Were Gauri, Kalburgi killed because of their support to Lingayat dharma?
Hemant Karkare, who was gunned down in a terrorist attack in Mumbai, and his team had been successful in tapping the major attack plans unleashed by saffron terror in the country. Even today, one cannot be sure if they died a death in an attack or were led into a conspiracy, so that their investigations could be aborted. And investigation of journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder is also taking the same route. The investigation is partially complete and the main accused has been arrested. His statement as to what prompted him to commit this murder, has been widely reported in the media. Parashuram Waghmore or anyone else involved in this murder, do not possess any deep love for Hindu dharma nor do they love their motherland beyond their reasoning, as they claim. Their main agenda is to disturb the peace in the country. Hence, they were also caught hoisting Pakistan flag in Sindagi, and were handed over to the police after being caught red handed. They only wanted to drive a wedge between Hindus and Muslims. Though on the surface Gauri’s murder seems to be an act of pride to save Hindu dharma, the accused do not possess any great knowledge about the dharma they are claiming to defend. He does not even have any personal enmity towards Gauri. This person has a history of rowdy activity and he was given the ‘supari’ of Gauri’s murder after feeding him enough hate towards the slain journalist. And the hate, he was made to believe, is his love for the religion. Waghmore has been used as a tool in this crime. This murder has links with Maharashtra. This aspect is now almost proven. Gauri’s murder has revealed a lot of ugly truths about saffron terror in the country.
If this crime is followed closely, there are chances that one might reach the root of other such murders of Prof Kalburgi, Dabholkar, Pansare and others. There could be many supari killers, but their boss or the organization that engages their services seems to be only one. Kalaburgi and Gauri had argued great deal about Lingayat dharma having to stand independent of Hinduism/Hindutva because of its unique genesis. Kalaburgi through his research work had proved beyond doubt that Lingayat dharma stood strongly apart from Vaidika/Brahminical dharma. His work showed the uniqueness of Lingayat dharma dharma to the followers of Basavanna. When the movement started, insisting Lingayat dharma be separated from Hindu dharma, Gauri had contributed greatly to it through her speeches, involvement and sharing of thoughts. Saffron forces and Hindutva brigade were shaken by the support this thought had evoked across the state. Chances of Lingayat dharma dominating the RSS discourse were very high. The same ideology that finished the proponent of Lingayat dharma, social reformer Basavanna, seem to have worked against Kalaburgi and Gauri. HIndutva will lose its relevance if Lingayat dharma is allowed to march ahead, independent of all its shackles and institutions.
Hence those thinkers who supported a separate dharma, were done to death to scare the others. If the investigation of Gauri’s death is intensified, this may lead to tangible clues into saffron terror camps across Maharashtra. Pramod Muthalik of Sri Ram Sene has lost his semblance, ever since the details and name of the accused persons behind Gauri’s killings were announced. He has drawn parallels to this case and death of a dog, equating one to another. His talks lack basic decency and culture. He had feigned ignorance when Jambigi and others were held. Now that the pictures of Waghmore posing with Muthalik have made way into media houses, Muthalik seems to be singing a different tune. He has not been arrested yet. He and his organization has been banned in Goa. Why is Karnataka unable to show that gumption? Which are those hands that are protecting Muthalik and stopping government machinery from discharging its duty? The secular leaders have to answer these questions now without postponing them any further.
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Trouble ‘Miyas’ everywhere only then they will leave Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Says “Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP are openly against them, we are saying it openly
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that four to five lakh “Miya voters” would be removed from the electoral rolls in the state once the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists is carried out. He also made a series of controversial remarks openly targeting the Miya community, a term commonly used in Assam in a derogatory sense to refer to Bengali-speaking Muslims.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an official programme in Digboi in Tinsukia district, Sarma said it was his responsibility to create difficulties for the Miya community and claimed that both he and the BJP were “directly against Miyas”.
“Four to five lakh Miya votes will have to be deleted in Assam when the SIR happens,” Sarma said, adding that such voters “should ideally not be allowed to vote in Assam, but in Bangladesh”. He asserted that the government was ensuring that they would not be able to vote in the state.
The chief minister was responding to questions about notices issued to thousands of Bengali-speaking Muslims during the claims and objections phase of the ongoing Special Revision (SR) of electoral rolls in Assam. While the Election Commission is conducting SIR exercises in 12 states and Union Territories, Assam is currently undergoing an SR, which is usually meant for routine updates.
Calling the current SR “preliminary”, Sarma said that a full-fledged SIR in Assam would lead to large-scale deletion of Miya voters. He said he was unconcerned about criticism from opposition parties over the issue.
“Let the Congress abuse me as much as they want. My job is to make the Miya people suffer,” Sarma said. He claimed that complaints filed against members of the community were done on his instructions and that he had encouraged BJP workers to keep filing complaints.
“I have told people wherever possible they should fill Form 7 so that they have to run around a little and are troubled,” he said, adding that such actions were meant to send a message that “the Assamese people are still living”.
In remarks that drew further outrage, Sarma urged people to trouble members of the Miya community in everyday life, claiming that “only if they face troubles will they leave Assam”. He also accused the media of sympathising with the community and warned journalists against such coverage.
“So you all should also trouble, and you should not do news that sympathise with them. There will be love jihad in your own house.” He said.
The comments triggered reactions from opposition leaders. Raijor Dal president and MLA Akhil Gogoi said the people of Assam had not elected Sarma to keep one community under constant pressure. Congress leader Aman Wadud accused the chief minister of rendering the Constitution meaningless in the state, saying his remarks showed a complete disregard for constitutional values.
According to the draft electoral rolls published on December 27, Assam currently has 2.51 crore voters. Election officials said 4.78 lakh names were marked as deceased, 5.23 lakh as having shifted, and 53,619 duplicate entries were removed during the revision process. Authorities also claimed that verification had been completed for over 61 lakh households.
On January 25, six opposition parties the Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, CPI, CPI(M) and CPI(M-L) submitted a memorandum to the state’s chief electoral officer. They alleged widespread legal violations, political interference and selective targeting of genuine voters during the SR exercise, describing it as arbitrary, unlawful and unconstitutional.
