WHY DID BHAGWAT JI HAVE TO SAY THIS?

It is not right to dig out new cases every day to foster contempt and hostility.

- DR VIJAY DARDA

Hindu ya Muslim ke ehsaasat ko mat chhediye. Apni kursi ke liye jazbat ko mat chhediye! Hum mein koi Hun, koi Shak, koi Mongol hai. Dafn hai jo baat, ab us baat ko mat chhediye! Gar galtiyan Babar ki thi, Fuman ka ghar phir kyun jale? Aise nazuk waqt mein halaat ko mat chhediye! Hain kahan Hitler, Halaku, Tzar ya Changez Khan. Mit gaye sab, qaum ki auqaat ko mat chhediye! Chhediye ek jang, mil-jul kar garibi ke khilaaf. Dost meri mazhabi nagmaat ko mat chhediye!

Renowned for his sharp and bold style, the people's poet Adam Gondvi penned a poignant poem that I quoted in this column in the first week of June 2022. At that time, the sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Ji Bhagwat had made a significant statement: History is something we cannot change. Neither today's Hindus nor today's Muslims created it. So why search for a Shivling in every mosque now? Once again, Bhagwat Ji made a statement that brought this poem to my mind. In Pune, he said, The Ram temple is a matter of faith for Hindus, but after the construction of the temple, some people feel they can raise similar issues elsewhere and position themselves as Hindu leaders. This is unacceptable. Digging out new cases every day to foster contempt and hostility is not right, and this cannot continue.