The support for regressive Khap Panchayat by Mr. Jindal,acting in his political capacity, can not be equated with finding Mr. Modi as Prime ministerial calibre.
On deeper deliberation, it can be inferred that these respected industrialists with proven records surely did not claim capacity to foist him as PM! All that was done was impart badly needed legitimacy to Shri Modi. Specially when he was deprived of visa by US authorities. And many quarters of doubtful credentials were carrying our disingenious propaganda against him to undermine the principal proponent political formation, NDA.
This imparting of legitimacy may have been useful to their businesses as well, but was also necessary for broader Indian interests, specially since the Central govt had failed to respond credibly to this deep insult to Indian Constitution which also revealed arbitrary decision making by US based on unverified inputs. The same super power govt has honoured many leaders from Third world nations with dubious credentials against their own people.
If Mr. Modi is indeed guilty of transgression of law, let the surmise be not based on hearsay, it is for Indian Courts to let us know.
Re: different roles and intents
by Ramesh on May 16, 2010 08:34 PM
The stance on Mr Modi was taken at the behest of a faceless proselytizer setup, which for a nation founded on principle of separation of state from Church is sad indeed.
It would be better if the cue for any such stance taken is in conformance to ones taken by Indian law. Else, the long term implication for a security architecture founded on Constitutional congreuency shall remain in quagmire.
The opportunity provided by this relatively harmless episode to lay a foundation for a secure relationship based on valid legal premises we can only pray shall not be wasted.
We need not blame US for it. The failure of our Central government to properly present the case, its perception obfuscated by it is communal Modi stance, has had a detrimental impact on post N-deal Indo-US relationship.
Corporate leaders praising Modi for pr-industrialization is bad? Well, they are just praising an activity he did. Not everything Modi did is evil, and not everything is good.
On 'khap panchayats', it would have been helpful, if the writer gave some description of what the issue is and why he did not like the approach.
And there is no strange relationship between business and social progress. Business does what it does, to make an honest buck. One of the side-effects of business growth is social progress.
Kanika Datta, it is time for you to research a little more and write your articles in more structured format - Issue, arguments for and against and your conclusion.
