15th Hindu Unity Day on Aug 2 in New York

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July 28, 2009

FINAL CALL FOR DUTY - HINDU UNITY DAY (HINDU SANGATHAN DIVAS) ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND AT HINDU TEMPLE AUDITORIUM IN QUEENS, NEW YORK

FIFTEENTH

HINDU SANGATHAN DIVAS

Hindu Unity Day

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 2009

A massive effort is on in New York area to celebrate Fifteenth Hindu Sangathan Divas in cooperation with Hindu Temple Society of North America and several other Hindu organizations on SUNDAY, August 2^nd , 2009 at Hindu Temple Auditorium, 143-09 Holly Avenue, Flushing, NY 11335 from 04:00 p.m. to 07:30 pm.

Francios Gautier, prominent French journalist, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, former Law Minister, and dynamic Veer Raas Kavi Gajender Solanki will address the gathering.

Prof. Yashwant Pathak, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pharmacutical Sciences, Sullivan University, International Coordinator for International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS) and Joint Coordinator for Hindu Swayam Sewak Sangh activities all over the world will be honored by Hindu Unity Day Committee for his life long commitment and dedication in the service of Hindu Samaj.

More than 1,000 people are expecteed to participate in this momentous event.

You are cordially invited to participate in this yajna with your family and friends.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call any time Narain Kataria at (718) 478-5735 or Arish Sahani at (718) 271-0453.

Very truly yours,

Narain Kataria

President

There is no Free Speech in Raaj of DMK's A Raja

In continuance with the show of Arrogance and Holier-than-thou attitude, allegedly one of the most corrupt Union Telecom Minister of previous and present Muslim Rightist Congress led UPA Government Mr. A Raja from Anti-Hindu DMK gagged the Freedom of Speech and Press. He has also been alleged of misusing his office to influence the independence of Judiciary in court cases. You can read about his many corruption cases here, here and here. He is allegedly involved in "Overnight Crorepati" scandal as his wife M.A.Parmeshwari's company grew from 0 to 755 Crore (75.5 Billion) in one year.

Overrated World Renowned Mythical Economist and Dhimmi Regent Sellout PM Mr. Manmohan Singh didn't loose his sleep on it. What a clean Prime Minister who looks the other way whenever a new scam involving his Minister pops up!

Such a vicious attempt to gag Freedom of Speech by Union Minister shouldn't come as a surprise because so tried the lady presently controlling the country Antonia Maino aka Sonia Gandhi. She tried to suppress the freedom of speech of Hindu-Sikh Indian Americans but the American courts upheld the First Amendment and threw the no locus-standi case out. God bless America! Unfortunately, in Bharat things aren't that easy and courts aren't that friendly. Politicians gag freedom of speech right, left and center. Remember how freedom of speech and Right to Communicate of Hindus was gagged during Shri Amarnath Yatra struggle. Citizen's SMS and Text Messages were blocked and Cable News Channels were censored in Jammu. Citizens were protesting for Hindu Civil Rights and Liberties of Freedom to Practice Religion. Hindu Pilgrims were unethically and immorally denied land to stay by Muslim Rightist Congress and Anti-Hindu Anti-India PDP under pressure from Muslim Fundamentalists and Extremists like Anti-India Hurriyat.

Luckily, in Mr. Raja's case Justice K Chandru of Madras High Court has vacated the gag order and fined Mr. Raja. Following is the Judgment Order from the Judgment Information System of Madras High Court for reader's benefit. It's a must read! It is also available at Case Status Information System of Indian Courts. Then after it are some articles about the Judgment.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 20.07.2009

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.CHANDRU

O.A.NO.420 OF 2009
and
APPLICATION NO.2919 OF 2009
IN
C.S.NO.366 OF 2009

1.A.Raja
2.M.A.Parameswari
Both residing at
No.3/87, South Street,
Vellore Village,
Perambalur Village and
District .. Applicants in
OA No.420 of 2009 and
Respondents 1 and 2 in
A.No.2919 of 2009
Vs.
1.P.Srinivasan
Publisher & Printer of
Junior Vikatan,
Vasan Publications Private Limited,
No.757, Anna Salai,
Chennai-600 002.
2.K.Ashokan,
Editor,
Vasan Publications Private Limited,
No.757, Anna Salai,
Chennai-600 002.
3.Saroj Ganpath,
Chief Reporter,
Junior Vikatan,
No.757, Anna Salai,
Chennai-600 002. .. Respondents 1 to 3 in
OA No.420 of 2009 and
Applicants in
A.No.2919 of 2009
4.Prakash Jawadekar
No.521, V.P.House,
Rafi Marg,
New Delhi-110 001. .. Respondent No.4 in
OA No.420 of 2009 and
Respondent No.3 in
A.No.2919 of 2009

OA No.420 of 2009 is filed seeking to grant an order of ad interim injunction restraining the respondents 1 to 3/defendants 1 to 3, their men, agents, staff, subordinates or any person claim through or on behalf from in any way printing, publishing and circulating the defamatory news items and the photographs of the applicants/plaintiffs family or publishing any caricature or fudged photographs of mine or the photographs of the applicants/plaintiffs minor daughter in their bi-weekly magazine "Junior Vikatan" in any manner causing damages to the reputation of the applicants/plaintiffs without seeking any clarification from the applicants/plaintiffs.
A.No.2919 of 2009 is filed seeking to vacate the order of interim injunction granted on 28.4.2009 in OA No.420 of 2009.
For applicants/
plaintiffs : Mr.V.T.Gopalan, SC
for Mr.P.Wilson Associates

For respondents
/defendants 1 to 3 : Mr.R.Yashod Vardhan, SC
for M/s.R.Sunilkumar &
Sundar Narayan
- - - -

ORDER


The opinion of Justice Goldberg, with whom Justice Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court had agreed, gave their concurring opinion in the Sullivan's case (New York Times Vs. Sullivan, 376 US 254), which will set the tone for a decision in this case. This judgment was quoted with approval by Courts in India. Their opinion on libel action of public figures may be reproduced below:-
"... In my view, the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution afford to the citizen and to the press an absolute, unconditional privilege to criticize official conduct despite the harm which may flow from excesses and abuses. ... The right should not depend upon a probing by the jury of the motivation of the citizen or press. The theory of our Constitution is that every citizen may speak his mind and every newspaper express its view on matters of public concern and may not be barred from speaking or publishing because those in control of government think that what is said or written is unwise, unfair, false, or malicious. In a democratic society, one who assumes to act for the citizens in an executive, legislative, or judicial capacity must expect that his official acts will be commented upon and criticized. Such criticism cannot, in my opinion, be muzzled or deterred by the courts at the instance of public officials under the label of libel.
... In a democratic society where men are free by ballots to remove those in power, any statement critical of government action is necessarily "of and concerning" that governors and any statement critical of the governors' official conduct is necessarily "of and concerning" the government. If the rule that libel on government has no place in our Constitution is to have real meaning, then libel on the official conduct of the governors likewise can have no place in our Constitution."
(Emphasis added)

2.Commenting on the Sullivan's case, Chicago Law School Professor of Jurisprudence Cass R.Sunstein, in his article "A New Deal for Speech" (Democracy and the Problem of Free Speech (New York Free Press, 1993)), wrote as follows:-
"It is striking that in Sullivan, the lower court held that the common law of tort, and more particularly libel, was not state action at all, and was therefore entirely immune from constitutional constraint. A civil action, on this view, involved a purely private dispute. The Supreme Court quickly disposed of this objection, as seems obviously right. The use of public tribunals to punish speech is conspicuously state action. What is interesting is not the Supreme Court's rejection of the argument, but the fact that the argument could be made by a state supreme court as late as the 1960s. How could reasonable judges perceive the rules of tort law as purely private?"

3.The present suit is filed by the two plaintiffs, who are also husband and wife. The first plaintiff is presently a Cabinet Minister holding the Heavy Industries Portfolio and former Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology. The second plaintiff claims to be enrolled as a bar member. The suit is filed for claiming damages of Rs.One Crore from defendants 1 to 4 to the first plaintiff and Rs.25 lakhs to the second plaintiff together with interest at the rate of 18% for having carried out defamatory publications in the bi-weekly "Junior Vikatan" published by the first respondent in their various issues dated 16.4.2008, 19.10.2008, 19.11.2008, 26.11.2008, 03.12.2008 and 24.12.2008.
4.Apart from the claim for relief of damages, the suit also prayed for a permanent injunction restraining the defendants 1 to 3 from printing, publishing and circulating the defamatory news items and photographs of the plaintiffs family for publishing any caricature and fudged photographs of the first plaintiff or the photographs of the plaintiffs' minor daughter in the Junior Vikatan, thereby causing damages to the reputation of the plaintiffs and without seeking clarification from the plaintiffs. The suit was presented before this court on 22.4.2009 and was admitted on 27.4.2009. Pending the suit, an interim relief was sought for, which has been noted elsewhere.
5.By an interim order dated 28.4.2009, this court after holding that there was a prima facie case restraining respondents 1 to 3 from carrying out of articles of similar nature and photographs of the applicants' family members, including their minor daughter without seeking any clarification from the applicants/plaintiffs. This injunction was restricted to last till 15.6.2009. However, the matter came to be listed before this Court on 8.7.2009., when the respondents 1 to 3 took out Judges summons in Application No.2919 of 2009 for vacating the interim order. When the matter came up on 8.7.2009, the counsel for the plaintiff sought for time to file a reply affidavit and for extension of the interim order pending final orders. The same was granted by this court on that day. Subsequently, the applicants have also filed a reply affidavit, dated 12.7.2009.
6.The case of the applicants is that the Junior Vikatan published by the first respondent, has been continuously publishing news items and self write ups alleging irregularities in the conduct of the applicants. They were constantly defaming them with baseless and false allegations. Inspite of the clarification by the Department of Telecommunication on the 'Spectrum issue', the respondents were bent upon harassing them with frivolous and vexatious defamatory articles and write ups. Such articles were published with extraneous considerations and to satisfy their political opponents and for boosting the sale of the magazine. It was also alleged that the respondents have failed in their primary duty of verifying the veracity and correctness of the statements before publishing. The photographs which accompanies such write ups were in poor taste and there has been a fudging of the photographs in the cover page of the magazine, dated 20.4.2008. In the very same issue, the family photographs of the plaintiffs along with their minor daughter was also published, which had not only put them to embarrassment, but also violated their right to privacy. With reference to the the alleged connection of the applicants with M/s.Green House Promoters Private Ltd. and M/s.Equaas Estates Private Limited, the transactions were straight forward and the publications made in this regard were invented, false, frivolous and made with mala fide motives.
7.It was also stated that because of the general elections to the parliament to be held during May, 2009 and the first applicant being a DMK party candidate for the Nilagiry Parliamentary constituency, there has been conspiracy to bring out various defamatory articles. Such articles were published without any prior verification. The respondents should be restrained from making any future publication. Any such allowance in this regard will hamper his prospects of his getting elected. Therefore, both on a prima facie case and on balance of convenience, an order of restraint should be passed.
8.By virtue of the interim order, the applicants were successful in preventing the magazine from publishing any articles. It is also now made known that the first applicant has got elected and had become a cabinet Minister having the Heavy Industries Portfolio.
9.In the counter affidavit filed by respondents 1 to 3 dated 29.06.2009, it is asserted by the respondents, that the news items published by the Junior Vikatan will show that they have commented on the news concerning the acts and conduct of the first applicant in the discharge of his public duties as a Union Minister of Communication and Information Technology as well as the position held by the second applicant in the two companies referred to above. There was no comment on the private life of the applicants. It was also stated that the respondents have published the news based on news and proceedings in the parliament in the public domain and also on the basis of the documents that the second applicant held the position of the Director during the time the spectrum space was allotted to the company. It was also stated that the act of the respondents are not even remotely categorized as defamatory.
10.It was further stated that the Ananda Vikatan a Weekly magazine of the same group was founded in the year 1926 and during its 83 years of existence, several leading personalities were associated with the magazine. The 'Junior Vikatan' published by the same group had strived to achieve excellence in the field of journalism and never resorted to sinister methods for the sake of increasing circulations. The counter affidavit elaborately dealt with the basis of which such write ups were published. It is unnecessary to reproduce the same as such defence will be put before the trial. Even on the publication of the photographs in the cover page as well as in its inner pages, it was stated that it was not done with a view to cause embarrassment or malign the family. The family photograph published in the weekly was taken in a public function held that JK Mahal at Perambalur, which was organized to celebrate the electoral victory of the first applicant in May, 2004 assembly elections. The family members had happily posed for the media photographs.
11.With reference to the allegation that a response sent by the second applicant through e-mail was never received by the magazine. The e-mail ID given in the affidavit is not the e-mail ID of the magazine. When a denial was made by M/s.Equaas Estate Private Limited, a corrigendum was promptly published by the magazine in its issue, dated 15.2.2009. It was also stated that the respondents have fairly commented on the issue regarding improper allocation of 2G spectrum services by the Government of India and the people of India have a right to be informed about the same.
12.On the question of prior restraint, it was stated that there was no allegation on the private life of the applicants and no right of privacy of the applicants were violated. It is fairly asserted that the articles published by the Junior Vikatan constitute fair and bona fide comments on a matter of national interest. Material facts were truly stated in the articles and it was published bona fide. The articles were guided by principles of objectivity and fairness. It is also submitted that several other newspapers and magazines in India had carried such stories and the issue has become a topic for a nation wide debate.
13.It is in the light of the rival submissions, the contentions of the parties will have to be considered. Before Mr.V.T.Gopalan, learned Senior Counsel for the applicants had advanced his arguments, Mr.R.Yashod Vardhan, learned Senior Counsel for the respondents 1 to 3 fairly stated that though there was no illegality in publishing of the family photographs including the minor daughter of the applicants, the Junior Vikatan had undertaken that in future, they will not publish the photographs of the applicants' minor daughter and hence this Court's attention need not be vexed on the question of publication of the photograph of a minor child. The prayer made in this regard can be closed.
14.Mr.V.T.Gopalan, learned Senior Counsel submitted that the right of privacy of any person is sacro sanct and therefore, no amount of press freedom can intrude into the private lives of individuals. He also stated that the injunction granted earlier was only on the basis of a prima facie opinion and there is no necessity to vary the same. He also referred to the Division Bench judgment of this Court in R.Rajagopal's case reported in 2006 (2) MLJ 689, wherein this court also granted a restraint order and demanded submitting of articles for prior verification. He also referred to the reply affidavit filed by the applicants, dated 12.7.2009 and stated that a report by another newspaper did not give rise to the respondents to reproduce the same in their magazine with imputations so as to defame the applicants. There was no reasonable verification about the truth and veracity. The issues published are not social issues and it affects the rights of the applicants. It was also submitted that a challenge to the policy in the allocation of spectrum was pending in a public interest litigation before the Delhi High Court. When the fourth respondent interview was quoted in the magazine, no clarification was sought from the applicants. Though the fourth respondent is a Member of Parliament, he belonged to the BJP party. Since no clarifications were received from the two companies referred to above, the articles cannot be said to be based on any objective motive. The learned Senior Counsel also stated that the respondents have not stated that what was written was truth. The tenor of an article must be to find out the truth and not to publish some other reports so as to further defame any person and call it as truth. There must be a duty to make investigation about the veracity of such publications. He also referred to paras 10 and 11 of the plaint for justification in the grant of a prior restraint order.
15.In reply, Mr.R.Yashod Vardhan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for RR1 to 3 contended that the issue relating to the damages claimed to be contested by them in the trial and the present issue related to the prior restraint on the magazine. If granted it violates the fundamental right of the respondents granted under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution. He also stated that the intention of the applicants to get a gag order is to restrain the magazine from publishing any news item during elections and he has also succeeded in silencing future publications. Therefore, a great damage has been done to public good by preventing the magazine in bringing out issues on current affairs, which have a bearing on the conduct of the applicants. The applicants have not made out any case for prior restraint and the issue of the truth or veracity of the published items will have to be relegated to the main suit.
16.In this context, it is necessary to refer to certain decisions of the Supreme Court and of this court, which may have bearing on the relief claimed by the applicants.
17.Speaking about the freedom of the press, the Supreme Court vide its judgment in Odyssey Communications Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Lokvidayan Sanghatana and others reported in (1988) 3 SCC 410 has observed in para 6 "Freedom of expression is a preferred right which is always very zealously guarded by this Court."

