Only few hours
are left for the new calendar of 2016 to take up the space of 2015. At this
juncture while stealing some moments if we evoke about the most disgusting
things that happened in the year 2015 in the political firmament of our
country, I think many will agree with me that they are the nasty politics on
three things "Ban, Intolerance and Award Wapsi".
Do I need to
say, which party in India did all those politics? Obviously
Congress, though it was also followed by other Modiphobics (anti-Modi brigade)
individuals and parties.
Let's have a
reminiscence of the story "Ban, Intolerance, Award Wapsi and
Congress".
The spiteful
episode apparently started with beef ban in Maharashtra. The Congress and all
other opposition created much hullabaloo asking, "Why Government would
decide what we should eat?" Ban on "slaughtering of animal" for
two, four or eight days for a Jain festival "Paryushan" further
strengthened their voice as some of the allies (read Shiv Sena) of ruling
BJP-led NDA joined them. Then just beforeBiharAssembly
elections Dadri lynching incident on the issue of beef happened, which added
oil (I would say petrol) to the fire of "resentments for beef ban".
A new term
"intolerance" from nowhere of hell took birth without any prior idea
of its conception. Again a new brigade of intellectuals woke up from their deep
slumber since eternity from nowhere else to feed this suddenly born child
"Intolerance" while returning their awards given by the government to
honor them. For many of these Award Returning Intellectuals…it was clearly a
sign of "Achhe din" as returning awards earned them much recognition, which they never had earned while "receiving the award" (I am not
sure if they have that guts to accept it as deserving a award on merit and
buying it while lobbying are two different things).
Well…news channels
went gaga over these during their prime time news shows. A senior journalist was seen drafting letters to advice one year old CM
(read Devendra Fadnavis) not to focus on his platter (should he eat beef or
not), instead the attention of CM should be on agrarian crisis. I still wonder
why there was no letter to Karnatakaor Kerala CMs…probably
everything was okay in these states. It seemed as if a dreaded force called
"Intolerance" deadlier than ISIS aroused in India. Internationally
India's image was negatively impacted.
Bihar election
ended with surprising mandate. Debacle of BJP in Bihar finally came as a
respite to the Congress and other opposition parties for a while. So
"Intolerance and Award Wapsi" were just a part of "dirty
electioneering ploy" and a trick (I must admit painfully…that was
successful) to malign Modi-led central government and disturb its development
programmes.
I heard jokes that
someone lodged a "Missing" with respect to "Intolerance" as
it disappeared immediately afterBiharAssembly
Elections.
Well…Jokes apart.
Point is from very beginning I was much clear on the fact that if someone or
any political party inIndiais indeed "intolerant" then it
is "Indian National Congress". It's a party that always keeps the
interests of it and the Gandhi Family above everything…even the national
interest. It's indeed the most intolerant party inIndiafollowed
by other anti-Modi brigade. I am not saying this out of seer hatred to these
parties or exaggerated love to my ideological inclination. Rather my statement
is substantiated with "hard facts" and "incidents" that
happened recently.
It has become a
routine thing that the opposition parties in the Parliament, particularly
Congress and the Communist party attack the ruling NDA for alleged rise in
intolerance in the country. But, recently a incident of intolerance took place
in the Congress ruled state Kerala. I wonder who will attack them?
The Congress
Government inKeralabanned liquor in the state. If beef ban
is "intolerance" then isn't liquor ban also a sign of intolerance?
Will they answer "why government should decide what we should drink?"
I personally
believe that "We can decide what we "don't" want to eat or drink
but definitely can't decide what we want to eat or drink". State has every
right to decide for us what should we eat or drink. So I don't see any
intolerance in banning liquor or beef. But what about those who termed
"beef ban" as an act of intolerance? Are they also calling
"liquor ban" an act of intolerance? Well…I'm not hearing any cacophony
on this. Has anybody returned award for this intolerance?
Recently also I
heard that the studio of a Muslim Photographer in Kerala was burnt down for his
provocative comment against Purdha system in Muslim community. Is it
"Tolerance"? Is it the "free speech" shouted by so called
intellectuals?
Recently Yoga Guru
Baba Ramdev was blocked in JNU from speaking on the occasion of' "22nd
International Congress of Vedanta". A student group came out with protest
against the invitation terming the move a 'silent right-wing onslaught' on JNU
and demanded university officials to withdraw their invitation to the yoga
guru. Is it what is called "Tolerance"?
When everyone with
any ideology (left, moist…etc) can deliver their speech, why there is
"intolerance" towards right ideology? Does it mean that
"tolerance" or "intolerance" is selective? Where are all
secular and intellectuals who returned their awards? Why a person just because
of his ideological inclination and a support for a particular political party
should be blocked by JNU? Where is Congress now?
Last but not the
least…Sudhir Joshi - The Content Editor of Congress mouthpiece inMaharashtra"Congress
Darshan" was sacked, just because some articles published in it criticized
Jawaharlal Lal Nehru and Sonia Gandhi and praised Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The
articles were also withdrawn from online world. Will the award returning gang
say "this is the "Free Speech" they were talking about? Is this
the "tolerance" they wanted in the country?
With an iota of
"non-aligned status" one can clearly say that "yes…these are the
incidents of "intolerance" and Congress is definitely a party with
"intolerance" as it hallmark. But has anybody returned awards for all
the above incidents?
Looks the Congress
and its tribes are not able to digest the fact that they are out of power. They
are intolerant of the fact that a tea seller is Prime Minister of this country.
Their hatred towards PM Modi is much more than their love towards India.
Sometimes I feel
the same for the ideological followers of the Congress as well. They are
insecure as people have started asserting, asking questions and counter their
stand with facts. The award returning brigade was just a "Crew of Congress
Slaves" who were dancing to the music of their master.
"Intolerance
was always there as Congress is an age old party in India"…will there be
any prime time news debate on "Award Wapsi" for the above incidents?
Nation clearly wants to know…! I guess not!! Isn't it speaking volumes on
"Ban, Intolerance and Award Wapsi?"
