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Inter-State Man-hunt For Seer Over Gandhi Speech
Dt:30/12/21
Inter-State Man-hunt For Seer Over Gandhi Speech
Dr T H Chowdary*
Sant Kalicharan is being hunted by the Chhattisgarh police in pursuance of an FIR filed by a Congress leader Promod Dubey that “Kalicharan had insulted the “Father of the Nation” with slanderous remarks”. It is surprising why some should be so sensitive about adverse opinions expressed by some about Mahatma Gandhi or some such great person.
2. When Mahatma Gandhi was shot dead Dr. Ambedkar visited the dead body twice in the day.
Dr B.R. Ambedkar wrote to Sharada alias Laxmi Kabir who later became his wife, following Gandhiji’s assassination. In that letter, dated 8 February 1948, Dr B R Ambedkar said that Gandhiji should have not met his death at the hand of a Maharashtrian. Then he went on:
"Mr. Gandhi had become a positive danger to his country. He had choked all the thoughts. He was holding together the Congress which is a combination of all the bad and self-seeking elements in society who agreed on no social or moral principle governing the life of society except the one of praising and flattering Mr Gandhi. Such a body is unfit to govern the country".
And the Bible says that something good comes out of evil, so also I think that good will come out of the death of Mr. Gandhi. He will release people from bondage to superman, It will make them think for themselves and it will compel them to stand on their own merits.
And to that, he added: “My real enemy has gone, thank goodness, the eclipse is over”
(Source: A Reporter At Large ( page 238/239) by M V Kamat)
Can we say that Dr. Ambedkar’s view about Mahatma Gandhi should have been taken as an insult to Gandhiji and he prosecuted , as Sant Kalicharan is now sought to be prosecuted?
3. After the termination of the khilafat movement Maulana Md Ali a leader in the company of Mahatma Gandhi had this to say about Mahatma Gandhi . Mr. Mohamed Ali speaking at Aligarh and Ajmere (1924) said:
“However pure Mr. Gandhi’s character may be, he must appear to be from the point of view of religion inferior to any Musalaman, even though he be without character”.
The Statement created a great stir. Many did not believe that Mr. Mohamed Ali, who testified to so much veneration for Mr. Gandhi was capable of entertaining such ungenerous and contemptuous sentiments about him. When Mr. Mohamed Ali was speaking in a meeting held at Amina Baug Park in Lucknow, he was asked whether the sentiments attributed to him were true. Mr. Mohamed Ali without any hesitation or compunction replied.
Yes! According to my religion and creed, I do hold an adulterous and a fallen Musalman to be better than Mr. Gandhi”
And this just after the Khilafat movement Of India’s Moslems into which Gandhiji involved the national, secular Congress! Gandhiji called Mohammed Ali, his brother!
Did anybody dare to demand that Maulana Md Ali maybe prosecuted for insulting Mahatma Gandhi.
4. One Akbaruddin Oweisi an AIMIM MLA in the Telangana State Legislature addressing a public meeting said that, “if the police kept themselves aloof without interfering for 25 minutes no Hindu would survive in India” that is his Muslims would put an end to all Hindus in India. This was years ago and the case is still going on without any conclusion but with numerous adjournments. Did any secular, liberal, progressive intellectual or ex-IAS, IPS officers or eminent lawyers, human rights activists call for Akbaruddin’s prosecution for his hart speech?
5. 76 eminent lawyers of the Supreme Court , secular warriors, have written to the Chief Justice of India calling for judicial intervention in what they call hate speeches ? These eminent lawyers are concerned only if any Hindu allegedly makes a statement or a speech which “ hurts” minorities that is, Muslims? On this attitude of seculars the late eminent lawyer Kulapati K M Munshi had this to say:
The word secularism in India has no bearing on the attitude and conduct of individuals nor of religious groups. However, it has been used as a slogan of varying significance. In its name, anti -religious forces sponsored by secular humanism or communism condemn religious piety, particularly in the majority community. In its name minorities (Muslims) are immune from such attention and have succeeded in getting their demands however unreasonable accepted. In its name, again, politicians in power adopt a strange attitude which while it condones the susceptibilities religious and social of the minority communities, is too ready to brand similar susceptibilities in the majority community as communalistic and reactionary. How secularism sometimes becomes allergic to Hinduism will be apparent from certain episodes relating to the reconstruction of Somnath temple ( and Ayodhya Ram temple). These unfortunate postures have been creating a sense of frustration in the majority community. If, however, the misuse of this word, “secularism” continues ; ………..if every time there is an inter-communal conflict , the majority is blamed regardless of the merits of the question; if our holy places of pilgrimage like Varanasi, Mathura and Rishikesh continue to be converted into industrial slums……the springs of traditional (Hindu) tolerance will dry up. While the majority (Hindu) exercises patience and tolerance ; the minorities should learn to adjust themselves to the majority; otherwise the future is uncertain and an explosion cannot be avoided. (p 311, 312 Munshiji’s book, “Pilgrimage to Freedom”).
6. The patience of the Hindus certainly seems to be under great trial. During the rule of the Nehru dynasty and regional and secular parties’ coalitions at the Center the insulted and trifled Hindus could not speak up. Since a government which is not anti-Hindu and which is in the Bharatiya tradition, tolerant to and even respectful to religions which are patently intolerant ( that is why they convert people of other religions and dharma to their own allegedly god given religion). Hindus are becoming articulate in defence of their dharma and Bharat from the evil combination of Resident Non-Indians (RNIs), self -alienated secularists, communists people of intolerant religions engaged in converting Hindus by foul and fraudulent means. (1,015 words)
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