18.While reiterating the same principle, the Supreme Court in its judgment in S.Rangarajan Vs. P.Jagjivan Ram and others reported in (1989) 2 SCC 574 has held as follows:
"45.The problem of defining the area of freedom of expression when it appears to conflict with the various social interests enumerated under Article 19(2) may briefly be touched upon here. There does indeed have to be a compromise between the interest of freedom of expression and special interests. But we cannot simply balance the two interests as if they are of equal weight. Our commitment of freedom of expression demands that it cannot be suppressed unless the situations created by allowing the freedom are pressing and the community interest is endangered. The anticipated danger should not be remote, conjectural or far-fetched. It should have proximate and direct nexus with the expression. The expression of thought should be intrinsically dangerous to the public interest. In other words, the expression should be inseparably locked up with the action contemplated like the equivalent of a "spark in a power keg"." (Emphasis added)

19.The Supreme Court vide its judgment in Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Private Ltd. and others Vs. Union of India and others reported in (1985) 1 SCC 641 had laid down the primary duty of the Courts is to invalidate all laws and administrative actions which interferes with press freedom, thereby interfering with constitutional freedoms. The following passage found in para 32 in the judgment may be extracted below:-
"32.In today's free world freedom of press is the heart of social and political intercourse. The press has now assumed the role of the public educator making formal and non-formal education possible in a large scale particularly in the developing world, where television and other kinds of modern communication are not still available for all sections of society. The purpose of the press is to advance the public interest by publishing facts and opinions without which a democratic electorate cannot make responsible judgments. Newspapers being purveyors of news and views having a bearing on public administration very often carry material which would not be palatable to governments and other authorities. The authors of the articles which are published in newspapers have to be critical of the actions of Government in order to expose its weaknesses. Such articles tend to become an irritant or even a threat to power. Governments naturally take recourse to suppress newspapers publishing such articles in different ways. Over the years, Governments in different parts of the world have used diverse methods to keep press under control. They have followed carrot-and-stick methods. Secret payments of money, open monetary grants and subventions, grants of lands, postal concessions, Government advertisements, conferment of titles on editors and proprietors of newspapers, inclusion of press barons in cabinet and inner political councils etc. constitute one method of influencing the press. The other kind of pressure is one of using force against the press. Enactment of laws providing for pre-censorship, seizures, interference with the transit of newspapers and demanding security deposit, imposition of restriction on the price of newspapers, on the number of pages of newspapers and the area that can be devoted for advertisements, withholding of Government advertisements, increase of postal rates, imposition of taxes on newsprint, canalisation of import of newsprint with the object of making it unjustly costlier etc. are some of the ways in which Governments have tried to interfere with freedom of press. It is with a view to checking such malpractices which interfere with free flow of information, democratic constitutions all over the world have made provisions guaranteeing the freedom of speech and expression laying down the limits of interference with it. It is, therefore, the primary duty of all the national courts to uphold the said freedom and invalidate all laws or administrative actions which interfere with it, contrary to the constitutional mandate."
(Emphasis added)

20.While going through a news item, the courts have emphasized the culture of "responsible reading". The Supreme Court vide its judgment in Ajay Goswami Vs. Union of India and others reported in (2007) 1 SCC 143 had dealt with such an issue and the passages found in paras 78 and 79 may be extracted below:-
"78.Be that as it may, the respondents are leading newspapers in India and they have to respect the freedom of speech and expression as is guaranteed by our Constitution and in fact reaches out to its readers any responsible and decent manner. In our view, any steps to ban publishing of certain news pieces or pictures would fetter the independence of free press which is one of the hallmarks of our democratic set-up. In our opinion, the submissions and the propositions of law made by the respective counsel for the respondents clearly established that the present petition is liable to be dismissed as the petitioner has failed to establish the need and requirement to curtail the freedom of speech and expression. ...
79.We are also of the view that a culture of "responsible reading" should be inculcated among the readers of any news article. No news item should be viewed or read in isolation. It is necessary that a publication must be judged as a whole and news items, advertisements or passages should not be read without the accompanying message that is purported to be conveyed to the public. Also the members of the public and readers should not look for meanings in a picture or written article, which are not conceived to be conveyed through the picture or the news item." (Emphasis added)

21.In these days of fundamental Right to Information, the Supreme Court in its judgment in Union of India Vs. Association for Demoratic Reforms and another reported in (2002) 5 SCC 294 upheld an order of the Election Commission of India to make the candidates in an election to disclose all vital informations regarding their life to the voters so that there will be purity in election. The following passage found in para 22 of the judgment may be reproduced below:-
"22.For health of democracy and fair election, whether the disclosure of assets by a candidate, his/her qualification and particulars regarding involvement in criminal cases are necessary for informing voters, may be illiterate, so that they can decide intelligently, whom to vote for. In our opinion, the decision of even an illiterate voter, if properly educated and informed about the contesting candidate, would be based on his own relevant criteria of selecting a candidate. In democracy, periodical elections are conducted for having efficient governance for the country and for the benefit of citizens  voters. In a democratic form of government, voters are of utmost importance. They have right to elect or re-elect on the basis of the antecedents and past performance of the candidate. The voter has the choice of deciding whether holding of educational qualification or holding of property is relevant for electing or re-electing a person to be his representative. Voter has to decide whether he should cast vote in favour of a candidate who is involved in a criminal case. For maintaining purity of elections and a healthy democracy, voters are required to be educated and well informed about the contesting candidates. Such information would include assets held by the candidate, his qualification including educational qualification and antecedents of his life including whether he was involved in a criminal case and if the case is decided  its result, if pending  whether charge is framed or cognizance is taken by the court. There is no necessity of suppressing the relevant facts from the voters." (Emphasis added)

22.After summarising all the leading cases (both Foreign and Indian Courts), a division bench of this Court presided by A.P.Shah, C.J. (as he then was) in its judgment in R.Rajagopal @ R.R.Gopal @ Nakkheeran Gopal and another Vs. Ms.J.Jayalalitha and another reported in (2006) 2 MLJ 689 laid down the parameters of a prior restraint orders to be given by Courts. The relevant passages found in paragraphs 29 to 31 may be usefully extracted below:-
"29.The fundamental right of freedom of speech is involved in these proceedings and not merely the right of liberty of the press. If this action can be maintained against a newspaper, it can be maintained against every private citizen who ventures to criticise the ministers who are temporarily conducting the affairs of the Government. In a free democratic society those who hold office in Government and who are responsible for public administration must always be open to criticism. Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind. As observed in Kartar Singh's case (supra) the persons holding public offices must not be thin-skinned with reference to the comments made on them and even where they know that the observations are undeserved and unjust, they must bear with them and submit to be misunderstood for a time. At times public figures have to ignore vulgar criticisms and abuses hurled against them and they must restrain themselves from giving importance to the same by prosecuting the person responsible for the same. In the instant case, the respondents have already chosen to claim damages and their claim is yet to be adjudicated upon. They will have remedy if the statements are held to be defamatory or false and actuated by malice or personal animosity.
30.As observed in R.Rajagopal's case (supra) the right to privacy has two aspects which are but two faces of the same coin. First the general law of privacy which offers a tort action for damages resulting from an unlawful invasion of privacy and secondly, the constitutional recognition given to the right to privacy which protects personal privacy against unlawful Government invasion. Though the right to privacy can be characterised as a fundamental right, as held in R.Rajagopal's case (supra) it is not an absolute right. In Time, Inc v. Hill 385 US 374 it was pointed out that in the case of public officials, insofar as their official function is involved, they are substantially without a right to privacy and factual error and content defamatory of official reputation or both, are insufficient for the award of damages for false statements unless actual malice-knowledge that the statements are false or reckless disregard of the truth is alleged and proved. In a democratic set up a close and microscopic examination of private lives of public men is the natural consequence of holding of public offices. What is good for a private citizen who does not come within the public gaze may not be true of a person holding public office. What a person holding public office does within the four walls of his house does not totally remain a private matter. We agree with Mr.Jothi that the scrutiny of public figures by media should not also reach a stage where it amounts to harassment to the public figures and their family members and they must be permitted to live and lead their life in peace. But the public gaze cannot be avoided which is a necessary corollary of their holding public offices.
31.We are also unable to accept the submission advanced by Mr.Jothi that the appellants should be asked to seek prior verification from the respondents before publishing any articles and publish the denial, if any, of the respondents. According to Mr.Jothi rule of prior verification is laid down in R.Rajagopal's case (supra). We are afraid that the submission of the learned counsel is based on total mis-interpretation of the observations of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has not laid down that the prior verification of the facts is must in all such cases. All that the Supreme Court indicated is that the proof that the member of the press or media acted after a reasonable verification of the facts would be sufficient. However, at the same time, it must be noted that the Supreme Court in R.Rajagopal's case (supra) has clearly held that a citizen has a right to safeguard the privacy of his own, his family, marriage, procreation, motherhood, child bearing and education, among other matters, and none can publish anything in reference to the above matters without his/her consent-whether laudatory or critical."
(Emphasis added)

