Shameless politicians sympathize with murderers

With India facing grievous terror threat from the Maoists (or Naxalites) and jihadis, one would have expected the powers to be getting their act together to fight the mortal enemies of the nation. But, alas, that was not to be! Our political masters are not serious about the war on terror.
Consider the case of Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee. Her ties with Maoists are no secret; in fact, she benefited because of her relations with the Naxalites in the last general elections. Her relations with the ultras adversely affected last year’s operations against them at Lalgarh.
Now, she has reportedly forced the Union Cabinet to drop from the Presidential address to the joint session of Parliament a condemnation of the murderous Naxal strike on the EFR camp at Silda in the West Midnapore district in West Bengal on February 15. Monday, which left 24 jawans dead and many injured. At the insistence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Cabinet nevertheless agreed to include a general condemnation of Maoist attacks all over the country in recent months.
“What is the proof that the attack was carried out by Maoists? If at all, it appears to be the handiwork of CPM. I would urge the Prime Minister to first order an inquiry into the incident,” Mamata reportedly told her Cabinet colleagues.
In our times, the merchants of falsehood find refuge in the what-is-the-proof line of argumentation. This comes handy when one is promoting any vile cause, be it Naxalism or jihad. What is the proof that the young Muslim men killed at Batla House in Delhi in September 2008 were terrorists, cry jihadis, their sympathizers, pro-jihadi human rights groups, and pink punks. It was a fake encounter and there should be an inquiry into it, they thunder.
It is pointed out that the Batla House shootout could not have been fake because Delhi Police lost an ace officer, Inspector M.C. Sharma in it. What kind of fake encounter was it in which a cop loses his life? But the peddlers of lies persist with their demand for in inquiry.
The National Human Rights Commission probed into the matter, and reports to the Delhi High Court that the shootout was genuine. But the human rights mafia still was not satisfied. The Supreme Court looked into the matter, and it also gave a clean chit to Delhi Police.
The screaming by human rights mafia could have been ignored had it not been supported by, among others, many politicians, the most important of them being Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh. He was sympathetic to the cause upheld by the human rights mafia. He even visited Azamgarh, the UP district which has shot into notoriety because of being the hub of so many Islamic terrorists.
It is not that only the ruling coalition is lackadaisical in its attitude towards Maoists and jihadis, the Bharatiya Janata Party is little better. The saffron leaders spew fiery rhetoric when talking about terrorists, but they are willing to match practice with precept. In Jharkhand, they are in power, but have no problems with Chief Minister Shibu Soren’s soft approach towards Naxalites.
The Maoists and jihadis murder our citizens, shoot down our security personnel, bomb our cities, and want to establish a reign of terror. And our netas sympathize with them! The question to be asked in India is not whether we would win the war against terror, but whether our politicians are even willing to fight that war all earnestness.