Author: Surya Narain Saxena
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: August 12, 2005
It was gracious of The Pioneer to
publish the letter, "Investigate it properly" (July 15), by a group of
well known leftists on behalf of the Kafi Azmi Foundation. Probably, it
was a new Left-Muslim float after the Safdar Hashmi Memorial, hinting that
the Sangh parivar might be behind the July 5 terrorist attack on Ram Mandir
in Ayodhya saying, "In the circumstances it is necessary to investigate
the attack in Ayodhya from all angels.
It (investigating agencies) should
go deep into political developments that prevailed when the attack took
place and the motives of those who tried to cash in on such incidents.
Significantly, the incident took place when the BJP and Sangh parivar were
in deep crisis."
The intent of the letter was quite
the same as the earlier attempt of the Muslim-Left-secular trio to put
the Sangh parivar in the dock for the Godhra train tragedy, in which Muslim
miscreants set fire 58 Hindus alive on the fateful February 28, 2002. Can
there be anything more malicious than this shameful mudslinging? How could
the JNU reds now fail to malign the Sangh parivar?
Earlier a JNUite hot head during
the time of arrest of Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati had declared that
the Kanchi Kamkoti Math redundant and worth banishment. In fact, the JNU
is a huge money guzzler public sector undertaking producing anti-national
and anti-Hindutva virus on a large scale. The institution, to speak the
truth, should have been a model for excellent teaching, research work and
inspiring academic activity centre. One has the right to question what
this 36-year academy - established under JNU Act 1966 - has given the nation
in return. Hardly anything to boast.
The faculties of the varsity were
replete with known leftists, where ideology is given precedence over merit.
The beneficiaries, to name a few, were Mr RS Sharma, Mr Bipan Chandra,
Ms Romila Thapar, Mr Prabhat Patnaik, Mr KM Shenoy, Ms Jayati Ghosh, Ms
Zoya Hasan and Mr Namvar Singh. Under the patronage of the Congress and
Congress-led governments, these worthies got their abilities glorified
and magnified; and their say and influence widened.
No wonder they attained key positions
in institutions and committees on culture, history, and writing textbooks,
awards, government grants and similar endeavours. Their accessibilities
in institutions such as the University Grants Commission, the National
Council of Educational Research & Training, the National Book Trust,
etc., are astounding. Not surprisingly, the students have not failed their
ideological gurus and demonstrated their Marxist zeal quite often.
The Communist parties students'
wings - Students Federation of India and All India Students Association
and few other outfits, have dominate the student's politics in the JNU
students union. Two incidents are fresh in my mind. Soon after the Kargil
war, a musharia was organised by the students federations in which two
Army majors and a doctor was mercilessly beaten. Their wallets, writs watches
and gold chains were snatched, clothes were torn and finally evicted in
blood soaked under garments by the office bearers of SFI and JNUSU.
In another incident a resolution
against the 1962 Chinese attack on India moved by the Congress's NSUI and
not by the rightist ABVP was vehemently opposed and defeated by the SFI
and AISF. Therefore, the JNU is more a Marxist malaise than a university
turning out a pale imitation of the Taliban, not the lethal sort that we
have known of but a bunch of armchair theorists.