Press Note Dt:11/08/2013 on Hyderabad Modi Meeting
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Press Note 11th August, 2013
I have watched Modi’s Hyderabad public meeting amusedly. Listening to him making false claims and doling out fake promises, I was not surprised because that is what Modi is all about. Fake. Hollow. Shallow.
Empty vessels make most noise. No wonder Modi desperately tried to make so much, in his usual hollow rhetorical style in Hyderabad.
Modi is all rhetoric, lies and more lies.
His own government reports and statistics depict a completely different picture than what he claims.
Like Modi said he is so concerned about payment, jobs and salary? Why has thousand of fixed pay teachers (whom he did not pay more than 3500 per month) have to approach the High Court for justice?
Modi kept on bragging about he is development personified. However the latest socio economic data gives an insight to what he has been proclaiming.
The data reveals, that distribution of benefits of high growth have not been uniform across different strata of society. In Gujarat only the rich gets richer. There is data to prove that middle class and poor people have not benifitted anything from modi’s so called development model for whose propaganda he has hired American firms and spent billions of tax money.
Even Odisha which has a much lower revenue base than Gujarat has been able to reduce poverty by about 20 percentage points between 2004-05 and 2009-10 as compared to just 8.6% for Gujarat. The Planning Commission’s data also shows that poverty reduction for the deprived, especially scheduled tribes and Muslims in Gujarat has been among the lowest in the country.
Modi said
How does a girl child get dignity how to start a social movement, I say to go MP under Shivraj ji, see Ladli Lakshmi Yojana :Modi
Thank God modi admitted that in Gujarat dignity of women is so low that he askekd ppl to go to MP and see the yojna. Thank God modi admitted that in Gujarat, his government ( and I say government with responsibility because 36 of his officers are in jail) accussed of killing one pregnant woman and another young 19 year old girl and many of the accused only have admitted that they killed these two innocent women to boost Modi’s public perception.
Does Modi have moral right to talk of Pakistan when he himself plays dirty politics and instigates Hindus to attack Muslims…Modi’s sins has created conducive atmosphere for terrorists in Gujarat. In fact, Modi Government can kill innocent people and pregnant women saying they were on a mission to kill Modi but Modi and his government can let a Kasab go safely to Mumbai from Gujarat with arms and ammunition and kill innocent people in Mumbai?
Today Modi spoke on national security. Modi thinks shouting crudely and lying brings conviction but anyone who can analyse can easily catch his lies.
For example
On what basis CM can advise centre when internal security in his own state is badly managed and there is great shortage of ammunition that his own government has admitted? Just by wearing cowboy hats and going to border areas and making fake speeches solves security issues? Why has Modi’;s own government admitted that there is 100 per cent shortage of ammunition amongst State security forces in Gujarat?
Modi in his usual bragging style talked of terrorism. Guajrat is a border state. Kasab went to Mumbai from Gujarat. Why is anti terrorist force only on paper? In fact, Modi speaks in such manner, institgates and divides the population that he actually creates a conducive atmosphere for terrorists to come and attack.
The Central government gave billions of Rupees for digital radio tracking system but Gujarat did not establish it.
· In its report, CAG has criticized Gujarat Govt for bad management and corruption in internal security. A copy of these observations released to media.
Senior Congress Leader and Former Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil said Modi tries to show his fake concern for security. In fact, Modi did not even
present prospective security plan to the central government and as a result Gujarat did not get its due share of money for State police force. In the para 1.1.8.1 of the audit report dated March 31, 2009, CAG observed that unprofessional approach and lack of annual planning has led to millions of Rupees unspent given by the Central Govt.
In the para 1.1.9.1 CAG clearly mentioned that money ranging from 5% to 68% had remained unspent in the case of transport, arms and ammunitions, training and home guards. Central Govt. has provided adequate funds for the modernization of the police force. Despite this, there was shortage of ammunition from 17% to 100%. This was mainly because of maladministration. There was 100% shortage of cartridge for 5.56 INSAS. In the case of .303 shortage of cartridge was 32%. There was huge shortage of cartridge of 9mm 7.62 SLR.
CAG even recorded 17,933 tear gas shells of expired date. They were 7 years old. In different cadres of anti terrorist force, there were vacancies ranging from 8% to 100%. In such a situation, in para 1.1.11.4, CAG noted that it appeared that ATS existed on paper only. Modi may be day dreaming to become the PM but as Chief Minister he should first ensure that he puts his own house in order.
Modi with his superfluous knowledge tried to give an impression about talking on security and failure of Central govt on the issue. Actual foreign policy paralysis has happened always during NDA regime led by Modi’s party, the BJP.
I would want to ask him that the Lahore declaration was was signed on
February 21, 1999 by then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Nawaz
Sharif and the Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee at the
The Declaration which later failed at the time of the Kargil War contained the
following inter-alia other agreements between the 2 leaders:-
• That their Foreign Ministers will meet periodically to discuss all issues of
mutual concern, including nuclear-related issues;
• That the two sides shall undertake consultations on World Trade Organization
(WTO)-related issues with a view to coordinating their respective positions;
• That the two sides shall determine areas of cooperation in information
technology, in particular for tackling the problems of Y2K;
• That the two sides will hold consultations with a view to further liberalizing
the visa and travel regime; and
• That the two sides shall appoint a two-member committee at the ministerial level to examine humanitarian issues relating to civilian detainees and missing prisoners of war.
