Pavan K Varma, a member of JD(U), has again raised the "malign Modi bogey" with his article "India's Politics Of Fear", courtesy Times of India guest editorial page.
He wrote, "History has its own serendipities. On 6th December 1948, exactly 44 years before the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the Constituent Assembly, which drafted our Constitution, was in the throes of a heated discussion on the question of secularism and the new Republic. While there was unanimity that India would not be a theocratic state and that secularism did not imply contempt or marginalisation of religion, Loknath Mishra, a member of the Constituent Assembly from Orissa (who later, in the 1990s, became Governor of Assam) warned that a “secular state is a slippery phrase, a device to bypass the ancient culture of the land ... justice demands that the ancient faith and culture of the land should be given a fair deal if not restored to its legitimate place after a thousand years of suppression“.
He added further,"In their infinite wisdom, the founding fathers of our Constitution allayed Mishra's fears and resolved that India would be a country where all faiths would be respected, while the state itself would be secular. This ideological clarity was based on pragmatic grounds. Hindus and Muslims and other minorities don't live in separately demarcated geographical areas. Nor are the minorities, especially Muslims, in insignificant numbers. They constitute over 14% of the population and live cheek by jowl with other religious communities across the country ."What we are seeing is a vicious cycle. Because BJP and even more so its ultra-right affiliates openly espouse a Hindu India, it heightens fears among Muslims. And this fear psychosis, in turn, prompts some parties to specifically target the Muslim vote, without which they cannot win."
IMQ asks Pavan Varma to concede the cruel truth that the Constituent Assembly made one gross error of judgement by neglecting the views of Loknath Mishra, a member of the Constituent Assembly from Orissa and the results are there for all to be seen even after seven decades, in the chain of events of riots. Nation has seen more dissatisfaction, dissent, violence and destruction in all these years while the political leaders remained glued in false rhetorics of "Ganga Jamuna Tahbeej". In between hundred crores of Hindus has lost their cultural ethnicity and proudness, they were forced to ignore their trust in the knowledge of Vedas and Yog, to a coup created all along of fake secularism.
IMQ is not surprised with Pavan Varma when he called this historic win of BJP in UP as one vicious cycle as these polarising forces associating him had never learnt a lesson to accept defeat gracefully and still remained grizzling over their rout.
Mr Varma, take note that the divisive forces led by the Congress since 1947 had enough energy and time which they used only in creating a bullying rule or role to win elections, by equating moderate Hindus with forces of religious fanaticism supported by the minority community. Here the minimum required values of human coexistence and patriotism were excused for whimsical thinking by making religion above the nation for one minority.
The general rule that guides sanity in social and human behaviour and the state practice of fair distribution of opportunities were few of the ethos, which were never applied equally to the Muslims, in vote bank politics, many among the Muslims still idealise radical leaders in some Arab countries or in the terrorist Pakistan (mainly the Sunnis), with moral and active support of non-BJP parties.
IMQ calls "India's Politics Of Fear" theory as the height of Oxymoron, where Pavan Varma alleged on the attempt of good governance by Yogi as a sign of rising religious intolerance in India, in the context of huge welcome of Yogi as CM of UP by the people. And what adds more fuel to the fire is the spread of misinformation in his false assertion that Muslims who now constitute more than 14% of the population had lived cheek by jowl in previous decades of Congress rule with other religious communities across the country.
STATUS OF HINDUS AND RSS IN BENGAL, A PART OF VARMA'S HINDU INDIA
But in the travesty of radical jihadism, he chose to ignore the status of crores of Hindus, who were forced by the '47 division to stay in Pakistan, which is not only a theocratic state but a terrorist state that has committed genocide of its minorities (Hindus, Christians and Shia-Ahmadis Muslims). Alike others he chose to ignore a fact that Hindus in Pakistan who were 24% in 1947 are less than 2% today.
IMQ reminds Pavan Varma to keep his political worries to himself, the Muslim brothers and sisters in UP for that matter anywhere in India (we trust most love the motherland) are much safe and being taken care of as equals. Yes, traitors, corrupt, irrespective of their religion must have tough times in the Modi-Yogi Raj.
