11-05-2006, 02:35 AM
Real Secularism v/s Real Communalism
Secularism v/s Communalism
People in India have been successfully foxed by the ideology and wrong propaganda over the years of Indian Politicians as to who is the right candidate for owning the secular flag in India. This propaganda has been so successfully implemented by some national and regional parties that today even the intellectual class in India has been hypnotised by its impact. I consider Indians to be hard-core moderates and as such they fail to understand the real agenda behind it which is to divide and rule. This is the only best thing Congress has learnt from Britishâs. Most of the regional parties are now trying to imitate the formula.
So called secular parties in today's political arena like Congress, RJD, Left, LJP etc. have brainwashed the Indian society at large with this propaganda and that too successfully. This has reached to the extent that even if Congress gives 5% job reservations for Muslims in Andra Pradesh, or 50% reservations for Muslims in AMU, or talk of new reservations for Muslims in IIT's/ IIM's, or people like Ram Vilas Paswan openly crying throughout the Bihar elections for a Muslim Candidate as a Chief Minister (Just imagine any other party doing it for a majority candidate), or Congress's famous Shah Bano case, turning a blind eye on religious conversions in tribal areas and socially & economically backward areas. Just imagine any party doing these on behalf of majority community, immediately; it will be branded as a communal party. Leave the illiterates, how many of intellectuals will believe Arun Jaitly's comments "Hindutva was nowhere projected as governance was the issue here" which I believe is a fact as Bihar's main issue this time was 'development'.
Any siding with BJP is trademarked as communal. Impact is of such an extent that even parties trying to rally with BJP in various elections and governance try and suppress the ideology of BJP with a big noise. Best example would be the statement made by a JD(U) leader, confidently riding on the winning wave, "its alliance with BJP in Bihar was that of âfriendshipâ and not âengagementâ and the future of the relationship would depend on the saffron party's âattitudeâ", or TDP, JD(U), DMK, Trinalmul Congress's continuously throwing tantrums at BJP if it even thinks of its agenda. Most surprisingly, even BJP President Mr. L. K. Advani has been influenced by this notion and is willing to change the basic ideology of BJP (example being his remarks on Jinnah). Thus BJP itself has, to some extent, fallen in this trap and many moderate leaders now want to woo the minority community.
If BJP talks to scrap article 370 or to bring in uniform civil code, it does not mean this will favour the majority community but instead everybody will come at par. Hindus/ Sikhs/ Jains/ Buddhists/ Christians are nothing to gain from it. If Muslims talk of the Ram Temple then what is wrong in that. I think any sensible guy can understand that in spite of more than 3 lac temples being demolished by Muslims in all parts of India, they in turn are asking for only 3. And these 3 places are all like Mecca to Muslims. Imagine the congeniality, which would result in the minds if Muslims themselves return these sites. But the problem is that because of communal brand of BJP, if it even mentions little of it, other political parties make much more out of it, which eventually drills down to the people in general. People should understand that if this temple issue is not resolved it would remain as a cancer just like Kashmir. And people have to realize that this is not communal by any means.
All credit goes to the backwardness prevailing in Muslim community who can hardly understand such myopic luring by specific political parties AND non-unity in majority community due to various caste equations. Politicians very well know that a Hindu will vote as a Yadav, Brahmin, Kurmi, SC, ST but never as a Hindu.
Suggestion â
a) India is a booming economy and such all such issues are to be resolved fast and political parties work on it in right perspective instead of falsely harping on secular/ communal agenda.
b) All current so-called secular parties should try and rise above pseudo-secularism.
c) BJP and like-minded parties should carry on their current agenda but keep in mind to explain in detail the correct perspective to the impacted community.
d) People should throw away their myopic lenses and look far ahead for actual development, which brings out a strong and secular India.
e) For this education is a must but clear and real message is of utmost importance. No one should feel that his or her community is getting impacted as real problem starts from here.
f) Understand who are the real secularists and vote accordingly.
