Daylight murder of secularism -1992
When we talk about the demolition of Babri Masjid we ignore
lot of historic and political facts.
First and the
important thing about the Babri Masjid is Babur himself. After winning the
battle of Panipat in 1526 he established the Mughal rule in India but we should
understand that even before him Delhi sultans where the first Muslim rulers of
India. If you read history books carefully they have mentioned the entry of the
Muslim rulers as “Muslim invasion” but on the other hand they call the entry of
Aryans as “coming of Aryans into India”. Even though Babur ruled for a very
short period i.e.1526 to 1530 but by that time he had established a dynasty
which technically lasted till 1857.
Babur is popularly
believed to have demolished the Ram temple at Ayodhya and built the Babri
Masjid but there are evidence that it was built by Mir Baqi who was the general
of Babur. The Masjid was build in 1528.Also ASI has given a confusing report
about the Masjid, it has said that there is a structure beneath the mosque,
also it could be a temple but more in depth study is required. If we go
according to history we have to meet Tulisdas to clear some doubts. Tulsidas
live during circa 1532 to circa 1623, that is the period in which he would have
known the demolition of Hindu temple in Ayodhya , more importantly the birth
place of lord Ram. The fascinating aspect is that he has not mentioned about
the birth place of Ram ( i.e the area of Babri Masjid) or the destruction of
the temple. It is also believed that Tulisadas spent most of his time at
Varanasi, Prayag and Ayodhya. Then how did the area become the birth place of
lord Ram, so we have to start it from 23 th December 1949. It is day when some
unidentified people had entered into the Masjid and placed the idols of Ram and claimed
it to be the birth place of Ram. Two things happened after this incident ,one
locks where put on the gate of the disputed Babri Masjid-Ramjanambhoomi site,
two the RSS’s official organ, the organiser ,reported the event as followes “
on the historic morning of 23 December 1949, the idols of sri Ramchandra and
Sita devi miraculously appeared at the jammastan “ we can clearly understand
the views of the RSS, they have started this issue but the shocking fact is,
the then CM of UP Pant wrote to Patel that the Masjid was originally built
after demolishing a temple, he didn't have any historic evidence. Hence it is proven
that the RSS and congress where hand in glove .After this big drama there were some
small dramas where happening in the disputed area.
The anti climax
started on 25th September 1990, when the V P Singh government
stopped the rath yathra of L K Advani which was scheduled to end at Ayodhya. By
that time the BJP has started a very powerful movement that is Ramjanambhoomi,
which spread across UP and north India. V P Singh had to pay the price by
resigning the post of PM for stopping the rath yathra, his resignation brought
the elections to the country. Then the
general elections and the assignation of Rajiv Gandhi changed the course of
history. INC formed the government in 1991 but still lacked majority. Many
people think that RSS, VHP or BJP are the sole cause of the demolition but that
is not true, INC was also a major player in the demolition. Ignoring and neglecting
knowingly can also be considered as a hand in glove with the right wing
extremist.
On December 6 1992
as per Kuldip Nayir “My information was that Rao had connived at the demolition
.He sat at puja when the kar sevaks began pulling down the mosque and rose only
when the last stone had been removed. Madhu Limaye told me that during the puja
Rao’s aide whispered in his ears that the Masjid has been demolished within
seconds, the puja was over”. In later statement of Rao it is clearly understood
that the demolition was a larger conspiracy by the ruling government and the
right wing extremist. Rao said that he attempted to send a contingent of CRPF
by plane to Lucknow but they were unable to land because of bad weather but he
did not explain the inaction of central forces at Ayodhya. Also a commission
was set up to enquire the demolition under justice Liberhan which took 17 years
to prepare the report but gave an accurate account of what had happened. It has
observed that that RSS and BJP leaders had toured the entire country collecting
money for the construction of the temple and spread communal venom.
During an election campaign
Rahul Gandhi said that if someone from Gandhi family had been there, the Masjid
wouldn’t have fallen. But he has failed to understand that Rajiv Gandhi was one of the person who started this controversy. On 10th November 1989,
that is the date he began his election campaign from the place adjacent to
Babri Masjid and laid the shilanays despite the Allahabad high court ruling
that the status quo be maintained at the disputed site. The aftermath of the
demolition was very cruel to our nation, communal violence spread like wild
fire across north India and Mumbai. It is also showed the face of India to the
world, a country which is intolerant over minorities.
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