Assam vs Gujarat

Assam vs Gujarat

It’s a massive human tragedy unfolding right now. It shows how "secularism" works in India when reporting human tragedy.

Let’s do some comparison.

2002 Gujarat: Both parties in riots were Indian, local. Knew terrain well.

2012 Asom : One party is foreign illegal intruders, supported by "secularism" via voting cards and ration cards.

2002 Gujarat: The number of displaced at the peak was 200,000 or 10-15% more than that.

2012 Asom : Already hearing 400,000 and might even be getting beyond the 2008 precursor to these riots when 400,000 became homeless temporarily.

2002 Gujarat: BJP state govt and BJP central govt.

2012 Asom : Congress and Congress

2002 Gujarat: All Neighboring states were all Congress ruled.

2012 Asom : Most neighboring states, if not all are Congress or UPA ruled.

2002 Gujarat: Cause of the riot was 48 hours before the riots flared (Godhra train).

2012 Asom : Cause of the riot (shooting of Bodo youth) was on 6th July, a full 2 weeks before riots flared up.

2002 Gujarat: Riot not very close to any international border.

2012 Asom : Riot within a walking distance (20KM) from 3 countries. Extremely vulnerable & vital link to the North East of India.

2002 Gujarat: Riots were reasonably controlled after the initial 3 days.

2012 Asom : Riots going unabated even after 1 week. Shoot at sight for days now.

2002 Gujarat: Media 24*7 covering

2012 Asom : Indian media hardly covered anything till social networks forced the media to reluctantly cover it.

2002 Gujarat: Media openly using "Hindu" and "Muslim" terms flaring up passions during coverage.

2012 Asom : Media downplaying it as "ethnic" clash or using Bodo versus minorities. Reality is Bodos are 5% of Asom and Muslims are 30-35% now. Horrible hypocrisy displayed by media, particularly TV for the first few days.

2002 Gujarat: Modi made a TV appeal on the same day, passionately asking people not to take law into their hands. Accepted the riot situation. Was seen in public right from Godhra.

2012 Asom : Tarun Gogoi didn’t make any acceptance. In fact he is not even accepting (for years) that Bangladeshi Muslim illegals are even present in the state! Worse, this guy took over 6 days to even make his first public visit to riot hit area

2002 Gujarat: Maut Ka saudagar – Sack him screams. Anger in media against the Home Minister.

2012 Asom : No such thing. In fact, justifications all around to shield an inefficient CM-PM combo. No one heard anything meaningful from the HM

2002 Gujarat: TV channels like NDTV never reminded people about the bloody history of riots in Gujarat, particularly the 1969 one.

2012 Asom : TV channels like NDTV kept on flashing that Asom has had "bloody history" of riots, showing counts etc. from 2008.

2002 Gujarat: No bickering between state and center BJP govts. Army & other help arrived.

2012 Asom : State government blames the center (both Congress) for 5 days delay in getting army.

There’s more. But the sheer level of hypocrisy on how "secular" media and parties are behaving in a comparable human tragedy, is sickening.

And, in 1980s, Pandits comprised of 5% of Jammu and Kashmir. Today Bodos (Christians and Hindus together) comprise of 5% of Asom. We just hope that this is not a Pandit ethnic cleansing part 2 being played out, thanks to massive Bangladeshi illegals fully supported by Congress, TMC and Communists in the border states.