23.The Supreme Court in its judgment in R.Rajagopal alias R.R.Gopal and another Vs. State of T.N. and others reported in (1994) 6 SCC 632 had summarised the broad principles regarding the right to privacy. Their summary found in para 26 may be usefully extracted below:-
"26.We may now summarise the broad principles flowing from the above discussion:
(1)The right to privacy is implicit in the right to life and liberty guaranteed to the citizens of this country by Article 21. It is a "right to be let alone". A citizen has a right to safeguard the privacy of his own, his family, marriage, procreation, motherhood, child-bearing and education among other matters. None can publish anything concerning the above matters without his consent  whether truthful or otherwise and whether laudatory or critical. If he does so, he would be violating the right to privacy of the person concerned and would be liable in an action for damages. Position may, however, be different, if a person voluntarily thrusts himself into controversy or voluntarily invites or raises a controversy.
(2)The rule aforesaid is subject to the exception, that any publication concerning the aforesaid aspects becomes unobjectionable if such publication is based upon public records including court records. This is for the reason that once a mater becomes a mater of public record, the right to privacy no longer subsists and it becomes a legitimate subject for comment by press and media among others. We are, however, of the opinion that in the interest of decency [Article 19(2)] an exception must be carved out to this rule, viz., a female who is the victim of a sexual assault, kidnap, abduction or a like offence should not further be subjected to the indignity of her name and the incident being published in press/media.
(3)There is yet another exception to the rule in (1) above  indeed, this is not an exception but a independent rule. In the case of public officials, it is obvious, right to privacy, or for that matter, the remedy of action for damages is simply not available with respect to their acts and conduct relevant to the discharge of their official duties. This is so even where the publication is based upon facts and statements which are not true, unless the official establishes that the publication was made (by the defendant) with reckless disregard for truth. In such a case, it would be enough for the defendant (member of the press or media) to prove that he acted after a reasonable verification of the facts; it is not necessary for him to prove that what he has written is true. Of course, where the publication is proved to be false and actuated by malice or personal animosity, the defendant would have no defence and would be liable for damages. It is equally obvious that in matters not relevant to the discharge of his duties, the public official enjoys the same protection as any other citizen, as explained in (1) and (2) above. It needs no reiteration that judiciary, which is protected by the power to punish for contempt of court and Parliament and legislatures protected as their privileges are by Articles 105 and 104 respectively of the Constitution of India, represent exceptions to this rule.
(4)So far as the Government, local authority and other organs and institutions exercising governmental power are concerned, they cannot maintain a suit for damages for defaming them.
(5)Rules 3 and 4 do not, however, mean that Official Secrets Act, 1923, or any similar enactment or provision having the force of law does not bind the press or media.
(6)There is no law empowering the State or its officials to prohibit, or to impose a prior restraint upon the press/media.
27.We may hasten to add that the principles above mentioned are only the broad principles. They are neither exhaustive nor all-comprehending; indeed no such enunciation is possible or advisable. As rightly pointed out by Mathew, J., this right has to go through a case-by-case development. The concepts dealt with herein are still in the process of evolution." (Emphasis added)

24.A careful perusal of the materials enclosed along with the plaint and the averments made in the affidavit do not indicate either any prima facie case or balance of convenience in the grant of a prior restraint order on the respondents. On the contrary, all news items related to the conduct of the applicants in public domain and not relate to any of their private life. Since the respondents have voluntarily stated that they will not publish in future the photograph of the minor child, the court is not concerned about the legality or otherwise of such publication in respect of the prayer made in the application.
25.But with reference to the truth or otherwise of the published materials, this Court is not inclined to render any findings less it may affect the outcome of the suit even before trial.
26.But with reference to the prior restraint on the respondents magazine, it is suffice to state that the people of India are entitled to know the public activities of any person who holds a public office. The Supreme Court in the case filed by Association for Democratic Reforms (cited supra) had clearly set out that the right of the citizens to know several details of a candidate who is standing on the election which includes assets held by him, his qualifications and antecedents of his life, including involvement in criminal case. Therefore, when a person stands in an election, he cannot deny right to know about several personal information which may include even antecedents of his life as held by the Supreme Court. Even a right to privacy of a public figure gets circumscribed when he stands in an Election as a candidate.
27.As held in R.Rajagopal's case (cited supra), in case of public officials, even the remedy for action for damages is not available with respects to their acts and conduct relevant to discharge of their official duties. It was also held that there was no law empowering the State or its officials to prohibit or to impose a prior restraint upon the press. It has been indicated by the Supreme Court in Ajay Goswami's case (cited supra) that a news item cannot be read in isolation and the publication must be judged as a whole. Any attempt to stifle or fetter the criticisms will amount to political censorship and the Supreme Court has held such attempts as insidious and objectionable. The Supreme Court in the R.Rajagopal's case (cited supra), has clearly held that at times public figures have to ignore vulgar criticisms and abuses hurled against them. It was also held that when a person holding public office does within the four walls in his house does not totally remain the private matter. The public gaze cannot be avoided which is a necessary corollary of a person holding public office.
28.In the light of the factual matrix and binding legal precedents, the application in A.No.2919 of 2009 for vacating the interim order is allowed. Consequently, O.A.No.420 of 2009 seeking for a prior restraint is dismissed with costs. The costs quantified is Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) payable to the first respondent.

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Guarding against insidious erosion

Media role upheld: Minister Raja’s defamation case dismissed with cost

Yet another Raja-judge controversy to the fore

First, it was Mr. Justice Regupathy’s outburst of being pressurized by a union minister to go soft on a bail case; then the Leader of Opposition Ms. Jayalalitha naming the minister and calling for action against him; ‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy’s PIL for enquiry into the matter by CBI; and the subsequent explanatory letter by the judge to the Chief Justice settled the dust.

Now a group of anonymous advocates have circulated vicious pamphlets against Mr. Justice K Chandru, who had imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on Union Minister Raja in a defamation case against Tamil bi-weekly “Junior Vikatan”. When the matter came up for extension of injunction on July 20, Mr. Justice Chandru, refused to gag the press and said there was no law available to pass prior restraint order against the Press, and he not only rejected the Minister’s application but also imposed a case cost of Rs 10,000 payable to the magazine.

A large number of pamphlets printed in the name of “National Forum for Social Justice” was distributed in the High Court campus since July 22 morning, creating a flutter among advocates. The pamphlet said the judge had earlier argued for the media group when he was an advocate, and that he should not have taken up the case. The pamphlet, which was distributed to media persons, also said the judge was behaving as if he was the only champion of press freedom and democratic values, and that he should not have awarded the cost on the minister. Raja is emerging more powerful with every controversy. He had his say silently with the bail matter, the doctor and his son got anticipatory bail against a CBI case in a surprise move.

Court: No law to control press

Holding that there was no law empowering the state or its officials to prohibit or to impose a prior restraint upon the press, the Madras High Court on Monday dismissed with cost the application filed by Union minister A. Raja, seeking a prior restraint order on a Tamil magazine from publishing any defamatory news about him. The judge said a careful perusal of the materials and the averments made in the affidavit do not indicate either any prima facie case or balance of convenience in the grant of a prior restraint order on the magazine. On the contrary, all the news items relate to the conduct of Raja in the public domain and does not relate to his or his wife’s private life.

Madras High Court vacates gag on magazine obtained by Raja over telecom scandal

HC vacates gag on magazine obtained by Raja

High Court: bid to stifle criticism amounts to censorship

HC Rejects Union Minister Raja's Plea to Restrain Tamil Mag

How to DISRESPECT your Army everyday?

My Heartfelt Dhanyawaad (Thank you) and Naman (Respects) to those brave Bharatiya (misnomer: Indian) Shoorveer Soldiers and their families for selflessly sacrificing themselves to protect our Dharmbhoomi, our Karmbhoomi, our Matrbhoomi. We, our past and our future generations will always be indebted to you for your valor. Vande Mataram!

Now, This one is for all those Islamic Fundamentalist Anti-Hindu Anti-Bharat Pakistanis and particularly Pervez Musharraf, who has recently admitted that it was the Pakistani Army under him who directly planned, aided and abetted the Kargil war against Bharat with the support of Islamic Mujahideen terrorists: F**k YOU! Pusillanimous Bharatiya Government is too busy surrendering with an Adaab than to say this to you, so I'll say: F**k YOU. You all should be tried in International Courts for Gruesome War Crimes you committed on Bharatiya Prisoners of War (POW) by torturing and mutilating their bodies.

Captain Saurabh Kalia: Brutally tortured and killed by Pakistanis. By Kanchan Gupta

A Kargil story that should be remembered by us, and told to our children again and again lest future generations forget, is that of Captain Saurabh Kalia and his team of five soldiers who were on duty at Bajrang Post in the Kaksar area on May 15. Suddenly there was heavy firing from across the Line of Control; Captain Kalia and his men responded in full measure; tragically, they ran out of ammunition. Before they could send out an SOS (there have been suggestions that their communications equipment failed to work), Captain Kalia and his men were surrounded by Pakistani soldiers. Later, Skardu Radio reported that they had been taken alive. On June 7, 1999, their bodies were handed over by the Pakistani Army. For the 20-odd days that Captain Kalia and his men were alive, they were brutally tortured in captivity — their mutilated bodies bore the evidence of chilling inhumanity: Ear drums pierced with hot iron rods, eyeballs carved out with knives, genitals chopped off, every bone broken and splintered. And, after all this, they were shot in the head. No apology was offered, none was sought!

If someone wants to learn how to disrespect a decorated Senior Army Officer, they should take tuition from Jayanthi Natarajan of Muslim Rightist Congress. She disrespected the Former Chief of Army Staff General Shankar Roy Choudhary when he called the apathy of present Congress Government and despicable comment of their Minister in a political debate that they will not celebrate Kargil Victory because it was achieved under Former Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee of BJP led NDA Government and many more such acts of indifference as mentioned in articles below as Disgusting and Nauseating. He said such debates should be buried away along with Disgusting, Nauseating, Shrill and Vituperative political parties which make such statements. Such debates have no meaning for the defense services.

He called 26/11 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack in Mumbai as an Urban Kargil. Ms. Natarajan got furious and lost her temper and disrespected General Choudhary for speaking his mind. He was doing nothing but exercising his Right to Freedom of Speech. But as a person of his stature from an Army background is expected to behave, General Choudhary remained respectful of her. He didn't loose his temper, he apologized if she has taken it to heart and politely said that he sticks to his comments. Self Glorifying & Sycophantic Bharatiya Politicians think that they are above all and can disrespect anyone, anywhere. Just like Leftist Communist Party (Marxist)'s Chief Minister of Kerela V. S. Achuthanandan derided and abused the parents of Brave Soldier Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan who died during 26/11 Islamic Jihadi Terrorist Attack.

Just because when in power you name over 600 Institutes, Roads, Airports, Stadiums, Schools, Colleges, University, etc. after 4 people from Nehru-Gandhi-Maino clan, it doesn't mean you are patriotic. If you would have sent you heir to some Military school and then served Armed Forces for a few years like Prince of UK went to Iraq/Afghanistan on service and many US Presidents have done so in past then you would know the pain of a Patriotic Soldier who you so easily disrespect. Now your Prince Raul Vinci was partying hard till 5 AM in the morning on the night of 26/11 is another story of immorality for some other day.

In the end General Choudhary said that while all the victories of Bharatiya Defense Forces are equally important. He said there is only one victory which should be celebrated as "Vijay Diwas" which is when we created Bangladesh. A victory which the Muslim Rightist Government shies away from celebrating for unknown reasons.

कारगिल शहीदों के सम्मान की जंग। दैनिक भास्कर

कारगिल के प्रथम शहीद कैप्टन सौरभ कालिया के पिता डा. एनके कालिया ने कहा कि कारगिल युद्ध के दौरान पाकिस्तानी सैनिकों द्वारा बंदी बनाए गए भारतीय सैनिकों से २२ दिनों तक किया गया अमानवीय व्यवहार जेनेवा संधि का सीधे-सीधे उल्लंघन था। इस मामले को अंतरराष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग के समक्ष उठाने के बावजूद अभी तक उनके बेटे की शहादत को न्याय नहीं मिल पाया है। अंतरराष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग ने इस मामले की सुनवाई आरंभ करने से पहले भारत सरकार से अनुमति मांगी है, लेकिन अभी तक भारत सरकार ने अनुमति प्रदान नहीं की है। जिसके चलते सुनवाई लंबित पड़ी है। व्यथित पिता ने कहा कि वे इसके लिए आरटीआई के तहत सरकार से सूचना मांगेंगे।

What about war crimes? - Kargil hero's family to government

A decade ago Captain Saurabh Kalia and five of his men were captured by insurgents in the icy hills of Kargil and tortured for days before their mutilated bodies were handed back. As India commemorates the military victory, Saurabh's parents plan to use the Right to Information Act to know about steps taken by the government to highlight war crimes.

"For the past 10 years, the government is just assuring us that it would highlight the war crimes committed against our son and other soldiers during the Kargil war at the international fora, but nothing concrete has materialised. Now, my next move will be to seek information under the RTI Act in this regard," N K Kalia, 61, a retired senior scientist from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

"Of course, their supreme sacrifice has made the country proud. But our only grudge is that the Indian government has so far failed to fight the scourge of war crimes at the international level," Kalia, who is now settled at Palampur, 40 km from the district headquarters town of Kangra, said.

"Though the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government (1999-2004) expressed concern at the heinous crime and promised to take up the issue at the international level, in all these years the issues got diluted," Kalia recalled. To highlight the plight of war crimes victims, Kalia has started an online signature campaign.

