‘Upper caste consolidation based on hatred by BJP aims to turn Muslims into new untouchable class’ - National Herald

Several intellectuals attending an event organized by Janhastakshep, a campaign against fascist designs, at Press Club in Delhi, raised an alarm against the evil designs of the Right Wing forces
Upper caste liberals need to understand that Bharatiya Janata Party has been winning uninterrupted from 2002 onwards on the politics of hatred, Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of The Caravan magazine said on Saturday.
“For 20 years it is the same pattern of win and this is a challenge to the idea of India. This is a failure of the broader Left to include many more in their ranks,” he said while speaking at an event organized by Janhastakshep, a campaign against fascist designs, at the Press Club in the national capital.
“Just take a look at what BJP has done in Uttar Pradesh. They have appointed a Pasmanda Muslim (Danish Azad Ansari) as the lone minister in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet. They are appointing several Pasmanda Muslims in Waqf Boards in the state. Who was stopping the Liberals from being inclusive? If we don’t acknowledge this, we can’t challenge them,” underscored Bal.
The BJP had not fielded a single Muslim candidate in the UP Assembly polls.
The event by Janhastakshep was held against the rising culture of hate in the country and how the promotion of a ‘culture of hate’ in everyday life by the Sangh Parivar, at the helm of which is Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has sanctified it.
From the 2002 win of Modi in Gujarat to the 2022 win of Yogi in Uttar Pradesh, it was...



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