Down with divisive politics!
India must resist divisive right wing politics. The practice of the likes of Shiv Sena to suggest that any Muslim citizen of India, who does not agree with them, should migrate to Pakistan is, to say the least, deplorable.
THE RECENT attack by Shiv Sena on Shah Rukh Khan is one more instance of its bigotry and anti-national politics. Not only does the attack smack of intolerance of others’ views, it also shows the issuers’ indifference to the rift it could cause between the communities. Sena may say that it is not against Muslims. It gives opportunity to equally unthinking people in Muslim community to question the oneness of India. This is the kind of narrow minded insensitive politics that needs to be put down with a heavy hand. If the State should hesitate, misguided by vote bank politics, the Centre should step in and curb such insidious attacks on our unity. If people’s comments, as voiced by News Channels are any indication, the rest of India and even most of Maharashtra fortunately decries and condemns Sena’s stance. The state governments have the responsibility to put down such disastrous postures as the Sena has adopted. And if perchance they dither, the Centre should invoke its powers to give a clear directive to the state concerned to take action or else give way for the Central intervention to take place. In the wake of how the Babri Masjid story unfolded, including the part played by Courts, it is necessary that an All-India consensus should be urgently evolved as to how to pre-empt such cases in time before they blow up out of proportion and threaten our nation’s unity.
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