Chanakya Charan Das – Tikri
Finally the “walkathon” of Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to enter J&K in a few days.Anyone keeping track of the so called “Bharat JodoYatra” from the day it commenced from Kerala will find it very deeply dividing. It has placed the known ideological lefties, the haters of Indian ethos, tradition and culture, the celebrated pathological Modi haters on one side of the dividing line.
It also has amongst it those who were at the verge of implementing the Musharraf’s four point plan in J&K, providing a back door entry to the Pakistan into the ever exclaimed inalienable Indian territory of J&K. That the plan came a cropper was because of the Providential intervention as neither Rahul Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India nor could Musharraf retain his position as the President of Pakistan during those decisive times.
The entourage also includes those who unashamedly profess openly that the best course to buy peace in Kashmir is to buy those, who equally unashamedly are already on the payrolls of Pakistan, never mind if the cost is higher than what the Pakistanis are paying them. In their hey days they considered it prudent to fly a mildly sick hardcore separatist on a chartered plane to Delhi for treatment while allowing an injured senior police officer to fend for himself in Srinagar after he was targeted by the terrorists.The one time “king of Indian Intelligence” also brought out a book to time with the “BJY” of the prince of the most entitled family of the country to sow seeds of distrust within the current political dispensation by softly cooing about the present National Security Advisor. Such people are not called to account in our country for their misdeeds and generally go scot-free. Only time”the king” met his match wason a book launch event (the book was coauthored by him with the former ISI Chief of Pakistan) when the journalist AartiTickoo Singh cornered him with hard questions about his role as IB Chief in Kashmir when terrorism erupted there in 1989. Visibly annoyed he was left looking for cover to defend himself. Even the former ISI chief sitting by his side could not provide him a fig leaf to cover his as IB chief.
Some of the other members who made guest appearances in “BJY”have been the known faces of the old order viz the former Governor of RBI Raghuram Rajan and actor Kamal Hassan. The former Governor is “famous” for the spiralling rise of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) during his tenure at the RBI and ever-greening of loans advanced to defaulters. Kamal Hassan attained notoriety when he said that Chola Emperors of the south were non Hindus thus inadvertently flaunting his biases.
The motley crowd of others making their presence felt in the “BJY” of Rahul Gandhi include Swara Bhaskar, Kanhaiya Kumar, Medha Patekar, Yogendra Yadav, Rakesh Tikait, Pooja Bhatt and the like. The philosophy of life and the ideology these people pursue is vey well known to all Indians and as such their presence in the “walkathon” of Rahul Gandhi is very much on expected lines. It is also very well known that such people are sore with the present dispensation in the country because of the loss of their access to the corridors of power and obviously have no other place to go.The presence of the members of “tukde-tukde” gang, the “aandolan-jeevis”, the “Urban Naxals” and the like in itself is an indication of what to expect from this crowd.
In his search for ” love and unity” in the country through the medium of “Yatra” Rahul Gandhi had no qualms about meeting the rabble rouser and anti-Hindu Paster George Ponnaiah in Kerala. He remained a mute spectator when the Pastor told him that the “Hindu deities are unreal and imaginary”. The Pastor in famously had said in an earlier meeting in Kanya kumari that “Bharat Matta is dirty and can cause scabies”. Unsurprisingly the Pastor too is on the side of the “prince”.
The underlying design of the organisers of the so called “Yatra” become all the more clearer when youwatch the ever vitriolic Arfa Khannum Sherwani showcasing the life of the “prince” on this journey and picks up from the recent presser of Rahul Gandhi to call him a “Tapasvi”. Looks like that she has been tasked to create “Tapasvi Rahul Gandhi” out of the Rahul that he is.
But then, who can forget the advice of Arfa Khannum Sherwani to the CAA protesters where she very cleverly called for “keeping the agitation secular till the time their final goal” was achieved. She did not leave anyone guessing about what the final goal she was referring to. She said that the slogans should remain secular “till the time the religious slogans of Islam” become acceptable to the psyche of the Indian population. And, by the way, she found a “Tapasvi” in Rahul Gandhi travelling in a luxurious “caravan saloon” but not an Auliya – why so.
