The Savarkar Brothers’ talent should be utilised for public welfare. As it is, India is in danger of losing her two faithful sons, unless she wakes up in time. One of the brothers I know well. I had the pleasure of meeting him in London. He is brave. He is clever. He is a patriot. He was frankly a revolutionary. The evil, in its hideous form, of the present system of Government, he saw much earlier than I did. He is in the Andamans for having loved India too well. Under a just Government, he would be occupying a high office. I, therefore, feel for him and his brother” — M. K. Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Vol 23, P. 157
The startling revelations by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria through his memoir ‘Let Me Say It Now’ has once again brought the conspiracy to build the ‘Hindu Terror’ narrative to the forefront. According to him the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had planned to project the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack as a case of ‘Hindu terror’ and Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the Pakistani terrorist caught by Tukaram Ombale, the brave police constable and later convicted was to die as Samir Chaudhari from Bengaluru.
Maria also writes, “If everything went according to plan, Kasab would have died as Chaudhari and the media would have blamed ‘Hindu terrorists’ for the attack”. The infamous photograph of Kasab with kalewa (sacred red thread) tied to his right wrist was evident enough to substantiate this plot. In his books, he also claimed that Pakistan’s ISI and LeT were striving to eliminate Kasab in the jail with the help of Dawood gang as he was the key evidence linking them with the attack. Pakistan or its terror organisations undertaking this nefarious project is perfectly understandable. Why did the then UPA Government and Congress leaders directly or indirectly collude with it? This question needs a deeper scrutiny.
The unfortunate killing of police officer Hemant Karkare, who was also handling the cases related to Col Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya, perfectly fits in the scheme of things. Then why did Muslim intellectuals and Congress leadership link the Karkare’s killing to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh? On the one hand the Government was preparing dossiers to give it to Pakistan on the 26/11 Mumbai attack but the leaders from the same ruling party and Home Ministry were strengthening the Pakistani plot with dirty political tricks. Earlier, V S Mani, through his book, Hindu Terror, has already provided insights into this plot with an insider account from the Home Ministry.
The same was true with the Samjhauta Express blast case. On July 1, 2009, the United States Treasury Department said in its press release: “Arif Qasmani has worked with the LeT to facilitate terrorist attacks, including…Samjota Express bombing.” The UN resolution [No 1267] dated June 29, 2009 and the then Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Mallik’s admission that Pakistani terrorists were involved in the Samjhauta blast, corroborate the LeT involvement. What were the reasons then that the story of ‘Hindu Terror’ was cooked up? Why the name of Arif Qasmani that prominently figured in the US investigation on the train blast has been completely missing in the investigation in Bharat?
Congress has a long history of hiding historical facts and falsely framing the nationalists, especially since the Communists piggybacking at the cost of national interest became a norm. The ‘Secular’ intellectuals and a section of media cleverly provide cover to those misdeeds for their own interests. The first victim of this trick was Swatantrya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Irrespective of difference of opinion, during the freedom struggle, people from all political colours recognised sacrifice and commitment of Savarkar towards the complete independence of Bharat. 1970 onwards, especially since the ‘secularism’ became a new currency in practising appeasement politics, Savarkar was the first villain.
The way this revolutionary freedom fighter was vilified by the ‘secular distorians’ who believed more in distorting history and national personalities to suit their ‘sickular’ narrative. While paying tribute to Savarkar on his death anniversary and organising a Literary festival in his memory, a resolve to uproot this dangerous game of building fake narratives for the political ends is a must.