"The pain of losing a young son is hard to describe in words. But we feel content with the fact that many citizens have supported us through online signature campaigns. Till date more than 13,000 people have put up their signatures," he said.

Today, Saurabh's photographs, his uniforms, shoes and mementoes are kept in his room, which has been named 'Saurabh Smriti Kaksha' (a museum), in the Kalias' four-bedroom house in Palampur.

The Himachal Pradesh government has raised 'Saurabh Van Vihar' in a sprawling area of 35 acres here besides renaming a street in the town as Capt Saurabh Kalia Marg.

Caution: Following video contains news report from a known Anti-Hindu biased news channel, viewer discretion is advised.





करगिल युद्ध: धोखे, दिलेरी और फतह की दास्तां। सुंदर चंद ठाकुर/पूनम पाण्डे, नवभारत टाइम्स

अब जबकि एक इंटरव्यू में जनरल मुशर्रफ ने स्वीकार कर लिया है कि करगिल लड़ाई में आजादी के लिए लड़ रहे 'मुजाहिद्दीन' नहीं बल्कि पाकिस्तानी सेना भी शामिल थी, यह समझा जा सकता है कि भारतीय सैनिकों को आधुनिक हथियारों और पर्याप्त असले-बारूद के साथ करगिल की चोटियों पर जमे दुश्मनों से लड़ना कितना मुश्किल रहा होगा।

दुर्गम चोटियों के बीच
करगिल, नैशनल हाईवे १डी के समानांतर पड़ने वाला पहाड़ी चोटियों से भरा इलाका है। इस नैशनल हाईवे का असली महत्व यह है कि इसी के जरिए पाक अधिकृत कश्मीर, सियाचिन और अक्साई चिन के सामने तैनात भारतीय सेनाओं को हर तरह की सप्लाई की जाती है। हाईवे के साथ लगी चोटियां १८००० फुट की ऊंचाई तक जाती हैं। जाड़ों में इस इलाके में तापमान माइनस ६० डिग्री सेल्सियस तक पहुंच जाता है, यहां भारी बर्फबारी होती है और वनस्पतियों का नामोनिशां नहीं दिखता। ऐसे मौसम की वजह से और यह देखते हुए कि इलाका बहुत दुर्गम है, १९९९ तक भारत और पाकिस्तान की सेनाएं सर्दियों में अपनी कुछ चौकियों को पीछे ले आती रही थीं और पेट्रोलिंग के जरिए ही अपने इलाकों में नजर रखती थीं।

पाक के नापाक इरादे
१९९९ के शुरुआती महीनों में, जबकि ठंड बहुत ज्यादा थी, पाकिस्तान ने ऑपरेशन बद शुरू किया, जिसके तहत पाकिस्तानी सेना की नॉर्दर्न लाइट इन्फेंट्री की कई बटालियन ने अफगानी लड़ाकुओं और अनियमित सेनाओं को लेकर करगिल और दास क्षेत्र में भारतीय सेनाओं द्वारा छोड़ी गई चौकियों पर कब्जा कर लिया। अनियमित सेना और अफगानी लड़ाकुओं को आगे रखा गया था ताकि यह भ्रम फैलाया जा सके कि इसमें पाकिस्तान की नियमित सेना का कोई हाथ नहीं है। इस तरह पाकिस्तानी सेना भारतीय सेना के चौकियों में वापस आने से पहले ही नैशनल हाईवे १डी के साथ लगी १५० वर्ग किलोमीटर में फैली ज्यादातर चोटियों पर कब्जा जमाकर बैठ गई थी। यह वह वक्त था जब पाकिस्तान के तत्कालीन प्रधानमंत्री नवाज शरीफ भारत से शांति वार्ताओं का सिलसिला शुरू किए हुए थे और पाकिस्तान के सशस्त्र भारतीय सीमा में घुसपैठ करने की किसी को आशंका तक न थी।

...और शुरू हुई जंग
मई १९९९ में एक लोकल ग्वाले से मिली सूचना के बाद बटालिक सेक्टर में ले. सौरभ कालिया के पेट्रोल पर हमले ने उस इलाके में घुसपैठियों की मौजूदगी का पता दिया। शुरू में भारतीय सेना ने इन घुसपैठियों को जिहादी समझा और उन्हें खदेड़ने के लिए कम संख्या में अपने सैनिक भेजे, लेकिन प्रतिद्वंद्वियों की ओर से हुए जवाबी हमले और एक के बाद एक कई इलाकों में घुसपैठियों के मौजूद होने की खबर के बाद भारतीय सेना को समझने में देर नहीं लगी कि असल में यह एक योजनाबद्ध ढंग से और बड़े स्तर पर की गई घुसपैठ थी, जिसमें जिहादी नहीं, पाकिस्तानी सेना भी शामिल थी। यह समझ में आते ही भारतीय सेना ने ऑपरेशन विजय शुरू किया, जिसमें ३०००० भारतीय सैनिक शामिल थे। थल सेना के सपोर्ट में भारतीय वायु सेना ने २६ मई को 'ऑपरेशन सफेद सागर' शुरू किया, जबकि जल सेना ने कराची तक पहुंचने वाले समुद्री मार्ग से सप्लाई रोकने के लिए अपने पूर्वी इलाकों के जहाजी बेड़े को अरब सागर में ला खड़ा किया।

ध्वस्त हुए दुश्मन के मंसूबे
भारतीय सेना की मुश्किल यह थी पाकिस्तान द्वारा कब्जे में लिया गया क्षेत्र लाइन ऑफ कंट्रोल के बहुत नजदीक था और दुर्गम इलाका होने के कारण भारतीय सेना को कम दूरी का फासला बनाकर लड़ना पड़ रहा था। यही वजह थी कि वह वायु सेना का पूरा सपोर्ट लेने की स्थिति में नहीं थी। कब्जे में ली गई हर चोटी की हर चौकी से घुसपैठियों को भेजने की दास्तां असल में भारतीय सेना के युवा अफसरों और जवानों की इंडिविजुअल बहादुरी की दास्तां है। अपनी निजी सुरक्षा की चिंता किए बिना भारतीय सैनिक सामने से आ रही दुश्मन की गोलियों की बौछार के बीच खड़ी चट्टानों, दुजेर्य शिखरों पर चढ़ते दिखाई दिए। कई बार दुश्मन को छकाने के लिए ये हमले उन्होंने रात के अंधेरे में किए। कई बार चारों ओर से उन पर बरसती मौत के बीच उन्होंने चौकियों में घुसकर संगीनों और खुकरियों से दुश्मन का सफाया किया। आखिरकार २६ जुलाई को आखिरी चोटी पर भी फतह पा ली गई। यही दिन अब 'करगिल विजय दिवस' के रूप में मनाया जाता है।

भुला दी गई कारगिल शहीदों की यादें

दर-दर भटक रहे हैं कारगिल शहीद के माता-पिता!

कारगिल शहीद के मातापिता लगा रहे हें कचहरी के चक्कर

बड़े नेता कर रहे कारगिल जाने से परहेजजब कारगिल में विजय दिवस मनाने सारा ज़माना जुटा है, तो प्रधानमंत्री और रक्षामंत्री ने दिल्ली में ही शहीदों को श्रद्धांजलि देने की रस्म अदा कर ली। देशप्रेम पर लंबे-चौड़े भाषण देने वाले हमारे नेताओं को शायद कारगिल जाना उतना ज़रूरी नहीं लगा। आज देश के कोने-कोने से लोग करगिल पहुंचे हैं, लेकिन हमारे नेता यहां आने की ज़हमत नहीं उठा पाए। इन्हें शायद सियासत से फ़ुरसत नहीं मिल रही है। करगिल की जंग अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी के राज में जीती गई थी। यूपीए के राज में विजय दिवस को नज़रअंदाज़ करने के पीछे कहीं, यही वजह तो नहीं? बहरहाल, शहीदों के रिश्तेदार इतने से ही ख़ुश हैं कि सेना के लोग विजय दिवस की अहमियत को बख़ूबी समझते हैं।

'शहीदों की चिताओं पर अब होती है पॉलिटिक्स'

एस. के. नैयर, शहीद कैप्टन अनुज नैयर के पिता
अगर पब्लिक ओपिनियन लिया जाए तो यह निष्कर्ष निकलेगा कि इस देश में युद्ध के वक्त 'जय जवान' कहा जाता है और उसके बंद हो जाने पर 'हट जवान'। जब पब्लिक का यह रवैया है तो क्या उम्मीद की जा सकती है। सरकार तो अपनी ड्यूटी कर रही है। वह पॉलिसी बनाती है, लेकिन उसे लागू करने का काम तो ब्यूरोक्रेसी का है। दुनिया की सबसे भ्रष्ट ब्यूरोक्रेसी शहीदों को क्या देगी, वह तो उनके कफन से भी कमिशन खा सकती है। हम न पब्लिक पर निर्भर हैं न सरकार पर। हममें लड़ने का माद्दा है और हम अपनी लड़ाई खुद लड़ते हैं। आखिरी बार जब फोन पर अनुज से बात हुई थी तो मैंने उससे कहा कि बेटा जी-जान से लड़ना, युद्ध बंदी मत बनना। अपनी राइफल में एक गोली रहने देना और अगर युद्धबंदी बनने की नौबत आए तो खुद को गोली मार लेना। मैंने उससे यह भी कहा कि हार कर कभी घर मत लौटना, अगर हार कर लौटा तो मैं खुद तुझे गोली मार दूंगा। जवाब में अनुज ने कहा कि पापा मैं आपका बेटा हूं, जब तक आखिरी दुश्मन सिपाही को मार नहीं लेता मैं अपनी सांस नहीं छोडूंगा।

आज यह देखकर बहुत दुख होता है कि शहीदों के मसले पर भी राजनीति हो रही है। एक नेता ने यह तक कहा है कि यह बीजेपी की विजय है हम क्यों मनाएं। ऐसे कॉमेंट करने वालों में अगर जरा भी गैरत है तो चुल्लू भर पानी में डूब मरना चाहिए। सिपाही देश के लिए लड़ता है न कि किसी सरकार के लिए। जिस दिन फौजी सरकार के लिए लड़ने लगेगा हिंदुस्तान गुलाम हो जाएगा। जब अनुज आर्मी में गया तो फॉर्म पर साइन करने वक्त मैंने उससे कहा कि आज से तुम इस देश के सिपाही हो। देश का सम्मान तुम्हारे व्यक्तिगत सम्मान से कहीं ज्यादा है। इसकी हमेशा रक्षा करना। अनुज के शहीद होने के बाद हमारे आस पड़ोस का हमें बहुत प्यार मिला, लेकिन हमें उस प्यार से दूर होना पड़ा। तब हम जनकपुरी में रहते थे। वहां लोगों के लिए अनुज जैसे भगवान हो गया था। हम सब्जी खरीदने जाते तो सब्जी वाला पैसे नहीं लेता, दूध वाला भी पैसे लेने से मना कर देता। जनकपुरी में अनुज के नाम से एक सरकारी स्कूल है। मैं वहां हर २८ अगस्त को जाता हूं। उस दिन अनुज का जन्मदिन होता है। अनुज के नाम से हम स्कूलों में बेस्ट परफॉर्मन्स करने वाले बच्चों को ट्रोफी देते हैं।

कर्नल वी.एन. थापर, शहीद कैप्टन विजयंत थापर के पिता
हमारे देश के नेता यह क्यों नहीं समझते कि अगर राष्ट्रीय घटनाओं को याद नहीं किया जाएगा तो उनका अर्थ नहीं रह जाएगा। मुझे यह जानकर बहुत अफसोस हुआ कि कांग्रेस के एक नेता ने करगिल की जीत को बीजेपी से जोड़कर कहा कि सरकार विजय दिवस को बड़े स्तर पर नहीं मनाएगी। सरकार याद करे या न करे, मेरे बेटे रॉबिन (शहीद कैप्टन विजयंत) को जनता भरपूर याद कर रही है। मैंने विजयंत के नाम पर एक वेब साइट बनाई है www.captainvijyantthapar.com इस साइट पर मुझे हर रोज दस-बारह मेल मिल जाते हैं। पिछले दस सालों में मेरे पास देश विदेश से लोगों की हजारों चिट्ठियां आई हैं। एक मेल में पाकिस्तानी सेना के एक कैप्टन ने लिखा है - 'आपका देश सौभाग्यशाली है जहां विजयंत जैसा सिपाही पैदा हुआ।' ऐसे हजारों भावुक उद्गार हैं, जिन्हें मैंने सहेज कर रखा हुआ है। जब विजयंत शहीद हुआ तो उसकी अंतिम यात्रा में डेढ़ लाख से ज्यादा लोग शरीक हुए थे। मैंने शव यात्रा में एक लंगड़े को कई किलोमीटर तक साथ भागते देखा। एक आदमी धूल को बैठाने के लिए चल रही पानी गाड़ी के हॉज का मुंह पकड़े चलता रहा। मैंने एक भिखारी को अपनी सारी कमाई विजयंत के पार्थिव शरीर पर चढ़ाते देखा। मैं हर साल उस जगह जाता हूं जहां मेरा बेटा शहीद हुआ था। उस दुर्गम पहाड़ी पर मैंने एक छोटा-सा मंदिर स्थापित किया है।