In the interregnum Rahul Gandhi was at his confusing best. Lately he has devised the art of confusing the nation, straight faced, when he finds himself cornered. He referred to Arjun’s precision when he shot his arrow through an eye of a fish spinning overhead on a pole. He claimed that Arjun was a “Tapasvi”as he had no motivein displaying his talent, completely whitewashing the essence of Mahabharat. Arjun had in fact been participating in the “swayamvar” of princessDraupadi in Vyas Maharishi’s epic.
Dramatising his “unreasonable reasoning” further he asked the journalists if the Pandavaswould have implemented GST or demonetisation and whether the multimillionaire of the time stood by them, forgetting that Shri Krishna, “Sarva Kala Sampooran” Godhead, stood with them for the “Dharma”. By saying so Rahul Gandhi stood on judgement of “Dharma” of the present dispensation in the country, forgetting that he is a mere human and can’t judge when it comes to matters of “Dharma”. “Dharma” is subtle and sublime and it can’t be judged by us – humans – including Rahul Gandhi.
The icing on the cake, so to say, in the presser was Rahul Gandhi’s declaration that he was “not Rahul Gandhi” and he had “taken Rahul Gandhi out of his head” and Rahul was “in fact dead”. He said that Rahul Gandhi was now only in the “head of BJP” or the journalists and he didn’t care whether they eulogised him or considered him a crap.
Now it’s this Rahul Gandhi who is slated to enter J&K leading his “Yatra”. The one; “who is” and “who is not” at the same time.
Hopefully he will remember, while crossing Lakhanpur into J&K that his great grandfather had bequeathed a system of “permit” for entering J&K. He will also remember that Dr Shayma Prasad Mukherjee sacrificed his life at the hands of Sheikh Abdullah, the trusted friend of Pt Nehru, for complete integration of J&K with the Indian Nation. Hopefully he will also remember that the vast stretches of J&K (totalling approximately 1,23,000 sq km) are with Pakistan and China since the period 1947 – 1962, leaving only 1,01,500 sq km with India, as a result of the politics, policies and follies of his great grandfather.
It was JL Nehru who made it a prestige point to get the temporary article 370 incorporated into the Indian constitution claiming that it was incumbent upon thesecular India to give special status to a Muslim majority state; not withstanding the fact that a Muslim majority state had already been ceded by INC by way of Pakistan in 1947. The result was that the already ambitious Kashmir based politicians milked the special status of J&K to the hilt, played on the religious feelings of the gullible poor people and used it to cause a perpetual gulf between the people of J&K and rest of the country.
It is interesting to see that those very political dispensations of Kashmir that were responsible for creating mess in J&K in particular by their doublespeak &the country and the Indian subcontinent in general are joining hands with “Tapasvi” Rahul Gandhi during his “Yatra” in J&K. These elements encouraged fissiparous tendencies in J&K and ensured that it always remained on the boil through organs like Plebiscite Front and Al Fateh and at other times by flaunting documents like “Self Rule”and”Autonomy” since 1947. The same people look for intervention by Pakistan & China for “settling the issue of J&K”and when confronted start crying like a child in front of TV cameras!! They have no qualms about shouting “Jai Hind” in public spaces in Delhi and other parts of the country but tell a reporter in Kashmiri to “stuff the National Flag in his home” when he asked one of the “tall leaders” of Kashmir about his comments on “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign of PM Modi. They also have no problem with telling the separatists openly that they should continue “with their armed struggle against India” and that they will stand by them at all costs, come what may.
They are the same people who encouraged Kashmiri youth to “get trained across the border and pick up arms against India but not get caught by (Governor) Jagmohan’s forces” who are now gaga about the “Yatra”. They were all praise for the terrorists killed but uttered no word about the security forces who got martyred defending the Nation as well as protecting them and their families, extended families and friends personally. They had no problem about the poor Kashmiris getting killed because of the turmoil got unleashed by them while their own kith and kin enjoyed their lives in Europe, US or Dubai as well as Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata or Gurugram.
While the “Bharat JodoYatra” may not have much impact on the polity of the nationbut one thing is for sure that Rahul Gandhi will be remembered for the company he is keeping in this “Yatra”. The “Yatra” has sprung a sharper ideological divide in the country.
On one side of the divide you have the nationalists who are striving for prosperity of the Nation while maintaining continuity withit’s rich culture and tradition. Plurality is embedded in Indian ethos and culture. On the other hand you have Congressites, dipped deep in leftist ideology who are supping with the likes of “tukde-tukde” gang.
J&Kites please watch out…
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