The Sangh Parivar which came to power under the leadership of Narendra Modi has made a division work among themselves. One will mobilize votes on the nebulous slogan of development, while other
spew hate speeches against minorities. As yet another talk about need to a ban on religious conversion, one of them rely on Ghar vapasi- re conversion to Hinduism. While one demarcates left
extremism and terrorism as main obstacles to development, others will proclaims that it was a mistake for Godse to kill Gandhi; and he should have killed Nehru instead. While one assures that all measures will be taken to provide protection to women, other assumes the role of cultural police dictating the women how to dress and behave. One proclaims to take India to a number one place in the world by importing scientific and technological knowledge. The other claims that ancient
India achieved pinnacle of scientific knowledge by pointing out the re birth of Ganesha for plastic surgery. Rathas of Mahabharata for motor cars and pushpak vimana of Ramayana for aircraft. They distort the history by depicting Muslims as foreign invaders while Aryans, Kushans
and scores of others migrated to sub continent and became part of its populace to depict those Hindus. Who do not accept their definition of Hinduism, Hindu traditions and values as Blasphemous and treacherous persons. The days are not far away when these Hindu Jihads start attacking the differing Hindus also along with religious minorities just as the Taliban. They have the same mindset, same burning hatred as that of fascist forces.
The toiling masses of India, who have the several centuries old history of living in communal harmony, have proved time and again that they will not allow the communal forces to destroy their lives. In India, a country of 1.2 billion people with 180 million of Muslim population, more than many Muslim countries, there is and will have a resistance to the attempts of Hindu communal forces to create a Hindu Rashtra.
If the resistance of the people were to take a correct line and approach, it should explore the roots of the communalism. It was the British colonial rulers who applied their notorious divide and rule policy to divide the people of Indian people in communal lines. After the transfer of power the ruling classes continued and are continuing the same policy and stoke communal hatreds and often communal clashes to divide people so that they can serve oppressive and exploitative interests of imperialism and big bourgeoisie. It is not accidental occurrence that the destruction of Babri Masjid and implementation of New Economic Policies took place simultaneously. The aim of rake up communalism is to ensure the smooth implementation of anti people policies without resistance from the people.
Arun Jaitley, then leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha in 2012 vehemently argued that young Indians would end up as Sales Girls and Boys once the proposal to allow FDI into retail sector was implemented. Now as the Finance Minister he announced to provide all facilities to FDIs. The Congress Secretary, Madhusudan Mistry, also a trade unionist talking in Rajya Sabha on Labor Amendment Bill pointed out a number of problems with the Bill and said it went against the rights enjoyed by the workers. Yet in conclusion, supported the bill even though "I staunchly oppose content of the Bill." The BJP, as the opposition for a decade, took a position similar to left parties on a number of issues ranging from INDO - US civil nuclear deal, disinvestment of PSUs, Pension Bill and Adhar linkage to social welfare schemes. It is now assiduously implementing all he policies proposed by the previous UPA Government. The BJP's campaign during the last elections was centered on indecisiveness of Manmohan Government citing the continuing suicides by the peasants. Vidarbha region saw more than 1050 suicides in 2014. Yet both the ruling coalitions maintained studious silence on this issue.
Now the only rallying point for opposition Parties is Hindutva or rather anti Hindutva. The neo liberal reforms will be pushed without any debate in the Parliament as most of them were proposed by the Congress and as the regional Parties like AIADMK, BJD and TDP are taking a pro government position with left and non Congress opposition reduced to a micro minority. Thus the two ruling coalitions have committed to implement the policies dictated by the imperialist financial institutions. To cover up this treachery of implementing anti national policies, they are stocking up communal hatreds.
