Since the horrific terrorist attacks in Pehelgam in Kashmir on April 22, some of India's radical right-wing media and social media have launched a war against the economic Hindus. Twenty people were killed in the attack, most of whom were Hindu tourists. However, instead of unity to counter terrorism, right -wing media and social media are blaming secular Hindus for the attack. They call these secular or secular Hindus 'enemies of the country' and are launching this attack against Hindus who are chosen, which has also put India's constitutional secularism in question.
An armed group called The Resistance Front (TRF) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Pehelgam. India claims the group is an organization of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba. According to reports published in various Indian media, the attackers assassinated only Hindu men by verifying the religious identity of the tourists. At that time a Muslim man died to save the Hindus. Later, the incident was reported when the national anger was raised, but the right -wing media has targeted secularism instead of terrorism. Some of these are worth mentioning. Like-
Mohukh Ranjan Ghosh, a popular presenter of Republic of Bengal, who is his exciting, malicious and sometimes known for ridiculous presentation. He asked the secular Indians to leave the country on April 23 at an evening. In an excited voice, he said that the word 'secular' should be removed from the Constitution of India. He shouted, 'secularism! What is this for again?. '. According to him, secular Hindus are a bigger threat than internal enemies and terrorism in the country. He claimed that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi added the word to the constitution in the emergency. However, the Supreme Court of India has said that the Constitution of India was always secular, even before the word was added.
Social media Xs also has a lot of poisoning against secular people. On April 23, the Hindutva 'Security Analyst' Rakesh Krishnan Simha wrote in a post, “Muslims are born in Muslim home, Christians born in Christian home. But the foolish secularists are born only in Hindu homes. ' This post is shared 4 thousand 5 times in 12 hours.
Another Qatore Hindu nationality Shivania wrote, 'Israel is surrounded by enemies. And our India is filled with enemies. ' His post was shared 4 thousand times. In the comment, many also demanded the punishment of secular Hindus.
Varun Bahl, a social media influency, 20,000 followers. He wrote, 'The biggest problem in India is secular Hindus. They want to destroy us. '
Analysts say the Hindu nationalist movement, which has been in the past 20 years, has been influenced by such campaigns. In the last decade, the word 'secular' is 'Sick-ul' (which means someone from the sick) and the word 'Liberal' (Liberal “(Libtard” (LIBTARD “has been distorted as a person's birth or parents).
Hindutva of India believe that secular Hindus protect Muslims, they are responsible for all India's problems. Only 5 percent of India's population is Muslim, so they cannot prevent the formation of the Hindu state. But in this case, secular and liberal Hindus are their main obstacles.
In 2021, Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the state Volunteer Association (RSS) and the ruling BJP, spoke directly against the people of 'Cultural Marxist' and 'Woke' (extreme liberal) at a ceremony at Bijaya Dashami. He claimed that they were destroying the country's culture and politics by controlling the media and education.
There is a lot of discussion in India about the issue, after a while it becomes normal. It is said that many of the world's largest leaders in the world are anti -'Wkyism', such as Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Georgia Meloni in Italy and Havier of Argentina. In February 2021, Meloni said, “We protect independence, nation, family and beliefs. We fight against Wokyism (extreme liberal approach). '
A lawyer named Girish Bharadwaj claimed himself a 'religious Hindu warrior'. He has 100,000 followers on social media Facebook. He posted a poem after the attack on Pehelgam. He wrote in the poem, 'Every time blood is dimmed, they say, I will not talk about religion. No, we will talk about religion. They asked the name, opened the clothes, fired. And you have drawn the shame of secularism. The hands of the secularists are also raised in the blood of the Hindus. '
RSS-backed portal Ritam English claims that Asaduddin, the leader of the All-India Majlis-i-Ittehadul Muslim (AIMIM), acknowledged the attack on the YC Pehelgam that the terrorists had carried out the killing only at Hindus. Ritam says English, while secular Hindus have denied this fact for 'Muslim attraction'.
Semanti Ghosh, editor of the editorial page of Anand Bazar magazine, wrote in a column recently, “We would not know if there was no media and social media, we would not know how much the mind was damaged in India's social psychology in the name of religion and politics.” “After this incident, secular people are constantly being attacked, so that they are responsible for everything.”
Why secular Hindus aim?
The reason for the target of secularists is clear after the attack on Pehelgam. Muslims are only 5 percent of India's population and they are already under pressure from Hindu nationalism. But secular Hindus opposed the formation of the Hindu state, raising questions about the government's Kashmir policy and national security demand. So it is urgent for the right -wing to silence them.
Outlook translated from India,
Original Author: Snigdhendu Bhattacharya (journalist)
Translation: World
