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| Kundan Chandrawat Ten-second Hero |
The RSS has
amused us once again with its unique variety of courage when one Kundan
Chandrawat from the hinterland of Madhya Pradesh declared a price for the head
of Kerala’s Chief Minister. “Bring me
the head of Pinarai Vijayan on a platter and I’ll give you one crore rupees,”
said the RSS leader to all the desh bhakts gathered before him during a dharna
in Ujjain. “I’ll even sell my properties
to get the amount.”
It turned out
to be mere Dutch courage even before Pinarai Vijayan scoffed at the
threat. Vijayan was in Mangalore the
other day daring much more ferocious challenges from the RSS and its bhakts
there. “I have walked among you when
your swords were drawn and guns were cocked,” said Vijayan in Mangalore with
his characteristic composure. Kodiyeri
Balakrishnan, Secretary of CPI(M) in Kerala, scoffed at the latest RSS threat saying
that the organisation wouldn’t even be able to touch a hair on Vijayan’s
body.
Both Vijayan
and Balakrishnan did not even consider the threat worth bothering about though
both of them know that the RSS in Kerala is no less violent than their own
party CPI(M). In Kerala, one of the
hobbies of both RSS and CPI(M) is to kill people belonging to the other
camp. There are people in Kerala who
will kill for Vijayan. And there are
people in Kerala who will kill for Kummanam or Muraleedharan. In case you don’t know who the latter two
are, they are BJP leaders in Kerala for whom the government is spending crores
of rupees by providing Y category security though they have, so far, done
nothing for the state except make some noise occasionally from some public
pulpit.
Though they
have done nothing worthwhile, if Kummanam or Muraleedharan issues the same
threat that Kundan Chandrawat did, it would create ripples in Kerala. At least the speaker would spend some time in
jail cooling his heels. But Chandrawat
can roam around freely after issuing such a serious threat because we know that
his threat is like the balloons released in the air: they will burst with
farting sounds after a little while.
When the
intoxication of the moment was over, Chandrawat confessed that he didn’t mean
what he said. “It was merely an
expression of anger,” he explained. “I
didn’t mean to incite any violence or killing.”
We are reminded of ‘Veer’ Savarkar whose death anniversary was
celebrated by the RSS a few days back.
Savarkar issued a lot of threats to the British as well as those Indians
who refused to accept Hinduism as their religion or at least Hindutva as their
identity. But when the British government
in India threw him in the Cellular Jail, the Veer submitted shameless mercy
petitions one after the other and even went to the extent of offering his
services to the colonial government “in any capacity they like.”
It’s
heartening to note that RSS remains loyal to the courage of the ‘Veer’. We should consider ourselves lucky to have
Kundans to amuse us every now and then.
I was in sync with your post for the first 2-3 paragraphs. But the last paragraph put me off. The manner in which you mentioned Savarkar felt demeaning and over all I felt it a shallow read of you about him. With those words, I feel, you have put yourself in line with Kundan Chandrawat. It was painful to read. I have no interest to argue on it, but I couldn't stop writing few words. That is all from my side.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what you find admirable in a man who was a vitriolic and parochial, beast-like creature who sought to drive wedges between human communities. He drivelled and snivelled shamelessly. He conspired to assassinate Gandhi. He betrayed the assassins in the end. Such a shameless man with no scruples, no morality, no shame... abominable.
DeleteThese fellows always try to attract high command's attention.No progress beyond it.
ReplyDeleteTrue.
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