‘Indha naadum nattu makkalum naasamaai pogattum’(Let this country and its citizens go to hell) – This was one famous Tamil dialog uttered by yesteryear villain actor P.S.Veerappa in one of his movies. This is what I said when I heard about Gulam Nabi Azad’s decision on the Amarnath land row. If you are fuddled with what I am talking about, please check any news channel or ‘Google’ it. One of the holy pilgrimages of Hindus, the Amarnath Yatra is popular this year for very bad reasons.
It all started when Jammu & Kashmir government has decided to allot 40 hectares of forest land that falls on the pilgrimage route to the Amarnath shrine board to make temporary accommodation facilities for the pilgrims. When Indian government spends hundreds of crores of rupees every year on the Haj pilgrims no Hindu has ever said a word of protest in this country (including Bajrang Dhal, VHP, Shiv Sena, RSS and groups of such sort). But this petty act in favor of Hindus by the J&K government has kindled the monopoly Muslims of Kashmir. The result is excessive protests, loss of precious lives and more than 500 injured souls.
Now the government has decided to countermand the decision and above all, has decided to transfer the complete control of Amarnath Yatra to the tourism department. In a country which has Hindus as majority, even ‘basic’ facilities are restrained to them and no one bothers about that.
If they are not able to control the insurgents, no point in having a government. It would be better if army takes over and controls the situation. I have a strong feeling that Kashmir has never belonged to India. It has and it will belong to Muslims and only to them. Even our constitution has been written in favor of them. And the politicians, who don’t even bother to lick their boots to get votes always held their lips zipped in these kind of issues. Even ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi was not an exception when innocent Kashmiri Pandits were expelled from Kashmir.
What ever said and done, this act is nothing but a shame on the Congress government. BJP sure will make this as an election issue. With inflation already causing jerks at the center, hurting the Hindu majority will give Congress a jolt from which they can never recuperate. No Congress person, including Dr. Manmohan Singh and our ‘most secular’ communist leaders have said a word about this issue so far. In fact, some communist parties support the act of Muslim parties like PDP. I feel BJP was far far better ‘secular’ than this Congress government which keeps hurting Hindus every now and then.
Having said about the government, I should mention about the ruthless acts of our fellow Muslim brothers (especially PDP). I don’t have any second thoughts in calling those who protested as ‘Desh Drogis’ as said by Baba Ramdev. Like how billions of Hindus respect the sentiments of Muslims throughout the country, Muslims should learn to respect the religious sentiments of Hindus and ask the Jammu and Kashmir government to transfer the land back to the SASB. But, it will never happen in this ‘secular’ country.
‘Indha naadum nattu makkalum naasamaai pogattum’
