Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Content Take Down Warning Issued to FirstPost.Com for Twisting RSS Chief's Comment

To,
Editor,
FirstPost.Com,
The article published on FirstPost.Com dated August 23, 2016 by 
​Sandipan Sharma with title "RSS' silly dream of more Hindu sons proves Mohan Bhagwat is still stuck in the 1930s​" (URL:- http://www.firstpost.com/politics/rss-silly-dream-of-more-hindu-sons-proves-mohan-bhagwat-is-still-stuck-in-the-1930s-29722566523880 ) is highly objectionable and twisting the facts just to spread the lies.
The author of the article has quoted RSS chief Bhagwat out of context and he never advised Hindus to produce more children. But the author Sandipan Sharma has attributed RSS chief which he never spoke.
With this email, I want to suggest you to immediately take down the article from website as it is tarnishing image of RSS chief and the organization which he leads.
If, FirstPost.Com fails to comply with my demand to take down whole article, I will take appropriate corrective legal steps against FirstPost.Com editor and author of the article under provisions of IPC and Information Technology acts.
Please immediately take corrective measures and apprise me of the same.

regards,
Vinay V. Joshi
.......

Harvesting Dalit Unrest with Analytical Bias & Selective Blindness


(Review of Analytical Bias, Hate & Selective Blindness of Indian media and intelligentsia while dealing with incidences of Dalit Atrocities) 

The objective of this article is not to justify atrocities, discrimination and injustice meted out to Dalit society in India.

India is the country with huge range of castes and creeds, some of which have traditionally enjoyed somewhat superior status over others. Castes which are at traditionally on top spot in social hierarchy are generally called Upper Castes and others on lowest spot are lower castes or Dalits. The lower castes are living in pathetic condition mainly due to lack of education, resources and social status.
Obviously, Dalits have sense of resentment and anger for being denied fair share within social ecosystem. No one can deny the fact, that Dalits have suffered and survived unbelievably high quantum of atrocities and injustice from so called Upper Castes. Though scores of religious figures, saints and social reformers have always condemned and deplored bias, atrocities and caste based discriminations in harshest possible vocabulary available at the time.
What is the real problem?
With spate of anti-Dalit violent incidences like Una in Gujarat,  Rohit Vemula suicide case in Hyderabad and more such Dalit persecution news hitting headlines in Indian media, it was need of the hour to analyze how such incidences are viewed, analyzed and commented by Indian media and so-called intellectuals, according to contemporary ruling political party in the state where such violence occurs.
It has been observed over last three decades, ever since Hindutva ideology moved steadily towards political center stage in India especially after Ayodhya movement, every Dalit related issue has been exploited by opposition to corner RSS and BJP, whenever BJP was in formidable position or in power at respective states.
Here, we will go through major anti Dalit atrocities since 1987 and biased interpretation of such incidences by Indian media with singular objective of targeting Hindutva ideology.
Here are most prominent anti Dalit violent incidences in India.
1)   Neerukonda massacre (1987- Andhra Pradesh)
Chief Minister- N. T. Rama Rao- Telugu Desam Party

In July 1987 Neerukonda village of Guntur district experienced large scale violence between upper caste and Dalits. Upper caste landlords from Kamma caste attacked Dalit caste Mala, which were land labors in tobacco and paddy farms of same village.  
Neerukonda village was dominated by Kamma caste in terms of population and land holdings. Kammas had about 200 families and the Kammas had about 150 families. The trouble started with dispute over payment of low daily wages to Dalit farm labors. Upper caste members had demographic edge over Dalits. One elderly Dalit man killed but almost all houses belonging to Dalit community torched leaving behind hundreds of people homeless.
Reactions: - No inquiry demanded, no long march arranged, no one blamed for Neerukonda incidence.
No political party raised the issue, no legal intervention made, no one demanded fair probe. Upper caste was traditional vote bank of TDP hence no steps taken to convict the culprits.
Blame on Ruling Party:- Even though ruling TDP had direct link with culprits, no one blamed it for Dalit atrocities. No one was put on trial fearing political setback.