ÿ Also, you may kindly note that the BJP Government continued to host
healthy ties with Pakistan as even though the Lahore Declaration miserably
failed with the take-off of the Kargil War. Interestingly, contrary to their
current stand the BJP government again endeavored for a healthy relation
with Pakistan through the AgraSummit. However even the Agra summit also failed. This is sourced from the below so it proves that it is Modi and the BJP government that has failed.
[Source: Ministry of External Affairs http://www.mea.gov.in/in-focusarticle.htm?18997/Lahore+Declaration+February+1999
(Supporting documents are marked as Annexure A-1)]
2. Bus Service to Lahore- Modi says Central Government is soft on Pakistan. He should remember that the Delhi-Lahore Bus service was inaugurated on 19th
Feb 1999, interestingly even during the Kargil War, the bus service was not put
to a halt. However it was stopped after the attack on the India Parliament
[Source: Financial Express/ Press Trust of India – July, 11, 1999 http://
www.financialexpress.com/old/ie/daily/19990712/ige12022p.html
(Supporting)
3. Kargil War – Barely 3 months after the Lahore Declaration, the intrusion by
Pakistan was reported in the KargilValley. The Kagil war which claimed lives of
many brave Indian Soldiers continued from May, 1999 to July, 1999. The Kargil attack was a result of intelligence lapses and failure to pre-empt the infiltration by the BJP Government. What was the BJP doing at that time?
According to one of the news reports Mr. Vajpayee came to know about the Kargil infiltration on April 16, 1998 when a civilian delegation from Kargil, Batalik and Mushkoh came to see him at his official residence at 7, Race Course with some local BJP leaders. Allegedly Atal Behari Vajpayee knew about Kargil’s infiltration very well in advance, but he did not take any adequate action in
1. globalsecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/kargil-
2. South Asian Tribune, June 2004 edition, article by Arun Rajnath. Link- http://
www.antisystemic.org/satribune/www.satribune.com/archives/jun13_19_04/
P1_arun.html
4. AgraSummit – After 2 years of the tragic Kargil War, the BJP Government
initiated the ‘Agra Summit’. The historic two-day summit meeting between India and Pakistan which lasted from 14–16 July 2001 turned out to be massive Foreign Policy Failure.
The Agra Summit was organized with the aim of resolving long-standing issues between India and Pakistan. At this meeting, a proposal was made to drastic reduction of issues involving the Kashmir insurgency, and cross-border terrorism. However, the negotiations broke down and the process was collapsed and the Agra treaty was never signed.
According to Gaurav Kampani an Indian Scholar & Senior Research Associate at Monterey Institute of International Studies the Agra Summit failed because the Vajpayee Government could not trust the President Musharraf.
Also, in a interview, Musharraf claimed that the Agra Summit failed because someone sitting over Shri Vajpayee has been taking final calls.
1. Economic Times, 7th http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-12-07/news/ 27579475_1_vajpayee-and-musharraf-agra-summit-pakistani-president
2. The Hindu July 31, 2001
http://www.hindu.com/2001/07/31/stories/13310611.html
(Supporting documents are marked as Annexure A-4)]
5. Attack on Bangladesh claims 16 BSF Soldiers lives – In April, 2001 on directions of the Union Home Ministry, headed by Shri LK Advani the BSF attacked the Bangladesh border. An unplanned & immature attack directed by the Union Home Ministry claimed live if 16 BSF men. The bodies were butchered to an extent that the BSF could not even send them back to their As a result of the failure of the operation, the Bangladesh’s military claimed it had simply regained control over territory under Indian occupation since Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.
1. The Tribune 19th Link – http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010419/main1.html
2. The Tribune 22nd
Link – http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010422/main1.htm
(Supporting documents are marked as Annexure A-5)]
6. The IC-814 Hijack – The IC 814 hijack was a typical case of failure of decision making of the BJP government. IC 814 an Indian Airlines plane was hijacked on its way from Nepal to New Delhi. The entire hijack drama lasted for 8 days and finally the Indian Government had to swap 3 terrorist (lodged in Indian jails) for the passengers of IC 814.
In a press conference addressed on the above issue by then External Affairs Minister, Shri Jaswant Singh said “In grave situations such as these, there is no need to make more enemies”. However, it may kindly be noted that the Hijack could have been over-powered by the security forces at Amritsar (when the plane landed for re-fueling), however the then BJP Government could not give a ’go-ahead’.
[Source: Frontline, Volume 17 – Issue 01, Jan. 08 – 21, 2000 http://
www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1701/17010200.htm
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(Editors pls note that I have annexed website and other addresses in this note just for confirmation of facts, in case you need.)
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