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గాంధీనగర్లో అమిత్షా రోడ్షో
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గాంధీనగర్లో అమిత్షా రోడ్షో
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Published : Apr 6, 2019, 3:09 PM IST
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గాంధీనగర్లో అమిత్షా రోడ్షో భారతీయ జనతాపార్టీ 39వ ఆవిర్భావం రోజున, ఆ పార్టీ అధ్యక్షుడు అమిత్షా గుజరాత్లోని గాంధీనగర్లో రోడ్షో నిర్వహించారు. గాంధీనగర్ లోక్సభ స్థానం నుంచి స్వయంగా పోటీ చేస్తున్న ఆయన విజయమే లక్ష్యంగా ప్రచారాన్ని సాగిస్తున్నారు.
అహ్మదాబాద్ సార్ఖెజ్ నుంచి అమిత్షా రోడ్షో ప్రారంభించారు. ఆయనతోపాటు, గుజరాత్ రాష్ట్ర భాజపా అధ్యక్షుడు జితూ వాఘాని ప్రచారంలో పాల్గొన్నారు. ప్రచారానికి ముందు అమిత్షా, జనసంఘ్ వ్యవస్థాపకుడు దీన్ దయాళ్ ఉపాధ్యాయ, శ్యామా ప్రసాద్ ముఖర్జీ చిత్రాలతో కూడిన దండ ధరించారు.
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్లో ఆర్టికల్ 370 రద్దు చేయాలని భాజపా పగటికలలు కంటోందని పీడీపీ అధినేత్రి మెహబూబా ముఫ్తీ చేసిన వ్యాఖ్యలపై అమిత్షా మండిపడ్డారు. కశ్మీర్ ఎప్పటికీ భారతదేశానిదేనని నొక్కి చెప్పారు.
"శ్యామా ప్రసాద్ ముఖర్జీ ఎక్కడ తన ప్రాణాలను అర్పించారో, ఆ కశ్మీర్ మనది. మొత్తం కశ్మీర్ మనది."
- అమిత్షా, భాజపా అధ్యక్షుడు
సాయంత్రం సబర్మతీ ప్రాంతంలో అమిత్షా ప్రచారం చేస్తారు. రాత్రి భోపాల్లోని పార్టీ కార్యకర్తలతో భేటీ అవుతారు.
అడ్వాణీ స్థానంలో...
భాజపా వ్యవస్థాపకుల్లో ఒకరైన ఎల్కే ఆడ్వాణీ, గాంధీనగర్లో 1998 నుంచి అప్రతిహతంగా గెలుస్తూ వస్తున్నారు. ఈ ఎన్నికల్లో ఆ స్థానం నుంచి అమిత్షా బరిలోకి దిగారు.
అమిత్షా లోక్సభ ఎన్నికల్లో పోటీ చేయడం ఇదే తొలిసారి.
ఇదీ చూడండి: 'అవినీతా? నిజాయితీయా??... నిర్ణయం మీదే'
గాంధీనగర్లో అమిత్షా రోడ్షో భారతీయ జనతాపార్టీ 39వ ఆవిర్భావం రోజున, ఆ పార్టీ అధ్యక్షుడు అమిత్షా గుజరాత్లోని గాంధీనగర్లో రోడ్షో నిర్వహించారు. గాంధీనగర్ లోక్సభ స్థానం నుంచి స్వయంగా పోటీ చేస్తున్న ఆయన విజయమే లక్ష్యంగా ప్రచారాన్ని సాగిస్తున్నారు.
అహ్మదాబాద్ సార్ఖెజ్ నుంచి అమిత్షా రోడ్షో ప్రారంభించారు. ఆయనతోపాటు, గుజరాత్ రాష్ట్ర భాజపా అధ్యక్షుడు జితూ వాఘాని ప్రచారంలో పాల్గొన్నారు. ప్రచారానికి ముందు అమిత్షా, జనసంఘ్ వ్యవస్థాపకుడు దీన్ దయాళ్ ఉపాధ్యాయ, శ్యామా ప్రసాద్ ముఖర్జీ చిత్రాలతో కూడిన దండ ధరించారు.
జమ్ముకశ్మీర్లో ఆర్టికల్ 370 రద్దు చేయాలని భాజపా పగటికలలు కంటోందని పీడీపీ అధినేత్రి మెహబూబా ముఫ్తీ చేసిన వ్యాఖ్యలపై అమిత్షా మండిపడ్డారు. కశ్మీర్ ఎప్పటికీ భారతదేశానిదేనని నొక్కి చెప్పారు.
