NAUJAWAN BHARAT SABHA reports on systematic attempts of 'Sangh Parivar' to foment communal tension in Delhi // Beef murder bid to stir hatred ahead of polls? // SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN: The fight is now over your right to not be killed for what you eat
NB - It is plain as daylight that the front organisations of the RSS/BJP are stirring up communal violence to polarise the Indian population and secure a political constituency based upon hatred. Communal voting is only possible in an atmosphere of hatred, and that is what this 'Parivar' is determined to do. Their cadre consider the 2014 elections as a mandate for totalitarian rule and free rein to their hooliganism. Contrary to all norms of journalism, a prominent section of the Hindi press is aiding and abetting this programme, just as they did during the campaign to destroy the Babri Masjid in 1990-92. This a recipe for permanent social conflict. It is shameful that senior elected representatives, who took their oath of office upon the Constitution are presiding over an open subversion of the rule of law. If this is their definition of nationalism, India is headed for an abyss of unending strife. DS.
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Beef murder bid to stir hatred ahead of polls?
SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN -The Pink Revolution is Marching On
If Narendra Modi last year conjured up the spectre of a ‘pink revolution’ – cow killing on a mass scale – in the event of the BJP’s defeat in the 2014 election, what metaphor will he use to describe the murder of a Muslim father at Dadri on the outskirts of Delhi for the imaginary crime of keeping beef in his home? Were he to call the ugly incident by its proper name – a lynching – he would have to cross an ideological line that he and his party have helped place at the centre-stage of Indian politics over the past year and a half: That the slaughter of cows poses a more serious threat to the country than the slaughter of human beings in the name of cow protection.
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Six Outrageous Things BJP Leaders Have Said About Dadri Murder
Six Outrageous Things BJP Leaders Have Said About Dadri Murder
1. Introduction: In recent months Hindutva fundamentalist forces have been
involved in fomenting communal tensions and paving the way for riots in the
workers’ colonies of North-West Delhi in a very systematic manner. There has
been a surge in the number of RSS shakhas in the parks and on the vacant land
of DDA in this area. At the same time the activities of Bajrang Dal are also on
the rise in this area. Most of the workers’ residences in the areas of Holambi
Kalan, Holambi Khurd, Bhawana, Narela, Bhalaswa Dairy etc. are part of
resettlement colonies where the working population which was uprooted from
different parts of Delhi have been resettled.
Several illegal activities such as gambling and sale of
illegal liquor, smack and other intoxicants are carried out on large scale in
these colonies as a matter of routine. Apart from the ordinary working
population there also exist lumpen elements in substantial numbers. In the shakhas of
RSS mainly shopkeepers, contractors, house owners, property dealers and the
middle class youth are seen while the lumpen elements play an important role in
hooliganism during communal tensions. It is in the mobilization of such lumpen
elements that the Bajrang Dal comes into picture. These days
widespread public contact campaign is being organized even in the middle class
colonies of the entire area on the pretext of running a signature campaign
under the banner of “Go Raksha Maha Abhiyan”.
2. Background: incidents of the recent past: Ever since the Narendra Modi government has come to power,
the incidents of communal tension and conflict have been taking place on a
continual basis. In most of the cases these incidents are the outcome of the
planning and provocation by the fraternal organizations of the Sangh
Parivar in which the local BJP leaders and people’s representatives
have played an active role. Even if one leaves aside stray incidents, one cannot ignore
the pattern behind some important incidents.
Read more:
http://kafila.org/2015/09/24/continued-attempts-of-hindutva-fascists-of-fomenting-communal-tension-in-the-workers-colonies-of-north-west-delhi-investigation-report/#more-26093Beef murder bid to stir hatred ahead of polls?
The murder of Iqlakh in the Dadri area of Greater Noida on
Monday night after sudden rumours that the family had slaughtered a cow and had
beef appears to have been a well-planned attack aimed at spreading panic and
creating a sharp divide among communities ahead of the panchayat polls in the
state. The priest, who announced over the temple loudspeaker that the family had beef
in the house, has told police that he was forced to do so by two youths from
Bisada, the village where Iqlakh lived. It was after this announcement that a
lynchmob rushed to Iqlakh's house and killed the 58-year-old man and seriously
injured his son Danish, 21.
