The international hit job on Varun Gandhi

We are not really concerned about what Varun Gandhi had actually said (reference article, now sterilized) and how it was twisted. We already apply a large discount factor to media reports and then some.

The coverage given to the article in India was a standard job, they took a leaf straight out of the recent US election coverage. For instance the Times of India coverage ensures the damage is done. Everyone knows all you have to do is put "sterilization" in the same sentence as the name of a leader and bingo. What was that deal about Varun Gandhi stepping into the sterilization row? He never did, more like he was pushed into it. 

What concerns us is how the hit job was done, especially after the writer himself denied it and appeared upset about how the paper's editor took liberties:

However, as it turned out later in the day, and amid the wires going haywire with leads on the story, DT's South Asia Editor Dean Nelson, who had done the story, issued a clarification saying Varun had, indeed, been misquoted by his paper. In a missive to his office, a copy of which is with Sunday Pioneer, he says: "You have made an error in your report on my interview with Varun Gandhi in today's Daily Telegraph.... You claim we report that Varun Gandhi wants to re-introduce forced sterilisation. 

"As you can see from the link to my article, this is not true. I report that he wants to take up the issue of population control, but that he believes the earlier policy was implemented in a roughshod manner. He favours a softer approach of positive incentives, such as financial benefits for those who choose to have smaller families. Can you please correct your article as a matter of urgency? Many thanks, Dean Nelson, South Asia Editor." [link]

This job was done at the highest level. You see, during the NDA rule, the Congress rulers spent sleepless nights imagining the bogey of diasporic support for BJP. The truth of the matter is, the secular party enjoys very strong relationship with diaspora, especially people in strong positions. This is particularly true for UK, where some Indian origin politicians are in cohorts with the secular party. This relationship goes way back, to the days of the Raj.

In the current scenario of globalized politics, this is particularly dangerous for India. A lot of these buggers are in the tank with the Pakistani elite. You can well imagine the security concerns. These buggers have looted India more than their Brit masters. They got it easy during early years of secular rule, business permits, land - you name it, they got it and partied. 

So, first we had an international hit job on Mayawati and now on Varun Gandhi. You can very clearly see what's going on here. Perhaps they even helped out with the degree certificates, who knows.