Editorial & Analyses

    Nationalism vs Appeasement

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    Mahesh Chand Gupta
    April23/ 2024

    The entire country is currently in election mode. On one hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to form the government at the Center for the third consecutive time, while on the other hand, the opposition parties are trying to stop the BJP. The INDIA alliance, which includes the Congress, is attacking the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There are various parties in INDIA but Modi is mostly targeting Congress in his speeches. Although many issues are being discussed in the elections, the electoral scenario is dominated by Hindutva and nationalism of BJP and Muslim appeasement of Congress. If BJP is talking about Hindutva and nationalism in the Lok Sabha elections, then this is nothing new for it. The issues of Hindutva and nationalism have become permanently associated with the BJP. Even though Congress has been alleging that BJP's Hindutva and nationalism are meant to win elections, it does not seem to have any impact on BJP and its supporting voters. Congress links BJP's Hindutva with religion whereas for BJP, Hindu is a symbol of culture. The Supreme Court has also said this. BJP's Hindutva includes every nationalist Indian. The party believes that identity as a Hindu is the cultural citizenship of every Indian. Hindu is not a religion, sect or creed. It is a cultural term. Thus, while BJP's stand is clear in this matter, Congress seems to be in a dilemma in this matter for the last ten years. Congress and its leaders are sometimes seen talking about taking Hindus along and sometimes returning to their old appeasement policy. Sometimes Rahul Gandhi tries to show his soft attitude towards Hindutva by worshiping in temples, wearing sacred thread and calling himself a Brahmin, then after a short time he forgets it and starts ...

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