Sources in the police and district administration said in the past few months there have been attempts to disturb the communal harmony in the area. Source said a few days back, in Dankaur area, two cows died in a gaushala, but when their bodies were being disposed of, some tried to portray it as cow slaughter and incite people. A mosque was damaged, but the police managed to control the situation.
While the Akhilesh Yadav government wants the six arrested for Iqlakh's murder to be tried under the stringent national security act, BJP is pressing for the release of all six. On Wednesday, the local BJP unit held a meeting and decided to hold a mahapanchayat on October 11 to press for their release.
Instead of focusing on the murder, BJP's main beef appears to be the meat in the man's house. "The locals gave samples of meat to the police but they (the cops) did not take it seriously. Then some people got agitated," BJP district president Thakur Harish Singh said on Tuesday, in effect giving a 'rational' explanation for the attack. "The police have arrested innocent people. We also demand legal action against those people, who are engaged in cow slaughter as it is hurting Hindu sentiments," local BJP leader Vichitra Tomar said after a two-hour meeting on Wednesday.
Many Muslims in Bisada are now living in fear for their lives and are thinking of leaving the village. Iqlakh's family also planned to leave, but finally stayed on after the district administration guaranteed their safety and pledged to arrest those responsible for the attack. "My son has been killed, while my younger grandson is battling for his life. For the time being, police are giving us protection. But they can't stay in the village permanently. We fear that more such attacks may take place. We are in touch with our relatives and are planning to leave the village for a safe location," said Asgari, the deceased's 70-year-old mother, who had also sustained injuries in the attack.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Beef-murder-bid-to-stir-hatred-ahead-of-polls/articleshow/49175996.cmsSources in the police and district administration said in the past few months there have been attempts to disturb the communal harmony in the area. Source said a few days back, in Dankaur area, two cows died in a gaushala, but when their bodies were being disposed of, some tried to portray it as cow slaughter and incite people. A mosque was damaged, but the police managed to control the situation.
While the Akhilesh Yadav government wants the six arrested for Iqlakh's murder to be tried under the stringent national security act, BJP is pressing for the release of all six. On Wednesday, the local BJP unit held a meeting and decided to hold a mahapanchayat on October 11 to press for their release.
Instead of focusing on the murder, BJP's main beef appears to be the meat in the man's house. "The locals gave samples of meat to the police but they (the cops) did not take it seriously. Then some people got agitated," BJP district president Thakur Harish Singh said on Tuesday, in effect giving a 'rational' explanation for the attack. "The police have arrested innocent people. We also demand legal action against those people, who are engaged in cow slaughter as it is hurting Hindu sentiments," local BJP leader Vichitra Tomar said after a two-hour meeting on Wednesday.
Many Muslims in Bisada are now living in fear for their lives and are thinking of leaving the village. Iqlakh's family also planned to leave, but finally stayed on after the district administration guaranteed their safety and pledged to arrest those responsible for the attack. "My son has been killed, while my younger grandson is battling for his life. For the time being, police are giving us protection. But they can't stay in the village permanently. We fear that more such attacks may take place. We are in touch with our relatives and are planning to leave the village for a safe location," said Asgari, the deceased's 70-year-old mother, who had also sustained injuries in the attack.
SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN -The Pink Revolution is Marching On
If Narendra Modi last year conjured up the spectre of a ‘pink revolution’ – cow killing on a mass scale – in the event of the BJP’s defeat in the 2014 election, what metaphor will he use to describe the murder of a Muslim father at Dadri on the outskirts of Delhi for the imaginary crime of keeping beef in his home? Were he to call the ugly incident by its proper name – a lynching – he would have to cross an ideological line that he and his party have helped place at the centre-stage of Indian politics over the past year and a half: That the slaughter of cows poses a more serious threat to the country than the slaughter of human beings in the name of cow protection.
The Prime Minister owes it to the people of this country to
say it isn’t so. To declare loudly and clearly that even if that piece of meat
which the Uttar Pradesh police have now mischievously taken away for ‘forensic’
analysis turns out to have come from a cow, the mob had no night to invade the
home of Mohammed Akhlaq and murder him. Modi has a responsibility to speak out this time because the
violence that occurred on Monday night is a direct product of the hysteria
which is being deliberately engineered in different parts of the country over
the issue of cow slaughter – an issue he brought up repeatedly in stump
speeches during the 2014 general election.