कारगिल के शहीदों को देश की श्रद्धाजंलि

कारगिल दिवसः उनका जज्बा, हमारी जिंदगी। दैनिक भास्कर

शहीदों को भी अब लोकदेवताओं की तरह पूजा जाने लगा है। अब तक तो शेखावाटी में लोकदेवताओं को ही पूजा जाता था लेकिन कारगिल के बाद शहीदों की मूर्तियां भी लगने लगी। गांवों, सड़क मार्गो, पार्को, स्कूलों के नाम शहीदों के नाम पर रखे जाने लगे। प्रमुख स्थलों पर लगी शहीदों की ये प्रतिमाएं हमें उनकी शहादत की याद तो दिलाती ही हैं साथ ही आज की पीढ़ी को देशभक्ति का संदेश भी देती हैं। लेकिन अब धीरे-धीरे इन शहीदों को लोक देवताओं का दर्जा भी दिया जाने लगा है। विभिन्न धार्मिक व पारिवारिक कार्यक्रमों में भी शहीदों को प्रमुखता से पूजा जाने लगा है। शादी से पहले शहीदों से आशीर्वाद लिया जाता है तो शादी के बाद गठजोड़े की जात भी लगाई जाने लगी है। शहीदों की पुण्यतिथि पर धार्मिक कार्यक्रम भी होते हैं।

मां के आंसुओं में झलका बेटे की शहादत का गर्व। दैनिक भास्कर

‘मुझे अपने बेटे की शहादत पर गर्व है। भारतीय सेना में मेरे बेटे की तरह और भी कई वीर जवान हैं, जो हमारे देश को हमेशा महफूज रखेंगे।’ यह उस मां की अश्रुपूरित श्रद्धांजलि है, जिसका लाड़ला महज २४ साल की उम्र में कारगिल की जंग में शहीद हो गया था। इन शब्दों को कहते समय शहीद कैप्टन मनोज पांडे की मां मोहिनी की आंखों में बहती आंसुओं की धार में भी बेटे की शहादत का गर्व साफ झलक रहा था। भारतीय सेना ने परमवीर चक्र प्राप्त कैप्टन मनोज पांडे की स्मृति में विजय गैलरी बनाई है। मोहिनी पांडे ने शनिवार को इसका उद्घाटन किया। उनके साथ मनोज के भाई मनमोहन भी थे। यहां स्थित विजय स्तंभ के पास बनी इस गैलरी में भारतीय सेना द्वारा कारगिल में इस्तेमाल किए गए हथियारों को प्रदर्शित किया गया है। पाकिस्तान के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति जन. परवेज मुशर्रफ के ताजा बयान की चर्चा करते हुए जनरल मलिक ने कहा, ‘वे हमेशा झूठ बोलते हैं। कभी कहते हैं कि कारगिल की जंग में आतंकियों का हाथ था तो कभी वे इसमें पाकिस्तानी सेना का हाथ बताते हैं।’ उन्होंने चेतावनी दी कि पाकिस्तान में फिर कोई दूसरा मुशर्रफ बन सकता है। ऐसे में देश को हमेशा तैयार रहना चाहिए। जनरल मलिक के साथ उनकी पत्नी और सेना, वायुसेना के कई अधिकारी व जवान मौजूद थे। वायुसेना ने इस मौके पर ‘सफेद सागर’ इलाके में अधिकारियों की शहादत को याद किया।

Emotional meeting for families of Kargil martyrs

In the war, 610 officers and men, including five Air Force personnel and two civilians, laid down their lives. The war, fought on what is often termed as one of the highest battlefields in the world, brought the people together as never before and the nation emerged stronger. Air Vice Marshal J Chauhan recalled the role of the Air Force, saying there was a requirement of carrying out a reconnaisance of the hostile locations in close conjuction with the army so that brave soldiers could go and occupy them. Recalling that the terrain was tough and the heights of the targets were so high that they had to operate from 30,000 feet, Chauhan said no Air Force in the world has done this. He said they had to work on the ways and means of how to achieve those impossible targets as they were not allowed to cross the LoC and carrying out attacks was really difficult.

Kargil, in hindsight. By Shishir Gupta, Indian Express

A decade later, today, we celebrate Kargil Diwas as we remember the 527 Indian armed forces personnel who lost their lives and another 1,363 who were wounded in the 45-day conflict. Just like 26/11, the Kargil intrusion was an audacious attack by Pakistani irregulars backed by powerful elements within the Army and the ISI headquarters at Rawalpindi. And just like Mumbai, the Kargil war was marked by brave troopers, poor operational leaders and vacillating political leadership. Yet the patriotic hysteria that swept the country after seeing body bags of the Indian brave ensured that all that was unpalatable was swept under the carpet. On the day when the bravehearts are remembered, one should also give a sobering thought to the lessons learned and subsequently unlearned from Kargil.

The Indian armed forces and the intelligence agencies still hold divergent view on the so-called intelligence failure at Kargil. The then army chief General Ved Prakash Malik has gone on record saying that there was no prior intelligence on the Kargil intrusions. This has been countered by Ajit Doval, then the Intelligence Bureau’s Kashmir pointsman, who is on record saying that the Pakistani build-up across the Line of Control was brought to the notice of even the Prime Minister’s office. However, a diary maintained by 12 Northern Light Infantry Captain Hussain Ahmad, resident of Panj Pir village in Swabi district in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, reveals that Pakistan Army crossed the LoC on February 9, 11 days before then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee crossed Wagah border on the bus to Lahore. The diary was recovered by the Indian Army from Mushkoh Valley during Op Vijay.

The irony is, as Ahmad records it, that on the day Vajpayee shook hands with then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a Pakistani Mi-17 helicopter crossed the LoC for the first time and dropped supplies to intruders in Mushkoh.

The fact is that the commander, deputy commander and battalion commanders of 121 Independent Brigade, responsible from Mushkoh to Batalik, did find footprints in the snow during aerial reconnaissance in March 1999 but they were dismissed as animal footprints. It was left to a platoon of 3 Punjab to detect black pathan suit wearing Pakistani intruders in Banju area of Yaldor sector on May 3. In the next three days, it was clear that no less than 3,000-4,000 intruders, backed by Pakistani artillery, were sitting on the glaciated features of the over 120 km broad front and some seven kilometers inside the Indian territory.

On May 11, India declared Operation Vijay to vacate the intrusion and the rest is history.

After the K. Subrahmanyam Committee report pointed to lacunae in the Indian intelligence mechanism, the Empowered Group of Ministers recommended sweeping changes. The key changes were the setting up of the multi-agency centre (MAC) and joint task force on intelligence (JTFI) in order to collect and disseminate actionable intelligence. A tri-service defence intelligence agency (DIA) was set up in a bid to synergise the intelligence sharing. Yet, nine years later, this mechanism was found wanting as the post-Kargil institutions were created but neither built or empowered. Suffice to say that the intelligence about an infiltrating Lashkar ship was not shared with Maharashtra by the JTFI or with the Western Naval Command by MAC or with the DIA by Naval Intelligence.

Kargil no doubt was a military success but it also highlighted the lacunae in India’s military preparedness, some of which are still to be completely addressed. First and the foremost is defence procurement, which is still mired in corruption, middle-men and political interference. Even today, the Defence Ministry does not have the capacity to utilise its defence modernisation budget and Rs 7,007 crore was surrendered in the previous fiscal. Secondly, post Kargil, the GoM recommended the creation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), a single point military advisor to the government, particularly after the Army and the Air Force missed the finer points of jointmanship during the war, with an integrated staff headquarters under the four star officer. To date, the Integrated Staff headquarters is an orphan with political leadership not comfortable with an all powerful CDS and the three service chiefs do their own thing.

Thirdly, the higher defence management task group had recommended that merit, and not seniority, is the criterion for selection for top military commanders so that only the best make it to the top. Nothing like this has happened. Fourthly, there are hardly any structured decision making processes within the government when it comes to dealing with emergency situations like Kargil or 26/11. Finally, a number of other intelligence tools were created post Kargil (with the present National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan as member of the group), including the apex intelligence coordination group, but to date, intelligence czars like to play their cards close to their chests. This was evident during 26/11 too.

On July 19, 1999, Army Chief Malik presented “bravest of the brave” watches to deserving commanding officers at Gansok in Ladakh, with champagne flowing freely, as the last Pakistani intruders returned home. The intrusion was officially vacated on July 26, 1999. But Kargil was at best a pyrrhic victory achieved at the loss of some of the bravest officers and men who fought at the roof of the world.

Family of Kargil martyrs salute spirit of sacrifice. By PTI

Ten years after Captain Neikezhakuo Kenguriise sacrificed his life when he led a platoon to re-capture Tololing from Pakistani troops during the Kargil war, his family has come all the way from Nagaland to salute the place of their son's martyrdom.

"We have to come to see and salute the place of the martyrdom of our son. It was a dream for us to visit the holy place and pray for our son", the late captain's father Neiselie Kenguriise told. As they took a glimpse of Tololing ridgeline captured by their son and his platoon, tears welled in the eyes of Neiselie, his wife Dinuo and daughter.

शहीद के परिवार से किया वादा पूरा नहीं। नवभारत टाइम्स

करगिल युद्ध में शहीद हुए सिपाही बलजीत सिंह के परिवार वालों का आरोप है कि केंद्र और राज्य सरकार ने अपने कोई वादे पूरे नहीं किए। शहीद बलजीत के भाई रंजीत सिंह ने कहा कि सरकार ने वादा किया था कि परिवार के एक सदस्य को पेट्रॉल पंप अलॉट होगा। शहीद बलजीत के नाम पर एक पार्क बनेगा और एक रोड और स्कूल का नाम उनके नाम पर रखा जाएगा। लेकिन अभी तक कुछ भी नहीं किया गया है। बलजीत सिंह सिख रेजिमंट के आर्टिलरी डिविजन में थे और ९ जुलाई १९९९ को पाकिस्तानी घुसपैठियों से जंग में शहीद हुए थे। सरकार ने उनके परिवार से कहा था कि वह अपने खर्चे पर शहीद स्मारक बना लें जिसका खर्च उन्हें बाद में दे दिया जाएगा। रंजीत ने बताया कि हमने स्मारक में करीब दो लाख रुपये खर्च किए लेकिन सरकार ने अब तक एक भी रुपया नहीं दिया।

Andhra CM Samuel Reddy's Christian Tours & Travels paid by Hindu temple donations & tax money

Thanks to Rajeev Sriniwasan for the tweet tip. On July 21 2008, Minority Appeasement Department of Christian Rightist Government of Evangelic Christian Chief Minister Y Samuel R Reddy of Muslim Rightist Congress issued an Official Government Order (GO) 29 to waste tax payers money to send Christian Mythology followers on a free vacation to foreign fairytale land where their Mythological prophet is said to have born to a Virgin Mother (noun: a person who has not had sexual intercourse), Died, became alive again from dead and then got "crucified" as per their mythology. The text of this Government Order is so vitriolic and preaching Christian mythology that it doesn't look like that the order has been prepared by some "Secular" "Democratic" Government but by some "Theocratic" "Nonsecular" Christian State run by some Evangelic Catholic Church. The Government Order is available here, here, and here. On June 25 2009, Christian Rightist government issued another GO 10 amending the GO 29 issued on July 21 2008.

As per the Christian Rightist Government's communal nonsecular discriminative order, रु २००००००० (~$415196.1802) of Tax Payers and Hindu Temple Daan (selfless donation) money will be wasted on these Christian escapades. Which is allot less than what Muslim Rightist Congress had spent on Muslims last year. According to government’s own official auditor Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report, रु ५१४ crore or ५.१४ Billion (~$1.067 Billion) of Indian Tax Payers money and selfless donation of Hindus for Temples has been redirected as subsidy for Haj Charters while only रु ७८ crore or ७८० Million (~$16.1926 Million) for national fellowship for Scheduled Castes. This shows how serious this Muslim Rightist Congress government is about uplifting the so-called "lower castes". It is doing nothing but Muslim appeasement divisive politics and exploiting the people on the basis of castes while doing negligible in return. Who is suffering the most in all this? Hindus and the Indian Tax payers. Such gross mismanagement of funds as revealed in the CAG reports can be read here. Now they want to waste Tax payers money on similar divisive entitlement policies for Christians also,

"In the Budget 2008-09 an amount of Rs.2.00 crores has been provided under new scheme for assistance to Christian pilgrimage."

This pilgrimage covers a very large number of places connected with the life of
Jesus Christ in Israel. Mainly, they are:
a. Place of birth - BETHLEHEM
b. Place of Crucifixion, Death and Resurrection – JERUSALEM
c. Place of bringing up - NAZARETH
d. Place of Baptism - JORDAN RIVER
e. Places of preaching - around DEAD SEA and SEA OF GALILEE
f. Several other places connected with Christian faith.

