of doubtful integrity on the Judge. When a British paper published a photograph of three English Law Lords upside down with a caption “Those Old Fools” as a protest against their judgement, the House of Lords refused to take contempt action. One of the Law Lords later commented “How is it contempt? Old I am and my wisdom is a matter of opinion”.
S. Mulgaonkar and Shyam Lal the two leading editors criticized the Judges and the judgement in the Habeas Corpus case delivered during the Emergency. They accused the court of timidity. They were charged for contempt. The contempt notice was discharged after a hearing. The Supreme Court held that the intention of Mulgaonkar and Shyam Lal was to strengthen the institution rather than weaken it and hence there was no contempt.
In the past I led a campaign against a member of the Election Commission on grounds of lack of impartiality. The Chief Election Commissioner was asked was asked to report on a petition signed by Members of Parliament. He upheld my charges. The Congress government in whose favour the bias was alleged refused to process the recommendation of the CEC.
Prime Ministers, Ministers, Speakers of the Lok Sabha and their rulings are regularly criticized. MPs are ripped apart frequently. The CAG has not even spared either. Where does one get the proposition that merely because you are a creation of the Constitution, there is immunity from criticism.
I have rightly criticized the Election Commission for failure to check booth capturing. I am convinced that to deny Narendra Modi the right to hold a rally in his constituency is both unfair and a denial of a right to campaign. Both the Returning Officer and the Election Commission have been rightly criticized for this blunder so that in future their successors do not fall into the same error. I do not subscribe to a vague notion of self censorship based on an inter-institutional courtesy.
Tailpiece
My advice to the Returning Officer is that by denying the right to hold a rally he cannot restrict Modi’s campaign. Yesterday’s events proved that unfairness of the Returning Officer was given a fitting reply by the people of Varanasi.