http://m.rediff.com/news/report/executions-not-a-barometer-of-patriotism-says-congress/20130209.htm#
"Party spokesman Rashid Alvi said, "After Independence, two major acts of terror have taken place in the country -- the attack on Parliament and the Mumbai terror strikes -- and those who were responsible for both have been hanged."The Indian civilization has made many significant contributions in the field of Mathematics, although it may not have been properly credited for the same.
Even illiterate Indians (with the possible exception of Congress party functionaries and Communist street thugs) are capable of doing basic addition.
There have been innumerable "major" terrorist attacks on Indian soil in the last 2 decades alone. Following is a short list, not necessarily in chronological order:
Mumbai serial blasts 1993,
Mumbai train serial blasts,
Zaveri bazaar blasts, Mumbai,
Attack on the Indian Parliament,
Attack on J&K assembly,
Delhi blasts on Deepavali eve,
Sankat Mochan Mandir, Holi,
Attack on the Sabarmati express
at Godhra,
26/11 attacks in Mumbai,
Hyderabad serial blasts,
Coimbatore blasts,
Ahmedabad blasts,
Akshardham Mandir attack,
Attack on Raghunath Mandir, Jammu - twice etc.
Most of the perpetrators of these terrorist atrocities are roaming around free. Therefore, there is no point exulting over the execution of one or two terrorists, after fattening them at taxpayers' expense for 12 long years. It does not compensate for the martyrdom of our brave security personnel - nor the countless lives of innocent Indian citizens.
Besides, the executions of Ajmal
Kasab & Afzal Guru - are astutely timed, politically opportunistic moves - deliberately aimed at:
1) arresting the growing popular momentum behind Narendra Modi,
2) diluting a sympathy wave after Bal Thackeray's demise,
3) distracting public attention from grave issues of corruption,
maladministration etc.
4) containing the damage caused by anti-Hindu, anti-national statements by certain high profile GOI appartchiks
Also, these are quite eminently secular executions - no responsible individual from the Indian Muslim community outside of Kashmir has expressed support for these terrorists or protested their execution. There was near unanimous support for executing
these enemies of the nation, barring a few lunatic fringe pseudo-liberals with Hindu sounding names.
Despite the obvious political motives behind the two executions - justice has been denied due to the inordinate delay - this is a small positive development, although not something to celebrate about.
After all, it is the responsibility of
the executive, the judiciary etc to take preventative and punitive action against enemies of the state. This is hardly a superlative achievement to gloat about.