Pilgrimage to Holy land is very sacred to all Christians and is a trip for Spiritual Rejuvenation. The pilgrimage covers several places of Worship, Tradition and Christian Rituals. At almost all the above places, churches are built and during visits, the pilgrims have opportunity to pray and worship besides two most important aspects of pilgrimage, i.e., Baptism and Eucharistic Celebration. Groups of about 50 pilgrims are being led by Travel agents who are well experienced and exposed to the above Christian holy places, traditions and Christian Practices. Ordinarily, the tour period is for a week (Israel Government issues visas only for 7 days). It is proposed to evaluate the standard tour packages being offered by travel houses now namely Jordan and Israel package, Egypt – Israel – Jordan tour package

With Rs. 2.00 crores had been budgeted by the Govt. in a year about year about 900 - 1,000 pilgrims in batches of 50-100 can visit the Holy land through this scheme sponsored by Government of Andhra Pradesh.

d. Rs.20,000 may be granted for each pilgrim by the Government of Andhra Pradesh., on par with Muslim Haj Pilgrims. Over and above this, the expenses are borne by the pilgrims themselves.

Not just that. So serious is this nonsecular Government that it has also created an itinerary already and wants to ensure that only "bonafide Christians" go on this Tax Payers sponsored Christian vacation. They have to ensure that those damn Hindus who will pay at least $415196 every year of their hard earned money to sponsor this Christian Tours & Travels don't take advantage of the system and go to visit the mythological birth & death place of mythological Christ instead of "bonafide Christians". Don't worry Samuel Reddy, we ain't interested.

As per this diktat by the Government, the tour operator will have to take a Pastor/Priest on every trip for free. Hallelujah!

Role of the travel company
c. A comfortable stay in Israel should be ensured – in any case not below room with double occupancy in a standard hotel.
d. All meals should be ensured i.e., breakfast, lunch and dinner including atleast five liter of packaged drinking Water.
e. Transportation along with Guide to take the pilgrims to places as per itinerary should be ensured.
f. All entry passes and tips for various services will be the responsibility of the Tour Operator and shall be borne by the tour operator only.
g. In case any pilgrim requires medical assistance, the same shall be ensured by the Tour Operator.
h. The travel Operator should provide free travel to one pastor/priest in every batch which will facilitate them to be guided, led in prayer/worship at each of the spots. Spiritual significance of the pilgrimage will be explained in depth by the priest.
i. Besides this, the Tour operator shall send a representative of the company as a tour leader to oversee all the arrangements, ensure safety and comfort of the Pilgrims. He will coordinate with all agencies, right from the time of starting till completion of the tour:
1. The Tour Operator will receive documents from the concerned Minority cell in the Secretariat i.e. an application, a copy of the valid Passport, and SSC Certificate, or MRO’s Certificate of a Baptism Certificate to confirm that the candidate is a Christian.
2. The Govt. share will be released after satisfactory completion of tour.
3. The Travel Company should settle all the Bills of the Pilgrims and give them a memorable Pilgrimage which is “all inclusive”

The Managing Director, (Christian Pilgrimage Cell),
A.P. State Minorities Finance Corporation, Ltd., Hyderabad.
5th Floor, Haj House Buildings, Hyderabad

Luckily, the courts in Bharat are still somewhat not pseudo-Secular and have put temporary brakes on fundamentalist Christian Samuel Reddy's communal nonsecular agenda of wasting Tax payers money on unethical & divisive religious entitlements.

State can’t fund pilgrimages: High Court by Times of India

Just two months before the Haj season is to begin, a verdict of the AP High Court on Wednesday, which held that the state cannot fund any pilgrimages, sent the YSR government into a tizzy.

Responding to two PILs challenging the government’s order allocating Rs 2 crore for Christians to undertake a pilgrimage to holy sites including Jerusalem, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil Ramesh Dave and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan set aside the GO No 29 issued on July 21, 2008. While petitioners Satish Agarwal and G Raghava Reddy wanted the GO to be quashed on the grounds that it was unconstitutional, the second PIL wanted similar facilities to be extended to Hindus going on a pilgrimage to Mansarovar, etc.

The bench, however, made it clear that though the petitioners questioned only the state sponsorship of pilgrimage to Jerusalem, their order was not limited to it. “Our order covers every religion. We will not allow the tax-payers money to be spent on such activities,” the Bench ruled.

Legal sources told TOI that this order would jeopardise AP’s Haj plans. In fact, after the Bench gave its verdict, additional advocate general A Satya Prasad had submitted to the court that Haj falls within the purview of the Haj Committee Act 2002, which is a central Act. “Hence, the court cannot pass an order without hearing the Centre on the issue,” he said. However, the Bench said it would consider this matter during further hearings.

For this year’s Haj, the state has been allotted a quota of 6,222 pilgrims with another 150 on the waiting list. Some lawyers were of the view that the HC order would not affect the Haj. “The subsidy given for the pilgrimage to Mecca is a central subject and therefore it cannot be affected,” said Shafeeq Rahman Mahajir, a lawyer specialising on minority issues. The Centre spends about Rs 400 crore every year on pilgrims going on Haj from India.

But, state government legal sources said the HC order had wider ramifications. “While the state does not directly fund the Haj as such, it shortlists the pilgrims every year, and looks after all their arrangements including their boarding and lodging at the Haj House in Hyderabad. The state spends up to Rs 50 lakh every year in providing these facilities. Now, as per the HC order, we will not be able to do it,” said sources.

Christian Rightist Andhra Pradesh Government is now said to be exploring its options of taking the matter to Supreme Court. So why is the government so adamant on divisively appeasing Christians by giving them Job & Educational Reservation Quota on the basis of Religion and now these free vacations? We have to see the background of the man leading the government and his ideology.

Mr. Samuel Reddy is a second-generation fundamentalist Christian. His father, Mr. Raja Reddy came across Christian missionaries in Burma and soon converted to Christianity. It was in 1947 that the Church of South India was formed. Mr. Raja Reddy began to attend the Church Services of this congregation.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Fundamentalist Christian Mr. Samuel Reddy and family share the stage with CM's son-in-law Evangelist Christian Benjamin Anil Kumar at latter's proselytization rally to convert Hindus

The Church of South India is headquartered in Chennai with dioceses throughout South India. Any one could contact the Diocese of Krishna-Godavari [Machilipatnam-Bishop Rev. G. Dyvasirvadam - also Past Professor in Andhra Christian Theological College - an ecumenical Seminary in Gandhinagar, Hyderabad] or the Diocese of Nandyal [Nandyal-Bishop Rev. G.T. Abraham - also Past Professor in Andhra Christian Theological College, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad] to verify the antecedants as stated.

Mr. Y S V Reddy, the brother of Mr. Samuel Reddy is a fund-raiser and member of the local committee of the Bible Society of India headquartered in Bangalore with auxiliaries in each state. Likewise, Mr. Samuel Reddy's sister is into conducting Bible classes for women. Mr. Samuel's son-in-law Brother Benjamin Anil Kumar is a global evangelist speaker and has been alleged of carrying out mass conversions of Hindus through lurement by misusing the office of his father-in-law.

There have been suspicions voiced by many Civil Rights & Liberties groups over the alleged biases held by Samuel Reddy. They say that Chief Minister Samuel Reddy has used his position to bring Christian institutions into the decision making loop of the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, which governs Hinduism's most visited shrine and that he may even be facilitating a church to be built on the holy hills of Tirumula. Suspicions were aroused due to a sudden proliferation of churches along the roads leading to the holy shrine and a recent auction of Hindu temple land in Tirumula being hastily called off when it became known that Christian groups were attempting to make a bid.

Reddy belongs to a Protestant evangelical organization. As he belongs to Indian National Congress (INC) whose chief is Italian Roman Catholic Antonia Maino aka Sonia Gandhi, Hindu Civil Rights & Liberties organizations believe that he is trying to destroy the Hindu religion and Hindu holy places in Andhra Pradesh.

Mr. Samuel Reddy's nonsecular actions speak louder than the words of those who are concerned about his questionable support for the illegal & unethical mass conversions of Hindus by fundamentalist Christian organizations. Following articles, excerpts, pictures, etc. tell the scary tale of Andhra Pradesh where Church is the State.

Missionary agenda of YSR CM of Andhra Pradesh: From the Horse's Mouth by Nizhal Yoddha

For people who believe only in "evidences" here it is. its a collection of all the Government Orders (GO) by the Government of AP allotting funds to various Churches in AP. source of information is no secret either. It is the online portal of Govt of AP listing all the GOs it issued (the government portals are treasure houses of information; you just have to know how to dig out what you need). You can see the data in this page:

http://suryassk.googlepages.com/AP_GOs.htm

The following is the summary of the data from that sheet:
1. The GO portal is active only from February 2008, hence the data given is only of 1 year (ie., Feb 2008 to Jan 2009). Note that although vast, it is by no means comprehensive (ie., I have shown Govt 263.07 lakhs to Christian institutions. This amount is the minimum spent on them, not the maximum).

2. But even for a single year, an amount of 263.07 lakhs was given as aid to various Christian institutions.

3. More than 258 churches benefited from these grants for construction/renovation of churches.

4. An amount of 1316.54 lakhs was given as aid to various Muslim institutions through Wakf boards.

5. Not a single GO granting any aid to a Hindu temple can be found. This in spite of the fact that in AP, the Hindu temples are managed by the Endowments Ministry (put it simply they take all the money which the temples generate).

6. Govt takes away all the money which Hindu temples generate, but do not grant a single penny to any of its temples. It does not touch the money from Christian and Muslim institutions, but grants them huge amounts of money.

I have always argued that the "Missionary Charity" is just a myth ( http://ssksurya.blogspot.com/2006/05/questioning-myth-of-missionary-charity.html ). These new evidence only reinforce my earlier points. I do not want to waste more words how the Christian CM of AP is perusing his missionary zeal not just through individual actions, but also through direct grants from the Government of AP. As I said, the facts speak louder. Let the reader judge for himself.

http://suryassk.googlepages.com/AP_GOs.htm by S Surya, Mumbai, India

Grant-in-Aid Sanctioned by Government of Andhra Pradesh to various Christian Churches from Feb 2008 to Jan 2009

(Data collected from official portal for GO’s of Govt of Andhra Pradesh. Please refer to the site for the complete PDFs of the GO’s)

