Terrorism … and that too saffron terrorism?

by Narendra Modi 1. September 2010 19:46
Friends,

The Home Minister Shri Chidambaramji who represents the Congress government should recall the history of the chair that he now sits which was once occupied by the Iron Man Sardar Patel who added lustre to it. If he recalls this rightly he would not have thought with such a bad intention to coin an imaginary and false term “saffron terrorism.”

This accusation leveled by the Central government is not as if it was said in anger at an election rally. But this was said at a very important and sensitive conference of State police chiefs and Inspector-Generals of Police which he inaugurated. And it was therefore a prepared speech. This mischief cannot be dismissed as an insignificant event. The Central Congress government’s home minister has indeed stepped outside the boundaries of the Constitution when he made such an irresponsible statement. By this statement the security forces and the police have been provoked to act in a certain way against a certain class of people. This is an anti-constitutional behaviour.

The Central government by speaking about saffron terror has gravely insulted its own parent the Congress party itself. The home minister of the nation should be aware that the Congress in 1931 had established the Flag Samiti whose head was Dr Rajendra Prasadji. And the members of this samiti were great men like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Shri Moulana Azad, Shri Master Tara Singh, Dr Ambedkar, Kakasaheb Kalelkar, Kanhaiya Lal Munishi. The members had recommeded that the national flag of India should be of a single colour and should be of saffron. Then how can the Central Congress government spread canards about ‘saffron terror’?

Friends, the present Tri-colour to which we Indians bow has saffron in its unique glory. The Centre must reply to the people of India whether the Tri-colour has turned into a symbol of terrorism due to its saffron colour?

Friends, in our thousand years of slavery our great patriots in each time period had been sacrificing themselves under the shadow of the saffron flag. Does the Central Congress government desire that in protecting this country’s heritage those who had sacrificied themselves like Guruputras, Chattrapati Shivaji, Rana Pratap and lakhs of brave Kshatriyas had sacrificed at the altar of saffron terror? Should we heap infamy on the bravery and sacrifices as recorded in our age-old Indian history?

Friends, from Vedas to Vivekananda the contribution of our sants and mahants has been eternal as all of them wore saffron-coloured clothes. The saffron-attired young sanyasi Vivekananda had enhanced the prestige of India in the comity of nations. Is this sacrifice of tapasvis like Vivekananda could possibly form part of saffron terror tradition for the Congress government?

The politics of votebanks and appeasement has destroyed this country. This canard of ‘saffron terror’ has been spread as part of a devious political votebank and appeasement game.

The country can never tolerate such dirty political games. Such insult to our great ancient culture can never be tolerated.

Youths, rise and awake and demand an answer…..

Yours,

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Saluting Freedom & Truth

by Narendra Modi 15. August 2010 00:05

મિત્રો,
ભારતની આઝાદીની
૬૪મી વર્ષગાંઠે આપ સહુને
ખૂબ ખૂબ શુભકામનાઓ
આઝાદીના લડવૈયાઓને
શત્ શત્ નમન.

ગત સપ્તાહે ગુજરાત ઉપર
કુદરતની કૃપા વરસી છે.
ગુજરાતની તરસી ધરતીને તરબતર કરતા
મેઘરાજાની મહેરથી,
સર્વત્ર આનંદઉલ્લાસથી
જનજીવન મહેંકી રહ્યું છે.

આ આહ્લાદક પ્રકૃતિની નિશ્રામાં
મહિમાવંત તહેવારોની યાત્રા
શરૂ થઈ ગઈ છે.

આગામી દિવસોમાં
ઉત્સવધારા વહેતી રહેવાની છે.
મહાત્મા ગાંધીજી અને સરદાર સાહેબના
જન્મદિવસ પણ ઑક્ટોબરમાં આવે છે.

ગુજરાત માટે સુભગ સંયોગ એ પણ છે કે
આ સ્વર્ણિમ જ્યંતી વર્ષમાં,
૬૪મું આઝાદી પર્વ
વિરાટ વિકાસ ઉત્સવ તરીકે ઉજવાઈ રહ્યું છે.

