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SIMI is a fundamentalist islamic organization which was banned following its open support to Al-Qaeda post 9/11 ["May allah help them kill more of the infidels" etc], and which has been linked with multiple terrorist attacks since [Akshardham, Delhi, etc].
Now here are some news headlines about the attitude of the UP government towards SIMI...
"THE MULAYAM Singh Yadav government has withdrawn a treason case against banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) national president Shahid Badr Falahi."
And after Mumbai train blasts
"... Mulayam Singh Yadav, CM, Uttar Pradesh said: "We'll know as to who is responsible ... As far as we are concerned, SIMI has not been directly involved in attacks ... "
"SIMI not active in my State: Mulayam"
The simple fact is that the SP wants to protect its muslim votebank, and the central government too has not been strict on SIMI because of the same reason. Here is a news report excerpt which shows the priority of politicians - national security Vs votes::
SP seeks to defend SIMI
With the polls approaching and amid indications that BSP, helped by Mayawati's manoeuvre to win over sections of Brahmins, has gained an edge, SP must be feeling the need to hold on to its formidable constituency among Muslims. Even Mulayam's one-time loyalist, Yaqoob Qureshi, the minister who emerged as a sort of hero with his Rs 51 crore bounty offer for a Danish cartoonist's head, has put his weight behind the clerics' challenge to Muslims. Batting for SIMI, he has, besides seeking to save his voter base, also raised the stakes in general.
While similar politics may not be possible in the Congress's style of middle-ground politics, BSP may be amenable to match the wily chief minister with similar announcements.
Mayawati had come out with detailed statements on the communal census in the Army as also cartoons of the Prophet as she saw Mulayam running away with the community's sympathy in the backdrop of twin controversies to hit the nation.
It makes me sad to think that perhaps we could have avoided these blasts if the government [UP as well as Central] hadnt made Terrorism a minor issue which could be subdued under votebank pressures. And then the fucking hypocrites put out such statements...
We will wipe out Terrorism: India
The serial blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar figured in the Union Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
The Cabinet passed a resolution condemning the outrageous terror attacks and asserted that nothing would deter the government from its firm policy to fight the menace till it is wiped out.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting.
Security agencies are suspecting Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Tayiba and the banned Students Islamic Movement of India to be behind the terror attacks in Mumbai.
Meeting for the first time after Tuesday's deadly attacks, the Cabinet observed a two-minute silence and passed a resolution, affirming that terrorists and their acts 'will never be allowed' to check the country's march to economic growth and prosperity.
The meeting lauded the spirit of the people of Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir, which 'demonstrated very emphatically that terrorism cannot succeed'.
The Cabinet expressed 'profound sense of shock and outrage at the series of blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar' which resulted in 'heavy loss of life and suffering', said the resolution passed at the meeting.
'[The Cabinet] condemns in the strongest terms the senseless, inhuman and dastardly attack by terrorists on tourists and the innocent people of this country,' it said. The resolution emphasised the government's 'strong commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms' and said 'nothing will deter us from our firm policy to fight this menace till it is wiped out.'
And here is another article, this one showing the attitude of the terrorists::
Al Qaeda announces presence in J&K
The spokesman told CNS that Al Qaeda Jammu and Kashmir chief Abu Abdur Rahman Ansari has "expressed happiness over the Mumbai serial blasts and appreciated those who carried out these attacks."
"The Mumbai attacks were a reaction to the oppression in India of minorities in general and Muslims in particular," Hadeed told CNS on phone.
Now here are some news headlines about the attitude of the UP government towards SIMI...
"THE MULAYAM Singh Yadav government has withdrawn a treason case against banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) national president Shahid Badr Falahi."
And after Mumbai train blasts
"... Mulayam Singh Yadav, CM, Uttar Pradesh said: "We'll know as to who is responsible ... As far as we are concerned, SIMI has not been directly involved in attacks ... "
"SIMI not active in my State: Mulayam"
The simple fact is that the SP wants to protect its muslim votebank, and the central government too has not been strict on SIMI because of the same reason. Here is a news report excerpt which shows the priority of politicians - national security Vs votes::
SP seeks to defend SIMI
With the polls approaching and amid indications that BSP, helped by Mayawati's manoeuvre to win over sections of Brahmins, has gained an edge, SP must be feeling the need to hold on to its formidable constituency among Muslims. Even Mulayam's one-time loyalist, Yaqoob Qureshi, the minister who emerged as a sort of hero with his Rs 51 crore bounty offer for a Danish cartoonist's head, has put his weight behind the clerics' challenge to Muslims. Batting for SIMI, he has, besides seeking to save his voter base, also raised the stakes in general.
While similar politics may not be possible in the Congress's style of middle-ground politics, BSP may be amenable to match the wily chief minister with similar announcements.
Mayawati had come out with detailed statements on the communal census in the Army as also cartoons of the Prophet as she saw Mulayam running away with the community's sympathy in the backdrop of twin controversies to hit the nation.
It makes me sad to think that perhaps we could have avoided these blasts if the government [UP as well as Central] hadnt made Terrorism a minor issue which could be subdued under votebank pressures. And then the fucking hypocrites put out such statements...
We will wipe out Terrorism: India
The serial blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar figured in the Union Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
The Cabinet passed a resolution condemning the outrageous terror attacks and asserted that nothing would deter the government from its firm policy to fight the menace till it is wiped out.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting.
Security agencies are suspecting Pakistan-based Lashker-e-Tayiba and the banned Students Islamic Movement of India to be behind the terror attacks in Mumbai.
Meeting for the first time after Tuesday's deadly attacks, the Cabinet observed a two-minute silence and passed a resolution, affirming that terrorists and their acts 'will never be allowed' to check the country's march to economic growth and prosperity.
The meeting lauded the spirit of the people of Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir, which 'demonstrated very emphatically that terrorism cannot succeed'.
The Cabinet expressed 'profound sense of shock and outrage at the series of blasts in Mumbai and Srinagar' which resulted in 'heavy loss of life and suffering', said the resolution passed at the meeting.
'[The Cabinet] condemns in the strongest terms the senseless, inhuman and dastardly attack by terrorists on tourists and the innocent people of this country,' it said. The resolution emphasised the government's 'strong commitment to combat terrorism in all its forms' and said 'nothing will deter us from our firm policy to fight this menace till it is wiped out.'
And here is another article, this one showing the attitude of the terrorists::
Al Qaeda announces presence in J&K
The spokesman told CNS that Al Qaeda Jammu and Kashmir chief Abu Abdur Rahman Ansari has "expressed happiness over the Mumbai serial blasts and appreciated those who carried out these attacks."
"The Mumbai attacks were a reaction to the oppression in India of minorities in general and Muslims in particular," Hadeed told CNS on phone.
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