RISE UP AGAINST THE DADRI AND KANPUR COMMUNAL LYNCH-MOB KILLING! Citizen's Protest Vigil at Jantar Mantar on 2 October
RISE UP
AGAINST THE DADRI AND KANPUR COMMUNAL LYNCH-MOB KILLING!
SPEAK
OUT AGAINST SPIRALLING COMMUNAL KILLINGS AND HATE MONGERING!
Join a
Citizens' Protest Vigil
on 2 Oct
at Jantar Mantar 3pm onwards !
A
22-year old young Muslim man is lying in hospital, brutally beaten up by a
bloodthirsty mob. His 52-year old father is dead. Killed, bashed to death with
bricks, by the same mob. Their ‘crime’? The ‘mob’ claimed they
had killed a cow and eaten beef. Rumours flew, an announcement was made a local
temple, and the mob indulged in a bloodthirsty orgy! At whose instructions did
the ‘mob’ get organised?
A few days
back, Prime Minister Modi informed us that the “most fundamental debate” for
youth in India was the choice between Windows, Android and iOS. Earlier, Modi
went to Ireland and chose to scorn the concern for secularism in India (as he
habitually does in the never-ending foreign trips). Today, 22-year Danish,
battling for his life in a hospital, brings out the complete farce of Modi’s
statements. The “most fundamental debate” for youths like Danish is to how to
keep alive in a country where emboldened communal fascist goons can literally
kill people in the name of what they eat or any other pretext to whip up
communal frenzy!
This
murder is NO aberration. It is the tragic culmination of a systematic campaign of hate mongering
and witch-hunt. It is the chilling enacting of VHP leader Praveen
Togadia’s threats that beef eaters will face the reaction of “Indian culture”. Over
the past weeks and months, “Indian” has been equated with “upper caste,
Brahminical Hindu”, beef eating has been stigmatised and criminalised, and the
cow has been wilfully and opportunistically used to polarise communities and
spread hatred.
The logical culmination of this abhorrent campaign is
what we witnessed in Dadri. Modi himself during the Lok Sabha election
campaign gave speeches whipping up hate against 'Pink Revolution' - that is,
the meat industry, which he called 'murder' of 'animals' and 'cows' for
'mutton' and 'beef'. No wonder then, that the sitting BJP MP from
Noida has said it is simply “action and reaction” (echoing Modi’s words
after the organised Gujarat genocide).
No wonder then, that a former BJP MLA claims that the lynch mob were “innocent children”, ‘excited’ by the grave “crime” of someone eating beef. The victim has become the accused! Ironically
the UP police have taken meat from the victim's fridge for forensic tests to
check whether or not it is beef! We need to say loud and clear - it is
not a crime to eat beef. EVEN if it is found to be beef, the mob had no right
to break into a house and attack and kill anyone.
Some
members of the mob have been arrested. But the real leaders of the
lynch mob are those who have organised systematic hate campaigns, normalised
the criminalisation of beef, and normalised the politics of policing of every
aspect of our daily lives-what we wear or what we eat, whom we love and even
what we think!
Demand
immediate action against the perpetrators and masterminds of such mob-lynching.
Demand withdrawal of all laws that criminalises people's food habits.
We
appeal to the people of Delhi to participate in a Citizen's Protest Vigil
at Jantar Mantar on 2 October from 3 pm against the spiralling fascist bid
to fan communal hate and orchestrate communal killing.
Please join with your
banners and placards.
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Concerned Citizens of Delhi and Neighboring areas
Six Outrageous Things BJP Leaders Have Said About Dadri Murder
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
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 unending strife.
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 unending strife.
see also
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
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