2)   Tsundur massacre (Chundur) (1991- Andhra Pradesh)
Chief Minister- N Janardhana Reddy- Congress

Tsundur massacre occurred in 1991 in village Chundur in Guntur district. 13 Dalits were brutally killed by the upper-caste people in a broad day light. A young Dalit graduate youth was earlier beaten up by upper caste people when his feet touched an upper caste woman in the local cinema hall. The Dalits stood by Dalit youth. It resulted into social boycott of Dalits by upper caste landlords, causing loss of livelihood of Dalits. The simmering tensions culminated into organized attack on Dalits killing 13 Dalits.
Reactions:- Dalits collectively fought legal battle under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989. Total 212 people were put on trial but all of them acquitted by Supreme Court for the lack of substantial evidences.
No intellectual forum or movement came forward to demand justice to Dalits. No legal interventions were filed for fair trial. No long march arranged to demand justice to Dalits. Government took no initiative to punish the guilty, as culprits were belonging to Reddy community, traditionally associated with Congress.
Blame on Ruling Party:- Though Congress was ruling the state at the time of massacre and prosecution kept deliberate loopholes in the investigations leading to acquittal of all accused, no one blamed Congress for this gruesome massacre.

3)   Bathani Tola massacre (1996- Bihar)
Chief Minister:- Laloo Yadav- RJD

On July 11, 1996 Ranvir Sena, an upper caste militia belonging to Bhumihar community attacked village Bathani Tola inhabited by Dalit community, traditionally linked to CPI (M-L). Total 21 Dalits were ruthlessly massacred including 11 women, six children and 3 infants. FIR filed against 33 persons next day. After four long years, charges were framed against 64 accused. Three are awarded death sentence and 20 others with life imprisonment.
Apathy to prosecute Ranvir Sena leadership was evedent with just one example. Ranvir Sena founder Brahmeshwar Singh was in jail for 9 long years waiting trial, but he released on bail and then acquitted of all charges for lack of evidence. The man behind carnage of so many Dalits cannot be prosecuted.
Blame on Ruling Party:- Even though ruling Laloo Yadav was conniving with Ranvir Sena in its brutal massacres, he drew no criticism from media and so called intellectuals for harboring terrorism. Why? Just for the reason that he was official flag bearer of social justice? He was busy blowing own trumpet of being social justice messiah when Ranvir Sena and Communists goons were busy in bloodbath all over Bihar.

4)   Laxmanpur Bathe (1997- Bihar),
Chief Minister:- Rabri Devi- RJD

December 1997 58 Dalits were mercilessly killed in Bihar’s Laxmanpur Bathe village of Arwal district. It shook the whole nation as it was biggest mass killing in independent India. After long wait of 13 years court awarded death sentence to 16 and life imprisonment to 10 people, but in October 2013 all 26 convicts were acquitted by Patna High Court for lack of evidence.
Acquittal of all accused drew sharp and violent reactions from Bihar. State government of Nitish Kumar vowed to challenge the verdict, but it was too late to reopen the cases.
Blame on Ruling Party:- Again no one blamed ruling party RJD and Rabri- Laloo duo for massacre, as he was proclaimed harbinger of social justice! Though Laloo was fetching lucrative political dividends due to caste divide in Bihar, media and intellectuals grossly ignored his alliance with anti-Dalit elements.
There were more such anti-Dalit massacres in Bihar like Haibaspur(Patna): 10 Dalits killed, Ekwari(Bhojpur): 10 SCs killed, Khadasin(Jehanabad): 8 SCs killed, Nagri(Bhojpur): 10 SCs killed, Shankarbigha(Jehanabad): 23 SCs killed, Narayanpur(Jehanabad): 11 SCs killed, Sendani(Gaya): 12 SCs killed, Mianpur(Aurangabad): 35 OBCs-STS killed and in retaliation to that same number of incidences of massacres of upper caste people executed by CPI-ML reported in Bihar.
Still no one blamed Lalu Yadav or then ruling Congress party. Because intellectuals with disease of selective blindness and biased analysis, always jump to inferences and conclusions as soon as incidence occurs. They decide first whom to blame for it and then create fabricated theory to support their notion!