GO Number	Date	Description (as listed in the AP-GO website)	Number of Churches Benefited	Amount (in lakhs)
761	10/12/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – East Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.1.00 lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Church at Peravaram Village, Yeleswara Mandal, East Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
760	10/12/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Guntur District - Sanction and release of Rs.1.00 lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church at Satulur Village, Nadendla Mandal, Guntur District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
707	24/11/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nizamabad District - Administrative sanction of Rs.1,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Church at Annaram(V), Machareddy Mandal, Nizamabad District –Accorded – Release of amount - Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
681	18/11/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – East Godavari District - Sanction of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Church at Burugupudi Village, Korukonda Mandal, East Godavari District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1	2.00
673	13/11/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – West Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Navajeevana Sahavasa Samajam Church at Sriparru Village, Eluru Mandal, West Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	1	2.00
672	13/11/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Krishna District - Sanction and release of Rs.5.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of CSI St.Stephen’s Church at Nehrupet, Nuzvid Mandal, Krishna District – Orders – Issued.	1	5.00
671	13/11/2008	Minorities Welfare Department -Kadapa District - Sanction and release of Rs.10.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of new Church in the place of Old Church (CSI Church) at Vempalli Village and Manndal, Kadapa District – Orders – Issued.	1	10.00
651	30/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nizamabad District - Sanction and release of Rs.6.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-Aid of for construction of (6) Six churches in Nizamabad District – Amendment - Orders – Issued.	6	6.00
650	30/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - West Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.70,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Bible Mission Church at Siddantham Village, Penugonda Mandal, West Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	1	0.70
649	30/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - East Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.1.00 lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of C.B.M.Church at Kaleru Village, Kapileswarapuram Mandal, East Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
598	4/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Adilabad District - Sanction and release of Rs.22,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for repairs of Believers Church at Kaghaznagar Mandal Headquarters at Adilabad District – Orders – Issued.	1	0.22
597	4/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Adilabad District - Sanction of Rs.4.30 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (5) five Churches in Adilabad District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	5	4.30
595	4/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Hyderabad District - Sanction of Rs.2.30 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (3) three Churches in Hyderabad District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3	2.30
594	4/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Warangal District - Sanction and release of Rs.3.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (3) Three churches in Warangal District- Orders - Issued.	1	3.00
592	3/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nizamabad District - Sanction and release of Rs.60,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for repairs for (2) two Churches in Nizamabad District – Orders – Issued.	2	0.60
591	3/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nizamabad District - Sanction of Rs.3.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (3) three Churches in Nizamabad District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3	3.00
590	3/10/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Nizamabad District - Sanction and release of Rs.6.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (6) Six churches in Nizamabad District – Orders – Issued.	6	6.00
585	29/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nalgonda District - Sanction of Rs.1.00 Lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Compound wall to Church of Christ at Koppole Village, Kethepally Mandal, Nalgonda District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
578	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Mahaboobnagar District - Sanction of Rs.1.00 Lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Church building at Wanaparthy, Mahaboobnagar District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
577	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Mahaboobnagar District - Sanction and release of Rs.4.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of ( 4) four churches in Mahaboobnagar District – Orders – Issued.	4	4.00
576	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Medak District - Sanction of Rs.10.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (10) ten Churches in Medak District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10	10.00
575	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Medak District - Sanction and release of Rs.8.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (8) Eight churches in Medak District – Orders – Issued.	8	8.00
574	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Ranga Reddy District - Sanction of Rs.5.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (5) five Churches in Ranga Reddy District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	5	5.00
573	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Ranga Reddy District – Sanction and release of Rs.3.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (3) three churches in Ranga Reddy district – Orders – Issued.	3	3.00
572	27/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Nalgonda District - Sanction of Rs.8.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (8) eight churches in Nalgonda district – Orders – Issued.	8	8.00
560	26/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – West Godavari District - Sanction of Rs.1.00 Lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of CSI Church at Vempalli Village, Lingampalem Mandal, West Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
549	19/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Karimnagar District - Sanction of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (2) two Churches in Karimnagar District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2	2.00
548	19/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Karimnagar District - Sanction & release of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (2)two Churches in Karimnagar District –Orders- Issued	2	2.00
536	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Khammm District - Sanction of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (2) two Churches in Khammm District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2	2.00
535	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Khammam District - Sanction and release of Rs.9.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (9) Nine churches in Khammam District – Orders – Issued.	9	9.00
534	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nellore District - Sanction and release of Rs.3,30,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for repairs for (11) eleven Churches in Nellore District – Orders – Issued.	11	3.30
532	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Nellore District – Sanction and release of Rs.5.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (5) five Churches in Nellore District – Orders – Issued.	5	5.00
531	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Prakasam District - Sanction and release of Rs.30,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for repairs to Church, Israelpeta Village, Yerragondapalem Mandal, Prakasam District – Orders – Issued.	1	0.30
530	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Prakasam District - Sanction of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (2) two Churches in Prakasam District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2	2.00
529	15/09/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Prakasam District – Sanction and release of Rs.13.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (13) thirteen Churches in Prakasam District – Orders – Issued.	13	13.00
503	11/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Guntur District - Sanction and release of Rs.29.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (27) Twenty Seven Churches in Guntur District – Orders – Issued.	27	29.00
445	6/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Kadapa District - Sanction of Rs.4.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (4) four Churches in Kadapa District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	4	4.00
444	6/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Kadapa District - Sanction and release of Rs.14.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (14) Fourteen Churches in Kadapa District – Orders – Issued.	14	14.00
442	6/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Anantapur District - Sanction of Rs.5.60 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (7) seven Churches in Anantapur District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	7	5.60
441	6/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Anantapur District – Sanction and release of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (2) two Churches in Anantapur District – Orders – Issued.	2	2.00
440	6/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Visakhapatnam District – Sanction and release of Rs.3.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (3) three Churches in Visakhapatnam District – Orders – Issued.	3	3.00
439	6/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Vizianagaram District - Sanction of Rs.1.00 Lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Church Building at Jagaram Village, Jami Mandal, Vizianagaram District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
434	5/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Kurnool District - Sanction of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of 2 (two) Churches in Kurnool District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2	2.00
433	5/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – West Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.30,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for repairs to Bible Mission Church, Siddantham Village, Penugonda Mandal, West Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	1	0.30
432	5/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – West Godavari District - Sanction of Rs.2.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (2) two Churches in West Godavari District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2	2.00
431	5/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – East Godavari District - Sanction of Rs.1.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (1) One Church in East Godavari District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
430	5/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – East Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.10.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (10) ten Churches in East Godavari District –Orders – Issued.	10	10.00
429	5/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Krishna District – Sanction and release of Rs.20.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (20) twenty Churches in Krishna District – Orders – Issued.	20	20.00
422	2/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – West Godavari District - Sanction and release of Rs.7.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (7) seven Churches in West Godavari District – Orders – Issued.	7	7.00
421	2/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Kurnool District – Sanction and release of Rs.18.00 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (18) eighteen Churches in Kurnool District – Orders – Issued.	18	18.00
416	1/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Chittoor District - Sanction of Rs.2.50 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (3) three churches Chittoor district – Orders – Issued.	3	2.50
414	1/9/2008	Minorities Welfare Department - Chittoor District - Sanction of Rs.8.30 Lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for construction of (9) nine Churches in Chittoor District – Administration sanction Accorded - Orders – Issued.	9	8.30
309	27/06/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Krishna District – Sanction of balance amount of Rs.3.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for completion of CSI Church at Konayapalem Village of Chandarlapadu Mandal, Krishna District – Orders – Issued.	1	3.00
288	23/06/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Guntur District – Sanction of balance amount of Rs.65,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for completion of construction of Yesu Christu Prardhana Mandiram Church at Kankanalapalli Village of Sattenapalli Mandal, Guntur District – Orders – Issued.	1	0.65
204	30/04/2008	Minorities Welfare Department – Guntur District - Sanction of Rs.1.00 Lakh towards Grant-in-aid for construction of Salvation Army Church at Vemuru Village and Mandal, Guntur District – Orders – Issued.	1	1.00
		TOTAL=	258	263.07

Grant-in-Aid Sanctioned by Government of Andhra Pradesh to various Wakf boards from Feb 2008 to Jan 2009

(Data collected from official portal for GO’s of Govt of Andhra Pradesh. Please refer to the site for the complete PDFs of the GO’s)

GO Number	Date	Description (as listed in the AP-GO website)	Amount (in lakhs)
15	9/1/2009	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nizamabad District – Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Islampur Mosque at Nadipally Village, Dichpally Mandal, Nizamabad – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
14	9/1/2009	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Hyderabad District – Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of 2nd floor for Masjid-e-Noor at Chennareddynagar Amberpet, Hyderabad – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
10	2/1/2009	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kurnool District – Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Mosque in Sy. No. “26” Satyanarayana Nagar, Salkapuram Village, Kallur Mandal, Kurnool District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
2	1/1/2009	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Rs.10,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid to (7) Wakf Institutions in Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.50
812	29/12/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Krishna district – Sanction of Grant –In –Aid for Construction/ renovation/ extension of certain Wakf institutions at Gudivada Town and Vuyyur village and Mandal in Krishna District - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 8,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	8.50
805	29/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Rs.77,02,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (65) Wakf institutions in Kadapa District – Accorded – Amendment- Orders – Issued.	77.02
790	23/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nizamabad District – Sanction of Rs.19,70,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (3) Wakf institutions in Nizamabad District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	19.70
772	18/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Khammam District – Sanction of Rs.3,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in Khammam District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.00
771	18/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Administrative sanction of Rs.12,58,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (8) Wakf institutions in Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	12.58
770	18/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Rs.3,32,500/- towards Grant-in-aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.33
769	17/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nalgonda District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- (One lakh and fifty thousand only ) towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Masjid at Amaravaram Village and Miryalaguda Constituency, Nalgonda District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
768	16/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Medak District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- (One lakh and fifty thousand only ) towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of compound wall to Muslim Graveyard at Ismailkhanpet Village and Sangareddy Mandal, Medak District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
765	12/12/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Guntur district – Sanction of Grant –In –Aid for construction of Masjid at Tumurukota (V),Rentachintala Mandal Guntur District.- Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 2,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2.00
759	8/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Mahabubnagar District – Sanction and Administration Sanction of Rs.4,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (3) Wakf institutions in Mahabubnagar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	4.50
758	8/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kurnool District – Sanction of Rs.17,70,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (17) Wakf institutions in Kurnool District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	17.70
757	8/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Chittoor District – Sanction of Rs.24,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (30) Wakf institutions in Chittoor District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
756	6/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.10,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for reconstruction of existing Jamia Masjid at Rameswarampeta Village of Proddatur town, Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
753	6/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Mahaboobnagar District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.10,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Completion of balance work to Jame Masjid at Nagarkurnool, Mahaboobnagar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
751	6/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Mahaboobnagar District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.25,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Idgah Wakf-E-Rahmania Wanagattu, Mahaboobnagar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	25.00
745	6/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Rs.10,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Compound wall and improvement to Edgah-Al-Edduzzaaha-Aur-Eddulfitar at Lakkireddypalli(V) & (M), Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
743	6/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Administrative sanction of Rs.15,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (3) Wakf institutions in Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	20.00
734	2/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Adilabad District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.20,00,000/- lakhs ( Twenty lakhs only ) towards Grant-in-aid for Civil and Electrical repairs of Jama Masjid, Khagaznagar, Adilabad District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	20.00
733	2/12/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Guntur district – Sanction of grant-in-aid for construction of Edga at Macherla Town in Guntur district - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 6,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued	6.00
731	1/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – KadapaDistrict – Sanction of Rs.8,75,000/- towards Grant-in-aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in KadapaDistrict – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	8.75
729	1/12/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of new Mosque in place of Gadda Mosque, Jammalamadugu, Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
727	26/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.5,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of certain works of Eidgah , Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	5.00
726	26/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Medak District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.32,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (32) Wakf institutions in Medak District – Accorded – Amendment- Orders – Issued.	32.00
725	26/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.5,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of compound wall to Muslim Burial Ground at Chinnamandem Village and mandal , Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	5.00
724	26/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nizamabad District – Sanction of Rs.18,20,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (12) Wakf institutions in Nizamabad District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	18.20
665	11/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Mahabubnagar District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.10,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Expansion of existing Wazu Khana and construction of residence quarters for Imam Saheb and Mouzzan Sahab in Jamia Masjid, Mahabubnagar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued	10.00
664	11/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – KadapaDistrict – Sanction of Rs.12,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in KadapaDistrict – Accorded - Orders – Issued	12.00
663	11/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nizamabad District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.5,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Edgah at Peddakodapgal(V) of Bichkunda(M), Nizamabad District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	5.00
662	11/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Karimnagar District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.10,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of 1st Floor over the existing premises of Jame Masjid, Jagtial, Karimnagar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
660	10/11/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Medak District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.40,16,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (35) Wakf institutions in Medak District – Accorded – Amendment- Orders – Issued.	40.16
655	6/11/2008	WAKF - Hyderabad – Secretariat Buildings - Sanction of Grant-in-aid for Re-construction of Mosque situated in the premises of Secretariat, beside “C” Block, Hyderabad – Sanction of an amount of Rs.34,00,000/- - Accorded – Orders - Issued.	34.00
648	29/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Hyderabad District – Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- Grant-in-aid towards Jama Masjid Shujaiya situated at Charminar, Hyderabad for the purpose of Scratching, Screening out the loose lime particularly from the roof,minars and pit walls - Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
647	27/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Krishna district – Sanction of Grant –In –Aid for completion of new Makka Masjid at Gottumukkala Village, Kanchikacharla Mandal of Krishna District.- Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 80,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	0.80
644	23/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ananthapur District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Compound Wall to Gutta Masjid at Kothacheruvu Village & Mandal, Ananthapur District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
643	23/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Guntur District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to four Wakf institutions in Guntur district– sanction for an amount ofRs. 6,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	6.00
640	22/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid– Guntur district–Administrative sanction of Rs.6,90,000/- as grant-in-aid towards construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to six (6) Wakf institutions in Guntur district - Accorded - Orders – Issued.	6.90
635	18/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Krishna District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction of 1st floor repairs and renovation of the Masjid –E-Imam –e -Zaman at Inagudurupet, Machilipatnam, Krishna District – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs 80,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	0.80
634	18/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Nellore district – Administrative sanction of Rs.5,40,000/- as grant-in-aid towards construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to five (5 ) Wakf institutions in Nellore district - Accorded - Orders – Issued	5.40
633	18/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Guntur District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction of compound wall with gate to the burial ground at Chirravuru (V), Tadepalli (M), Guntur District – Sanction for an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued	1.50
630	16/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ananthapur District – Sanction of Rs.3,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in Ananthapur District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.00
618	13/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ranga Reddy District – Sanction of Rs.3,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in Ranga Reddy District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.00
614	10/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –West Godavari District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction of Compound wall to Muslim Burial grounds at Kapavaram (V) and Dommeru (V) in Kovvur(M), West Godavari District– Total Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 3,00,000/- - Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.00
613	10/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Esat Godavari District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for repairs, maintenance, and renovation of Shia Masjid at Nagaram (V), Mamidikuduru (M), East Godavari District – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 80,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	0.80
607	8/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Rs.77,02,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (65) Wakf institutions in Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	0.77
605	6/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –East Godavari District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction of Masji-E-Kouser at Sataelite City, Rajahmundry Rural, East Godavari district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
604	6/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Krishna District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction of Muslim Burial Ground at New Mallaiahpalem (V), Gudivada Mandal in Krishna district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
601	6/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Prakasam district – Administrative sanction of Rs. 2,30,000/- as grant-in-aid towards construction/ renovation/extension/repairs etc., to two (2) Wakf institutions in Prakasam district – Accorded - Orders – Issued	2.30
599	4/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kadapa District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.10,00,000/- lakhs ( Ten lakhs ) towards Grant-in-aid for renovation of Mosque in Buqthiyar Khan Masjeed, Trunk Road, Rayachoti Town, Kadapa District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
589	3/10/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Chittoor District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.39,02,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (42) Wakf institutions in Chittoor District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	39.02
588	3/10/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Guntur district – Sanction of grant-in-aid for construction of New Mosque at Nizampatnam (V) in Guntur district - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 6,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued	6.00
564	27/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Warangal District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.55,60,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (50) Wakf institutions in Warangal District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	55.60
556	25/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ananthapur District – Administrative Sanction of Rs.20,00,000/- lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Mosque at Tadipatri Town, Ananthapur District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	20.00
555	25/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ananthapur District – Administrative sanction of Rs.11,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (10) Wakf institutions in Ananthapur District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	11.50
551	19/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kurnool District – Sanction of Rs.1,50,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of Mohammadia Mosque at Chinnarajupalem Village, Banaganapalle Mandal, Kurnool District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
550	19/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ranga Reddy District – Sanction of Rs.80,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction of boundary wall to Masjid-e-Arafath at Gareebnagar, Vikharabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	0.80
546	17/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Khammam District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.13,75,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (12) Wakf institutions in Khammam District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	13.75
545	17/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Adilabad District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.73,25,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (49) Wakf institutions in Adilabad District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	73.25
537	16/09/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – West Godavari District – Sanction of additional funds for construction of compound wall to Muslim Burial ground at Pasalapudi (V), Undrajavaram (M), West Godavari District - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
423	4/9/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nalgonda District – Sanction of Rs.12.00 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (8) Wakf institutions in Nalgonda District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	12.00
409	29/08/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Guntur district – Administrative sanction of Rs.12,81,000/- as grant-in-aid towards construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to three (3) Wakf institutions in Guntur district - Accorded - Orders – Issued.	12.81
381	8/8/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Medak District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.32,00,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (32) Wakf institutions in Medak District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	32.00
377	6/8/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Krishna District – Sanction of Additional funds for re-construction of Minar Mosque at Kowthavaram, Varapu Village, Gudlavalleru (M), Krishna District - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 2,20,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2.20
353	23/07/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Anantapur District – Administrative sanction of Rs.20.20 lakhs towards Grant-in-Aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension etc., to (16) Wakf Institutions in Anantapur District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	20.20
345	23/07/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Medak District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.40.16 lakhs towards Grant-in-Aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (35) Wakf Institutions in Medak District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	40.16
343	22/07/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nalgonda District – Administrative sanction of Rs.25.33 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension etc., to (23) Wakf Institutions in Nalgonda District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	25.33
332	17/07/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Guntur District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to sixty five (65) Wakf institutions in Guntur district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 75,17,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	75.17
331	17/07/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Kurnool District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.35,30,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (31) Wakf institutions in Kurnool District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	35.30
330	17/07/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Mahaboobnagar District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.36.60 lakhs towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (30) Wakf institutions in Mahaboobnagar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	36.60
329	17/07/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Ranga Reddy District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid for Construction and Extension of Jama Masjid at Dharoor Village & Mandal – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.13,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	13.00
326	11/7/2008	C.M. ANNOUNCEMENTS - WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Adilabad District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid for Construction of compound wall to Idgah at Bhainsa Village & Mandal – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.15,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	15.00
323	8/7/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Guntur district – Administrative sanction of Rs. 3,20,000/- as grant-in-aid towards construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to four (4) Wakf institutions in Guntur district - Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.20
322	8/7/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Krishna District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction of Mosque at Gaddamanugu (V), G. Konduru Mandal in Krishna district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 1,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
300	26/06/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Nizamabad District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid to (2) Wakf Institutions in Kamareddy town, Nizamabad District – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.16,70,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	16.70
297	25/06/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –East Godavari District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction / Renovation / Extension / Repairs etc., to two (2) Wakf institutions in East Godavari District – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 1,60,000/- - Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.60
296	25/06/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Prakasam District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to four (4) Wakf institutions in Prakasam district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 3,20, 000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	3.20
292	24/06/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –East Godavari District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to nine (9) Wakf institutions in East Godavari district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 12, 80, 000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	12.80
282	17/06/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of grant-in-aid for improvements of Muslim Burial Ground at Nakash area of Kadapa town – Action of Collector in having administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.16.00 Lakhs – Ratified - Orders – Issued.	16.00
281	17/06/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Karimangar District – Sanction and administrative sanction of Rs.25,80,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (20) Wakf institutions in Karimangar District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	25.80
252	7/6/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Karimnagar District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid towards Construction of compound wall to Edgah at Jagtial town, Karimangar District – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.10,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	10.00
250	4/6/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Hyderabad District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid for Raising height of compound wall to Graveyard at D. Hzt. Dargah Ali Shah, Osmanpura, Hyderabad – Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs.1,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	1.50
247	4/6/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Visakhapatnam District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to Six (6) Wakf institutions in Visakhapatnam district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 7,60,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	7.60
246	4/6/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Ranga Reddy District – Administrative sanction of Rs.15,60,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (11) Wakf institutions in Ranga Reddy District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	15.60
245	4/6/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-aid – Nizamabad District – Administrative sanction of Rs.70,60,000/- towards Grant-in-aid for Construction, Repairs, Renovation, Extension of (58) Wakf institutions in Nizamabad District – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	70.60
237	20/05/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –Prakasam District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to nine (9) Wakf institutions in Prakasam district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 8,14, 000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	8.14
236	19/05/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Nellore district – Sanction of grant-in-aid for construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to three (3) Wakf institutions in Nellore district - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 3,80,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued	3.80
235	19/05/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Nellore district – Sanction of grant-in-aid for construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to nine (9) Wakf institutions in Nellore district - Sanction for an amount of Rs. 11,90,000/- Accorded - Orders – Issued.	11.90
234	19/05/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Kadapa District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid for construction of Mosque in place of old Jamia Mosque and attached compound wall to Muslim Burial ground at Muddanur Road, Yerraguntla Mandal, Kadapa District - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 21,00,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	21.00
231	16/05/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid – Krishna district – Sanction of grant-in-aid for construction/renovation / extension / repairs etc., to twelve (12) Wakf institutions in Krishna district - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 16,10,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	16.10
220	14/05/2008	WAKF – Grant-in-Aid – Nellore District – Sanction of Grant-in-Aid for repairs and re-construction of Masjid at Kulluru Village, Kaluvaya Mandal, Nellore District - Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 2,50,000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	2.50
199	28/04/2008	Wakf – Grant-in-aid –West Godavari District – Sanction of Grant-in-aid for construction/ renovation / extension/ repairs etc., to Eleven (11) Wakf institutions in West Godavari district– Administrative sanction for an amount of Rs. 15,10, 000/- – Accorded - Orders – Issued.	15.10
		TOTAL=	1316.54

