State sponsored lynch mobs
While PM Modi is still recovering from the hug of love by Rahul Gandhi, fake Gau Rakshaks have murdered an innocent farmer in Alwar, Rajasthan. This gruesome incident has occurred just a week after Supreme Court’s concern about such cases being on the rise, like a fresh challenge to the law and order system.
The family of the murdered guy has said he was a cattle rearer and not a cattle trader. We don’t know whether the ones who killed him ever reared cattle in their homes, but the fellow who was done to death was surely someone who reared cattle at his house. And with great effort, the home minister, and the CM of Rajasthan have somewhat condemned the incident.
The police seem to have been forced to pretend to register a case, and have somehow managed to arrest a few people. But last year, when an old man called Pehlu Khan was killed at the hands of Sangh Parivar goondas, the police had failed in bringing the culprits to book. And they also ensured the dying declaration of Pehlu Khan was documented in a twisted manner and the killers got away without undergoing any punishment. The family that was dependent on dairy farming, has now moved away from their occupation.
Many muslims in the Alwar region are engaged in dairy farming. They are the true Gau Rakshaks in the spirit of the word. But today, they face threats owing to the dangerous rise of fake Gau Rakshaks. Today, the same incident has repeated in Alwar and even in this, rumours indicate the big role played by the police. The old man is said to have died by the blows rained on him by the police, in order to save the Sangh Parivar goons who attacked him, assaulted him and brought him to the police. The assault then has continued in the police station too and the old man was taken to the hospital after that.
According to some sources, the miscreants assaulted the aged man right before the police. But now with political pressure, the police are forced to arrest the fake Gau Rakshaks. As per the NDTV report, the cops didn’t show much interest in taking him to the hospital. They had even stopped for tea enroute to the hospital.
Not just that, they even took the cattle to where they belonged earlier, left them there and then proceeded to take the assaulted person to the hospital. This shows how serious they were about saving the man’s life, and this murder can be called a joint operation between the cops and the fake Gau Rakshaks. With this being the case, who would the Supreme Court indicate that the state acts against to contain such incidents? These Gau Rakshaks weren’t born out of nowhere. They are the destructive force that the politics of this time have been breeding. And the state is even sponsoring this violence by protecting them! The illegal nexus between the fake Gau Rakshaks, police, state and central government is what creates a perfect ecosphere for the violent mobs to work their way through.
To contain this, the fake Gau Rakshaks and the power they enjoy, needs to be completely eradicated from the legal system of the state. How can they even be punished when the central government stands to protect them? Just a few months ago, a similar incident was played out in Udupi, just as it happened in Alwar. An old man, Husenabba was dumped into a tribal settlement by none other than the police themselves. They later pretended to find the body and claim he died of ‘heart attack’. But owing to a few honest officers in the department, the truth came to light and it was found that the police were part of this ‘murder’.
Despite the caution sounded by the Supreme Court, the goons in the garb of Sangh are showing all signs of taking to streets with their violent ways in Dakshina Kannada. With Lok Sabha polls fast approaching, it is imperative that they start their violent ways to polarize, create unrest and divide the Hindu and Muslim votes. A head of Vishwa Hindu Parishat, Jagadish Shenava is preparing to set up ‘Gau Raksha Dal’ in the area. And the police are yet to act on this.
His plan is to set up a ten-member Gau Raksha Dal in every village of the district. Their duty is to ‘watch’ their surroundings since cases of cattle stealing are on the rise, he claims. Who complained to him about such cases? How many complaints have been registered on this ‘increase’ in cases of stealing? He does not have details on this, but he and his rowdy gangs would want to safeguard the cattle in the district. Their main agenda, however, is to create problems for the farmers who rear cattle in their homes, and stop them from selling their cattle that they deem fit for selling.
They would want to usurp such cattle for themselves and sell them illegally to slaughter houses. By setting up Gau Raksha units, the ‘protectors’ of cows would extort the farmers who rear them, and blackmail them into parting with the cattle and sell them through their groups to slaughterhouses. Along with this, they would want to kill Muslims engaged in this trade to create tense situations, and extort money from people in Karavali. This is the method of ‘Gau Raksha’ as envisaged by Shenava and his group members.
The police needs to act swiftly and ensure Shevana does not get too far with his plan, at least in keeping with the direction issued by the Supreme Court. The fake Gau Rakshaks are attacking the core business of dairy farming and are lending serious damage to the business. Farmers will soon move away from this livelihood earning method. Hence, to ensure the cattle are cared for, fake Gau Rakshaks have to be put behind bars.
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Make polling hours 6am-7pm for May 7 LS polls, Karnataka BJP urges EC citing heatwave
Bengaluru, May 3: Citing the ongoing heatwave in the state, Karnataka BJP on Friday petitioned the Election Commission with a request to modify the polling hours to the 6am-7pm period in the 14 parliamentary constituencies in the state that goes to polls on May 7.
Polling is currently scheduled to be held in the second phase in the state in 14 segments in the northern districts between 7am to 6pm on May 7.
"It has become hard to come out and vote between hours 10.00 to 17.00 due to uncontrollable heat. The average heat in those parts (north Karnataka) covering 14 parliamentary constituencies are between 37 and 42 degree (Celsius). The mercury is rising at an alarming level and it would become hard for the electors to come out and vote," BJP's petition said.
The petition highlighted the alarming rise in temperatures, which are expected to go beyond 40 degree Celsius, and also stated that the number of voters over the age of 40 is high and that they are vulnerable to the heatwave.
"To keep up the good spirit of voting, necessary action should be taken," the BJP petition urged the Election Commission, saying, "In this background, it is requested to modify the time of voting in the 14 parliamentary constituencies from 06.00 to 19.00 hours on May 7".
Polling was held between 7 am and 6 pm during Karnataka's first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies on April 26.
