Varun Gandhi- A Lumpen Goon

By swearing with Gita, a sacred scripture of Hinduism, Varun Gandhi who may also be called a bright lumpeen goon, an ugly politician with no mass base besides associating himself with a rabid communal party has vowed to " CUT HEADS" of Muslims.


It's no surprise that Varun has on a wild rant against muslims becoz his father Sanjay Gandhi was too a person of imbecile personality which was evident from his Forced vasectomy campaign launched agaainst MUslims of this great Nation besides destructing homes of millions of Slum Dwellers in Delhi alone.


You may call it as his desperation to get quick recognition as no knows him well in the country in comparision to the Future Prime Mnister and a real Gandhi family scion Rahul Gandhi.


It is his envy and frustation that he is demonising Muslims only to get some naked publicity and some cheap votes by creating hatred and fear of Muslims in the Majority community.

Talaq via SMS, email un-Islamic, say Muslim scholars

By Nakshab Khan

New Delhi, March 15 It's a quickie way to divorce that is catching up - saying 'talaq' through SMS or email. Former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed is the latest to use digital means to say talaq to his estranged second wife Fiza. But Muslim scholars have termed it "unacceptable" and say there is no concept of instant divorce in Islam.

Chand Mohammed sent a terse "talaq, talaq, talaq" mobile SMS to Fiza from London and also called her up to repeat the message Friday night.

"I got an SMS from Chand on my mobile phone on Friday in which he had written 'talaq' three times. Immediately after that, I got a call from him and he reiterated that he has given talaq to me," Fiza told mediapersons in Chandigarh.

According to a study 'Marriage and divorce amongst Muslim women in India', conducted by Sabiha Hussain of the Centre for Dalit and Minorities at Jamia Millia Islamia, at least 15 such divorces were pronounced via SMS, email and phone in 2008.

"It is a case study of 30 divorced women conducted in Delhi's Jamia Nagar, Seelampuri and several districts in Bihar including Darbhanga, Madhubani, Gaya," said Hussain.

Akhtarul Wasey, head of department of Islamic studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, said: "There is no concept of instant divorce in Islam and giving it through digital means has no validity.

Any divorce should only be allowed through Darul Quaza (Islamic court) or shariat panchayat, and there should be a witness from both the bride's and groom's sides. Divorce in absentia of either husband or wife does not hold any authenticity."

All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) president Shaista Amber said: "Giving divorce through modern gadgets like phone, SMS or email is purely illogical and invalid."

"This kind of pronouncement of talaq does not hold any authenticity," Amber told IANS.

"The Quran has specifically laid down norms for 'nikah' (marriage) and 'talaq'. In both cases, witness from both sides is a must. Then how can one ascertain the presence of a witness when technologies like SMS, phones or emails are being used," she said.

"Such technologies can be misused, manipulated and doctored. Hence the Quran has never validated divorce or marriage through digital means," she added.

"It is very sad to see people misusing and misinterpreting Islamic laws. We need to educate the Muslim community more about the sanctity of marriage as an institution," Syed Junaid, a journalist who has studied Islamic history, told IANS.

The model nikahnama (marriage contract) released by AIMWPLB clearly rejects any divorce through SMS, email, phone or video conferencing or divorce done on provocation or by husband pronouncing talaq in an inebriated condition.

Third Front will ruin prospects of BJP and Congress: D Raja

Nakshab Khan and Pranshu Negi

New Delhi, March 15: "BJP and Congress are not born to rule this country and both the parties do not represent India in totality", said CPI national secretary D Raja while speaking to IANS over the prospects of third front.

"There are new social classes and forces that are emerging which are not represented by BJP and Congress. We are confident that Third Front will ruin prospects of both BJP and Congress. And that's whyboth BJP and Congress are jittery. Third Front is a better choice for the people of this country", he added.

D Raja accused both parties (BJP and Congress) of deviating from their basic values. "Both the parties are in total crisis and it's not only political or ideological, it's also a moral crisis. Congress claims to be an 'aam aadmi' govt but it has nothing to do with the 'aam aadmi'. It has failed to address the issues of livelihood of the common man. On the other hand BJP is a communal party which thinks that it can make electoral gains by dividing people on basis of religion."

He also criticized Congress-led UPA government for signing nuclear deal with United States and moving India closer to US administration. "Nuclear cooperation between US and India is more than building strategic partnership. The deal has increasingly threatened the sovereignty of India", he told IANS.

He further elaborated on the effects of economic slowdown that Indo-US nuclear deal is going to face in future, and wondered as to how the US is going to invest in nuclear business when the whole nation is currently in the throes of grave financial crisis.

"The whole US is in financial crisis and I don't see the possibility of US investing in nuclear business," he said.

Talking about the first commercial pact signed with French company Areva to build atomic power plants in India, D Raja argued that how it would be possible for France or other nation to build such reactors when the recession has affected the West in a severe manner.

When asked whether CPI would join hands with Congress after general elections to fend off BJP from coming to power, Raja cleverly steered clear of this issue by saying, "Let the election be over". However, he didn't deny the possibility of joining hands with the Congress in wake of hung Parliament to restrain BJP from gaining power.

When asked about CPI's stance on Samajwadi Party after the latter chose to go with nuclear deal overlooking the former, Raja clearly said, "We have no common ground with Samajwadi Party. During Presidential election, SP went with BJP to elect APJ Abdul Kalam while during the trust vote on N-deal they voted in favour of Congress-led UPA government.

However, he approved BSP's ideology and politics describing it as a fight against social oppression.

When asked that CPI is against BJP for its alleged communal politics then why it has no problem in joining hands with BSP- a party based on caste politics, he said, "BSP is not a castiest party. Mayawati (BSP president) does not represent a caste but the deprived sections of the society."

"Do you think if somebody speaks for 'Dalits', it is casteism", Raja questioned.

"Politically, UP CM Mayawati is closer to us since she is fighting both the Congress and BJP, which I think is a positive sign," he added.

Reacting over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, D Raja who himself is a Tamil and a Rajya Sabha MP from Tamil Nadu, accused the Indian government of supplying arms to Sri Lankan forces for fighting LTTE. "Indian government has no clear policy over the Tamil issue," he said.

However, he expressed his concerns over the issue. "We are very much concerned on this, and have formed a movement called 'Sri Lankan Tamil Protection Movement' along with other political groups in Tamil Nadu."