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Ram: Big ego, Small man
The
Kashmir TELEGRAPH says ........
Ram
Jethmalani, former Union Law Minister, has stooped to new low-levels
-- not that the occurrence is surprising -- to make his presence
felt. Time and again, shamelessly, he is defending General Pervez
Musharraf in his articles published by a particular newspaper.
Accordingly, we no longer need to look at newspapers like Dawn
to read about the intrinsic merits of Musharraf and his junta
regime. The fact that Musharraf is continuing with his nuclear
blackmail doctrine against India does not matter to people like Ram
Jethmalani – they will continue to shower praises on him, and make
a hero out of him, one way or the other. To further his own personal
agenda, Jethmalani, has now taken the task of defending one of the
prime accused in the attack on the Indian Parliament, S. A. R
Geelani. Incidentally Jethmalani was elected to the upper
house of the Indian parliament by Shiv Sena, and the party is now
asking him to resign first and then shed tears for the traitors and
enemies. So much for these back-coat walas who in the
name of justice engage in acts, which would put even the turncoats
to shame. He has joined the elite league of the likes of P
Chidambaram, who for huge sums of money actually defended the
defunct Dhabol Power Corporation, a subsidiary of Enron -- a
company, which has set examples in corrupt and malpractices, and are
the epitome with which comparisons shall be made for a long time to
come. And Chidambaram really thinks that we should believe in his
half-intelligent talk, all in the name of moral principles, that
arrives at our doorsteps on Sunday mornings, thanks to an Indian
newspaper. Ram Jethmalani is known for his maverick behaviour and
has in the past defended smuggler Haji Mastan, and Kehar Singh, in
the Gandhi assassination case. India as a matter of fact is not only
fighting Pakistan in what is a legitimate fight against cross-border
terrorism but also the likes of Ram Jethmalanis, who also pose an
equally dangerous threat, and need to be taken to task for their new
found love of assuming
the mantle as the defence council for General Musharraf, and
more recently the prime accused in the attack on our parliament. As
far as latter decision is concerned, Jethmalani has decided to put
his black coat on again with the singular rationale of breaking ice
with the separatists, APHC in particular, and pro-cessation
bandwagon in Kashmir, in general. This, he feels will earn him the
much needed brownie points to further the mission of his Kashmir
Committee, which seems to have encountered road-blocks, and is on
the verge of being wound-up. Jethmalani is believed to be presently
on a trip to Europe, and we sincerely hope that the tour is private,
and he would not engage in loose talk, something he did, when he was
in Washington sometime back. So much so, that he went on and on
about how Musharraf was important for the peace and prosperity of
the Indian sub-continent. And we all talk about external threat to
India! The threat is very much internal, and it is imperative that
such internal threats are taken seriously, and the individuals who
champion the cause of a client state of US, Pakistan, on one hand,
and the lecturer-turned-terrorists, who have been instrumental in
waging war against India by their despicable terrorist acts, on the
other hand, are shown their real worth, the sooner the better. And
let us put a stop to the tamasha called Kashmir Committee. Is
somebody at South Block and North Block listening?
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