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The myth of

HINDU

TERROR

Insider account of Ministry of Home Affairs 2006-2010
RVS MANI

LET KNOWLEDGE SPREAD www.vitastapublishing.com

Published by
Renu Kaul Verma
Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd 2/15, Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi - 110 002
info@vitastapublishing.com

ISBN 978-93-86473-27-1 RVS Mani, 2018
Reprint 2018
MRP 495

All Rights Reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher.

The views and opinions expressed in this book are the authors own. He is solely responsible for the facts and authenticity of the quotes and sources used for this work. The publisher in no way is liable for the same.

Cover and layout by Somesh Kumar Mishra Printed by Vikas Computer and Printers

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This book is dedicated to my parents Lakshmi and K R Ramaswamy and my father-in-law K S Venkatachalam who were my source of inspiration and support, encouraging me to stand up for the truth.

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Contents

Dedication iii Acknowledgements vii Prologue ix

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Acknowledgements
A

t the outset I would like to place on record my thanks to Megha Prasad and Aditi Ananthnarayanan of Times Now , Prema Sridevi of Republic TV and Vasudha Venugopal of The Economic Times . The idea of writing a book came from Megha. Prema Sridevi guided me with her professional touch on how the work can be formatted. Vasudha reassured me that I am a good storyteller myself and do not require a script writer. This set off the beginning of this work. My thanks also go to Ms Papri Sri Raman, the editor of this book, for her meticulous efforts in polishing the final version of this book.

My wife Sita has contributed to this in more than one way. She has painstakingly corrected the grammar and checked spellings. My son Aditya, during his home visits from Chandigarh, abandoned the internet and went through the style and presentation. His inputs were indeed valuable.

My erstwhile seniors in the Ministry of Home Affairs have been extremely supportive during my times of tribulations. Special mention for L C Goyal, the then Joint Secretary and currently Chairman and Managing Director of ITPO; D Diptivilasa, IAS (Retd), formerly Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs as well as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development during my tenure.

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Pankaj Kumar Mishra, (IRS-IT), has been a friend, philosopher, guide and shield during my tenure in the MHA as well as after that, when I was going through troubled times. I will always be indebted to him for the support he has extended to me in a very critical phase of my life.

I also thank my former colleagues, S S Das, then Deputy Secretary, MHA, Randhir Singh, former Under Secretary (Naxal Management), MHA, Virendar Kumar, a national-level football referee and my former colleague who was then the Under Secretary, Internal Security and M S Kalaania, also then Under Secretary, Internal Security.

My thanks are also due to Rakesh Singh Nayal, former section officer in the Internal Security Division, as well as T V Paulose, Private Secretary to Director and Sudeesh Negi, PA attached to the office of the Joint Secretary (IS), MHA.

Prologue
T

he Indian Constitution enshrines in its Preamble itself the principles of secularism. This is undoubtedly the basic tenet of our Constitution. I am restating the Preamble of the Constitution of India below:

We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign socialist secular democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens: justice, social, economic and political; liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; equality of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all fraternity assuring dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation;

In our constituent assembly this twenty sixth day of November, 1949 do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this Constitution.

As a corollary this leads to neutrality. Religious and ethnic neutrality in matters of state and governance. It is meant to be understood that there shall be total neutrality both in perception and in action, in all that the nation does.

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But is it true?
Does this happen in reality?
The world over the dictum is: no cause can justify terrorism.

Still, in India we have groups, political and nonpolitical, standing up justifying terror acts. They seek pardon for perpetrators of terror acts. They knock at the doors of justices of the apex court with curative petitions after even the President has rejected the pardon.

In a democracy, nonpolitical elite groups doing this can still be tolerated as an anti-view. There is ambivalence on the Right to Dissent which is an offshoot of the Right to Freedom of Expression in such matters. According to Article 19 of the Constitution:

All citizens shall have the right
To freedom of speech and expression
To assemble peaceably and without arms
To form associations or unions
To move freely throughout the territory of India
To reside and settle in any part of India (and)
To practice any profession, to carry on any occupation, trade or business.

Clause (2) under this Article reads as under:

Nothing in the sub clause (a) shall affect the operation of any existing law, or prevent the state from making any law, in so far such law imposes reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the right conferred by sub clause (a) in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the state, friendly relations with foreign state, public order, decency or morality or in relation to contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence.

In so far as this freedom of speech and expression is concerned, several judicial decisions have confirmed and reinforced in spirit, the right to speech and expression and hence the right to

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propagate an alternative or dissenting view through media and other sources.

Some of the prominent judicial verdicts have been: i) Virendra versus State of Punjab, AIR 1958, SC 986 ii) Express Newspapers versus Union of India, AIR 1958, SC,

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iii) Bennett Coleman versus Union of India, Union of India,
1973, SC 106
iv) Prabha versus Union of India, AIR 1982, SCR 6 v) Indian Express Newspapers versus Union of India, AIR
1986, SC 515
vi) Sakal Papers versus Union of India, AIR 1962, SC 305 vii) Indian Express Newspapers versus Union of India, AIR
1986, SC 872.

In respect of even imposing or introducing any reasonable restrictions by the state also, the governments hands are tied by several judicial pronouncements even if some anti-view (as in these referred-to cases) challenges the objectives set out in the Preamble like challenging the sovereignty and integrity of India. In the following prominent cases the judicial pronouncements are that the burden of proof for imposing these restrictions rests with the state:
i) Vrijlal versus State of MP, AIR 1970, SC 129, 135 ii) Sagir Ahmed versus State of UP, AIR 1954, SC 728 iii) Chintaman Rao versus State of MP, AIR 1950 SCR 759

Further reaffirming and reconfirming this omnibus position that with further caveat that this Right is unbridledis the judicial pronouncement which in spirit upheld that reasonable restrictions in the context of this Right applies to both substantive and procedural reasonableness.

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