13/7 MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: Ghoulish politics over the remains of terror!

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Prabhu Chawla Last Updated : 17 Jul 2011 01:21:08 AM IST / http://expressbuzz.com.

Playing politics over blood and death has become a political pastime. It has acquired such frightening dimensions that politicians see votes in each drop of blood of innocent terror victims. As investigative agencies grope in the dark after Mumbai’s latest round of blasts, politicians are busy blaming each other. While the BJP and the allies slammed the Congress, Digvijaya Singh, the party’s incorrigible motormouth, hinted at the possibility of RSS involvement. The ruling establishment’s secular megaphones were unwilling to even indirectly blame Pakistan. BJP honcho L K Advani was the first national leader to descend on bleeding Mumbai. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh followed, with condolences and promises of strictest possible action. Meanwhile, bureaucrats and intelligence officials were scurrying to collect information for their political masters to use. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan blamed the mobile networks for the horrific 15-minute delay in reaching senior cops. According to credible Mumbaikars, the city police’s top brass were informed of the blasts through non-police sources. It is unbelievable that all communication—cellphones, MTNL, the wireless, satellites phones—were inactive for 15 minutes. Whether the police commissioner, Anti-Terror Squad chief Rakesh Maria and other senior police officers were able to communicate with other between 6.45 pm and 7.15 pm—when three bomb blasts killed 20 and injured over 125 people—remains unknown to the public. The Maharashtra Police have antiquated weapons and infrastructure, but it is scary that its communication network can also be paralysed. While Afzal Guru and Kasab enjoy government hospitality, Mumbaikers seem fated to live with terror. Since 1992, Mumbai has suffered over 50 terror incidents, but the colour of politics over dead bodies hasn’t changed.

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If politicos stop partisan bickering among themselves and realise that the attack on Mumbai was an attack on India and act in unison to find permanent solutions to he prevention of future such attacks though better surveillance  intelligence gathering and deterrent actions, they would all do a much better public service!

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13/7 MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: the political blame game starts!

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Marya Shakil , CNN-IBN / Updated Jul 14, 2011 at 10:56pm IST.

Mumbai: Political blame game over the Mumbai blasts begins after Rahul Gandhi said not every terror attack can be prevented. The BJP accuses the Congress of being soft on terror, alleging the ruling party of being bias against the majority and a tendency to appease the minority.

So have our politicians learnt anything from the past? If you look at the open war of words between the Congress and the BJP a day after the blasts you would say no, they haven't.

Rahul Gandhi himself admitting that it was perhaps impossible to make any city anywhere in the world totally terror proof.

"Blasts happen in Afghanistan, in Iraq, everywhere. We should also note how many blasts have been averted by the government," Rahul Gandhi said.

A statemenmt which was supported aggressively by Rahul's mentor Digvijay Singh.

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