2004-07-06
But Can He Join the Union?
"Indian Railways is the responsibility of Lord Vishwakarma," Laloo Prasad Yadav said, as quoted Friday by The Times of India newspaper.
"So is the safety of passengers. It is his duty (to ensure safety), not mine. I have been forced to don his mantle," the mercurial minister said on a visit to his hometown of Patna in eastern India.
"So is the safety of passengers. It is his duty (to ensure safety), not mine. I have been forced to don his mantle," the mercurial minister said on a visit to his hometown of Patna in eastern India.
Another Rabbinic Fatwa?
"Anyone who tries to kill the prime minister on the basis of din rodef is an incorrigible killer," ultra-Orthodox MK Avraham Ravitz declared in the Knesset.
All speakers from all factions expressed concern over a possible civil war, and attempts by extreme rightists to declare the prime minister a target under the so-called din rodef halakha justifying preemptive murder to prevent a Jew from killing a Jew.
All speakers from all factions expressed concern over a possible civil war, and attempts by extreme rightists to declare the prime minister a target under the so-called din rodef halakha justifying preemptive murder to prevent a Jew from killing a Jew.