Real anti-nationalism is when you start blindly believing govt in the name of patriotism: Kanhaiya
He was addressing in Mangaluru at B.V Kakkilaya birth anniversary event
Mangaluru: JNU Scholar Dr. Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday stressed on the need of youth reading and understanding the history and about freedom movement and fighters.
Speaking in Mangaluru at an event organised to mark centenary birth anniversary of veteran freedom fighter B.V Kakkilaya, Kanhaiya said "today's youth doesn't know much about freedom fighters and the history of their own respective villages, District or States. Whereas the need is to know, read and understand the history of not just our own District, village and state but also of others too".
Commenting on the development of the country in the last 70 years, since the independence, Kanhaiya blamed the parents for not letting their kids enter politics and added that it hindered the pace of the development of the country after independence.
"The biggest hindrance has been that the youth are not allowed to question things. Our system does not allow us to know what are our rights. The children in the country are not allowed to choose subjects of their interest but instead they are turned into machines by training them only to be able to survive future market. So, although the youth of the country go out to vote they don't realise the value of their votes and have not achieved political maturity" Kanhaiya added.
He further noted that one doesn't need to be pessimistic. "Although the youth today is experiencing lack of political knowledge and maturity this is largely due to the history of our nation," he added while urging the youth to work towards a better future of the country.
"BJP is the reason why we need to stand for secularism, BJP is the reason why the importance of democracy needs to be taught in the country. The BJP has caused several political questions that the youth needs to question them about," Kanhaiya said.
"B.V Kakkilaya was called anti-national by the British because he protested for the rights of people and for the freedom of this country. Even today, people fighting for the rights of people are arrested and labelled as anti-national, the only difference is that it is not the british who does it now but our own police and government. We need to stand united and start questioning everything that is wrong, we need to start people's movement in this country".
"Our Prime Minister uses religion as shield whenever he is questioned about the economic failure during his tenure. We don't need to worry about the current scenario of our country we just need to create awareness among the people about the history and facts" Kanhaiya added.
"The real anti-national are those who blindly believe and follow the government in the name of patriotism. The real patriotism is when you question the powerful people about the wrongs they are doing to the country. This should start at our homes, educational institutions should follow this, workplaces, public and platforms should follow this".
Talking about his decision to enter politics Kanhaiya said that joining JNU inspired him to join politics.
Answering a question by a student about why he doesn't say 'Jai Shri Ram' and his idea about a unified nation, Kanhaiya replied, "One can say anything, the constitution gives us the right, I will say 'Jai Samvidhan' (hail the constitution). I am proud of my country and I love my country. At the same time I am also proud of our beautiful and diverse culture where people of several beliefs and religion co-exist," Kanhaiya said while replying to the second question.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
