We Hindus, by tradition, have never accepted Himsa or violence as a means to an end. By their demonstration, the Karsevaks had duly displayed the spirit of assertion to fight injustice done to them. We want Hindus to be assertive and not violent. This is as per the wise saying, “When the divinity asserts itself, it is incarnation. In future, the politicians and administration should bear it in mind that the Hindus will no longer tolerate injustice.” – Ashok Singhal, in an interview to Organiser on November 18, 1990
In Ghaziabad, one Abdul Samad Saifi was allegedly beaten up by a group of fanatics for not chanting Jai Shri Ram. Another fake controversy was raged involving the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Nyas. Another level of vaccine hesitancy is being tried by raising the calf serum issue in Covaxin. On the Twitter controversy, suddenly, some people reminded us of freedom of speech. These three are independent incidents with varying actors and entities. Still, few familiar players are using these incidents to demonise the cultural icon of Bharat, Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram, and somehow bringing a bad name to this ancient land with modern aspirations.
Now and then, from petty criminal incidents and incidences of violence, bringing in the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan has become a fashion. Few celebrity handles and the self-proclaimed sole custodians of Bharatiya secularism then jump in to instigate communal passion. The Google-certified fact-checkers quickly approve the incident. The Western media publications immediately pick up the story of growing ‘Hindu Communalism’ in Bharat. The story in Ghaziabad was not significantly different. The personal fight between the occult-amulet Saifi and 4-5 youths, mostly Muslims, was turned into a communal issue by a local Samajwadi Party leader Ummed Pahalwan. By the time all the dimensions came out in the police investigation, the usual suspects vitiated the atmosphere.
On Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Nyas issue also, the known opponents of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya suddenly woke up and started preaching Ramayana. What Sanjay Singh did was a typical case of sharing false interpretation based on a valid document. Registration of the old sale deed between the two private parties, just before land finally being purchased by the Trust, was used to create a wrong perception. The Trust came out with a point-by-point rebuttal detailing the sequence of events in the land deal. After knowing very well that all are genuine bank transactions, someone like General Secretary of the Nyas Shri Champat Rai, who has devoted his entire life to the cause, is not a coincidence. Congress Party and usual trolls followed up not because they are concerned about the Ram Temple at Ayodhya; in fact, it is another attempt to derail the reconstruction of the grand temple at the same site, which is going to fail like earlier attempts.
The forces who take pride in justifying killing cows as a freedom of choice in food found a new theory of calf serum in the Covaxin produced by Bharat Biotech. The vaccine producer and the scientist are pretty clear on this but putting the made in Bharat vaccine in suspicion and continuing with the vaccine hesitancy is the real agenda. First, it was a vaccine of the ruling party, then why did you give vaccine of our children to others, which was followed by ‘vaccination for all’ and when we are about to take vaccination to all age groups this new trick is being tried. Again vaccination is not the concern, short term political objectives at the cost of hurting the nation is.
The Twitter controversy is also not about freedom of expression but non-compliance of the laws of Bharat by the so-called intermediary. The people who imposed national emergency are undermining the rules framed by the parliamentary committee.
All these issues become interconnected with the pattern employed by these desperate political forces. Opposition strategy to corner the Government and strive for coming back to power is understandable in a democracy. But rupturing the social fabric and standing with the anti-national forces for the same is a matter of grave concern. These forces are not sensing the changes that are taking place in Bharat.
The ancient Rashtra has become assertive with modern aspirations. Shri Ram and his ideals are inspirations behind them. No mischief or jugglery can kill this spirit. Don’t demonise Shri Ram, don’t dare to denigrate Bharat is the message of electorates which they are not ready to read.
@PrafullaKetkar
