On The Tale Of Three Banned Documentaries on Gujrat ,Ayodhya and Babri Masjid
Rajiv Upadhyay
As a privilege of being out of India at crucial times , I saw the recent BBC documentary on Narendra Modi’s handling of Gujarat Riots in 1992 , which allegedly will be shown in Washington before his US visit . Before this when I was in Zambia I had seen a banned documentary on alleged prior preparations for demolishing Babri Masjid and Mulayam Singh firing at Ayodhya in 1990.killing officially five but unofficially hundreds of kar sevaks, staging peaceful dharna .
Legally speaking in all the above incidents UP CM and Gujrat CM were not held guilty but Secularitis affected local media and anti Indian Western media always highlight one side of the story , blaming hindus for all ills .
BBC’s recent documentary has nothing new except to try and malign Modi and hindus and Indian justice system by exhuming a dead issue settled long back .
The colonial mindset ignores that one of the Butchers of Iraq , a past prime minister has been awarded knighthood in UK after calling Iraq invasion and millions of deaths on false WMD charges, just a mistake ! The other country protects its executioner in chief as a past president . Libya , Syria , Sudan , Nigerian Biafra war are all forgotten . But Narendra Modi handling of Gujarat riots must be exhumed from grave in spite of people of Gujrat and India having delivered their verdict in several elections since then .
The BBC movie mentions the real cause of riots ie the Godhra train burning but covers it up as a technical fault not believed by masses , some reporting !
There is a larger question of validity of Gandhian methods against organised, politically supported and well funded mass crimes begining from Direct Action Day killings silently supported by Bengal CM Hussain Suhrawardi who later even became the Prime Minister of Pakistan . Lack of adequate hindu response to Jinnah led to Partition . No one can predict what would have been the consequence of Godhra train burning being ignored by hindus . But many believe it would have been as serious as partition.
There is an even larger question of whether one bigot king Aurangzeb can be allowed to rule till eternity by maintaining status quo in Ayodhya , Kashi and Mathura .
But for saner Indians there is a sobering thought . Getting rid of weaknesses that led to thousand years of slavery is far more important . West is still trying to rule us by ‘ Divide and Rule’ methodology and OIC has shown its colours in Srinagar G 20 conference . We need a united India and a visible equality and justice to all citizens is the core foundation of a peaceful society . Our constitution was framed by great minds . We must preserve and act accordingly in letter and spirit .
The right revenge for thousand years of slavery is to let the old wounds heal and focus on future and become as great as China at least , both economically and militarily before 2047 !