He wrote, "History has its own serendipities. On 6th December 1948, exactly 44 years before the demolition of the Babri Masjid, the Constituent Assembly, which drafted our Constitution, was in the throes of a heated discussion on the question of secularism and the new Republic. While there was unanimity that India would not be a theocratic state and that secularism did not imply contempt or marginalisation of religion, Loknath Mishra, a member of the Constituent Assembly from Orissa (who later, in the 1990s, became Governor of Assam) warned that a “secular state is a slippery phrase, a device to bypass the ancient culture of the land ... justice demands that the ancient faith and culture of the land should be given a fair deal if not restored to its legitimate place after a thousand years of suppression“.
He added further,"In their infinite wisdom, the founding fathers of our Constitution allayed Mishra's fears and resolved that India would be a country where all faiths would be respected, while the state itself would be secular. This ideological clarity was based on pragmatic grounds. Hindus and Muslims and other minorities don't live in separately demarcated geographical areas. Nor are the minorities, especially Muslims, in insignificant numbers. They constitute over 14% of the population and live cheek by jowl with other religious communities across the country ."What we are seeing is a vicious cycle. Because BJP and even more so its ultra-right affiliates openly espouse a Hindu India, it heightens fears among Muslims. And this fear psychosis, in turn, prompts some parties to specifically target the Muslim vote, without which they cannot win."
IMQ asks Pavan Varma to concede the cruel truth that the Constituent Assembly made one gross error of judgement by neglecting the views of Loknath Mishra, a member of the Constituent Assembly from Orissa and the results are there for all to be seen even after seven decades, in the chain of events of riots. Nation has seen more dissatisfaction, dissent, violence and destruction in all these years while the political leaders remained glued in false rhetorics of "Ganga Jamuna Tahbeej". In between hundred crores of Hindus has lost their cultural ethnicity and proudness, they were forced to ignore their trust in the knowledge of Vedas and Yog, to a coup created all along of fake secularism.
Pavan wrote,"This was evident in recent UP elections. BJP, in a transparent attempt to consolidate the majority vote, proclaimed that Hindus were being discriminated against in the matter of land for cremation grounds and electricity supply for festivals like Diwali. Not a single Muslim was given the BJP ticket. In contrast, but party like BSP, which has worked to empower Dalits, went overboard in giving nearly a hundred tickets to Muslims to stitch a winning combine, triggering a reverse Hindu consolidation. Excess fosters excess."
Mr Varma, take note that the divisive forces led by the Congress since 1947 had enough energy and time which they used only in creating a bullying rule or role to win elections, by equating moderate Hindus with forces of religious fanaticism supported by the minority community. Here the minimum required values of human coexistence and patriotism were excused for whimsical thinking by making religion above the nation for one minority.
The general rule that guides sanity in social and human behaviour and the state practice of fair distribution of opportunities were few of the ethos, which were never applied equally to the Muslims, in vote bank politics, many among the Muslims still idealise radical leaders in some Arab countries or in the terrorist Pakistan (mainly the Sunnis), with moral and active support of non-BJP parties.
IMQ calls "India's Politics Of Fear" theory as the height of Oxymoron, where Pavan Varma alleged on the attempt of good governance by Yogi as a sign of rising religious intolerance in India, in the context of huge welcome of Yogi as CM of UP by the people. And what adds more fuel to the fire is the spread of misinformation in his false assertion that Muslims who now constitute more than 14% of the population had lived cheek by jowl in previous decades of Congress rule with other religious communities across the country.
STATUS OF HINDUS AND RSS IN BENGAL, A PART OF VARMA'S HINDU INDIA
But in the travesty of radical jihadism, he chose to ignore the status of crores of Hindus, who were forced by the '47 division to stay in Pakistan, which is not only a theocratic state but a terrorist state that has committed genocide of its minorities (Hindus, Christians and Shia-Ahmadis Muslims). Alike others he chose to ignore a fact that Hindus in Pakistan who were 24% in 1947 are less than 2% today.
IMQ reminds Pavan Varma to keep his political worries to himself, the Muslim brothers and sisters in UP for that matter anywhere in India (we trust most love the motherland) are much safe and being taken care of as equals. Yes, traitors, corrupt, irrespective of their religion must have tough times in the Modi-Yogi Raj.