Battleground Kashmir

The incident regarding the land transfer to the Amarnath Shrine Board highlight the games that the pseudo-secular parties of our nation play with the religious sentiments of the people. Not only that, the plight of the Hindus in the valley also comes to light. Kashmir has always witnessed the dirtiest of communal violence since independence, with the so-called ‘Indian Muslims’ claiming to be ‘Pakistanis’. Perhaps this is the reason why they remember Pakistan’s Independence Day, but not India’s.

It is shameful that in a country that is reputed to be secular despite a vast majority of a certain religion witnesses violence against the same religion. The Congress government has handled the entire issue very cheaply. The ruling government’s decision to revoke the land allotment displays their tilt towards Fundamentalists. Furthermore, if the ruling party’s allies, the PDP were present during the announcement of the decision, the fact that their objection came at a later time out of nowhere shows that it is nothing other than vote-bank politics in a bid to instigate communal violence. In the entire game, it is the common man that suffers.

The reaction of the Sangh Parivar, that followed the decision to revoke land, was expected and in a way justified too. But if the same scenario, with just the Hindus and Muslims exchanging places, had occurred, then the entire country would have looked at it as a communal game played by the Sangh Parivar and slogans of Muslims being dubbed as ‘second class citizens’ in secular India would have been raised. But in this case no such thing happened, as this time the Hindus were at the receiving end.

We have no place for ‘fundamentalists’ in this country. They just create communal tension. And because of them, non-violent Muslims in other regions have to be bear humiliation. Contrary to the Muslims who build Raths in Puri during the Rath Yatra, these ‘Radical’ Muslims destroy the peaceful Amarnath yatra. It’s time we all unite and oust these radicals from the nation who have no other work except for destroying our unity.