Last Friday, we had Bangalore making its dismal entry into the list of world’s terror cities, with Ahmedabad providing the moral support the very next day. More than the shock and awe that these blasts created, what struck me most was the disappointing attitude of our politicians and the government machineries concerned.
First, there were some glaring mistakes committed by the intelligence bu
reau. Terrorists have already warned you with a blast in Rajastan a couple of months back and the state is ruled by BJP. Rajastan was never in the terrorist list and a blast in the pink city would have put out intelligence agencies and the police on high alert and they should have anticipated blasts in the other BJP-ruling states as well.
It might sound an idea that is a little bit far-fetched. But, then why they are called Intelligence agencies? Where is the intelligence and where do they use it? How can the central agencies wash their hands off saying, they had warned the state governments? Where is the responsibility taken?
Then the Bangalore blast followed and
that provided a clear pattern: The BJP-ruling states are under threat. Government took great security initiatives in cities like Delhi and Mumbai, but leaving out Ahmedabad proved to b a costly lapse and terror mocked right on the faces of our security and intelligence establishments with some more intensive blasts.
Clearly, they were caught napping and then the blame game began.
Secondly, our politicians continue to flow crocodile tears when they hear about a blast and they are least concerned for the safety of the common man. In all the news channels, they were eager to “strongly condemn the blasts”. But that is not surprising. In a country, where the politics has turned a big business with people’s representatives being bought over by green bucks, what else can you expect from the political mafia?
I would say, our politicians are, in fact, dangerous than these terrorists!
First, there were some glaring mistakes committed by the intelligence bu
reau. Terrorists have already warned you with a blast in Rajastan a couple of months back and the state is ruled by BJP. Rajastan was never in the terrorist list and a blast in the pink city would have put out intelligence agencies and the police on high alert and they should have anticipated blasts in the other BJP-ruling states as well.It might sound an idea that is a little bit far-fetched. But, then why they are called Intelligence agencies? Where is the intelligence and where do they use it? How can the central agencies wash their hands off saying, they had warned the state governments? Where is the responsibility taken?
Then the Bangalore blast followed and
that provided a clear pattern: The BJP-ruling states are under threat. Government took great security initiatives in cities like Delhi and Mumbai, but leaving out Ahmedabad proved to b a costly lapse and terror mocked right on the faces of our security and intelligence establishments with some more intensive blasts.Clearly, they were caught napping and then the blame game began.
Secondly, our politicians continue to flow crocodile tears when they hear about a blast and they are least concerned for the safety of the common man. In all the news channels, they were eager to “strongly condemn the blasts”. But that is not surprising. In a country, where the politics has turned a big business with people’s representatives being bought over by green bucks, what else can you expect from the political mafia?
I would say, our politicians are, in fact, dangerous than these terrorists!
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