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| India-Pakistan |
| Gill gets cracking |
| 2002-05-10 |
| Security Advisor to the Gujarat Chief Minister, KPS Gill, said his "action plan" to deal with the continuing violence was ready and no culprit, be it VHP or Bajrang Dal activists, would be spared. Oooh. I like this guy already, even if he does wear a turban... Gill said his action plan, which would be "individual specific and not community specific", would be implemented in a day or so and irrespective of the culprit's political and party affiliations, action would be taken against them. "No one responsible for the killings will be spared," he said, adding that lack of reliable intelligence inputs was the main reason for the situation getting out of hand. Sure hope his car insurance is paid up if he's gonna go after real Bad Guys, rather than thump one community or the other... Refusing to comment on the allegation of connivance of the law enforcers and the state machinery with the rioters, Gill said one of his priorities would be to overhaul the intelligence gathering machinery. "The situation today is that we are not getting authentic information about those responsible for criminal acts and that is proving a major handicap in dealing with the situation," he said. Meaning ideology and community have been driving the responses, not cracking down on actual perps... Stating that presumptions of a Muslim being responsible for the killing of a Hindu and vice-versa was also a reason that had hampered investigations, he said: "We have to identify the culprits and then deal with them." Hmmm... Interesting point. Now, why would a Muslim kill a Muslim, and a Hindu a Hindu when the two communities are rioting against each other? Y'think there could be some, uh... personal or, ummmm... business motives involved in some of the killings? And that the riots may have given them cover? Didn't Suman Palit note that "The existing religous divide provides excellent cover for what is really an economic jihad"? Looks like Gill may think so, too. And I wonder why the Gujarat Bigs don't like having him around...? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |