How to start this whole discussion of the inevitability of polarization in politics ? every big political movement the world has ever know is about polarization . The communists polarized people on the basis of class . The american politicians after 100 years of independence had political movements which had polarizing affects . The congress party deliberately allowed the masjid demolition to polarize muslims . The congress men have a secure vote bank after 1992 . Now dont tell me that congress did not know that the masjid will not be brought down despite so many karsevaks accumulating there . Congress party sees through the whole thing , they have seen the karsevaks accumulate in thousands nope lakhs . Did they come to ayodhya to raise slogans have tea and leave ? Do you want to argue that the secular congress party did not know that the mosque is going to be pulled down ?
Now come to the BJP . L.K Advani has pleaded the muslims to allow the temple be built in Ayodhya . He carried out a national tour to raise people for that holy task . well it is polarizing i agree then are hindus not supposed to have a temple in their most sacred place . What does the muslims lose if they give up an inconsequential place for hindus ? Ayodhya is of no importance to them religiously except that an imposing structure demonstrating this country that Babar has silenced the ruling Indians . Despite all that Hindu rhetoric was there a single moment where we wanted a second class status for muslims . we wanted equality for them . But they would not give up a place that is sacred for hindus to save this country's peace . we are expected to sacrifice . That humiliates me even though I am not a practicing hindu .
Polarization is inevitable to create a national movement . It happened everywhere in the history . LK Advani could not have created an alternate national party if he did not pick up religion as political instrument . They are a lot of people who predict doom if this continue , but that is overreacting . Despite multiple incidents we are a strong society . Such doomsday predictions are pure ‘educated imagination ‘ . Look at JP Narayana , he is going to talk about good governance and come after twenty years he is still going to be the only one from his party .
I just wanna tell you that to create a political movement a strong emotion is required . we are not a society or a polity that is going to be moved by words of great vision . Tell me if you think otherwise . The ground political situation in India demanded that Hindu rhetoric because that was the only unifying factor in a vastly diverse country like us . Despite all that hindu rhetoric BJP made every attempt to prevent riots . Godhra was too complex to pin Modi down . Hasn’t BJP offered good governance despite all that rhetoric . If it is possible to set the fire up for the sake of political movement then it is possible to douze that fire as well . That is the great art of politics . Today India is bipolarized . It’s only because of competitive politics that Indian politicians are doing things . How were we ruled for the first 40 years when there was a political monopoly . What was the political culture then . Was congress party ever sparing a minute to hear to any of the grieviances . There is a lot of difference between rhetoric and real action . BJP had to resort to that rhetoric . That is politics my dear and people will die as a side affect . Millions died in the freedom struggle we didn’t stop fighting . If this country has achievied political balance that’s because of BJP . BJP resorted to that Hindutva after ‘40years ‘ of spending time on talking about good governance . Get hold of Advani before 1990 he was only speaking about good governance and that changed nothing .
Well I have always said that polarizing is an inevitability . But we have to develop the skill of boiling the pot without spilling the water . we have to see at the larger picture and not carried away by a few deaths . I hope I don’t sound insensitive but I am seeing at the larger picture . Rajnath meeting Varun was unnecessary . Such masculine language spoken by Varun should not be tolerated . As far as MOdi I think he is the only saving grace for the party . No I don’t think Modi’s next PM rhetoric was really damaging . Look I am against riots because it drives away moderate hindus from the party not because I love muslims . In shear political terms you should play the victim and not an avenger . Had Godhra riots not happened BJP might have had a bumper crop on playing the hindu victims in the train . It could have unbelievably united hindus . But we ruined that chances by our failure to prevent riots . Once riot happened muslim is the victim and that starts appealing to the conscience of an ordinary hindu . We will be looked as a monster and not a victim . we need to make sure that we play a victim for politica gains . So BJP should do everything to stop riots .. It should be proactive indoing that . It should initiate laws , institute mechanisms that prevent any further riots …. That’s the way to go . Religion is a political instrument and unfortunately it’s going to cause some hot movements . If you want to change the shape of the metal obviously you got to melt that . That is not a very comfortable time but that is evolution . We melt it only to give it a good shape . Religion is similar to that , we raise the heat only to unify we wont destroy the society we will work for the better of it .
………..I like to original blog frame why did you change it ?
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