It is the duty of the democratic, patriotic and revolutionary forces and organizations to expose both the naked and disguised methods of rake up communalism by the ruling class parties. They must recognize that fighting against communalism means fighting against injustice, inequality and fighting for the protection of democratic rights of the people to whatever religion, gender, region and caste they may belongs to. To wage such a struggle the people have to be organized in to their class organization. It is the class struggle that raise the peoples consciousness to such a high level that they do not fall prey to divisive politics of communalism. History has irrefutably proved this fact several times.
spew hate speeches against minorities. As yet another talk about need to a ban on religious conversion, one of them rely on Ghar vapasi- re conversion to Hinduism. While one demarcates left
extremism and terrorism as main obstacles to development, others will proclaims that it was a mistake for Godse to kill Gandhi; and he should have killed Nehru instead. While one assures that all measures will be taken to provide protection to women, other assumes the role of cultural police dictating the women how to dress and behave. One proclaims to take India to a number one place in the world by importing scientific and technological knowledge. The other claims that ancient
India achieved pinnacle of scientific knowledge by pointing out the re birth of Ganesha for plastic surgery. Rathas of Mahabharata for motor cars and pushpak vimana of Ramayana for aircraft. They distort the history by depicting Muslims as foreign invaders while Aryans, Kushans
and scores of others migrated to sub continent and became part of its populace to depict those Hindus. Who do not accept their definition of Hinduism, Hindu traditions and values as Blasphemous and treacherous persons. The days are not far away when these Hindu Jihads start attacking the differing Hindus also along with religious minorities just as the Taliban. They have the same mindset, same burning hatred as that of fascist forces.
The toiling masses of India, who have the several centuries old history of living in communal harmony, have proved time and again that they will not allow the communal forces to destroy their lives. In India, a country of 1.2 billion people with 180 million of Muslim population, more than many Muslim countries, there is and will have a resistance to the attempts of Hindu communal forces to create a Hindu Rashtra.
If the resistance of the people were to take a correct line and approach, it should explore the roots of the communalism. It was the British colonial rulers who applied their notorious divide and rule policy to divide the people of Indian people in communal lines. After the transfer of power the ruling classes continued and are continuing the same policy and stoke communal hatreds and often communal clashes to divide people so that they can serve oppressive and exploitative interests of imperialism and big bourgeoisie. It is not accidental occurrence that the destruction of Babri Masjid and implementation of New Economic Policies took place simultaneously. The aim of rake up communalism is to ensure the smooth implementation of anti people policies without resistance from the people.
Arun Jaitley, then leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha in 2012 vehemently argued that young Indians would end up as Sales Girls and Boys once the proposal to allow FDI into retail sector was implemented. Now as the Finance Minister he announced to provide all facilities to FDIs. The Congress Secretary, Madhusudan Mistry, also a trade unionist talking in Rajya Sabha on Labor Amendment Bill pointed out a number of problems with the Bill and said it went against the rights enjoyed by the workers. Yet in conclusion, supported the bill even though "I staunchly oppose content of the Bill." The BJP, as the opposition for a decade, took a position similar to left parties on a number of issues ranging from INDO - US civil nuclear deal, disinvestment of PSUs, Pension Bill and Adhar linkage to social welfare schemes. It is now assiduously implementing all he policies proposed by the previous UPA Government. The BJP's campaign during the last elections was centered on indecisiveness of Manmohan Government citing the continuing suicides by the peasants. Vidarbha region saw more than 1050 suicides in 2014. Yet both the ruling coalitions maintained studious silence on this issue.
Now the only rallying point for opposition Parties is Hindutva or rather anti Hindutva. The neo liberal reforms will be pushed without any debate in the Parliament as most of them were proposed by the Congress and as the regional Parties like AIADMK, BJD and TDP are taking a pro government position with left and non Congress opposition reduced to a micro minority. Thus the two ruling coalitions have committed to implement the policies dictated by the imperialist financial institutions. To cover up this treachery of implementing anti national policies, they are stocking up communal hatreds.
It is the duty of the democratic, patriotic and revolutionary forces and organizations to expose both the naked and disguised methods of rake up communalism by the ruling class parties. They must recognize that fighting against communalism means fighting against injustice, inequality and fighting for the protection of democratic rights of the people to whatever religion, gender, region and caste they may belongs to. To wage such a struggle the people have to be organized in to their class organization. It is the class struggle that raise the peoples consciousness to such a high level that they do not fall prey to divisive politics of communalism. History has irrefutably proved this fact several times.
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