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First, he more or less justified the Congress party’s anti-Sikh pogrom when he said that “when a big tree falls, the earth shakes.” The record will show that under Rajiv – and even later – very little was done to punish the guilty,


Fourth, another significant Rajiv Gandhi let-down, was his decision to let Union Carbide off the hook for the Bhopal gas disaster. No one from Union Carbide, barring its Indian directors, was prosecuted, and Rajiv Gandhi finally settled the case for $470 million in 1989 – as against the initially claimed $3.3 billion compensation – for three thousand dead and several thousand maimed or damaged for life in the gas leak. Rajiv presided over the most shameful sellout – driven possibly by the country’s need for foreign exchange, then woefully short due to his economic mismanagement.


Fifth, and this is probably Rajiv’s worst legacy, he reignited the fires of communalism towards the end of his tenure. To court the Muslim vote, he used legislation to overturn a Supreme Court verdict in the Shah Bano case, where a divorced Muslim woman was allowed to get some pittance as maintenance. A young modern Congress Muslim MP, Arif Mohammed Khan, defended the Supreme Court judgment in parliament, but Rajiv Gandhi embarrassed him by finally signing up with the reactionary elements in Muslim society and overturned the verdict by legislation.


The big question is: why did a young man, who came in as a bit of fresh air in 1984 with his modern visage and youthful energy, fall back on the same formula of pandering to caste and communal politics by the time it was time to go in 1989? The answer is Bofors. In 1987, Swedish Radio alleged that bribes were paid in the Bofors gun deal signed by Rajiv Gandhi’s government. While there was a lot of suspicion that Rajiv was involved in some way, what is undeniable is that he was definitely willing to have it covered up, since it involved Ottavio Quattrocchi, a close friend of Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi.


Rajiv’s government was one of India’s biggest failures for the simple reason that the mandate he got was unprecedented. With almost no opposition worth the name, he could have cleaned up the system and become India’s most achievement-oriented PM. Instead, he blew it all after Bofors. He squandered his mandate. Priyanka is entitled to fond memories of her dad – but India will judge him differently.

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flim flam, when will you tell her to go back to the kitchen?

her refers to priyanka.

pravalika nanda wrote:flim flam, when will you tell her to go back to the kitchen?

her refers to priyanka.

and what will she do in the kitchen ? she may be a good cook in everything else, but she probably hardly can boil water...on a stove.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

pravalika nanda wrote:flim flam, when will you tell her to go back to the kitchen?

her refers to priyanka.

and what will she do in the kitchen ? she may be a good cook in everything else, but she probably hardly can boil water...on a stove.

Marty, Italian women are known for their passion for cooking. When you're a bored rich Caucasian woman like her living in a third world country, it is useful to learn all the original Italian recipes handed-down from your grandmother and practice them to perfection.

Kinnera wrote:
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I am happy that someone wrote a piece on Rajiva and his complicity and active encouragement of Sikh genocide. The whole Gandhi family should be tried for the killing of 3300 Sikhs. People tend to hide this pogrom claiming rajiv is not alive, Rajiv is not in this election, Rajiv was in mourning, Rajiv was boring, and Rajiv is no more, etc..etc..

The fact that Gandhi-Vadra family is active in the electin and Priyanka raised his name, he is fair game - dead or alive.

First let the congress and Priyanka (whatever happened to Rahul? Is he even in the election? the guy is hiding in Priyanka's saree) answer and address the 3300 sikh killing before talking about the much smaller and much local hindu-muslim riots. In cmparison the Sikh genocide is the one that compares to hitler and SS genocide of Jews -as the Govt agencies, Govt, and Congressmen were all on in sync against the hapless Sikhs.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
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I am happy that someone wrote a piece on Rajiva and his complicity and active encouragement of Sikh genocide.  The whole Gandhi family should be tried for the killing of 3300 Sikhs.  People tend to hide this pogrom claiming rajiv is not alive, Rajiv is not in this election, Rajiv was in mourning, Rajiv was boring, and Rajiv is no more, etc..etc..

The fact that Gandhi-Vadra family is active in the electin and Priyanka raised his name, he is fair game - dead or alive.

First let the congress and Priyanka (whatever happened to Rahul? Is he even in the election? the guy is hiding in Priyanka's saree) answer and address the 3300 sikh killing before talking about the much smaller and much local hindu-muslim riots. In cmparison the Sikh genocide is the one that compares to hitler and SS genocide of Jews -as the Govt agencies, Govt, and Congressmen were all on in sync against the hapless Sikhs.

Exactly! Noticed how Maxe, FF and others tried to dodge that topic?

Kinnera wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Kinnera wrote:
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/india/dear-priyanka-your-dad-was-no-angel-he-let-india-down-1505635.html/2?utm_source=ref_article

I am happy that someone wrote a piece on Rajiva and his complicity and active encouragement of Sikh genocide.  The whole Gandhi family should be tried for the killing of 3300 Sikhs.  People tend to hide this pogrom claiming rajiv is not alive, Rajiv is not in this election, Rajiv was in mourning, Rajiv was boring, and Rajiv is no more, etc..etc..

The fact that Gandhi-Vadra family is active in the electin and Priyanka raised his name, he is fair game - dead or alive.

First let the congress and Priyanka (whatever happened to Rahul? Is he even in the election? the guy is hiding in Priyanka's saree) answer and address the 3300 sikh killing before talking about the much smaller and much local hindu-muslim riots. In cmparison the Sikh genocide is the one that compares to hitler and SS genocide of Jews -as the Govt agencies, Govt, and Congressmen were all on in sync against the hapless Sikhs.

Exactly! Noticed how Maxe, FF and others tried to dodge that topic?

well, these secular-elites basically operate with the same understanding as congoons: that the muslims are the largest minority vote-bank and talking about their oppression is all it takes to stand out as secular heroes. flim flam is not a secular-elite, he is pro-Christian in the way Uppili is pro-Hindu. Flim flam does know how to behave in public, Uppili is running with his langoti loose in public and the sight is unbearable.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

pravalika nanda wrote:flim flam, when will you tell her to go back to the kitchen?

her refers to priyanka.

and what will she do in the kitchen ? she may be a good cook in everything else, but she probably hardly can boil water...on a stove.

Don't dismiss her like that. Some people like the kitchen and tight places for what they do best!

pravalika nanda wrote:

well, these secular-elites basically operate with the same understanding as congoons: that the muslims are the largest minority vote-bank and talking about their oppression is all it takes to stand out as secular heroes. flim flam is not a secular-elite, he is pro-Christian in the way Uppili is pro-Hindu. Flim flam does know how to behave in public, Uppili is running with his langoti loose in public and the sight is unbearable.

Flim Flam is christian and pro-christian. Uppili is a hindu and pro-hindu. But, why are the other other hindus are iSlamic Petticoats?

Now you see why the Hindus in India were decimated over the last 1000 years and subjgated by foreign rulers - the latest being iTalian ?