@Vidursniti COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BILL 2011 – MALAFIDE IN INTENT, MISCHIEVOUS IN CONTENT, DIABOLICAL IN DESIGN AND CALCULATED TO DESTROY HINDUS IN INDIA
Narain Kataria in New York
President, Indian American Intellectuals Forum
The bill titled ”Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence Bill – 2011” has been drafted under the leadership of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. It will soon be tabled in Parliament for approval.
The bill divides Indian society in two parts: “Group” (minority community comprised of Christians and Muslims) and “Others” (majority community, meaning Hindus). This bill assumes that “Others”, the majority community of India (Hindus) are habitual perpetrators of violence and the ”Group” (Muslims and Christians) are the victims.
On the contrary, study after study has proven that Muslims have instigated many of the communal violence incidents in India . Several of these studies have been by independent and renowned juridical authorities of unimpeachable integrity. To cite an instance, Justice Tewatia’s “indisputable” report clearly states the attacks on Sabarmati Express at Godhra station on February 27, 2002 were pre-planned by a Muslim mob in which 58 Hindu women and children were roasted alive. (http://www.jaia-bharati.org/nicole-elfi/ni-godhra-ang.htm).
This bill has been drafted by National Advisory Council (NAC). The Advisory committee is a nominated body and has no constitutional status. The stated purpose of the Bill is to address the question of communal violence in the country but the extremely insidious agenda is to communalize Indian polity, create hatred against Hindus, destroy communal harmony, demonize Hindus and convert Hindus either to Christianity or Islam.
This bill seeks to perpetuate a fraud on the majority Hindu community of India . The bill’s target is implicit and sub rosa the Hindu community of India . The bill subliminally propagates abhorrence against Hindus.
Amongst the exceptionally biased and one-sided provisions of the bill are:
· If a case is registered against a Hindu, he has to prove his innocence.
· This law is applicable only when the victim is the “Group” that is, a Muslim or a Christian.
· During the trial, the court may issue orders to attach the property of the accused Hindu.
· The victim will be granted financial compensation within 30 days.
· If a Hindu loses property, is humiliated or boycotted, this law would not apply.
· If any Hindu publishes, communicates, disseminates, broadcasts, advertises by words, either spoken or written, news about communal violence he would be prosecuted for hate propaganda.
· Under this bill, if a Muslim or a Christian complains against any Hindu leader or organization that his/her feelings have been offended, that person/organization would be hauled up.
· Hindus would be prosecuted by “Communal Harmony Authority” to be set up at the state and central levels with seven members each, of which four including chairman and deputy chairman should be from the minority communities.
· All the crimes mentioned under this law are non-bailable