Election Commission has announced the voting dates in India. Modi’s 5 years
are coming to an end or will he have the second term? Will the magic of
Priyanka Gandhi make some change for Rahul Gandhi? Who will be the next Prime
Minister of India in 2019? Keeping fingers crossed!
Elections 2019 would
be the testing ground for the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party. Narendra
Modi is being projected by the BJP trollers for the second term.
Will the General Elections 2019 actually help Modi to achieve his
target or Modi will become a history post 2019. Speculations are being
created by the paid media who can now be defined by single word–presstitute.
BJP came
to power with a hidden agenda to attack the Muslim minorities of India.
In many statements during the 2014 election campaign, BJP stalwarts even
said that they don’t require the votes of Muslims. They never projected even a
single Muslim candidate during the elections of Uttar Pradesh which
comprises largest number of Muslim population. If BJP did not require a
single vote of Muslims then was there a miracle in the constituency of Deoband
which they had captured from Congress.
Indian culture is the
proof of Unity in Diversity. The Hindus who happen to be the
majority have been living peacefully with the other minorities of which Muslims
are the largest. The festivals of India are celebrated jointly by the whole of
India not having any difference during celebrations on the basis of religion.
Effigies of Ravan, Kumbhkaran and Meghnad at Ram Leela in Red Fort Ground, Delhi. |
Dussehra/Vijayadashami
is celebrated all over the country in different ways. The common thing during
the celebrations of Dussehra is the burning of the effigies of Ravan,
Kumbhkaran and Meghnad. According to the Hindu scriptures, Ravan
abducted Sita wife of Ram. Ram killed Ravan and won his wife
back. This is termed as the Victory of Good over Evil. Huge effigies of Ravan
are made year after year.
One of the oldest Dussehra
celebrations is held at Red Fort ground in New Delhi. This
celebration–Ram Leela–was
started by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar about 180
years ago. The most important factor of Dussehra celebrations is that the
effigies of Ravan and his brothers are made by the Muslims. This is not
only in Delhi but also for the other states of India. Even in Jammu and Kashmir,
the Muslim families of Uttar Pradesh have been making these effigies for
more than 40 years. According to Mohammad Gayasuddin “When the effigies that we
make are consigned to flames, we feel a sense of reward as we make these
effigies of the demon kings for being burnt on Vijayadashami”. Ever year Gayasuddin
heads the team of 40 artists to Jammu for this.
But what has happened in India
since 2014 is something which is painful. The hatred between the majority and
minorities has erupted. Modi promised the construction of Ram Mandir
in his election manifesto 2014. He and his party were mum for four years over
this issue. On the beginning of the 5th year of his tenure, he started to talk
about Ram Temple again. Ram who killed Ravan requires his support for
making of His temple. This problem can only be solved by the peace loving
people of India but not with spreading hatred. The society of present India has
seen lot of blood and it is the history of India that the ruler of India cannot
be the one who sheds blood.
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