For the BJP and its mentor RSS, Hindutva has become a pet
slogan to push through the divide and rule policy by raking up
communal, caste and regional hatreds among the people. They are
attempting to lull the anger of people with palliative measures. Yet the
fact of the matter is that they are committed to protect and continue
the present socio-political system.
Founder Editor
The BJP after assuming power at the centre continued
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unabashedly the raking up of communal hatreds. It resorted to attacks
on Muslims and Christians using the cow protection, love jihad, beef
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eating, religious conversion as pretexts. Hindu communal chauvinism
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is being raked up against Muslims and more than a hundred were
killed on the plea of cow protection. It is using every regressive
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argument to whip up communal and national chauvinism, to equate
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nationalism to communal chauvinism and to revive obscurantist
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practices. In the name National Register of Citizenship, the BJP
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government has thrown the lives of millions of people in North East
India into turmoil and created a gulf and hatred between various
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nationalities of North east region.
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The BJP government usurped the power of surveillance on every
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Feb-March 2019 citizen of India recording their every phone call and movement. It
foisted more number of sedition cases than any of previous
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governments to muffle the voices of dissent. It used mercenaries to
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murder many democrats who are opposing the communal agenda of
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RSS and BJP. Gowri Lankesh. Govind Pasare, Kulburgi are some of
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them. The RSS through its front organisations unleashed attacks on
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literary and cultural personalities to impose what they call as Hindu
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culture. It continued the virtual military rule in the states of North east
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and Kashmir by imposing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. It resorted
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to brutal repression with lathi charges and firings on various classes
of people – peasants, workers, students, dalits and adivasis – agitating
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for the resolution of problems faced by them.
3. Political & Economic Notes:
The BJP government continued the policy of concentrating powers
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in the hands of Central government at the expense of states. By
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replacing the Planning Commission with NITI Ayog, the Centre took
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the disbursal of funds to states into its direct control. With GST it
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crippled the revenue raising capacity of states. It used its powers to
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brow beat those state governments which are not dancing to its tune.
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Even the judiciary is made to fall in line with the wishes of powers that
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be at the Centre.
4. Labour File:
Simultaneously, the government of Narendra Modi announced a
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series of palliative measures to sow illusions among the people. It
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proposed a pension scheme for the workers and employees of
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unorganised sector. When there is no certainty of continuation of jobs,
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how can they deposit monthly contributions to the Scheme? It’s a big
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hoax.
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It also announced a subsidy of Rs.6000 a year to all farmers
cultivating
two hectares. If implemented, the amount reaches only to
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those who had clear titles for their land. All owners are not actual
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cultivators. The poor peasants who work as tenant farmers and
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agricultural labour and constitute nearly 60 per cent of all farmers are
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left out of this scheme. It is not only a vote catching gimmick on the
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eve of elections, but also aimed at diverting the peasants attention
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from the real causes of agrarian crisis –growing landlessness,
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