Shiban Khaibri
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” What an irony, fakers are feted while innovators are isolated : some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration ; but as time goes by , what is true is revealed and what is fake is faded away …………….”
Bihar election results , besides voters overwhelmingly establishing full faith in “vikas” , have come out with many notable lessons for those who take pride in floating false narratives and cementing caste based politics as consideration of casting votes. No caste factor , no religion factor and the like worked here this time as if the voters had resolutely resolved to teach such politicians a lesson to remember for decades in a row. NDA crossing the 200 mark, a tsunami of votes indeed, while the Mahaghatbandan getting squeezed to a paltry 34 seats writes a new chapter in the political horizon of Bihar. Congress getting just 5 out of 234 seats speaks volumes about where the Party stands in terms of its outreach and acceptability among the people.. Narendra Modi’s popularity has emerged invincible. Nitish Kumar’s honesty , hard work and focus on development has paid rich dividends to JD(U). In short, matured Bihari voters , have diffused both ”Atom and Hydrogen Bombs” talked about by Rahul Gandhi through the power of their vote. The importance of pan India SIR phase -2 beginning , therefore, can well be realised. The much needed , desperately requiring prompt implementation and proper follow -up , employing the verifying parameters and requisites very scrupulously, Special Intensive Revision (SIR) aiming at unique voter list verification process hardly requires any explaining as to its importance in ensuring very accurate and sans any space for accommodation of any frauds or manipulations. Those who claim to be loving this motherland must bear it in mind that only those who are genuine Indians alone can be there in a voter list to cast vote. Not others, even if, by default or by mechanisations, albeit such illegal immigrants may be ”a milking cow” vote bank for some political parties. India cannot afford to be an International Dharamshala and continue ipsy tipsy to have a lackadaisical policy it had been pursuing since early 50s down to late 90s even thereafter ,to be elastically soft towards swarms of Bangladeshi illegal immigrants and others , now Myanmar illegal ones too, crossing over to this side, not only for green pastures but to melt down in the native population and afford by deceit, fraud , personification , porous exit and entry points in the status-quo-ante eco system coupled with other underhand means, getting most vital Aadhar, Bank Pass books, ration ticket, voter ID and the like. Reforms, revisions, changes and innovations , are, therefore, drastically required wherever needed but what about the established trend of routinely and vehemently opposing and attacking changes in the policies and adopting reforms by most of the opposition parties . That approach is a great misfortune and an irreversible disservice done to the political, economic, social, cultural and most sensitive demographic spheres of this country.
We dutifully and unchangingly owe a lot to our coming future generations to ensure their land, identity, religion, culture, traditions and historical symbols of this ancient most civilization are protected on assured sustainable basis. Demographic invasion, in various disguised forms , therefore, has to be averted , opposed and totally contained .
We must metaphorically “thank” Bihar for having revealed what was conveniently kept or had remained hidden, knowingly or otherwise, to the detriment of the interests of the country . Resisting changes and rectifications, giving the alibis of ”Vote Chori” and other jibes , was tantamount to justifying unauthorised voters in the voters’ list. It is another thing as to what kept successive Election Commissions from initiating such exercise from time to time regularly and punctually . However, the exercise in Bihar proved successful beyond expectations where the sincerity of purpose, authenticity and correctness , the three main tools of SIR , resulted in complete absence of any sort of appeals to the final rolls compiled and that speaks of the dire need , sensitivity , seriousness and significance of SIR. In fact, it will not be any sort of an overstatement in saying that “great lessons” have been learnt in Bihar post June 24 the day this exercise was given a go start, hence the extreme necessity of starting this cardinal exercise in 12 states as decided by the Election Commission of India. At the cost of repetition, June 24 circular – the roadmap of the exercise applicable to all the designated 12 states , shall have expectedly more updated guidelines . Let authenticity and correctness be the hallmarks of the voters’ list as against anything on the obverse. Let some honesty and sincerity prevail and cheap politics, at least , in this most vulnerable area, be abhorred and totally avoided.