"శ్యామా ప్రసాద్ ముఖర్జీ ఎక్కడ తన ప్రాణాలను అర్పించారో, ఆ కశ్మీర్ మనది. మొత్తం కశ్మీర్ మనది."
- అమిత్షా, భాజపా అధ్యక్షుడు
సాయంత్రం సబర్మతీ ప్రాంతంలో అమిత్షా ప్రచారం చేస్తారు. రాత్రి భోపాల్లోని పార్టీ కార్యకర్తలతో భేటీ అవుతారు.
అడ్వాణీ స్థానంలో...
భాజపా వ్యవస్థాపకుల్లో ఒకరైన ఎల్కే ఆడ్వాణీ, గాంధీనగర్లో 1998 నుంచి అప్రతిహతంగా గెలుస్తూ వస్తున్నారు. ఈ ఎన్నికల్లో ఆ స్థానం నుంచి అమిత్షా బరిలోకి దిగారు.
అమిత్షా లోక్సభ ఎన్నికల్లో పోటీ చేయడం ఇదే తొలిసారి.
ఇదీ చూడండి: 'అవినీతా? నిజాయితీయా??... నిర్ణయం మీదే'
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++PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS DETAILED, GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF VIOLENCE BY GENOCIDE SURVIVORS++
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Nyamata - 4 April 2019
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1. Various of exterior of Nyamata Genocide Memorial where mass killing started
2. Various of survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide Alice Mukarurinda entering memorial, viewing coffins and remains of people who were killed
3. Close of Mukarurinda's stump
4. SOUNDBITE (Ki-Nyarwanda) Alice Mukarurinda, Rwanda genocide survivor:
"When the president's plane was shot down on 6 April 1994, information started circulating at 8pm (local time) that night. But most of the residents in this village of Nyamata got the information the following day, 7 April 1994. Because the Hutu militia men had been trained in advance to kill the Tutsis, when they heard that the plane had been shot down, they started attacking all Tutsi families. On 7 April 1994, I went to the Catholic church of Nyamata, where I found hundreds of others fleeing and seeking protection. In 1992, there was another inter-tribal killing, people who sought refuge in this church were never killed and we thought the same would happen this time. In the morning of 7 April, Interahamwe (the Hutu militia) started attacking us. First, they sprayed us with pepper spray, hoping people would get out, but when people refused to leave (the church), they started shooting and finally broke into the church and started killing people using guns, machete and spears."
5. Mukarurinda looking at coffins of victims
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ARCHIVE: Near Byumba, exact location unknown - 11 May 1994
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6. United Nation troops moving along road to Byumba
7. People fleeing with belongings
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Nyamata - 4 April 2019
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8. SOUNDBITE (Ki-Nyarwanda) Alice Mukarurinda, Rwanda genocide survivor:
"When the Interahamwe entered the church alongside government soldiers and armed civilians, they started cutting people's hands, ears, and fear intensified, everyone was fighting for their life. On this day, many people were killed while others managed to escape through the windows, me being one of them. As we were finding our safe haven, the Interahamwe got hold of me, took my nine-month-old baby from my back and sliced him into two pieces. While I was fighting to save my child, they chopped off my hand, slashed my face and hit me in the head twice with a farming hoe. Then one of the armed Interahamwe pierced my left shoulder through to the breast with a spear and left me to die."
9. Close of Mukarurinda showing scars from spear and machete attack
10. Clothes that were left behind in the church where Mukarurinda was attacked
11. Machetes and other weapons that were used to kill people sheltering in the church
12. Belongings and trinkets left behind in the Nyamata church
13. Close of religious statue
14. Various of human skulls and bones of victims in display box
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ARCHIVE: Kigali - 13 April 1994
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15. Various of Tutsi citizens at the Burundi embassy, boarding a UN truck to flee
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Mbyo - 4 April 2019
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16. Farmers walking in village
17. Tilt up from soil to villagers working on the farm
18. SOUNDBITE (Ki-Nyarwanda) Frederick Kazigwemu, former member of Interahamwe militia who is now Mbyo's village leader:
"When the genocide started, I joined a group of militia men to hunt down Tutsis since we had been told by the leadership that Tutsis were enemies and should be killed. I was part of a group who attacked a family of seven we found hiding in a bush. I recognised the mother, Claire Mukamunana, her daughter Nsanzabaganwa, and other children who were very young. So we killed them all. When I was finally arrested, I was charged with murder of the seven (people) who were my next-door neighbours before."