સમગ્ર રાજકોટ જિલ્લો રાજ્યકક્ષાના સ્વાતંત્ર્ય પર્વને
ઉમંગ થી વધાવી રહ્યો છે.
સત્યનો જ વિજય થાય છે  સત્યમેવ જયતે એ
આપણો સદીઓનો મંત્ર છે.
સત્યમ્ શિવમ્  સુંદરમ્
આપણી સાંસ્કૃતિક ધરોહર છે.
 આપણે ત્યાં પ્રાચીન
દુહામાં કહેવાયું છે
‘‘સાચંુ સોરઠિયો ભણે’’
‘‘સત્ય’’ આપણો સંસ્કાર વારસો છે.
સ્વામી દયાનંદજી સરસ્વતીએ
હિન્દુ સમાજને અંધશ્રદ્ધામાંથી
બહાર લાવવા બીડંુ ઉઠાવ્યું.
તેમણે રચેલ ગ્રંથનું નામ હતું
‘‘સત્યાર્થ પ્રકાશ’’
મહાત્મા ગાંધીએ જીવનકથાને
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આઝાદીના આંદોલનને
‘‘સત્યાગ્રહ’’ના રંગેરંગી દીધું.
સમાજ સુધારની ઝુંબેશ
કરનાર પત્રકાર કરસનદાસ મૂળજીના
અખબારનું નામ હતું
‘‘સત્યપ્રકાશ’’
ગુજરાતે ‘‘સત્ય’’ના શસ્ત્ર થકી અન્યાય,
ઉપેક્ષા અને બદનામ કરવાના
ષડ્યંત્રો સામે
લડવાનો માર્ગ સ્વીકારેલો છે.
‘‘સાચને ન આવે આંચ’’
‘‘સત્ય છાપરે
ચડીને પોકારશે.’’
‘‘સત્યનો જય’’
આજ આપણી શ્રદ્ધા છે.

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અપપ્રચાર, જુઠાણાં,
ગંદા આરોપોના
એકધારા મારા વચ્ચે પણ
વિચલિત થયા વગર
મારા પર વિશ્વાસ રાખનાર
આપ સહુનો હું જેટલો આભાર માનું
તેટલો ઓછો છે.
હું આપનો ઙ્ગણી છું.

આપની આશા,
અપેક્ષાને અનુરૂપ
ભારતમાતાની
સેવા કરતો રહ્યો છું.
અને કરતો રહીશ.
આવો દેશ માટે
જીવીએ, દેશ માટે કંઈક
કરીએ  વંદે માતરમ્.

 

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Peaceful Jagannath Yatra: Epitome of Gujarati spirit

by Narendra Modi 14. July 2010 19:33
The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Gujarat has been going on for the past 133 years. Earlier it used to be only in Ahmedabad and today it has spread to entire Gujarat and rath yatras take place in over 110 places. This year the rath yatra was celebrated with devotion in a peaceful and joyful atmosphere.

Those who know Gujarat well say that whenever any religious festival took place in the past there would be talk of violent disturbances. Lord Jagannath’s rath yatra was also one such. If you look at the past history of rath yatra there were at least three to four communal violence occurring every decade (except 2001-2010) at different places of the state. This resulted in curfew that prolonged for months impacting the poor severely. Women and children were the worst sufferers as livelihood was hit immensely.


If we look at the decade from 2001-10, not least the rath yatra passing off peacefully; but all festivals have been celebrated peacefully amid joyous bonhomie without a single instance of communal violence had occurred in the entire state of Gujarat. Those who know the history of Gujarat can understand well that this is no small thing.

The 2010 Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra has become the cynosure of all eyes for its religious amity and gaiety. It was simply not about the peace that had prevailed; it was more due to an air of festivity and joy among all religious sections of the people indicating that Gujarat has indeed been moving onto the path of peaceful development. It has become a shining example for other states to follow. Gujarat’s Shanti Yatra, Pragati Yatra and Vikas Yatra are progressing as epitomized by the peaceful Jagannath Yatra.

In the Ahmedabad newspaper Divya Bhaskar’s editorial today (July 14) has clearly captured the true spirit of the people of Gujarat. The same has been translated into English and is available in the link below.

People of Gujarat know very well that, those in the habit of defaming Gujarat, and those who cannot tolerate the development of Gujarat, will never take note of the peace and development of Gujarat. People of Gujarat had never allowed such anti-Gujarat forces to succeed. Gujarat’s march towards progress will continue with the understanding and the wisdom of the people.

See link — Editorial in Divya Bhaskar

Yours,

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