Congress in Apartheid Form

Tanch, declared his war against the he Father of the Nation, Mahatma discriminatory and apartheid policy in South Africa when he was thrown out of first class train compartment on racial discrimination in 1893 His luggage was tossed on the railway platform and the train steamed away This was an unbearable humiliation on the basis of colour and race faced by Gandhi Jee in South Africa. He stayed back to fight against discrimination policy of the white being practised against Indians in South Africa. On his return to India as a young lawyer, he laid the foundation of a peaceful freedom struggle in India to throw away the foreign yoke People from all walks of life and denomination of Indian society joined the struggle under the large canopy of A.O Hume's Indian National Congress, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, an undisputed leader .

 

The discriminatory policy, against which Gandhi waged the first non-violent protest and its perpetrators in South Africa is now being in vogue in the Congress party in India. A clique of Congress leaders raised hue and cry over the visit of Shn Pranab Mukerjee, former President of the Republic of India, to RSS headquarters in Nagpur to address their cadre on 7 June Shri Jairam Ramesh, former Union Cabinet Minister, the third-rung leader in the family pyramid of the Congress party had shot a letter to the erstwhile President urging to call off his visit to the Garbhagriha in Nagpur. It was a kind of advisory released about the movement of Mukerjee, describing Mukerjee's visit to Nagpur for the convocation of Pracharaks, whose job is to demolish the fundamentals of Indian democracy, would negate his political life. This would also confer legitimacy to the RSS which it is in need of Other Congress leaders like Sheila Dikshit, P Chidambaram, Kumari Shelja and Jaffer Shrief have also spoken against Mukerjee S decision to visit RSS's Nagpur office Congress, as a whole, is perturbed Since the dawn of independence most of Congress leaders, who held different portfolios in cabinet under various Congress dispensations at the Centre, were profusely critical of RSS Nagpur office. For condemning and demean RSS as a communal organisation in the country, Congress leaders were at vanguard in the post independence period of the country Therefore, it is an embarrassing situation for Congress party to find their long time party leader close to the party leadership attending the RSS annual function as the chief guest Congress did want their preconceived policy line against RSS to get shattered in any form or design and that too by their own party stalwart. So congress members were desperate to dissuade Mukerjee from attending the event of Swayamsevaks The former President had his own political calibrations to defy the tantrums from the erstwhile party bigwigs and stuck to his conscience's decision of being the honoured guest.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are unabatedly targeting RSS and its ideology All accusations are inflicted on RSS for lynching, harassing, the minorities within the country, under cow vigilantism. For that matter even Left, liberal and Marxists don't leave any stone unturned in the hate campaign against RSS and its ideology In the light of despicable tirades used against RSS by most of the political class and certain media people were in tune to derail the acceptance of Pranab Mukerjee's choice to join the RSS function Mukherjee’s visit to RSS has caused nervousness among the congress as it tends to neutralise the impact of anti RSS tirades let loose by party leaders.

Before giving such irresponsible statements on this issue, Congressmen should have thought that Pranab Mukerjee is no longer a Congressman. He is now an independent man and free to choose or think over the visit of their former president of the country. which function to attend and where to address and what to address? Congress can't still tie a collar in his neck to define the route to follow The day he was nominated for presidential election by Congress, his political activism came to naught. As a matter of fact, he himself was in suffocation in Congress party from the day he was not nominated the Prime Ministerial candidate in place of Manmohan Singh Though being Finance Minister of India, when Manmohan Singh was the Governor of Reserve Bank of India and had more than five decades of Parliamentary experience, yet he was sidelined to install Manmohan Singh, a rubber stamp Prime Minister in India. Pranab Mukerjee, night from the beginning, was a Congress activist who rose from the lower rung of the party in the stale unit to the highest level in the Republic India. In this political span he worked in various capacities in the central government and as party functionary with an unblemished record and dignity He was party troubleshooter, hard negotiator, who rescued the party in most of the political pitfalls. He too has his own docile grouses against Congress leadership which are still undisclosed. Now beyond the President of India, he has no other choice but to be a free man unbound by any political backpack.

It is impudent and narrow mindedness on behalf of Congress members to pass remarks about his visits to RSS Nagpur office. What was wrong in participating in the RSS function by Mukerjee? Is RSS any kind of an untouchable organisation for Congress-like-minded people? Why is this apartheid against RSS is being practised? Why all nasty, false, obnoxious statements and comments are made against RSS by Congress and Leftists especially? The followers of RSS are the citizens of India and belong to Indian race and civilization. Advocating their ideologies in public is freedom of expression and their fundamental night. We have yet to know if RSS has asked its activists to take up guns or any kind of violence against any group or community. Is there a particular incident where RSS had advocated pan Hinduism within the country or out of country like other religious groups. Empirically, seen RSS has been emphasising on firmament of Indian value systems in society and are inculcating in divisive nationalist sentiments. Their outreach in rural, tribal areas to impart education among the impoverishing children and bringing them close to mainland India is a tremendous contribution. Or their social services during partition of the country and in past two wars with Pakistan along the bordering states are iconic Is it because of the vote bank politics of Congress and other parties are hell-bent upon to denigrate ASS to gain sympathy of Muslims, Christians and other cast minorities to grab political power in the country?

Congress party finds no problem in meeting All Party Hurriyat Conference leaders are vehemently cultivating anti India platform, fomenting arms revolt against the Indian state, amassing illegal money from across the border and precipitate mass migration of 4 lacs Hindu minority out of the valley after their selective killing APHC leaders had been in contact with their Pakistan masters and are in link with Pakistan High Commission, Delhi, on occasions as special guests APHC has become a state within a state in J&K state and mainstream politicians are pushing up their stakes for talks with the Indian Govt on the Kashmir turmoil Or for that matter to open a dialogue with Naga underground militant groups who hated to be with India and virtually waged a war against India which almost culminated into Indian defeat in 1955 was to encourage democratic step. Nagas are ethnically and culturally a different stock yet they were embraced instead of casting them aside The same way Congress was not averse in having a power sharing with IUML either in Kerala of at Union Cabinet level IUML is the offshoot of the same Muslim League which fought for separate homeland for Muslims, consequently the subcontinent was divided into India and Pakistan, in which millions of people got killed and dislocated.

Congress is itself mired in many unholy alliances just to be in power politics. Such alliances are detrimental to party policy and ideology professed by its top leaders. Their alliances with Assad-ud-Din Owaisi, MP, AIMIM, the party that rakes up communal politics is questionable? In a similar way Congress alliances with Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lallu Prashad Yadav parties are in violation of the fundamentals of the party. Both SP and RJD are embroiled in caste and communal card texture of Muslim-Yadav combination which tends towards social fragmentation and caste bias in the share of jobs and employment Their vote bank politics of Muslim-Yadav combination is most damaging to Indian society The party which had utopian ideals of society is now fallen to the lowest level of petty politics to gain power at all levels.

In their backdrop, Congress party has pampered loose cannon individuals branded as fifth columnist than a national loyalists. Person like Mani Shankar Alyar, Gandhi family loyalist, begged for Pakistan's help in overthrowing Modi Govt. in the presence of Nagpur.

Mr. Kasuri, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Congress party did not remove Mani Shankar from party's basic membership, when his conspiracy against the Indian nation was more akin to treason. No disciplinary action was taken against him. Then why to target the former President of India for his independent stand on the RSS visit.

With this dwindling and double standard, how could Congress party believe that their sermons would have deterred former president's plan of visiting RSS Nagpur.

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Courtesy:-  Surinder Koul  and Koshur Samachar 2018, July