One of the first expressions of Congress scion Rahul Gandhi’s intent to dilute the glue that holds Bharat together was when he said during an overseas visit that the Constitution does not exactly describe India as a nation but a “union of states”.
That was a thin coat of truth on a whole apartment of lies.
The word ‘nation’ appears in the very preamble of the Constitution. Let us keep aside the civilisational entity that is Bharat, which has existed almost as long as human memory can recall.
Since then, Rahul Gandhi’s attacks aimed at the heart of India’s nationhood, its cultural unity, and Hindu society have become more and more audacious and relentless.
Now, Rahul is convinced that his efforts have been rewarded. After interminable electoral losses in his two decades of political career, 2024 Lok Sabha elections threw up a lesser loss, which Rahul Gandhi has pounced on, mythifying it as a massive win. Congress got 99 seats, just 47 more than its last Lok Sabha tally.
In fact, its seats in the last three general elections (44, 52, and 99) is less than the BJP 240 seats this time.
However, not just the Congress but the large sections of the Opposition feel that cynically drawing caste fault lines to divide Hindu society and chipping away at Bharat’s sovereignty will bring them electoral rewards.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, while welcoming Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav recently, said that she wanted Bengal’s relations with Hindustan to be good. Is her state not a part of India anymore?
Mamata Banerjee then said something even more egregious. While the bloody quota protests were raging in Bangladesh recently, with just the official death toll crossing 200 (unofficially believed to be over a thousand), the West Bengal CM promised shelter to those fleeing the country.
India already has a debilitating illegal infiltration problem from Bangladesh, with more than two crore already settled here. Plus lakhs of Rohingyas. She wants to add to it, simply to secure her Muslim vote-bank, even if it means letting in criminals and jihadis.
And more importantly, it violates List 1 of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution which assigns “foreign affairs, or all matters which bring the Union into relation with any foreign country”, as the sole prerogative of the Union government.
So, is Mamata Banerjee trying to send a subliminal message that West Bengal is a sovereign nation? If yes, that is very murky territory.
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi presses on and on for a caste Census, hinting that the right on jobs and governmental benefits should be proportional to the numbers of each caste and of minorities. By that, he is working towards a few outcomes, all equally dangerous and harmful to the nation.
First, violently divide Hindu society by creating several internal fissures over quotas. Take benefits away from Dalits, give them to OBCs. Further rob forward castes of opportunities, hand those over to minorities. In the numbers game, the smallest and the most vulnerable groups will be trampled upon the most.
Second, ingratiate Islamists by dividing Hindu society and handing over the first right to the nation’s resources to their community, as then PM Manmohan Singh had promised.
And third, dilute the glue of Hindutva that keeps Bharat together. This will ingratiate India’s sworn enemies like the western Deep States, parasites like George Soros, and rivals in the neighbourhood like China and Pakistan, who have long been baying for the balkanisation of Bharat. If Rahul Gandhi’s misdirected and misadvised efforts succeed, India may head for civil unrest. And that is not an understatement or hyperbole anymore.
Are we ready to pay that price, just to give a frustrated and highly entitled dynast the throne that he feels is rightfully his by birth? Or must he respect the mandate of this vast and vibrant democracy and work responsibly for his turn?
Abhijit Majumder is a senior journalist. Views expressed in the above piece are personal and solely those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect News18’s views.
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