Supreme Court sends out stern warning
Supreme Court has said it again, like it did in the last few days, that ‘assault in the name of cattle protection is gruesome criminal act’. This warning is like the last and helpless cry of democracy. Just last week the SC had issued directions to state and central governments against increasing crime in the name of cattle protection.
In connection with this, many people have been lynched to death in mob assaults. And unfortunately, mob violence is taking different forms in India like a virus. Once a while we would hear about Dalit women being killed in eastern parts of India suspecting them to be witches or black magic practitioners. This issue hardly created nervousness as it does now. It was well known that if members of upper castes in any village had some scores to settle on a woman, they would spread the rumour that the lady was into black magic and instigate the crowd to kill her. But those people who kill on rumours, are not those who really care about cattle protection.
The Gau Rakshaks are not farmers. They have nothing to do with any aspect of cow rearing. They are goondas who come together under the guise of cow protection. There are no examples of farmers coming together in the name of cow safety and assaulting the cow traders. The Gau Rakshaks belong to a particular political ideology and work for a single party. Their interest is not cattle protection, but their target is people from a particular community. Their agenda is to create fear and hatred among people.
Owing to all this, though the Supreme Court has said many a times that the assaults in the name of Gau Raksha should be contained, nothing has come out of it. Main reason for this is the political backing the Gau Rakshaks enjoy, and it’s the same power that is ruling the nation as well. This is not something the supreme court is unaware of. How would anyone pay attention to the words of a court when political leaders project these antisocial elements as crusaders of culture instead of calling them criminals? Why is the court not banning the ‘Gau Raksha’ outfits when the assault under this guise is being condemned by the very institution? Today, a lot of goondas have formed Gau Raksha teams.
But none of the governments are identifying and registering cases against them. The fake Gau Rakshaks don’t run away after assaulting the cow traders, instead they bring the guy to the police station. The police never register cases against the assaulters, and file a complaint against the victims instead. Which means the police and these fake Gau Rakshaks form a nexus. They support these crimes, in some indirect manner.
With this being the case, where would one take the case to? And how is the SC expecting these crimes to stop? The central government that has benefited from these Gau Rakshaks would hardly think of initiating action against the culprits, even if the SC says so. It is a good development that the SC has directed the parliament to frame a law to punish those who take law onto their own hands. But will the BJP government initiate this, after having benefited from the crime vitiated atmosphere? Would RSS allow this to ever happen? For this reason, the observation of the Supreme Court feels like the last cry to safeguard democracy.
The crowd violence in the name of cow vigilantism is spreading to other areas too. These instances of mob violence are waking the animal in even the sanest of people. Gau Rakshaks are an inspiration to such people. There is a criminal in even the most decent person. He would be living a sane life owing to the legal framework, society and family responsibilities. But should he get a chance to commit a crime instigated by a mob, he could even flash his bloody thirsty behavior. State saw this happen in Bidar in different form. The murder of an innocent person was not a coincidence fuelled by rumour, but a weak law and order system. The law has shown them they can get away with a murder if a mob carries it out. Hence, the murderers are out on the street without fear.
We cannot always blame WhatsApp for this. Miscreants have attacked Swami Agnivesh in Jharkhand. The assaulters were neither innocent nor victims of rumour mongering. Instead, they are recognized workers of a political party. They are sure that they would be arrested if they attack in groups. If there was a common man in the place of Swami Agnivesh, he would have been killed by now. These are signs of the country walking right into stone age under the leadership of Modi. The culprits are using democracy to kill democracy, which is a massive tragedy.
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Ramdev criticises US, Israel over Iran war; video viral
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has sharply criticised the United States and Israel over their conflict with Iran, in a video from a television interview that has gone viral on social media.
Speaking on a show aired by ABP News, Ramdev was asked whether India should support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was reported to have been killed on the first day of the war on February 28.
Responding to the question, Ramdev said, “You can kill a person, but you cannot kill his ideas, his philosophy, his mindset, his spirit, or his valour and heroism.”
He went on to express support for Iran, saying he may not know much about the country but believes its people cannot be subdued. Referring to the Shia Muslim community, he said no one could make them “bow down” or defeat them, adding that a significant section of Iran’s population strongly identifies with Khamenei’s ideology.
When asked about Netanyahu, Ramdev criticised both him and US President Donald Trump, saying they are “both cut from the same cloth.” He added, “I am not calling anyone a thief; I am simply citing a proverb it implies that they are both of the same ilk, and I consider them both to be war criminals. I consider them criminals against humanity; I consider them criminals against nature and the environment.”
He further said that the United States and Israel have “erected a Himalaya-sized mountain of political mistrust” and claimed that both countries would have to face the consequences for decades. “In this conflict, neither can America and Israel emerge victorious, nor can Iran be defeated,” he said.
Ramdev’s remarks come at a time when India’s position on the conflict has drawn attention. The government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has maintained what it describes as “strategic autonomy” in foreign policy.
