@Nicky G stop giving excuses for state govt. , they are not so powerless you claim them to be. didn't the punjab govt wipe out militancy with high handedness? not caring about the common folk but focusing solely on dismantling the terror infrastructure and support? Have you been on the receiving end of the state's wrath?
If you are comparing this to the Punjab insurgency which was directly aided and supplied by the ISI, you are living in la-la land.
How may lives were lost before Punjab police took hard actions? How many lives were lost here?
Learn context.
secondly, are you seriously recommending that the firing shouldn't have taken place? please, come out of the hole you are residing in and learn something. Firing orders are given out after following a compulsory operating procedure. it is used as the last resort and under reasonable constraint.
you are setting aside the fact that entire tri-city area was held hostage by these premis. looting and destruction of the property, burning of the vehicles etc. where do you draw the line?
Show me a precedent where people have been shot for merely torching a few vehicles. Are you aware how many times that has happened in this county?
I don't have details, so will not speculate and leave it to the judgment of the security forces, but unless lives are in jeopardy, I don't see why people should have not been apprehended.
I draw the line a bit beyond mere destruction of property. I draw the line somewhere along what happened during Jat agitation - when they were killing and raping. Has any of that sort been reported here?
also, stop painting the premis and their cult leader as some gullible guys. are you even aware how much weapons and fuel bombs they amassed at their deras? do you even know what sort of the law and order problem they pose?
I never argued anything of this sort.
burning buses, cars, railway stations, electric grids, shops.. are these acceptable sorts of protest?
if yes then I am speechless about your intellect...
Again, I never argued they were acceptable. Its about proportionality.
it is very easy to quote something on a situation and it is entirely something different to be in the middle of it.
Bottomline is that it was an embarrassing failure on the part of the state govt of Punjab and Haryana. deal with it.
please stop associating this scenario with the hindu lens, it is helping no one.
What is there for me to deal with? You calling something embarrassing means nothing to me. Its too early to make any serious judgments anyway.
Not sure what Hindu lens is but its a fact that only Dharmic leaders seem to face the courts, there are non-bailable warrants against Imams that are not served due to law and order concerns.
ONLY THING THIS SCENARIO HAS REINFORCED THAT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOLLOWERS, POLITICAL CONNECTIONS, AND MONEY, YOU CAN EVEN BRING, NOT JUST A STATE BUT COUPLE OF STATES TO GROUND.
That's true in lots of places. Agitations bring cities and even states down in many countries - even in the US for instance.
Frankly, I am not sure what you are arguing? I don't have any interest in excusing governments. Its a matter of rising beyond childishly blaming the state without considering what exactly could have been done. As I asked in my previous posts, should all his supporters have been taken into preventive custody? Do you have a location that can hold lacs of people at a time?
Movement of arms should definitely have been monitored and prevented but that is also not easy as it sounds. Its not as if weapons came just in the recent past, they were likely stocked over the years.
If I remember correctly, a senior police officer even told the court that he is not able to guarantee law and order given the volatile situation.
So in closing, do try to rise up beyond the media induced frenzy and think for yourselves.
While we celebrate at the failure of MSM every now and then, the real testing times tell us who has more power.
Look at the left media. They hijacked the whole issue and created big frenzy all over the nation. Even local channels also picked it up. I had seen Khattar pic on tv screen today morning and they are lambasting him for his supposed failure. Even that turncoat Arnab also sang same tune. Many RW idiots frothing at mouth.
Situations like this, tells us who is on which side.
Simply put, media is trying to create a narrative similar to 2002. They are baying for blood of Dera supporters and if that happens, they'll try and paint the Haryana CM as some sort of butcher.
These are some of the same media people who have interviewed this baba while he was charged for these crimes.
Also, the focus is entirely on Haryana, it would seem Punjab is tranquil.