Modi’s 2014 rhetoric: In an attempt to better understand the politics behind the
campaign, I went back and listened to some of those speeches. Both in western
Uttar Pradesh – not far from Dadri – and again in
Bihar, Modi spoke at length about the dangers of “pink revolution”. The speeches are amazing for the ease with which Modi slides
between fact and fiction, using the words ‘pashu’ and ‘gai’and
even ‘mutton’ interchangeably to paint a picture of Indian villages being
emptied out of their cows as the Congress government in Delhi – in pursuit of
‘vote bank politics’ – is hell-bent on promoting a ‘pink revolution’ or ‘gulabi
kranti’.
“The agenda of the Congress is Pink Revolution,” he said.
“We have heard of the Green Revolution and White Revolution but never pink and
this means the slaughter of animals (pashu). You see, the colour of
mutton is pink, and they are committing the sin of exporting it and bringing
revolution… Because of this, our animal wealth is being slaughtered, our cows
are being slaughtered, or sent abroad to be slaughtered… And now the Congress
is saying, ‘If you vote for us, we will give you permission to kill cows’.”
In his Bihar speech, Modi asks how the leaders of the
‘Yaduvansh’ – the Yadavs – like Mulayam Singh and Lalu Prasad can ally with the
Congress. “I want to ask [them], how can you support such people who want to
bring pink revolution? When a pashu is cut, the colour of its
meat is called pink revolution… In village after village, animal wealth (pashu
dhan) is being slaughtered, pashu are being stolen and
taken to Bangladesh, big slaughter houses have been opened across the country…
The Congress won’t give subsidies to a farmer or to a Yadav who wants to tend
his cows. But if someone opens a slaughter house to kill cows, kill pashu,
then the [Congress] government gives them a subsidy.”
Imposing food choices: Leaving aside the hypocrisy involved in the Modi government presiding
over a huge increase in ‘carabeef’ (buffalo meat) exports, the BJP –
since coming to power at the Centre, and in states like Mahararashtra and
Haryana – has moved to impose its dietary preferences on people at large. Where earlier, farmers were allowed to sell bulls and even
cows above a certain age to slaughter houses, the law in these two states now
compels them to bear the burden of maintaining these animals for the rest of
their natural lives. Maharashtra has also made the possession of beef –
regardless of whether it is from outside the state or from abroad – a criminal
offence. The Devendra Fadnavis government, along with several other BJP-ruled
states recently imposed a limited duration ban on the sale of mutton and
chicken during the Jain festival of Paryushan. The Union Culture Minister,
Mahesh Sharma, has publicly advocated a nine-day national meat ban during the
navaratras. In Jammu and Kashmir, the RSS is pushing to ensure that a
colonial-era ban on beef be strictly enforced across the state
Staying alive: In response to the meat ban, the journalist Vir Sanghvi
joked that if you vote for the Gujarat model, you get the Gujarat diet too. But
the Dadri incident tells us the politics of food is no laughing matter anymore In any democratic society governed by the rule of law, there
would still be space to have a debate on the citizen’s right to make her or his
own dietary choices without interference from the state. After Dadri, it is
clear that that argument is over.
Make no mistake – that is how far our political goalposts
and moral compasses have moved in the past 16 months.We have gone past the
stage where we can expect political parties and the courts to defend the right
of a citizen to eat what she or he likes. The issue at stake now is a family’s
right to not be attacked and killed because of the food they eat, or would like
to eat – or are suspected of eating. We are now at the next stage of the pink revolution. When we
get to discover that the colour of human flesh is the same as the colour
of what Modi innocently – or not so innocently – calls “mutton”.
see also
The importance of Professor Kalburgi
"Leftists never condemn Islamist terror"
Jyoti Punwani - Let us not give our Islamic neighbour a run for its money
RSS Declared Unlawful: Text of GOI communique February 4, 1948
Smruti Koppikar - Maharashtra CM has no will to pursue my father’s murder
Petition in Supreme Court Accuses NIA of Soft-Pedaling Hindutva Terror Cases
After Malegaon, Ajmer Blast Case Faces Allegations of Sabotage // Witnesses turn hostile in Samjhauta case
The law of killing: a brief history of Indian fascism
The Broken Middle - my essay on the 30th anniversary of 1984
The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: Inquiry Commission Report (1969)
The Abolition of truth
RSS tradition of manufacturing facts to suit their ideology
The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: Inquiry Commission Report (1969)
The Abolition of truth
RSS tradition of manufacturing facts to suit their ideology