Christian Communal Socialism Congress Style by Offstumped

Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy’s evangelist son-in-law has been accused of misusing Government Machinery in launching himself as an alternative to another tele-evangelist KA Paul. The Indian Express has carried a detailed story on this. The most interesting part of the story is how a case of telecom fraud against YSR’s son-in-law has been conveniently covered up while the man himself has been busy spreading the “good news”.

A sampling of videos on YouTube belonging to the Ministry run by the son-in-law reveals that this is very much a YSR family enterprise with YSR’s mother euologised as the patron maternal figure, YSR’s sister giving divine testimony and pious anchors from the Televangelical channel praying for the “State and its officials”.

The whole story can probably be dismissed away as family soap opera but for the brazen manner in which YS Rajashekar Reddy aided by his son-in-law have been promoting Christian Communal Socialism.

Andhra CM son-in-law's mammoth religious meet draws flak

Evangelist Anil Kumar's debut in Secunderabad bore all the hallmarks of a gala event. A sprawling parade ground packed with nearly 1.5 lakh people, a 250-member choir and guests including Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, his wife and only daughter. So why are the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telugu Desam Party crying foul over the Evangelist's religious sessions? For Anil Kumar is YSR Reddy's son-in-law, and the Opposition parties have started questioning how Anil Kumar's mammoth congregations were funded.

Very few people were aware of who Anil Kumar was till hundreds of huge hoardings, welcoming people to his 'Grand Christmas celebrations', sprung up all over the twin cities of Hyderabad-Secunderabad. After it was revealed that Anil Kumar was the chief minister's son-in-law, the TDP and BJP demanded an inquiry into the source of funding for such large-scale publicity, insisting that ill gotten money was being used to promote the Evangelist.

While Anil Kumar avoided the media, YSR quipped, "What is wrong in it," when asked about the publicity machinery being used to promote his son-in-law. Anil Kumar told the congregation that he had experienced many miraculous changes in his own life after he adopted Christianity. Reddy, his wife Vijaya and daughter Sharmila also addressed the congregation. While the chief minister restricted himself to extending Christmas greetings to the people, his daughter stole the show with her spirited speech. She drew huge applause when she quoted a passage from the Bible, "God gives us power but we should rejoice in God". Though Brother Anil Kumar has held such congregations at many places across the state including Rajahmundry and Warangal, this was the first time that he held such a session in Hyderabad and Secunderabad.

Incidentally, Anil Kumar is being promoted as an Evangelist at a time when the ruling Congress is embroiled in a running feud with another internationally famous evangelist K A Paul, who is facing legal problems in the state. "Rajasekhara Reddy is promoting Anil Kumar so that he can become more popular than K A Paul," alleged TDP leader N Rajakumar.

Video Testimony of "Brother" Benjamin Anil Kumar (anti-Hindu documentary filmed in a Hindu temple): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF_Gz2WHorw

Incriminating photograph of YSR, wife, daughter and son-in-law "Brother" Anil Kumar (aka 'Benjamin') Komanapally at this Evangelical rally: ‘All you have to do is believe in Him’ by New Indian Express

They came dressed in their Sunday best to listen to the first family of Andhra Pradesh. Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, his sonin- law Brother Anil Kumar `Benjamin’ Komanapally, daughter Sharmila Reddy and wife Vijaya Rajasekhara Reddy, all spoke at the `Grand Christmas Celebration’.

The day marked the culmination of the three-day festival. An estimated 1.5 lakh people turned up at the Parade Grounds, filled to capacity by the time Anil Kumar took the colourfully-decorated stage. Before he spoke, however, his wife Sharmila urged the audience to introspect on their lives and make time for God. She quoted her dad’s favourite verses from the Bible, `God gives us power, but we should rejoice in God’. In between the speeches, a 250-strong choir sang and danced to popular Christian numbers. A row of lights supported by two huge cranes located behind the stage illuminated the stage. A laser show on Christ’s life was a hit with the crowd.

Brother Anil Kumar spoke for an hour about the importance of accepting God into one’s life. He claimed that miracles had occured in his life since he accepted Christ. He also claimed, ``No doctor has a solution for AIDS, but there is a supernatural doctor and all you have to do is believe in Him.’’ The Chief Minister drew the maximum applause when he stepped on to the stage. In his brief remarks, he wished everyone a merry Christmas

Yeah all you have to do is believe in him, after that you rape, murder, rob it doesn't matter. Even if you have AIDS, it doesn't matter just believe in Christ and it will be cured. What kind of superstitious bullsh*t is this?

Photograph of "Brother" Anil Kumar (aka 'Benjamin') Komanapally preaching at his rally: more on mitrotsavam i.e. winter solstice i.e. not X'mas

In the end, all I can say is look at the kind of culture that this Christian Rightist CM comes from and the ideology that he propagates: Christist CM of Andhra stoops to lowest possible level: Insults Chandrababu Naidu's mother

The Andhra Pradesh Assembly witnessed an unprecedented clash between the ruling Congress party and almost the entire Opposition when Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, in an intemperate outburst against leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu, dragged Naidu's mother into the debate.

Replying to the allegations of serious irregularities in mining activity in the Obulapuram area of Anantapur by the company of Janardhan Reddy, Rajasekhara said that he would expose Naidu in such a way that he would regret his birth.

"What I am saying now is only a preamble. There are a lot of things to say. After I complete what I have to say, Chandrababu, you will, in fact, regret why unnecessarily you came into your mother's womb and you will feel that it would have been better if you were not born at all. What are you talking! I will expose you," the Chief Minister said as the entire House was left stunned for some time before the TDP benches burst into protest.

The outburst, which left almost all the Opposition members shocked and pained, came after the Question Hour when the TDP members tried to raise the issue of alleged siphoning off of minerals from Obulapuram mining area, the scene of a protest by the TDP since Saturday.

In what part of Christian Mythology did Christ give a sermon to abuse someone's Mother is beyond me? Totally unbecoming of a Chief Minister or any Public "Servant".

Other Sources:

1. Indian Politician Profile Samuel Reddy

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