Recently, India has witnessed a stranger political drama in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. The incidents might seem like a sequence of Hindi B-Grade movies. The sequence goes like this:-

10 July 2009 : News about Uttar Pradesh DGP visiting Dalit victims in his state and paying compensation as per SC/ST atrocities ac has hit

Rita Bahuguna Joshi arrested for hate speech against Mayawati, UP CM

16th July 2009 : News broke that Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi remarked about his compensation that it is very inadequate, and said “If Mayawati thinks that such an amount is fair compensation for the mental and physical trauma suffered by a rape victim, then I would be ready to offer her a compensation of Rs.1 crore”. Source.

After this remark were known, Mayawati reacted quickly and ordered Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s arrest as well as charge her with SC/ST atrocities (Prevention) Act and she herself became eligible for Rs. 25000/- compensation as per the SC/ST atrocities (Prevention) Act. provisions.

Also some miscreants torched the house of Rita Bahuguna Joshi in Lucknow. What a quick justice!

Rita Bahuguna Joshi has been remanded to 14 days Jail. Her bail plea was rejected as expected since SC/ST Atrocities (Prevention) Act is a tough law to deal with atrocities against Dalits and other tribal people in India.
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Indian media had a field day. Civil society and educated Indians had a very embarrassing day. Though Mayawati is correct to the letter of the law, but may be she is not correct with the spirit of the law. Most probably, DGP is too high a rank to pay the compensation himself after traveling by Helicopter. One can easily see the political brownie points by this act. The reaction by Congress State Chief, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, an upper caste, is even more deplorable. Her remarks about Mayawati ( though she later apologised to Mayawati as well as regretted that she remarked in a fit of anger) was totally parliamentary.
Sonia Gandhi, Congress President had to regret the remark by her state chief. Mayawati was quick to exploit Dalit sentiment with these events.
A sad episode for Indian political system as well Indian democracy.

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Election campaign in India has always been exciting and eventful. This time, there is not a single poll issue which is being used by any of the major political parties.

Recently, Varun Gandhi, the BJP candidate from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, has been making news for soem Hate Speech. As he has got media coverage, many leaders are taking cue from him. Either they are trying to make some hate speech like him, either by opposing him or supporting him. Mr. L P Yadav, who is a part of UPA, but contesting against his other UPA allies, has tried to give equal hate speech like Varun Gandhi, and got himself on media headlines too.

But with slapping NSA on Varun Gandhi for hate speech against a particular community has been quite surprising. Most probably, it is minority appeasement at its best, but it can also send out a wrong message. Speaking out in defence of majority community is considered as attack on India, hence threat to the nation.

This is the first time regional smaller parties are setting terms for alliance for national parties. Be it Congress or BJP, they have no choice but to agree to their regional allies. This may not be a good sign for India as a country. In my opinion, India should have at least one strong National Party. Presently, the two major political parties, Congress and BJP, lacks presence in few parts of the country. For example, Congress is almost absent in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. While BJP is almost absent in Kerala, Tamil Nud, West Bengal.

The controversy over election commissioners ahead of election was also not in good taste. Also, open support by both BJP and Congress for particular EC may not be good for free and fair election.

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