5)   Khairlanji massacre (2006- Maharashtra)
Chief Minister:- Vilasrao Deshmukh- Congress

On September 29, 2006 four members of Dalit family from Khairlanji village of Bhandara district of Maharashtra were brutally murdered after parading naked. The land dispute triggered this gruesome incidence. Media assumed pin drop silence. Caretakers of social justice in Maharashtra didn’t raise the issue. The culprits had strong linkage with ruling political dispensation, so no action was taken by Police and state government. The whole state machinery swung into action only after Dalits took to the streets to demand stern action against culprits.
In September 2008, the court awarded death sentence to six people and others with life imprisonment. Later High Court commuted death penalty to life imprisonment. It has created sense of betrayal among Dalits, which has triggered outrage and state witnessed large scale protests demanding severe punishment to culprits.
Blame on Ruling Party:- There was Congress rule in Delhi and Congress- NCP rule in Maharashtra, so it was not politically beneficial to raise the issue and build the movement against Khairlanji massacre. Hence intellectuals and trustees of social justice turned blind eye on Khairlanji. No one blamed Congress ideology for Khairlanji massacre, no one linked it to Congress leadership. In Maharashtra’s notorious caste based politics Congress- NCP has always exploited Phule- Shahu- Ambedkar’s name simultaneously doing Maratha politics. The rhetoric of social justice is unique effective tool to target non-existent communal politics (Read Pro-Hindutva Politics).

6)   Nadia Dalit Muslim riots (2015- West Bengal)
Chief Minister:- Mamta Banerjee TMC

On May 04, 2015 Muslims attacked Dharmaraj Mela procession mainly participated by Dalit Hindus of village Naoda and Juranpur in West Bengal’s Nadia district. The organized attack was carried out by Muslims when procession approached local mosque in Juranpur. Later Muslims attacked and torched both villages. Total 5 Dalits died and 8 more injured. The rioting Muslims had strong political patronage of ruling TMC.
Blame on Ruling Party:- Nadia riot is exemplary case of biased media and selective blindness of Indian Intellectuals. Though Dalits were attacked, killed and looted, there was total media blackout of the news, no intellectual or group of intellectual raised voice against attack on Dalits. No established saviour of Dalit cause took follow of for justice to victims.
No one blamed Mamta Banerjee led ruling TMC for atrocity on Dalit as Dhimmitude (sense of being ruled by Islamic ruler) is fundamental characteristic of Indian intellectuals.
On the contrary, many seculars blamed Dalit Hindus for attacking Muslims.

Let’s Look at This:- All the 6 Dalit massacres mentioned aforesaid occurred before Modi led BJP- NDA government assumed power in Delhi in May, 2014. Since May 2014, no large scale anti-Dalit massacre reported in India so far. But, Dhimmitude (sense of being ruled by Islamic ruler) selective blindness and ideological bias are peculiar characteristic of Indian media and intellectuals. While analyzing social conflicts, they have their own definitions, notions, theories and methodologies. For the Indian media and intellectuals, if Muslims commit violence against Dalits, it is communal violence. If ruling party in the state, where anti- Dalit violent incidence reported is non- BJP, non- NDA, then the incidence is “minor social conflict”. When anti- Dalit or Dalit related anything happens within BJP ruled state, it is atrocity on Dalit; it is Hindutva design to exterminate entire Dalit population.
The Twisting Technology

Rohit Vemula Case: - The master manipulators deeply entrenched in Indian media and intelligentsia, periodically changes the narrative of every incidence, based on the goal to be achieved, the party and ideology to be targeted and social divide to be created. We can go through chronology of Rohit Vemula suicide incidence, to find out methodology of master manipulators.
Rohit Vemula’s suicide was most unfortunate incidence. He left behind suicide note; there was no mention of elements, factors or persons responsible for his suicide. On the contrary he particularly mentioned, no one was responsible for his suicide. Ignoring the facts, within few hours of his suicide, the whole media and opposition painted his death as incidence of Dalit persecution by BJP led NDA. The irony was that ruling TRS was not NDA alliance. The whole hell broke loose on Modi government. Entire opposition ranging from Rahul, Karat, Yechury, Kejriwal, Mulayam, Nitish and Laloo packed their baggage for sadistic tourism to Hyderabad to protest against Dalit Persecution. They demanded Bandaru Dattatreya and Smriti Irani’s head for Rohit Vemula.
They arranged protest marches all over India to demand justice to persecuted Dalits from Hindutva ideology. Delegations stormed Hyderabad to expose RSS -BJP’s so called anti-Dalit behavior.
Rohit Vemula’s suicide was absolutely personal act without any Dalit- non Dalit angle, but entire opposition discovered golden opportunity in it to push RSS-BJP to the walls on Dalit issue. The strategy paid off rich benefits throwing BJP-RSS on back foot. The ruling coalition became apologetic without any direct or indirect involvement in Rohit Vemule suicide.

