Book of Integration Council New - Ministry of Home Affairs
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today. How can we create communal harmony, when there is so much anger among<br />
Muslims and Christians. They feel totally alienated. They want to contribute to the<br />
constitutional values <strong>of</strong> this country. How do they, they are not properly represented,<br />
they are not represented in parliament, they are not represented in State assemblies, they<br />
are not represented in Government Services, they are not represented in police. How do<br />
they contribute for the Nation, unless they get an opportunity to have adequate<br />
representation everywhere. Christians who have contributed so much to our country,<br />
education, health services, they are under attack today and no action is being taken for<br />
more than a month. Violence has been going on, I am sorry to say Hon’ble Prime<br />
Minister, Madam Sonia Gandhi, Hon’ble <strong>Home</strong> Minister, that things are not in order in<br />
the country and we are all feeling suffocated. Those who stand by secular values, for<br />
commnal harmony, are really feeling suffocated today. We felt very suffocated, when<br />
Gujarat happened and we welcomed UPA victory, we all felt liberated. That now have<br />
come out <strong>of</strong> this communal patch. But again we are feeling suffocated and under UPA<br />
regime, I am very sorry to say that I am very anguished today and I feel my efforts for<br />
last 45 years have not fructified and still much worse is happening than what happened<br />
in 1961 Jabalpur riot, when I took oath to devote my life for communal harmony.<br />
Please do something, stop this communal madness, this terrorism. Nobody from Muslim<br />
community stands for terrorism and yet impression goes round that all Muslims are<br />
terrorists. Which is very very wrong, very very wrong. There may be some elements,<br />
mischevious elements, there are such elements everywhere, but they are not known by<br />
the community. Only in case <strong>of</strong> Muslims, they are identified by their community. Let<br />
media, let Government, let Police stop this kind <strong>of</strong> campaign, to win over the hearts<br />
and minds <strong>of</strong> minorities in this country. The glory <strong>of</strong> this country, the constitutional<br />
values <strong>of</strong> this country would be upheld if we win the hearts and minds <strong>of</strong> minorities<br />
today.<br />
Thank you very much.<br />
<strong>Home</strong> Minister : I may request Admiral Ramdass to make his statement please.<br />
Admiral (Retd.) Shri L. Ramdass<br />
Hon’ble Prime Minister, Madam Gandhi and Distinguished Ministers on the dais<br />
and other friends here. I have been listening to pearls <strong>of</strong> wisdom which have flown<br />
out <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> you this morning. I would like to make a just few comments and flag<br />
a few points for consideration by this very elite community. I was a young man<br />
when we attained our Independence. As barely 14, I have traveled a long way<br />
all the 61 odd years and I have seen the steady downwards slope on which we have<br />
been sliding. As the Hindu rate <strong>of</strong> growth has gone to Manmohaniks rate <strong>of</strong><br />
growth, unfortunately on the various fields <strong>of</strong> social and economic freedoms and<br />
justice we have slipped badly. It was for these reasons <strong>of</strong> intolerance and<br />
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