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has already taken place, can I not express time and there is no religious suit in Development is good to talk about,
my agony? When I talk about India’s popu- the court. There is only a title suit in but elections are not won the plank of
lation, communalism creeps in and when the court. development.
I articulate my personal feelings then also The public only wanted the court to re- I don’t know, it is up to the people that on
communalism seeps in. Do the people in sume day-to-day hearings in the case. which issue they would prefer to vote.
this country want Hindus to be subjected
to abuse, continue to suffer and we hold up Is this the most important issue Did Modi get elected on the plank of
the flag of secularism. This is what is called before the country? development?
pseudo-secularism. Yes, it is. Was the issue of Yaqub Memon Of course, he established himself as a de-
the biggest issue before the country? velopment man throughout the country.
Can everything be weighed in the
similar manner? In 2015 you had stated Is corruption in the CBI not an issue? Did he win on the anti-corruption
that Rajiv Gandhi married Sonia Gandhi The temple issue is most important. Is the wave?
and had Rajiv Gandhi married a Nige- issue of the faith of 1.25 billion people not Corruption and development were both
rian woman, would he have not got the an issue? issues. Modi had an image of a chief
same respect? Is this the respect of minister of a state who had an image of
women in your eyes and is it the basis Is the Supreme Court not doing not compromising with corruption nor
of humanity? justice to this issue? allowing the pace of development to
Please see that while sitting at home if I Whether the court doing justice or in- slowdown. Therefore, corruption was
also an issue along with development.
Politics is not tion. If you have not seen the entire video ing of the right word. I cannot argue with Will the government bring an My Ministry provided During your recent tour of West
Ordinance?
then write my version. I had stated that
you, because you have a mentality that if
practiced in a a wind was blowing with the country someone speaks in favour of the Hindus Construction of the temple the sooner about 2.5 crore jobs in Bengal, you had raised the issue
of Mathua. Do you think that the
then he becomes a communalist. And if he
and outside to stop Modi wave. There ae
the better, people hope that the Temple
planned manner. I am countries that want to prevent Modi from speaks in favour of the Muslims then he of Lord Ram would be constructed soon. MSME sector, two million West Bengal government has
not to comment on becoming India’s Prime Minister and becomes a secularist. I have no antidote to The people know that a grand temple of jobs under financial suppressed this segment of the
societyand injustice is being meted
this malady.
Pakistan is one of them, which is indulg-
Lord Ram could not be built despite so
those who practice ing in nefarious activities to prevent Modi many years after country’s independ- inclusion and 1.9 million out to them?
politics by planning. from becoming prime minister of India. Many a times, your statements refer to ence. It is a betrayal by the Congress. If entrepreneurs during Look, it seems as if the Hindus do not
polygamy among the Muslims and that
Nehru had built the temple at that time
There are some people in India for whom
have the right to religious faith in West
Politics is the voice of Pakistan is no less than Mecca and Medi- they produce more children. So, the then there would not have been such a the past four years, Bengal. Sometimes people ae subjected
inner conscience and na and such people also want to prevent split in the society starts from here. misery as is today. However, there is no to blows by lathis on the occasion of
I repeat it again that you facilitate the
Ramanavami, shots are fired, people ae
Modi from becoming India’s prime minis-
I do what this voice ter. Place for such people should not be in division. Journalists like you do it, whose There is a nominated member who mention about it in the implicated in false cases. Doors of the
dictates to me India, but in Pakistan. I have accused none thinking is preoccupied with the notion has said that he will introduce a media court have to be knocked for the immer-
Private Members’ Bill in the upcoming
in this way and that those who will not
that the Hindus are a second-class citizen
sion of the idols of Goddess Durga. The
vote, ought to go to Pakistan. and it is their duty to endure everything. It session of the Parliament. people of Mathuya Samaj came to India
am talking about something and that talk is their duty to follow secularism. It is very good. I congratulate Rakesh in 1947. Now the Government of India
is presented in a distorted manner, this is The whole statement was twisted in Sinha, who has talked about bringing justice is being watched by the people. has enacted an act that allows Hindus
called yellow journalism. Did I say I’m sor- such a manner that indicated that if the The manner in which there are Private member’s bill and he will bring The people are hopeful that justice will coming from other countries or either
ry to say something on this? This was yel- country’s Muslims having no belief in discussions about Ram Temple these it. He has complete knowledge of Sana- be done. Speedy hearing is not taking displaced to settle in India and not to be
low journalism. You live in the house and if this ideology should go to Pakistan. days and the issue is in the Supreme tan system and religion. He will place it place. Therefore, there is resentment and treated as intruders and they will have
someone puts a CCTV camera in the bath- I am throwing a challenge and I challenge Court for hearing, what do you want before the nation and the entire nation disappointment in their minds as things equal rights. The people of Mathuya
room and then claim that you are taking a you also to see my statement and tell me and what is your blueprint for it? will witness as to who is in favour of Lord are not happening according to their Samaj are there since the days of the
bare bath, they will say that Giriraj Singh if I am wrong. Do I need to offer clarifica- Construction of the temple the sooner Ram, who is in favour of construction of expectations. Partition of Independence of India.
lives without clothes and this is what hap- tion to each and every one who presented the better. the Ram temple? Do the 120 million dev- No body can harm the interests of the
pened here. my statement in a distorted manner in the otees of Lord Ram not have that much Is there a date being fixed by the members of the Mathuya Samaj as long
media? I am giving my clarification to you Temple construction with the help of authority to have grand temple of Lord party or the Sangh? as the Bhartiya Janata Party is in power.
In 2014 when Prime Minister Modi’s as well and don’t know whether you will law or according to the public opinion? ram in India? I do not know, it would have been bet- They cannot be deported out of West
campaign for Lok Sabha election was write it or not. Construction of the temple the sooner ter if you could have asked the Party Bengal. NRC is for those who fall under
going on, you made a statement that the better Would you bring legislation in the President. the purview of the NRC and Mathuya
all Muslims should go to Pakistan. You say time and again that patience upcoming session of the Parliament? Samaj does not come under the purview
I apologise to you and other journalists as of the Hindus is getting exhausted and Before elections or after elections? Now let’s see, which way the wind blows. What will be the issue in the of the NRC.
well. I say with challenge that first watch what does that mean? Construction of the temple, the sooner the forthcoming elections?
the full video and then only ask the ques- You people take out the wrong mean - better. The matter is in the court take a long Development. LETTERS@TEHELKA.COM
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