Realising the need of SIR and cooperating with the ECI, being the expectations from the matured and responsible opposition parties , one feels aghast over what appears on the ground as Congress and allies parties have started peddling fakery to discredit the exercise and paint it as a move by the government in power to ”delete opposition voters” . From Tamil Nadu to West Bengal, why should a sort of ”Hungama be barpa” in this regard? Who came out with the clarion call , “Be ready to hit streets “? Mamta Bannerjee who should have wholeheartedly welcome the move was recently seen leading a protest march in Bengal against SIR. Why , what is the issue? At least, could those hundreds following Mamta Ji in the protest clarify as to what for was the protest and why they joined the protest.
What a paradox, Rahul Gandhi holds a press conference alleging ”fake voters” while a key constituent of INDI alliance, Mamta Banerjee holds protest march against the removal of these very ”fake voters”. Mirza Galib had aptly said in such circumstances ; “Hum vahan hain jahan say hum ko bhi , kutch hamari khabbar nahin aati ..” It is just like some students taking out protest marches against concerned authorities for disallowing and denying them copying , cheating, and other unfair practices ”rights” in examination centres. On the other hand , CM Stalin calls the SIR as a “dirty trick “. Who plays the “dirty trick” and on whom and by the way, what is meant by “dirty trick”? Literally , a trick can always be dirty , can any trick be fair ,honest and God fearing? Thank God he did not Hindi(ise) it by saying “was being imposed” on Tamil Nadu. Stalin also went a step further by alleging that large number of voters from the working class, scheduled casts, minority , and women communities were ”unfairly removed” from the rolls in a similar exercise in Bihar. So much of cogent ”research work” done by Stalin needs to be noted Why are fears and doubts being spread to create confusion in the minds of voters over an exercise to verifying genuine voters and having others not reasonably found genuine, deleted with sufficient opportunity to appeal and prove the exercise having not done justice in a particular aggrieved case.
By the way , why did Shaheen Bagh take place? Why was the CAA , entirely based on humanity, compassion and even commiseration , so much vehemently opposed ? Who among any Indian citizens was going to be affected , even in the least? Was not Mamta Banerjee upfront and up in arms against the CAA? What was the logic ? Did she not openly declare that her fight against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act would continue and she would ”never allow” this law and NRC in Bengal. She even declared that the CAA was “against the constitution and the humanity”. Incredible, indeed. How can you disregard and not allow a law enacted by the Parliament to be implemented in a state yet displaying red covered book ostensibly –the constitution of the country– feigning high regard for it? It is this very constitution that made the CAA and which allows reforms like SIR etc. to take place. What are the real intentions ? Why and what for , therefore, were 52 precious lives lost in Delhi in CAA violence besides hundreds of thousands of crores Rupees worth assets and properties destroyed in the wake of a wholly unwarranted, uncalled for and unexpected stir against the CAA that had provisions for providing citizenship rights to a few persecuted and hounded out Hindus, Sikhs , and other minorities in Pakistan, Afghanistan , Bangladesh etc. Who , therefore, was going to suffer in India by its implementation ?
Rahul Gandhi, must at least, clarify as to what exactly is the fuss and all the rhetoric about the SIR and not try to confuse and cause unnecessary doubts to take place in the minds of the people . Like this, the entire electoral process of the country is sought to be discredited. Alternately it is also , therefore, projected that Congress party, a darling of millions is not showing massive electoral wins only because of something very wrong in voters lists which he is unable to pinpoint . Doubts can arise whether all this was done deliberately. Who is behind this ”vote chori ”syndrome and what is sought to be achieved ? It is all fakery going on in the name of opposing SIR and that is unfortunate. Now this fakery has even gone global . Brazilian Model photograph has been dragged in Haryana polls and her alleged claim of an old photograph having been used asking , “What craziness is this?” Rahul Gandhi unveiling what he called “H-files” claiming that “25 lakh voters were either duplicate, non-existent or manipulated” in Haryana voter list must take the issue to the logical ends by proving the same and stop spreading fakery, or a propaganda against the SIR. It is disgusting to see that the issue of voters’ list passing through the strict verification process of SIR is weapon (ised) with potent danger of creating a trust deficit among voters. However, in the absence of concrete proof, evidence and material, SIR was expected to proceed ahead and diffuse so called H.Bombs et-al. Bihar has shown the way on Nov.14.
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