SIMI - ANOTHER ISSUE IN THE BAKING

There are issues everywhere on the planet, but in India, they are endless. Keep grilling your mind and issues will keep popping out while I embedded my eyes on what's next, there same a verdict by the Tribunal, a decision to lift ban on SIMI (Students Islamic Movement Of India) after an appear by the Centre...... and what came next was another hot issue for the politicians to cash upon.

The ban on SIMI stays, by the virtue of Supreme Court's interim order, and so the politics attached to it also gets an opportunity to stay. But, in the brief period between the two decisions of the two judicial bodies, politics did play a game with senior ministers in the UPA cabinet giving vent to their totally uncalled for views. It left me wondering, Why was “principle of collective responsibility” ever created? The principle entails that on such an important like the one related to terrorism and internal security (in present case to SIMI), the government should should have just unanimous voice.

But the development on the SIMI episode gave ample indication of vote-bank playing a major splitter of views within the UPA government.

This was precisely the reason why Chemical Fertilizers and Steel Minister Ramvilas Paswan and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav went on record to register their support for SIMI. And, with Mulayam Singh Yadav also advocating revoke of ban on SIMI, the Congress party finds itself almost alone. It looks good that the government went ahead and moved the Supreme Court against the decision of the Tribunal and the Congress maintained that SIMI was still a terrorist organization.

We for sure cannot run classrooms on query issue for our beloved politicians. Some time back there were computer classes organized for the political army of this country and just yesterday Rahul Gandhi took the class on nuke-deal at a meeting of Congress' state spokesperson. I am not sure of the entire strata of our political army needs classes on every single issue of this country.

Thanks to the Supreme court for an interim order of stay on lifting ban otherwise Laloo Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan had already tied their belts to rip. The issue apart. One went on saying that there should be no ban on SIMI and the other went ahead to demand a similar ban on RSS, Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal. And while these kind of statements were pouring in left and right, there was nothing much left for the BJP to say than demanding removal of both Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, and making an accusation on the UPA government for playing unhealthy politics.

For any serious issue this country has set some great examples of turning these issues into a mere mockery.

SIMI BAN - FACTS

SIMI faces ban under various sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 2005. It is a kind of double ban.
Section 3 - Govt can ban any organisation which it feels is involved in any sort of unlawful activities.
Section 4 - Govt. may refer the notification to a tribunal or High Court for review
Section 45 - Contains a Schedule which lists terrorist outfits. SIMI remains a part of that list.

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