India is the largest so called “Democratic Country” in the world. It is the
second most populous country and seventh largest country in terms of area in the
world. It is bounded by the ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the
southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the south east. It shares land boundaries
with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal and Bhutan to the north, and Bangladesh
and Myanmar. It is multi ethnic multi religions country. It comprises about 79.8
% Hindus, 14.2% Muslims, 2.3% Christians, 1.7 % Sikhs, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.4%
Janism, 0.23 % Atheists and 0.65% others. It has an area of 3.287 million sq km
and population is about 1.352 billion. It has about 1.07 billion Hindus , 192.7
million Muslims, 22.99 million Sikhs. Muslims are the largest minority in the
world in India. India’s GDP in terms of purchasing power parity is US$ 10.207
trillion, third largest in the world, per capita is $ 7,333 , 122nd in the
world, while its GDP nominal is $ 3.050 trillion 6th in the world, per capita is
$ 2,191.
It is unfortunate that Hindu extremism is growing rapidly in India and Muslims
are the soft target of extremists. It is worth mentioning that India has an
extremist government led by Narandera Modi which is following the ideology of
RSS. Indian father of the nation, originator and founder Mohandas Gandhi was
killed by Nathoram Godse a follower of RSS philosophy. Gandhi wanted to give
rights to Muslims therefore extremists disliked him badly and resulted in the
assassination of him. Anti-Muslim riots history is long but is increased
phenomenally after BJP got power in 2014. BJP has been the ruling political
party of India since 2014. It is a right wing party pursuing the ideology of
Hindu nationalism following the footsteps of Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh
popularly known as RSS. As of 2021 it is the country‘s largest political party
in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies. The
BJP’s Hindutva ideology has been reflected in many of its government policies.
It supported the construction of the Ram Temple at the disputed site of the
Babri Masjid and the issue was the major poll campaign in 1991 general election
and resulted in demolition of historical Babri Masjid in BJP rally in 1992 and
Hindu Muslim divide was widened.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and originator of Pakistan felt this Hindutva
dominance much ago and it proved true during BJP regime. RSS or The Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh initially did not recognize the Constitution of India,
strongly criticizing it because the Indian Constitution made no mention of
"Manu's laws" from the ancient Hindu text Manuscript. When the Constituent
Assembly finalized the constitution, the RSS mouthpiece, the Organizer,
complained in an editorial dated 30 November 1949. So following RSS ideas meant
destroying the fabric of unity of India and letting “Two Nation Theory “to
emerge again.
Recently Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep
Silent Right-wing Hindu activists at a conference took an oath to harm Muslims
if necessary to make “a Hindu-only nation,” the most blatant example of rising
anti-Muslim sentiments across India. Hundreds of right-wing Hindu activists and
monks rose in unison at a conference this week to take an oath:
“They would turn India, constitutionally a secular republic, into a Hindu
nation, even if doing so required dying and killing. “If 100 of us are ready to
kill two million of them, then we will win and make India a Hindu nation,” said
Pooja Shakun Pandey, a leader of Hindu Mahasabha, a group that espouses militant
Hindu nationalism, referring to the country’s Muslims. “Be ready to kill and go
to jail.” Even by the standards of the rising anti-Muslim fury in India, the
three-day conference in the city of Haridwar, 150 miles north of New Delhi,
produced the most blatant and alarming call for violence in recent years. The
crowded auditorium, where right-wing Hindu monks called for other Hindus to arm
themselves and kill Muslims, included influential religious leaders with close
ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing party, and even some members of
the party. Realizing the dire consequence of this anti-Muslim move five ex-army
chiefs, high civil officers, and prominent citizens wrote a letter to President
and Prime Minister of India against this genocide call by Hindu extremists and
terrorists.
True Hindus do not believe on such hatred campaign and they are worried about
the integrity and unity of India. If timely action was not taken then another
Pakistan and Khalistan is not very far while Kashmiris are already struggling
for independence from India. It is pity that so called human rights champions in
United States of America and European Union are silent spectators because India
is strategic ally of theirs. They ignore gross human rights violation in Kashmir
and India.