The sudden change in the topic of discussion in the Indian political arenas from the growth and developmental politics, that was about to
get a boom under the rise of a major shift from the stereotype Indian politics
of a shabby faced pseudo-secularism, that has been practiced since the divide
and rule policy of the British Government in the pre-independence era and
carried by our government post independence to polarize votes, to the newly
optimistic approach of growth and good governance debates, has gained momentum
yet again and thereby somehow dominating the new approach. But why exactly does
it happen? Answer is simple, that after receiving the voter’s mandate through
various opinion polls, the current ruling coalition cleverly shifted its focus
to old tool of secularism and quickly fetched a shield to defend itself against
the perils of misgovernance that is vigilant since they attained the power to
rule.
Since the anointment of BJP’s poster boy as the BJP’s
Campaign Committee Chief and the strongest contender for the prestigious post of
Prime Minister - Gujarat CM Narendra
Modi, the ruling coalition in the centre and its entire leadership turned
offensive, even abusive by crossing all the limits of absurdity. The political
fight for 2014 has turned ugly day by day by creating a fear in the minds of
minorities and by completely diverting the topic of discussion from governance
to secularism in the name of 2002 riots, and by completely hiding the other
massive riots that have ever happened in the history of this country (post
independence) under the rule of Congress party, Meerut, Moradabad, 1984, Assam
2012 (to name a few). In a brilliant observation expressed in a piece written
by a senior journalist Mr. M.J. Akbar in a national daily, he wrote and I
quote," Congress never does anything in particular for minorities, but they are
already getting sympathy votes by creating a fear in their minds.” What does it
mean? It means that although, since independence, Congress has presented itself
as the ‘Messiah’ of minorities to appease them through a simple tool of ‘creating
a fear in the minds of minorities’ that if they are voted to power, then only
the minorities (especially and with special focus to Islamic community) of
India will remain safe and not in the rule of other political powers, but the ground reality remains that it has not done anything in the past 65 years to grow the concerned community or we may infer that it deliberately wants them to remain underdeveloped so that they do not know about their rights and they can be threatened in the name of security. The implication
being," vote for us, else die”. The same political stunt is adopted by many
other partners of the UPA Government as well those who are not a partner to
them. For what reason? Obviously, just to polarize the votes and to get them in
their favor as it is very easy to attract minorities in the name of their
security.
Not only the political class, but the print and broadcast
media has also learned a few lessons from the Congress party to promote polarization
and to promote the debate of false secularism for whatever reason. I know you
want some proof for that, okay dear, don’t be impatient. Does these headlines sound
familiar? – “Dalit girl raped in Delhi”, or “Muslim boy killed by mob”, etc.
Why? Why, “Dalit girl raped in Delhi” and not,"Girl raped in Delhi”? Why a “Muslim
boy killed by mob” and not a “Boy killed by mob”? Why do we promote such divide
amongst the society in the name of community and class?
In all this political mess created by such parties and the
media, the minorities as well as the majorities should understand that
macroeconomic growth is always inclusive. Infrastructural development, creation
of employment opportunities, better educational facilities, better living
conditions and economic independence doesn’t discriminate in the name of
community. Any normal citizen from any part of this world would desire to have
the above mentioned things for a better life. Ask yourself, irrespective of
your community, don’t you desire for such things? I’m sure, the answer will be
a big ‘YES’. So, the next time, if political class tries to divide us in the
name of religion, please ask them all the measures they have taken to ensure
the development of above mentioned factors that will make us lead in this
competitive world that we all have desired for, since we have opened our eyes
on this planet.
Are we yet again
pushed into despair? Well, I would like to intervene before you get into the
usual habit of making self perceived notions about the future of India. My
optimistic attitude says that, “We the citizens should understand that if we
all are together and are not divided in the name of false secularism promoted
by some elite political class, and strive towards the attainment of pre-defined
goals with the strongest leadership, we will achieve all what we have desired
for, since independence, and all that has not been achieved by the successive
central governments since then. It’s already too late and we can’t defer the
growth and prosperity of our country further as the opportunities will not
strike consistently on our doors. We need to rise up above all these political
tools and march forward together, hand in hand, without hate for each other,
without any discrimination on any ground, without any mind wash by the cruel
and clever political class people. We have already missed a lot of
opportunities, so please do not waste much more time, if you want to be the
number one in the world, ahead of all. Unfortunately, we have more danger from these
pseudo secularist insiders than from the outsiders. So pull up your socks, and
get ready to fight with all the evils that are dividing us in the name of
secularism. We need a much optimistic approach towards our country’s future. A
mere thinking wouldn’t help, actions are needed.”
Today’s India is like
an outdated aircraft flying aimlessly in the sky, without a pilot. We do not
need an upgraded aircraft alone but also an experienced pilot too who can save
this airplane from crashing down on the ground.”
PS - " I have not mentioned about the rise and fall of any
country, because I believe that we cannot achieve success by being
condescending about others.”
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