Apropos of Hasan Suroors analytical piece, “A BJP-Muslim entente cordiale?” ( The Hindu, March 10), it may not be off the mark to say that the BJP-Muslim dichotomy has to do more with the former’s fallacy of supremacy stemming from its ideological commitment to majoritarianism than with the latter’s lack of esprit de corps. The Congress and the like-minded parties cannot be deemed to be perfectly altruistic and free from the calculus of vote-bank politics, when they go the whole hog in espousing the interests of the Muslims and providing a platform of sorts for them to fight against the canker of communal forces. That said, the BJP, guided by its mentor RSS, has played no cameo role in whipping up the hate-campaign against the innocent Muslims under the pretext of correcting the historical wrongs and prejudices. A case in point is its war-cry blitzkrieg against the Babur-Masjid that eventually resulted in its destruction. Given this context, Mr. Jaitleys appeal, ‘to judge us by our record’ sounds very hollow. The party was compelled only by the force of circumstances to ‘put the Ramjanmambhoomi issue on the back- burner’ as the issue had long since ceased to be a rallying point.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 03:35:17 +0000
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