Elevation of Yogi Adityanath as CM of UP
(Above Two links are - First Link - Article by Gopalakrishna Gandhi and second Link
- The Hindu Editorial. Both narrates and analyses about Yogi’s elevation to CM
of UP. The fallacies and prejudices in those analyses are brought out here in
this article to the best of my ability. Yogi may not be perfect, but, to judge
him - only by his previous utterances, actions etc. - without giving him
sufficient time, is quite unfair and prejudicial. - The Editor, E Touch.)
‘Electing
Yogi Adityanath as CM is undemocratic, anti-democratic which process can be
called counter-democracy. India holds a doctorate in democracy; it is doing a
post-doc in counter-democracy’
-
are
the final opinion expressed by Gopalkrishna Gandhi in his article published in
the Hindu
titled -
The Yogi and the magic of numbers. This article was published alongside the
Hindu Editorial titled “Wag the dog” wherein it was expressed amongst other
things the following in particular: “When the tail wags the dog, the dog risks
losing control of it altogether”. It amounts to saying that the chosen man Yogi
will have his days in deciding and in administrating the big State of UP. The
Hindu, in the normal circumstances, might have uphold it as the mature and
ideal state of federalism - but, unfortunately, the CM is Yogi - a Hindutva
firebrand, the head of Hindu Yuva Vahini - an organization taking up issues
such as cow protection, love jihad, forced religious conversions etc.
The Hindu
Editorial had predicted that Yogi could not behave more responsibly now than
when he was in the opposition or Yogi could not be controlled by either Modi or
Amit Shaw and that as to make the Hindutva hardliner mend his ways is about as
easy as straightening a dog’s tail!
Let us
refresh our memories of the past records of the findings and assessments of the
newspapers like Hindu and other similar ‘sickular - presstitute’ minded medias.
During
Nehru’s time, BJP - read Vajpayee - was the hardcore Hindutva. Then, due to
democratic process - perhaps counter-democracy as alleged by the Great Grandson
of Gandhi Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India and
Advani his Deputy Prime Minister.
Then, the
media and press started their usual plays:
Vajpayee
was secular and best, but Advani was Hindutva face and worst.
Then Modi
came into the picture.
And the
tune of media and press had changed:
Advani was
secular and best, but Modi was Hindutva face and worst.
Now, Yogi
came into the picture.
Modi is
Vikas Purush and best, but Yogi is Hindutva face and worst.
Gopalkrishna
Gandhi had not uttered a single word about 10 years of misrule of Manmohan
Singh Government - who said: ‘All evils of my Government are mainly due to
collusion compulsion’. Why did he not
think about ‘counter-democracy’ at that material time?
Gopalkrishna
Gandhi mentions about India’s Majoritarianism - indicating that the Muslims are
being sidelined by the BJP and put forth a question: Is it democratic for a
State of which 19% are Muslims to be ruled by a party not putting a single
Muslim candidate?
Before
answering his question, let me pose a counter question to our respected
Gopalkrishna Gandhi: Where were you, when the minority Hindus being killed,
raped and driven out of their ancestral homes from J & K? Had you not felt
that not only injustice but cruel murders had taken place under the very nose
of the Congress Rule where you had also occupied a high position then? No Tears
- No Surrendering your Post - No Articles/Essays - And we have to respect you
as Gandhi’s Grand Son!
And again,
Mr.Gopalkrishna Gandhi! Could you recollect the words of Manmohan Singh, as the
Prime Minister, expressing that first priority to resources should be to
Muslims who are minorities?
Could this
statement be not termed as ‘Minoritisms’, as you had lamented and condemned the
BJP following ‘Majoritisms’ in UP election without giving any seat?
For your
pointed accusation of not fielding even a single Muslim candidate in the
election, BJP is a political party and it is an open secret that there will not
be much Muslims joined as party members. And even amongst them, there will not
be many actually sharing the ideology of the BJP - particularly in respect of
abolishing 370 Article, Common Civil Code, Abolishing Triple Talaq, Ram Temple
etc. Gopalakrishna Gandhi had forgotten that elections are not an exercise in
social engineering and hence his accusation is not politically valid.
Further,
Gandhi seems to be a little bit confused and conveyed conflicting statements in
his article.
Here are my
points to prove my above statement.
‘We cannot
get anyone more democratic than Yogi. He - sometime of the party in power,
sometime in the opposition, speaking the language of his people, the language
of the masses as their chosen MP, … He is B.Sc.Maths ..And so he knows his numbers,
knows that numbers count and that in a democracy they are all that count -
apart from money. Yogi Adityanath deserves to be congratulated, and I do so,
for rising to the pinnacles of our legislative architecture from its very
foundations, not being airdropped on its carpeted terrace from a helicopter.’
Having said
these, Gopalkrishna Gandhi found fault with the electoral system without
suggesting any other alternative good counter system.
This is
simply condemning the electorates whose selections, whether to your liking or
not, should be respected - that is a gentleman’s gesture.
Do not hate
Verdicts and Victors, as the results will count and be judged every five years.
Injustices
were done by the previous Mayavathi and Akhilesh Governments to the majority
Hindus and Muslims were allowed to corner their benefits - in Gopalakrishna
Gandhi’s term, it is ‘Minoritisms’ Rule - even law and order to favour Muslims
in particular and Yadav next.
Even if
G.Gandhi’s so-called ‘Counter Democracy’ brings prosperity and peace in the
course of time, you have to swallow what all you had said here.
It is not
bad to have a soft corner towards Muslims, but, not at the expense of Hindus.
Your grandfather perhaps may not be in agreement with most of your views - You
are really skillful in your writings keeping virtue many miles away.
Time will
tell who is right and who is wrong.
I am quite
sure that the Hindu and Gopalakrishna Gandhi will be wrong in the near future.
THINK INDIA
THINK
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