New Government’s Iran dilemma

May 9, 2009 by Amitabh Tripathi  
Filed under Amitabh Tripathi, SAF blog

ahamedinejad1General Elections in India are in last leg and next week people’s verdict will be wide open. In wake of an anticipated fractured verdict the deadlock for the formation of new government could extend for few weeks but it seems quite clear that it would be either Congress led government or BJP led government at the centre. South Asia forum has specific information that two national parties has  agreed upon to this point that regional satraps would not be allowed to lead the coalition and they will be forced to support either of one in national parties. Read more

India is under secular emergency

March 30, 2009 by Amitabh Tripathi  
Filed under Amitabh Tripathi, SAF blog

varun-gandhi1The young leader of BJP and and its loksabha candidate for Philibhit in Uttar Pradesh  Varun Gandhi who surrendered before court on 28th of March now has been booked under NSA( national security act) for inciting hatred among communities  and some other allegations. According to district administration of Philibhit this harsh and punitive act has been imposed on Varun Gandhi because he made a speec h in Philibhit 0n 5th and 6th of March which is provocative and at the same time he also become instrumental in inciting the mob on 28th of March to take law in its hands  before courting arrest in Philibhit disrtict.

This whole episode unfolded somewhere in first fortnight of March when some Television channels telecasted a socalled CD of the speech of Varun Gandhi in which he made some remarks on some community which has been denied by Varun Gandhi and demanded the forensic investigation of those socalled CD which has been allged as have voices of Varun Gandhi. Immediatley after some parts of CD were telecasted Election commision in India took that CD and after seeing the speech of Varun Gandhi  gave an advisory to the BJP not to field Varun Gandhi as its candidate as prima facie it seems that Varun Gandhi tried to incite haterd among communities. It was unprecedented advisory from Election Commision in history of republic India and BJP cried foul on this advisory and fall havily on Election commission for encrocahing its territory. Read more