Secularism v/s Communalism
People in India have been successfully foxed by the ideology and wrong propaganda over the years of Indian Politicians as to who is the right candidate for owning the secular flag in India. This propaganda has been so successfully implemented by some national and regional parties that today even the intellectual class in India has been hypnotised by its impact. I consider Indians to be hard-core moderates and as such they fail to understand the real agenda behind it which is to divide and rule. This is the only best thing Congress has learnt from Britishâs. Most of the regional parties are now trying to imitate the formula.
So called secular parties in today's political arena like Congress, RJD, Left, LJP etc. have brainwashed the Indian society at large with this propaganda and that too successfully. This has reached to the extent that even if Congress gives 5% job reservations for Muslims in Andra Pradesh, or 50% reservations for Muslims in AMU, or talk of new reservations for Muslims in IIT's/ IIM's, or people like Ram Vilas Paswan openly crying throughout the Bihar elections for a Muslim Candidate as a Chief Minister (Just imagine any other party doing it for a majority candidate), or Congress's famous Shah Bano case, turning a blind eye on religious conversions in tribal areas and socially & economically backward areas. Just imagine any party doing these on behalf of majority community, immediately; it will be branded as a communal party. Leave the illiterates, how many of intellectuals will believe Arun Jaitly's comments "Hindutva was nowhere projected as governance was the issue here" which I believe is a fact as Bihar's main issue this time was 'development'.
Any siding with BJP is trademarked as communal. Impact is of such an extent that even parties trying to rally with BJP in various elections and governance try and suppress the ideology of BJP with a big noise. Best example would be the statement made by a JD(U) leader, confidently riding on the winning wave, "its alliance with BJP in Bihar was that of âfriendshipâ and not âengagementâ and the future of the relationship would depend on the saffron party's âattitudeâ", or TDP, JD(U), DMK, Trinalmul Congress's continuously throwing tantrums at BJP if it even thinks of its agenda. Most surprisingly, even BJP President Mr. L. K. Advani has been influenced by this notion and is willing to change the basic ideology of BJP (example being his remarks on Jinnah). Thus BJP itself has, to some extent, fallen in this trap and many moderate leaders now want to woo the minority community.
If BJP talks to scrap article 370 or to bring in uniform civil code, it does not mean this will favour the majority community but instead everybody will come at par. Hindus/ Sikhs/ Jains/ Buddhists/ Christians are nothing to gain from it. If Muslims talk of the Ram Temple then what is wrong in that. I think any sensible guy can understand that in spite of more than 3 lac temples being demolished by Muslims in all parts of India, they in turn are asking for only 3. And these 3 places are all like Mecca to Muslims. Imagine the congeniality, which would result in the minds if Muslims themselves return these sites. But the problem is that because of communal brand of BJP, if it even mentions little of it, other political parties make much more out of it, which eventually drills down to the people in general. People should understand that if this temple issue is not resolved it would remain as a cancer just like Kashmir. And people have to realize that this is not communal by any means.
All credit goes to the backwardness prevailing in Muslim community who can hardly understand such myopic luring by specific political parties AND non-unity in majority community due to various caste equations. Politicians very well know that a Hindu will vote as a Yadav, Brahmin, Kurmi, SC, ST but never as a Hindu.
Suggestion â
a) India is a booming economy and such all such issues are to be resolved fast and political parties work on it in right perspective instead of falsely harping on secular/ communal agenda.
b) All current so-called secular parties should try and rise above pseudo-secularism.
c) BJP and like-minded parties should carry on their current agenda but keep in mind to explain in detail the correct perspective to the impacted community.
d) People should throw away their myopic lenses and look far ahead for actual development, which brings out a strong and secular India.
e) For this education is a must but clear and real message is of utmost importance. No one should feel that his or her community is getting impacted as real problem starts from here.
f) Understand who are the real secularists and vote accordingly.