19. Various of former Interahamwe militia member Tasian Nkundiye, 68, welcoming genocide survivor Laurencia Mukalemera, 58, to his home
20. Various of Nkundiye and Mukalemera sitting down and talking
21. SOUNDBITE (Ki-Nyarwanda) Tasian Nkundiye, former member of Interahamwe militia:
"When the genocide started, I joined the Interahamwe to hunt down the Tutsis. I took part in the murder of her (Mukalemera's) husband. When I was arrested and taken to prison, I wrote a letter to her asking for forgiveness. It is not only the letter, but I personally visited her and apologised for killing her husband. Later on, she accepted my apology."
22. Close of Nkundiye
23. SOUNDBITE (Ki-Nyarwanda) Laurencia Mukalemera, Rwanda genocide survivor:
"Time came and we decided to forgive them (members of the Interahamwe) because they had apologised. For the case of Nkundiye, he volunteered to show us where my husband was buried. Naturally, when you do not forgive, you will also not be forgiven."
24. Nkundiye and Mukalemera seated
25. SOUNDBITE (Ki-Nyarwanda) Laurencia Mukalemera, Rwanda genocide survivor:
"Like, when I have problems, I can call him (Nkundiye) to come assist me. Even hard chores like farming, digging in the farm and rebuilding the fence. Today, we live in peace, we love each other, there is no Tutsi or Hutu, we live together as Rwandans. So, today I look at him as a fellow Rwandan and not a killer."
26. Nkundiye saying goodbye to Mukalemera
27. Mukalemera walking
STORYLINE:
Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of one of the worst acts of genocide since WWII - the ethnic slaughter of some 800,000 people in Rwanda.
A quarter of a century later, some of the perpetrators and survivors are living side by side as neighbours in so-called reconciliation villages.
The genocide was ignited on 6 April 1994, when a plane was shot down killing the country's president, an ethnic Hutu.
Militants from the Hutu majority blamed minority Tutsis for the death, sparking a deadly rampage that went on for more than three months.
The massacres, mostly by gangs wielding machetes, swept across the country and groups of people were killed in their homes and farms and where they sought shelter, in churches and schools.
Killers were encouraged by hate messages broadcast on radio stations and Rwandan police, military and other government authorities did not intervene to stop the killings.
Genocide survivor Alice Mukarurinda still carries thick scars on her body, after members of the Hutu extremist "Interahamwe" militia entered a church in Nyamata where she and other Tutsis were hiding, piercing her shoulder through to her breast with a spear.
"As we were finding our safe haven, the Interahamwe got hold of me, took my nine-month-old baby from my back and sliced him into two pieces," Mukarurinda told The Associated Press while visiting Nyamata Genocide Memorial.
"While I was fighting to save my child, they chopped off my hand, slashed my face and hit me in the head twice with a farming hoe."
The genocide took place over a 100-day period, until the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) managed to seize control over more territory and regain the capital, Kigali, on 4 July 1994.
Many members of the Hutu militia then fled to neighbouring countries to escape being held accountable for the atrocities.
By then, some 800,000 people had been killed - including ethnic Tutsis, Hutus who tried to protect them, and other government opponents.
Twenty-five years later, some Tutsi survivors and Hutu perpetrators now live alongside each other in Rwanda, which now has six so-called reconciliation villages.
The villages, which are showpieces of current President Paul Kagame's policy of ethnic reconcilation, exist to re-integrate convicted killers into society after they publicly apologised for their crimes.
However some critics say that the communities are forced and that the reconciliation is artificial.
In Mbyo, one of the reconciliation villages, friendships have formed between genocide survivors and former militia members who took part in the massacre.
Mbyo resident Tasian Nkundiye, a 68-year-old Hutu, spent eight years in prison for the killing of a Tutsi man in 1994.
Today, after serving his sentence, Nkundiye lives next door to the widow of the man he killed, and the two have become friends, with their children going to school and playing together and their cows grazing in the same field.
Laurencia Mukalemera, whose husband was killed by Nkundiye, said that she has forgiven Nkundiye.
"Today, we live in peace, we love each other, there is no Tutsi or Hutu, we live together as Rwandans," Mukalemera said.
Rwanda's ethnic reconciliation effort is a cornerstone of the rule of Kagame, Rwanda's de facto leader since the genocide ended in 1994 and the country's president since 2000.
In the early 2000s, Kagame's government enacted laws that allowed those convicted of genocide crimes to walk out of jail if they apologised to survivors and sought their forgiveness.
About 3,000 genocide survivors and perpetrators live in the villages established by Prison Fellowship Rwanda, an organisation funded by the US government, the United Nations and other donors to promote healing in Rwanda from the gaping wounds left by the genocide.
Those in the villages also get help with housing and school fees.
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