Una Dalit Attack- Gujrat:- In July 2016 Dalit youth were taking dead cow for skinning. Traditionally Dalits do it. Some people affiliated to less known group dedicated to cow protection attacked Dalit youth for so called cow slaughter, which they didn’t commit and mercilessly flogged them. The video went viral, triggering huge Dalit protest all over Gujrat.
About 20 people arrested so far, out of which 2 are Muslims. Some sections in media reported that influential Congress leader was architect of attack on Dalits in Una, to create anti-BJP sentiment in Gujrat prior to next year state assembly elections.
The mammoth rally was arranged from Una to Ahmedabad by AAP leader Jignesh Mevani. As it was well known fact that AAP is trying its best to establish its foothold in Gujarat, it reaped rich harvest of unrest from Una incidence. There is ample room to believe that AAP deliberately fueled Dalit unrest with political goals in mind.
Affiliation of Una Culprits with RSS or BJP is not on record. The group behind Dalit flogging is independent one. Still RSS and BJP are at receiving end. None from main stream media or Dalit cause advocacy groups are talking about involvement of Muslims youths in Dalit flogging.
State Government Action against Una flogging culprits was sharp, fast and stringent. State Police CID arrested all accused within short period and investigation is on to nab more culprits. But, UP and Gujarat elections are round the corner, all political stake holders are leaving no stone unturned to corner BJP and RSS for so called increasing anti-Dalit violence across the country.

The Congress- Leftist Ecosystem Under Threat
Since independence, Indian political and social ecosystem was largely occupied by Congress rulers and leftist intellectuals. It was symbiotic relationship. While Congress held power in center as well as in majority of the states barring few exceptions, leftist intellectuals, research scholars, academicians, historians, writers and media men held sway over India’s intellectual field.
This ecosystem bit disturbed during BJP led NDA under Vajpeyee ji’s rule from 1996 to 2004. But being minority government, the leftist influence over intellectual field largely remained unharmed.  It received decisive blow in May 2014 when Modi stormed Delhi with huge majority, making him strongest ruler after Indira Gandhi. He has no compulsions, which Vajpeyee had. With brute majority in hand PM Modi launched blitzkrieg to uproot leftist influence over India. His actions witnessed mass exodus of leftists intellectuals holding positions on powerful institutions for decades.
As a result, consistent efforts and conspiracies are being hatched against RSS- BJP to malign their ideology and to tarnish their image as flag bearer of Indian society and culture.
The compulsions of regaining lost left legacy are forcing them to create hype on Dalit and minority related issues.

Conclusion
1)   Indian media and intelligentsia are highly biased and it has nurtured deep hate for indigenous Hindutva ideology.
2)   When Dalits suffers atrocities from Muslims, Indian media turns blind eye assuming shameless silence, fearing Muslim backlash.
3)   When Dalits came under attack during any non- BJP or Congress rule, Indian media ignores it to safeguard interests of ruling party.
4)   Under BJP rule, every negative thing whether it is Dalit atrocity, minority rights issue or women rights issue, it is attributed to BJP and Hindutva ideology.
5)   There is undeclared, informal code of conduct in Indian media which compels intellectuals and media personalities to ignore and cover-up every sin committed by Muslims and Christians while blowing everything out of proportion having connection with Hindutva ideology.
6)   Henceforth, even minor incidence related to Dalit and minority will be portrayed on national level to target Hindutva ideology.

The analytical bias and selective blindness will continue in India, as war has been declared by vested interest groups against BJP led central government, for driving them out from their ancestral positions. So, wait for next incidence...
  














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