Dear readers,as you all know,the country has recently been rattled by two
incidents. The first one is , elimination of a prime terrorist Burhan wani ,
who has been the poster boy of Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir, ennobling this
Pakistan funded war, using social media.The second one is bashing and
derogating of dalits in different parts of India by self-proclaimed of Cow
Vigilante.
Readers, It might
surprise you a bit.Seeing the start of the writing this way , you might find it
a little difficult to relate these topics with the title.Hence let me just
start with the second point first , since it's emanating more latest reactions
across the country and then it will definitively be more fathomable to relate it
to the topic of the blog.
On one hand we
proudly blabber about rising GDP,skyscrapers and digital India , whereas on the
other hand, the rotten continuation of racist acts towards so called lower
castes a.k.a dalits , is too a fact.Such malpractices have divided the society,
especially the Hindu society so far apart that a Hindu society in many places
of the country inherently draws "Jaativaad" i.e caste-ism to its core
and this has been happening for no less than a thousand years. A latest
addition to this is resurgence of so called "Gau-Rakshaks" i.e Cow
Vigilante group who have taken up the sole responsibility of rescuing
"Gau-Mata" from the alleged perpetrators. As a result, dalit people
are getting beaten up, humiliated by such gangs.Now this has created a huge
media highlight and left a broad political playground for
political opportunists to cajole their tricks, since they find it
easy to formulate a new "intolerance" saga and impose it on Modi
Govt. However , I believe, no rational being gets be-fooled by Huge MSM outcry
of portraying their common and soft target RSS-BJP and Modi as sole responsible
for such hooliganism,since its on record, on many occasions earlier,during
rules of other parties such atrocities have happened . Wherever these self
proclaimed radicals gain some manpower , they conduct such nonsense. Time and
time again govt. or local authorities have failed to eliminate them, and yes
some part of responsibility goes to current govt. as well.
Well, till this
point the problem was one sided, Modi Govt. was getting bashed by so called
liberals and MSM. Problem gained it's other side when Honourable Prime Minister
condemned,mocked and vilified the vigilante group and called them anti socials
in a stern manner.Right after the statements, a backlash has created a both way
shocker for him . His "Be-Moderate" ideas, however may be seen a pre
election attempt to mollify dalits, have not earned him any comfort in the MSM
lobby .Rather the Left liberals (again so-called and pseudo often) are still
not convinced about his intentions whereas , on the other side , he has started
loosing ground to staunch right wing Hindutva voters group. Trust me, it is
pathetic to stereotype all of them as RSS ,VHP all Bajrang Dal or even BJP
activists. Many (and this number is quite high,in crores) are normal working
people, students who simply believe in such Far right Hindutva ideology. I have
been engaging with such people in social media for past few days to get into
the point of view , and what I discerned is may be a point of concern for Mr.
Modi in near future. This far-right group mocks the agenda of "Vikas"
i.e development, prefers building Ram Mandir over a Bullet train , holds high
regards for "Gau-Sevaks" and literally hates PM's apparent
moderate approach.Such people who had automatically voted for Modi in the past
election imaging BJP as the keeper of their far-right agenda, are outright
raged by his statements and encouraging people to either vote against him or to
Vote NOTA via social media handles . This trend, if perpetuates and not
attempted to minimize, will surely create political ground erosion for BJP on
their very stronghold, the result of which may well be a deciding factor in the
upcoming UP assembly election.
Readers, now
coming to the second issue and trying to depict how is it intertwined with hindrance
of BJP's electoral aspiration . Burhan Wani's killing by our security forces
has divided MSM into two equilateral pieces more than anybody else. One part
(for me blatantly) has been more supportive to the "azadi" cause of
kashmiri separatists, sympathetic to the deceased terrorist and some of them
have vocally stood by the terrorist gangs and their sympathizers, even have
gone to extent of not willing to call Burhan a terrorist or have termed
his killing an extra-judicial one. The other part of media has maintained so
called "Nationalist" approach and insisted on tackling such issues
with harsh measures , as it has been the case.The issue even got critical in
the reactive incidents by stone pelting crowds, where 53 civilians died, many
injured , blinded from the use of pellet guns and handful of security personnel
also suffered unfortunate consequences. Well considering , Kashmir issue a very
complicated one, I am not emphasizing on judging right or wrong or being an
analyst on post Burhan Kashmir situation, since the intricacies of the matter
can never be ignored. The point I am trying to make is , after weeks of Media
Cat-fight it seems to me that the Pro Nationalist media view has got upper-hand
and gained stronghold over Pro Burhan-apologist view, which has been radically
rejected , dismissed, dispraised and denounced by the Pro Nationalist Public
view. Not to forget, just like the Far-right Ram-Mandir supporters (who happen
to be a subset of this group), a high percentage of this pro nationalist
community have kept faith in Modi , trusted him to be an uncompromising
character till now.
Yes Readers, up
until now, till an all party meeting is being worked upon to invite Hurriyat to
"peace-talks" to the other side of the table. This very move can
easily upset the pro nationalist community , who voted for Modi, and make them
take stand against him during elections citing a soft, compromising character
of the Prime Minister.It's highly probable that the opposition wants it because they have
sensed people's line of affiliation towards an image of Iron-Fist Modi ,which definitely will suffer a setback if any sign of bending towards the separatists is mused upon.
If so happens , it will sound evident that PM Modi will play to the hands of a provoking opposition thus depriving a prudent chunk of his supporters.
In both cases, as
I explained above if an alternate line of approach is not thought about, especially
on the Kashmir issue,the agenda of "Vikaas" solely might not be able
to save his reign in upcoming elections. Well, only time will tell , if
Modi will be able to hold all ropes tight or not.
