Minorities Have to Pay the Price Whenever Instability Is Caused Due to Communal Politics
Minorities have to pay the price whenever instability is caused due to communal politics
On December 6th 1992, about a million and a half men, ‘Kar Sevaks’, all members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bajrang Dal, attacked the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh and reduced the historic mosque to rubble. The demolition was carried out under the supervision of the BJP government. In 1990, BJP leader, L. K. Advani started his infamous Rath Yatra, a nationwide tour making the people across the country aware of the BJP’s struggle to ‘purify’ Ayodhya. During this countrywide tour various highly communal slogans floated around publically. These included Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan; garv se kaho hum Hindu hain; Ramlala hum aayenge, mandir wahin banaenge; tel laga lo dabur ka, naam mita do Babar ka. Advani was even arrested for hate speech on the 23rd of October 1990.
Ayodhya is believed to be the birthplace of the Hindu God, Shri Ram. The BJP played up the point of the Babri Masjid being the actual birth place of Lord Ram. They claimed that the Mughal emperor Babur had demolished a Ram Mandir to build the mosque in the early 16th century. However, no proof regarding this has been found till date. After demolishing the structure, one of immense historic value, on the 6th of December 1992, the Sangh Parivar was given a free hand to place idols of Lord Ram in the now demolished mosque to mark the imaginary birthplace of a fictitious hero. This incident led to communal riots across the nation, resulting in the loss of lives of thousands of people. Hindus and Muslims waged war at each other. These riots included the two phased riots that took place in Mumbai. Even the Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993 can be indirectly related to the demolition of the Masjid. Apart from the riots that took place immediately across the country, even the Godhra, Gujarat riots of 2002 can be related to this incident.
On December 6th 1992, about a million and a half men, ‘Kar Sevaks’, all members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bajrang Dal, attacked the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh and reduced the historic mosque to rubble. The demolition was carried out under the supervision of the BJP government. In 1990, BJP leader, L. K. Advani started his infamous Rath Yatra, a nationwide tour making the people across the country aware of the BJP’s struggle to ‘purify’ Ayodhya. During this countrywide tour various highly communal slogans floated around publically. These included Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan; garv se kaho hum Hindu hain; Ramlala hum aayenge, mandir wahin banaenge; tel laga lo dabur ka, naam mita do Babar ka. Advani was even arrested for hate speech on the 23rd of October 1990.
Ayodhya is believed to be the birthplace of the Hindu God, Shri Ram. The BJP played up the point of the Babri Masjid being the actual birth place of Lord Ram. They claimed that the Mughal emperor Babur had demolished a Ram Mandir to build the mosque in the early 16th century. However, no proof regarding this has been found till date. After demolishing the structure, one of immense historic value, on the 6th of December 1992, the Sangh Parivar was given a free hand to place idols of Lord Ram in the now demolished mosque to mark the imaginary birthplace of a fictitious hero. This incident led to communal riots across the nation, resulting in the loss of lives of thousands of people. Hindus and Muslims waged war at each other. These riots included the two phased riots that took place in Mumbai. Even the Mumbai bomb blasts of 1993 can be indirectly related to the demolition of the Masjid. Apart from the riots that took place immediately across the country, even the Godhra, Gujarat riots of 2002 can be related to this incident.