An open letter to Mr. Sanjiv Bhatt

Dear Mr. Bhatt

Recently you once ‘again’ wrote a letter to Mr. Narendra Modi but I am not sure if you got an answer yet and whether you SHOULD ever get! You know, a Chief Minister of any state is a busy man and he should never reply to a letter written out of personal vendetta and bagful of lies.

I, of course, understand that every human being wishes to get his two minutes of fame and you are no exception, assuming that you too are a normal human being. Your craving for fame is well known.

In your case getting ‘fame’ has not been much difficult as we all know that you have enough friends in media, bureaucracy and a particular political party who are in opposition in Gujrat now.  In fact you are so popular that they offer and you ACCEPT costly mobiles as ‘token of friendship’ while you are on duty.

And I must congratulate you that some ‘reputed’ media houses are in the habit of letting you capture their prime time basis only your unproved allegations. What else can I say when SIT has actually nailed you on what you do the best- spreading nefarious claims but still you are on media. You are a very lucky man, Mr. Bhatt. Ohh yes, being a police officer, I hope you have full faith in SIT.

How strange it is Mr. Bhatt that in your letter you ask Mr. Modi to “introspect his true self concealed behind a meticulous imagery created by his media managers”, well before I move on, a big  WOW to you, kudos for your choice of words. In fact I seriously feel that you should become a novelist, now after all you are too good in conjuring STORIES. We all know that and with your powerful friends, you might as well win a Booker’s prize. Try it!

Coming back to ‘introspection’, do you yourself know the meaning of this word? I doubt because had it been so you would have resigned for the custodial deaths that you ordered while you were the SP in Jamnagar.  Since you are concerned about humanity, I wonder if a human being was killed in custody or an animal! And to think you also shared your ‘valuable unsolicited views’ on Sohrabuddin encounter!

In fact you were ASP then, right but you arrested people baselessly under TADA and successfully murdered a man in your custody. Now please don’t get offended when I use the word ‘murdered’…you too have been using this word too often. You killed and yet you got let away! You sure have brains and why not? You are an alumni of IIT-B.

Tell me Mr.Bhatt, you were also involved in a mega recruitment scam, isn’t it. At least some reports say so though your friends in media never highlighted it. Don’t worry, they will not too.

Another feather in your cap was how you unsuccessfully tried to implicate a lawyer in a fake narcotics case (straight out of a bollywood movie, you watch too many of them?). A criminal case was filed against you and it is still on and you talk of morality in your letter. Had you been moral, you would have resigned.

Are you a late riser, Mr. Bhatt? I am asking so because your ‘conscience’ woke up a bit too late with respect to 2002 riots. I wonder why? What kept you silent for some years?

You kept harping that you were in the meeting but seven senior officers refuted your claim? Why should NOT we trust the other officers? In fact it is a folklore now that how you pressurized your driver Mr. Panth to falsely testify against SIT but he later told the truth. He said how you put pressure on him. Why, Mr. Bhatt? Why put pressure to prove that you were in a meeting while actually you were not. And yes, Mr. Panth has a conscience, learn from him.

As a crusader of truth, I fail to remember if you ever asked any media to interview Mr. Rais Khan who was a colleague of your ‘very dear friend’ Ms. Teesta Seethalvad? Now if you are a champion of truth and morality, you should have demanded but you did not. Well you must have had reasons!

Mr. Bhatt the whole nation has seen through you and we know where you come from. A man who is himself maligned should first prove his innocence rather than point finger at some one else but being the intelligent man you are, you indulged in policy of  “offence is the best defence” but it has not worked. The cases are still against you.

Now Mr. Bhatt the onus is on you to become a role model. Clear your name, if you can, in innumerable cases against you. Once you do so, then introspect on the career that you should follow. My advice is that you can perhaps contest elections on Congress ticket but don’t contest in Gujrat. It won’t work.

I also hope and sincerely pray that you can ‘introspect’ and find honest and truthful answers to some of these questions during your  lifetime.

Warm Regards

Jaideep Bhattacharjee

MODIvated India!

Since the time I got my senses & started using my limited mental faculties, I have been hearing about the famous “Tryst with Destiny” speech made by our first PM from the parapets of Red Fort on the midnight of 14^th/15^th August 1947. Mostly, I have heard about the speech from the media who do not forget to air it every 15^th August, 26^th January and 14^th November. Of course, he was blessed with the Gift of the Gab.

But only gift of gab doesn’t always work…it is the substance in the person and his/her ideas/vision, which make people sit up and take notice of the person. India has seen its share of leaders ever since and many will remain immortal for us.

In the last decade, India has seen a transition. The biggest change was noticed in the behaviour of the Indian public. It had become aware and concerned to the political class of India. May be it was because we saw Governments of two extreme ideologies and Indian public has become smart enough to make the difference in terms of the ‘deliverables’.

While the last decade has created a sense of pride and despondency both, it also would be known for the emergence of one man who has time and again been ‘COVERED’ by media. I am referring to Narendra Modi. When I say covered, media covered Modi MOSTLY in the context of 2002 Gujrat riots. It tried to create a demon out of a man (thanks to its neutral interviews of known Modi bashers like Teesta Sheetalvad but amazingly it never interviewed people who questioned Ms. Seethalvad).

Did the media succeed? I guess not, because had it been so then media would have forgotten him after a while but they simply could not. Every discussion on democracy continues to be linked to Gujarat and Modi. What made the matters worse for the mainstream media was the relentless unequivocal unsolicited support of Indians from across the country for the man. This is not a sheer illusion. It can be verified on social network sites like Twitter, FB etc. May be this was also one reason which made the UPA government embark upon its ambitious initiative to quell democracy by banning these sites. It did not succeed!

Modi is a rare politician. Rare, not because of his devotion to serve india or not rare because of the kind of support he gets BUT he is rare BECAUSE despite media not highlighting his achievements in the state, the country still knows all about it. Isn’t it rare to be a politician,  not supported by mainstream media, to enjoy support from across the country?

Here social media came to his rescue and being the techsavvy that he is, he utilized the benefits with open arms and who benefited the most?-our country and we the people. This is simply because we too could start DREAMING of a strong nation under a strong leader.

Nation wants a road map. It wants successful case studies which can be replicated across. In such a background, Mr. Modi “faced The Nation” on 31^st August, 2012. Popular as Modi Hangout, it created a wave of excitement amongst people. The man was there himself ready to take on questions of people and answer them.

Which other politican has done so? In fact the current PM, if I can say so, literally shied away from the call of Mr. Advani to participate in a public debate on the eve of 2009 election! But then Modi is head strong and different.

Of course, during the Hang Out, the questions varied from secularism to Manesar and then back to Gujrat and Modi answered them ( the writer attended the session little late only to hear his comments on Gujrat but good old twitter came to his rescue with live tweets of people during the session). Now many people will raise the question that Modi used the platform as a election propaganda. So be it, what’s wrong in it?

Isn’t Congress going all over the place with their promise to Gujarat electorate and media covering it too? But the same media conveniently forgot to mention Modi’s highlights. This is wrong and unethical to people!

While world wide from US congressional Committee to Japan has woken up to the sheer persona and VISION of this man, but back home , many like Nitish Kumar, other ‘secular’ politicians , think tanks and media,  do not think so. They have not been able to move on from 2002 (not because of any humane thoughts but rather address their own objectives).  In such a situation, such hangouts are required!

In view of rampant corruption & loot of tax payers’ money as evidenced in last 8 years, India needs motivation! it needs a new “Tryst With Destiny” and may be the road map will emerge from Gujrat. May be it is time to rephrase the word Motivation with MODIvation, at least million in India think so!