Yesterday,
the Parliament Houses celebrated “Constitution
Day”. I consider it among the most ill-conceived, visionless document
written in the history of India. It reflects utter lack of prudence and foresight.
Instead of guaranteeing “Equality”
of all citizens, communities and religions, the Indian Constitution could be
molested and butchered enough to perpetuate “Constitutional Discrimination”. If that was not enough, the
Congress with brute power for nearly 50 years butchered it over 100 times with
amendments to perpetuate “Statutory
Discrimination”. And the brunt of this “Statutory Discrimination” has been
against Hindus. In contrast, the US Constitution has stood the test of time and
has been amended only 27 times in over 200 years. The irony of “First Amendment” to the Constitution in
the US and India couldn’t have been more viciously ironic. Here’s what the shortest
of US amendments reads:
“Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”.
Not only
does the US First amendment bestow eternal freedom of speech, religion etc for
its citizens, it PROHIBITS their
Congress from making any law to curtail it. In contrast, the First amendment to
the Indian Constitution is exactly the opposite: It CURTAILS Freedom of Speech. The amendment was made by none other than
Nehru who couldn’t stomach any
criticism and was made to overturn a SC judgement.
There is
a frequent rant about lack of “Hindu
unity” on social media. Swami
Vivekananda recognised this fallacy over a century ago – that Hindus cannot
be united by “religion”, Hindus are bound together as communities by social
customs, traditions and practices. The devotion to “Ambaji Mata” is practiced in
much of West and North but not so much in South. The dedication to “Murugan” or
“Kartikeya” is not very common in the West or North as it is in the South.
Whereas, the practice of pleasing Ganpati is universal among Hindus of all
varieties. There is no ONE wedding ritual among Hindus unlike the Nikah or
Padre solemnising a Christian wedding.
Muslims
and Christians can be united by their religion or the Church of their
denomination but not Hindus. And Hindus
don’t violently agitate for their Rights – and that is the fundamental reason
why govts are able to ride rough shod over them. Hindus will agitate for
Mumbai, for Telangana, against corruption, against Reservations or even a 1
rupee increase in bus fare or canteen prices. But you will never hear a Hindu
group agitating for their “Religious and Temple Rights”. And why not, the same
stupid Constitution that was being celebrated provides that freedom that is
stolen from Hindus:
In
practice, though, the above freedom is allowed only to every religious group
except Hindus. There are now many voices that are fighting a peaceful and legal
battle to free Hindu temples from govt control. Govt control of Hindu temples is Unconstitutional and a CRIME against
Hindus. This message must be repeatedly sent to all the govts, including
the Centre. There is something else that Hindus do very well when it comes to
other things. They form a sort of “association” or “union” for many utilities
and services. I wonder if people are aware of the following associations:
Yes,
there are associations of air and rail passengers. Specifically, there is a
“union” of commuters of Mumbai rail services and you will find them on Twitter
too (image on the left). But have you ever heard of a “Union of Devotees”? I haven’t heard of an “Association of Tirupati
Devotees” or “Association of Madurai Meenakshi Devotees” etc. Whereas, the AIMPLB, Waqf or CSI (Churches of South India) are practically “Religious Unions”
and nothing more. From Nehru to Indira to Sonia, Sickulars have wanted to run
everything from making bread, to running hotels and to run Hindu temples and
ONLY Hindu temples. The Hindus never objected to this for decades. They woke up
only when they realised the inherent FRAUD against the Constitution and the
loot of temple money. Therefore, the
first solution to freeing temples is “Unionisation of Devotees”. There may
not be one national union but there can be Tirupati Union, Sabarimala Union,
Ram Mandir Union and so on.
What will
these Unions do? If nothing else, they will at least acquire enough voice and impact
to first stop appointment of non-Hindus to management of Hindu temples and
Hindu events like the Kumbh. An anti-Hindu pervert like Azam Khan managing
Kumbh is the height of Sickular stupidity. They can agitate and force govts to
stop selling non-Hindu crap that the likes of AP govt sells on the Tirupati
website or the Kerala Dewaswom promoting Arabic cultural studies:
The Muslims agitate violently even if
something happens in Denmark or Palestine. The Christians agitate over a fictional movie or some stupid
miracle being proved fake (like the Mumbai statue shedding tears turning out to
be water leakage). But the Hindus, they don’t agitate on the streets even
mildly for crimes against their temples right under their noses. Indian govts have repeatedly proved that
ONLY violent street agitations are heard. JNU is just a recent example, that too for a fraudulent cause.
Indian govts have NEVER responded to peaceful voices or petitions. Therefore,
it is important that devotees of various temples organise themselves into
Unions with a legal registration and identity. I am not recommending violent
agitations but some agitation that is “visible” all over and provokes govts
into action and response. The Sabarimala
agitation did have some positive results – the SC is now scared to rule on
the review petition because they know it will affect ALL religions.
The second solution is to challenge appointments of Muslims,
Christians or any Non-Hindu to Temple Management Boards (as frequently done at
Tirupati to unconstitutionally desecrate the shrine). The first image in this
post on Article 26 clearly says that
every “Religious Denomination” shall
manage their own religious institutions and affairs. Non-Hindus DO NOT
constitute a “religious denomination” of Hindus or “Devotees” and therefore,
all such appointments are ILLEGAL and unconstitutional. A simple petition in SC
to remove all such persons and cancel their appointments will not only work but
will also set a precedent and a warning to all govts attempting to pollute
Hindu temples with Non-Hindu managers. And it is not just the “Religious
Denomination” part that should the be the management but SC has clearly ruled
that the only “Devotees” should be
managing their own temples and institutions:
The
ruling above is with respect to the Nataraja
temple in TN. The TN govt has repeatedly attempted taking over this temple
but the brave Pujaris and the Trust have valiantly fought of the many attempts
through legal action. The SC ruling isn’t limited to saying only “Devotees”
should manage their religious institutions but goes a bit further in stating
what another article quotes from a previous SC ruling:
The SC
states: “No govt has the absolute Right to take over
management of temple Trusts… certain fundamental rights of citizens which can
neither be taken away nor abridged”. In short, even if a govt takes over
a temple, it can be only for a short period for restoring order arising out of
some dispute or trouble but has to be handed back to the Trust or a new Trust.
That is the long and short of it and the Hindu Unions of Devotees with legal
help should file petitions for all such temples which are cursed by govt
control. Effectively, the courts have already ruled in favour of Hindus and it
doesn’t take any major law or violent agitations to free temples from corrupt
govts. All it takes is smart legal
battles.
Hindus
are known to fight for everything except for their religion. Muslims speak
various languages – from TN to Gujarat, but they don’t ever disown Urdu as
their unifying language. The Christians don’t fight against English. But Hindus
from to Bengal to Maharashtra will constantly fight over their language. Hindus
don’t vote en bloc as Muslims and Christians do. That is why every political
party finds it easy to divide Hindus by language, caste, customs etc. Recently,
two groups of Hindus even created a ruckus over which one should sing the
prayer first (although some say it’s merely a traditional ritualistic fight):
All that
being said, a Private Bill has been tabled in the Parliament by Satyapal Singh to free Hindu temples
from govt control. He is a BJP member and I hope he is sincere and not seeking
to play hero in LS. Private Bills are usually not accepted or passed by Indian
govts. There was earlier a Private Bill seeking to declare Pak a terrorist
state and that never went anywhere. Regardless of this and Hindus pinning any
hopes on it, there are 3-4 simple steps that Hindus need to take to get “organised” and fight the battle to free
temples from govts and non-Hindus by agitations and bombing the courts with
petitions.
Series
Concluded.
