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The Evil Chaddiwalahs
by Guest Wed Aug 06, 2014 2:57 am
An example of this was the decision of local BJP leaders to unilaterally abrogate the agreement local Dalit and Muslim leaders had hammered out over the installation of a loudspeaker at a temple in Nyaygaon Akbarpur village, in Moradabad’s Kanth town last month. Had it adhered to the agreement, the BJP would have had to cancel the Mahapanchayat it convened on July 4, which was one of the points the disputants had agreed upon. Among the signatories to the agreement was the BJP MP of Moradabad, Kunwar Servesh Kumar.
Yet, in a seemingly inexplicable about-turn, the agreement was subsequently declared unacceptable, as reported by Scroll.in. The BJP insisted on holding the Mahapanchayat, triggering skirmishes between its activists and the police and enveloping Kanth town in tension. The events in Kanth are likely to have an impact on the adjoining assembly constituencies of Thakurdwara and Bijnor, both of which will have bypolls.
This traditional strategy of deploying Hindutva to paper over caste and class contradictions was very visible in Nayagaon Akbarpur. The Sant Ravidas temple patronised by Dalits there has been turned into a Shiv temple by a new mahant. (Read Scroll.in’s ground report here). It was a subtle attempt to bring the Dailts into the Hindutva fold, and pit them against the Muslims, who numerically and economically dominate Nayagaon Akbarpur village.
The BJP and its allies have supplemented the traditional method of Hindutva mobilisation with new strategies. Months before Muzaffarnagar erupted last year, Hindutva activists had been harping on the alleged menace of “love-jihad”, a seemingly devious Muslim ploy to woo and marry Hindu girls after converting them to Islam.
http://scroll.in/article/673102/Scramble-for-Dalit-votes-is-sparking-increased-communal-violence-in-UP
Yet, in a seemingly inexplicable about-turn, the agreement was subsequently declared unacceptable, as reported by Scroll.in. The BJP insisted on holding the Mahapanchayat, triggering skirmishes between its activists and the police and enveloping Kanth town in tension. The events in Kanth are likely to have an impact on the adjoining assembly constituencies of Thakurdwara and Bijnor, both of which will have bypolls.
This traditional strategy of deploying Hindutva to paper over caste and class contradictions was very visible in Nayagaon Akbarpur. The Sant Ravidas temple patronised by Dalits there has been turned into a Shiv temple by a new mahant. (Read Scroll.in’s ground report here). It was a subtle attempt to bring the Dailts into the Hindutva fold, and pit them against the Muslims, who numerically and economically dominate Nayagaon Akbarpur village.
The BJP and its allies have supplemented the traditional method of Hindutva mobilisation with new strategies. Months before Muzaffarnagar erupted last year, Hindutva activists had been harping on the alleged menace of “love-jihad”, a seemingly devious Muslim ploy to woo and marry Hindu girls after converting them to Islam.
http://scroll.in/article/673102/Scramble-for-Dalit-votes-is-sparking-increased-communal-violence-in-UP
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