印度高等法院法官指責莫迪總理縱容騷亂

Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata party have come under an outspoken attack from one of India’s highest courts after mob violence erupted in the north of the country on Friday, leaving 36 people dead.

納倫德拉•莫迪(Narendra Modi)和他的人民黨(Bharatiya Janata Party)在上周五印度北方爆發(fā)大規(guī)模騷亂、導致36人死亡后，受到該國高等法院之一直言不諱的攻擊。(題圖為莫迪和人民黨的支持者)

Judges at the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday criticised both the Indian prime minister and the chief minister of the state of Haryana for allowing the outbreak of violence among followers of a popular guru who had been convicted of rape.

旁遮普邦和哈里亞納邦高等法院的法官們上周六批評印度總理和哈里亞納邦首席部長，稱他們放任一名被判強奸罪名成立的高人氣“大師”的支持者爆發(fā)暴力騷亂。

The court accused the governing BJP of allowing the rioting to occur in order to shore up votes among followers of Ram Rahim Singh, the flamboyant leader of the popular Dera Sacha Sauda sect. Mr Singh was convicted on Friday of raping two of his devotees, and will be sentenced on Monday.

法院指責執(zhí)政的人民黨放任騷亂發(fā)生，以便爭取高人氣的“社會福利和精神組織”(Dera Sacha Saudra)行為張揚的領袖拉姆•拉希姆•辛格(Ram Rahim Singh)的支持者的選票。上周五，辛格強奸兩名信徒的罪名被判成立，對他的量刑將在周一宣布。

The judges said: “National integration and law and order are above everything. We are one nation, not a party nation.”

法官們表示：“國家一體化以及法律和秩序高于一切。我們是一個國家，而不是一個黨的國家。”

They added: “It is the prime minister of India, not the BJP.”

他們補充說：“總理是印度的總理，而不是人民黨的總理。”

The court was particularly explicit in its condemnation of Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana’s chief minister, whom it criticised for allowing a crowd of around 100,000 of Mr Singh’s followers to mass outside the courtroom. It accused him of making “a political surrender just to allure the vote bank”.

法院特別明確地譴責了哈里亞納邦首席部長馬諾哈爾•拉爾•哈塔爾(Manohar Lal Khattar)，批評他允許大約10萬辛格的支持者在法庭門外聚集。法院指責他“做出一個政治投降，就為了吸引選票”。

Mr Modi responded on Sunday, saying: “Those who take the law in their hands or take to violence will not be spared, whoever they are.” But local reports suggest he will not sack the embattled Mr Khattar.

 莫迪周日回應稱：“那些無法無天或者訴諸暴力的人不會逍遙法外，無論他們是誰。”但是當?shù)貓蟮腊凳?，他不會解除深陷困境的哈塔爾的職務?/p>

The riots started on Friday afternoon soon after Mr Singh was convicted. Crowds attacked journalists and set media vans on fire in Haryana. In neighbouring Punjab, where Mr Singh is also highly popular, at least two train stations were reportedly set on fire, as well as petrol pumps and a government tax office.

 辛格在上周五被定罪后，騷亂在當天下午很快開始。在哈里亞納邦，人群襲擊記者，還放火焚燒媒體面包車。在鄰近的旁遮普邦(辛格在該邦也很受歡迎)，據(jù)報道至少有兩個火車站、一些加油站和一個政府稅務辦事處被人縱火。

By Saturday evening the violence had died down but the death toll had risen to 36, according to the Haryana director-general of police. The army had declared a curfew in Sirsa, home of Mr Singh’s headquarters, and placed a security cordon around the complex itself.

據(jù)哈里亞納邦警察局局長介紹，到了上周六晚，暴力行為已經(jīng)降溫，但死亡人數(shù)上升到36人。在辛格的總部所在地西爾薩(Sirsa)，軍隊宣布實行宵禁，并圍著辛格的總部大院拉起警戒線。

Judges have ordered the eventual seizure of the property to help pay for the damage caused.

根據(jù)法官的命令，最終將扣押該處房產(chǎn)，以幫助賠償所造成的損害。

The case and its aftermath have shone a light on how some of India’s most popular religious leaders are able to attain positions of significant political power. Mr Singh supported the BJP in 2014, helping to wrest control of Haryana from the Congress party.

本案及其后果揭示了印度一些最受歡迎的宗教領袖如何能夠獲得具有顯著政治權(quán)力的地位。辛格曾在2014年支持人民黨，幫助該黨從國大黨(Congress party)手中奪下對哈里亞納邦的控制權(quán)。

Mr Singh himself is one of the most colourful of India’s gurus — also known as “godmen”. He is known for travelling around on a motorbike, dressing in sequinned outfits and releasing his own records and films.

辛格本人是印度最張揚的“大師”(也被稱為“神人”)之一。他以騎摩托車旅行、身穿鑲亮片的服裝、發(fā)行自己的唱片和電影而聞名。

On Friday evening he was flown by helicopter, accompanied by an assistant and several bags of luggage, to a district jail in Rohtak, elsewhere in the state. He will be sentenced there on Monday.

上周五晚，他在一名助理陪同下，搭乘一架直升機，帶著幾箱行李到哈里亞納邦羅赫塔克(Rohtak)的一個地區(qū)監(jiān)獄報到。他將在獄中等待周一的宣判。