I salute Mr Modi for his
latest speeches. On Saturday, he
lambasted the gau rakshaks in no uncertain terms. He called them anti-socials who are trying to
masquerade their maleficence with feigned religiousness. He has appealed to the state governments to
take stern action against such criminals.
Today addressing a rally
in Hyderabad, he said, “If you want to attack, attack me and not Dalits. If you
want to shoot, shoot me and not Dalits.”
Better late than
never. The PM should have spoken out
long ago when certain sections of the country’s population or their religious
places were attacked right from the time he took over the highest political authority
in the country.
The PM should have spoken
out when Kalburgi, Dabholkar and Pansare were murdered brutally for supporting
the causes of secularism. Not even the
protests from eminent writers of the country who returned their Sahitya Akademi
awards provoked the PM into taking the issue seriously.
Rohith Vemula’s suicide
note that “My birth is my fatal accident” and the polarisation of the country
into the entitled and the disentitled failed to move the PM.
When Akhlaq was lynched by
a mob of gau rakshaks, the PM refused to condemn the act and demand stern
action against the murderers.
When some students of JNU
demanded justice, they were labelled antinational by the PM’s own men and the
PM refused to speak.
Silence is
endorsement. It is only natural that
criminals began to think that they could indulge their antisocial proclivities
in the name of the cow or other religious symbols.
Now the PM has
spoken. I hope the umpteen organisations
that mushroomed in the country in the last two years purportedly to defend cows
and other such icons will listen to the PM.
As the PM said, those who
really love the cows should look after the welfare of the cows instead of
killing people in their names.
As the Rig Veda says, "Let noble thoughts come to us from every side."
As the Rig Veda says, "Let noble thoughts come to us from every side."
All I can say is that he is managing both the roles of PM and party member quite well. Pretention if becomes a habit can no longer be considered as being pretentious.
ReplyDeleteIf his latest pretension becomes a habit, the nation will be richer.
DeleteMr. Modi's honesty and integrity is often misunderstood or not understood or misused, even abused:(
ReplyDeleteHe is more sinned against than sinning:(
I have serious reservations about Mr Modi. There's a lot of narcissism in him. Coupled with hunger for power and hatred of certain sections, the narcissism can be very volatile. Now he is defending the Dalits most probably for getting their votes or because cow carcasses are becoming a serious problem in North India. Most probably, both. But, as Pranju said above, if the pretension becomes a habit, it will be quite good.
DeleteHow much of what is said is truly meant by the politicians....!!! There is more to it than what meets the eye....
ReplyDeleteI know, Sunaina. But there's always a hope that something good will come out of even this mess.
Deletethat's his political strategy to garner Dalit votes, He didn't mention Muslims who are targeted more by these so called gau rakshaks, if he was serious on the issue he must take everybody into confidence
ReplyDeleteYou are right in all probability. Modi is too shrewd and egotistical to have such a quick conversion. But if this can mark a new beginning it will be great. If!
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