Ban the Bastards!

One often hears of illiteracy, poverty, unemployment and inequalities banded about as the greatest of curses facing mankind. However one fact that all seem to be neglecting is that all these ills can exist only in a society. Only an organised human society breeds them. If there is no society, they too wont exist. Hence you can look forward to their eradication in a century or so. But, you would ask, why is society in danger? The answer is simple: Religious Hatred and Fanaticism.

Hatred for another person is nothing new. The Romans hated the barbarians, the Jews; gentiles, Christians; non-Christians and Muslims; non-Muslims. However the disturbing trend started about half a century ago when political parties that infact thrived solely on stoking up religious and ethnic tension, started to get into governments and implementing their fanatic policies. Hitler’s Nazi Party is a prime example.

I’ll confine myself to India here. For close to 50 centuries now, Indian culture has prided itself on its openness and ability to embrace all. It is true that this openness was not extended to its some of its own people who were treated as Untouchables. However, by and large the Indian ethos has been one of tolerance. Something that is sadly under seige today. And the worst part is that the people who are responsible for this seige are today the ones who rule India.

Bharatiya Janta Party: The BJP, as it is otherwise known is probably the most successful of these fanatics. Bharat Jalao Party would be a more apt name for a party that in 28 years of its existence has already carved a trail of blood throughout India. Perhaps the most macabre dance of mass communilastion was orchestrated by its leader, LK Advani (also known as AdolfVani). From 1989-92, Advani and his cohorts started more than 80 riots throughout India that claimed more than 30,000 lives, 12,000 in Bhagalpur alone where victims of mass murder were buried in shallow cauliflower fields. It then demolished the 400 year old Babri Masjid, claiming it to be the Ram Janambhoomi Temple in the absence of any archaeological evidence. It has been exploiting Ram’s name ever since, holding shilanyases, karsevas and what not! Through the backing of NRIs (Neophyte and Renegade Indians) it enjoyed power for close to 6 years, when it oversaw a mass holocaust in Gujarat and numerous other riots throughout North and Central India. Ousted from power in 2004, it is currently in the process of creating another Ayodhya in Bhojshala and Baba Budangiri. Definitely a confirmed party of motherfuckers!

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimin: A much smaller party than its saffron counterpart, this is nevertheless, another confirmed party of S.O.Bs. It has virtually run Old Hyderabad for 40 years now. A party run in mafia fashion, it has orchestrated more than 20 riots in Hyderabad and in the process has made the Old City the most underdeveloped and decrepit part of Hyderabad. It has the dubious credit of having made peaceful Hyderabad, a communal hotspot. Having brought nothing but misery to the people, it deserves a well placed kick on the ass. The sooner its leaders are arrested and their gangland connections investigated, the better it’ll be.

Akali Dal: The Sikh counterpart of the above two moron associations, this party played a most shameful role in the Punjab of late 70s and 80s. It whipped up hatred against the indigeneous Non-Sikhs there and still openly swears by Bhindranwale and his bunch of mad dogs aka The Khalistanis. The industrious Sikhs were put to untold hardships because of these loony morons and for 20 years, development all but stopped in Punjab. Real deservers of the ugly finger.

Also earning a honourable mention in my list of bastards are:

Indian Union Muslim League: For running a party solely based on religion and swearing by the two nation formula of Savarkar and Jinnah.

Indian National Congress: For directly patronizing the Khalistani menace under Sanjay Gandhi’s directions, For massacring Sikhs is 1984, for consistently bowing to fantics of all kinds, For allowing the growth of BJP and communal politics through its inaction and covert collusion and for espousing soft Hindutva, a malaise no less than its hardcore version.

My test for a proper party is simple. If it is open solely to people of one religion (eg-IUML), if its top functionaries are from anti-India organisations that preach hatred (eg-BJP) or it has a history of whipping up caste, ethnic or religious tension (eg-Shiv Sena) then that party has no right to exist. The land of Ram, Rahim, Kabir and Vivekanand deserves better. Ban these bastards before their politics of hate tears India apart!