PM promises justice to the rape victim
The rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua is a horrible
news. The Bharatiya Janata Party
is trying to protect its political
constituency in Jammu. Two of its Ministers in the Mehbooba Mufti government
had participated in a rally organised by
the Hindu Ekta Manch in support of the accused in the case. BJP was slow to act against them. Soon after the two Ministers handed in
their resignations, the party asked all its nine Ministers to step down,
apparently to bring in new faces. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has promised justice to the rape victim.
Neither the People’s Democratic Party nor the BJP wants to end their
coalition over this issue. What brought them together was the PDP’s interest in keeping the National
Conference out, and the BJP’s in keeping the Congress out. The alliance was born of short-term
electoral expediency rather than any long-term political strategy. But just as
the two parties cannot fight the elections on the same electoral plank, they
cannot afford to let go of their stakes in this government, for fear of
conceding political space to their principal rivals.
BJP government should not hesitate to condemn this heinous act. But both
the coalition partners are behaving like opportunists seeking safety to their
power. They are reacting differently in different areas to keep their vote bank
together. But, this strategy may not work long. Next year elections may see a
vast change. If BJP keeps silent over this issue, there will be wrong message spread
that Kathua is not just communalization but also criminalization of rape, and
this will have serious consequence.
It's pathetic that how actions of politicians revolve around only power.
Somehow, people and their problems are not main concerns for them. It may sound
cliche but it is the reality which we have unknowingly accepted but there has
to be firm stand against wrong things. We've been taught in schools that no
matter how bitter and harsh the truth is you have to stand by it, even if it
means going against your friends. But these values have no place in our
politics one guesses. Yet, there is a hope that people will understand their
rights and stand to protect them.
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