Congress playing the secularism
card once again
The Congress is preparing for
crucial State and general elections by playing the secularism card and battling
against Hindutva. It is trying to pursue a more vigorous brand of
anti-Hindutva. People have lost faith in the secular credentials of the party.
The Congress bats for a few communities, especially minorities.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee had
described RSS founder K.B. Hedgewar as “a great son of Mother India”. Mukherjee
was a part of the government that banned RSS in 1975 and then again in 1992. What was
evil about RSS then has become virtuous now.
The party’s inability to craft a
well-considered strategy to counter the rise of the Hindutva forces
ideologically while accommodating the Other Backward Classes saw the party’s
electoral footprint shrinking. More recently, during last year’s Gujarat
elections, Mr. Gandhi visited a string of Hindu temples, even referring to
himself as a “Shiv bhakt”, and permitted a party spokesperson to describe him
as a “Janeudhari Brahmin”, sending out a confused signal to Dalits, OBCs and
Muslims.
Today, the Congress believes it can
take on the BJP electorally through a carefully crafted coalition in 2019. But
will that be enough to preserve India’s social fabric?
The word Secularism has lost its
force and relevance in India. It is a catch word for political party to get
votes. How long Coñgress will use it to attack BJP? A Nation may be religious
and yet follow Secularism. Better to talk less of secularism for India's image
as it portrays hypocrisy as actual acts,
What kept Bhartiya Janta Party
fighting even in its days of great struggle was its consistency in ideology and
action. BJP continuously fed on Hindutva even when Congress and other regional
parties thrived on its pseudo secularist agendas. BJP’s adament majority
approach coupled with RSS cohersion, helped it in building rampart organisation
that now appears invincible.
Secularism as a vote catching
devise has gone well beyond its expiry date. Still left-liberal-Cong media
seems to be desperately holding on to it. Congress version of secularism tows
the line at best as "pseudo-secularism" based on which the
appeasement policies of their successive governments have flourished upon. And
the worst comprehension of the word secularism today is stooped so low that
whatever a Muslim says, does or intend, is secular principle and the same done
by the Hindu will be dubbed as ant-secular. This is nothing but
pseudo-secularism of appeasement, to catch the vote-bank. Unfortunate. Congress
will fail if it depends on its Secularism Card. The young generation of India
are not fools.
Those in the Indian National
Congress - have been deliberately confusing the idea of secularism. Their real
aim is to capture power and stay in power; not establish a truly secular
democracy. The majority of Indians now feel that all their problems are due to
the Muslim and Christian invaders and that a truly Hindu state would lead them
to recapture their past glory.
The politicians only exploit the
prejudices of the public. A truly secular democracy in India is a pipe dream. As
long as Congress swings around Sonia and Rahul and their sycophants it will
never win. Coalition formula will never last long. The secularism for Congress
is different than what is there in Constitution. Congress has soft corner for
Muslim terrorists given recent statements by Soz and Ghulam Nabi Azad but not a
word of sympathy for Kashmiri Hindus who were massacred and driven out of
valley by the very Islamic Jehadis. Congress is Anti-Hindu, following
instructions from their dynast and corrupt family, working against Hindus and trying
to destroy its culture through their policies.
The Congress has a long history of
ideological confusion regarding secularism. The Congress ideological dilemma
regarding secularism has been a legacy which resurfaces again and again,
particularly during elections. It remained to be seen how its present
leadership is going to solve such a dilemma.
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