Modi-2 government has put the ball in action for Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). There is an uproar about religious nature of the bill. To be politically correct, word used in the bill is 'community' and not 'religion'. This word choice itself shows a typical RSS-BJP strategy, of means serving the end. Bill refers to Hindus in Pakistan as a community and not religion. This is contrary to manner in which word 'Hindu' is used in India. In India, Hindu is a dharma and Jains, Buddhist and Sikhs are communities, as per the Hindu nationalist terminology. But use of word 'Religion' in bill would have proven problematic. Hence, Hindus in Pakistan are termed as 'community'.
This is an inconsistency. Prosecution of communities can be applied to Ahemedia community in Pakistan. It is evident that BJP wants to make religion as a basis of bill. But to make bill a reality, they are substituting 'religion' with community.
Similarly inconsistent is absence of Sri Lanka and Myanmar from the bill. Both counties have recent viilent history of religious discrimination.
But this exclusion of Srilanka and Myanmar is not surprising. The purpose of bill is not to help refugees, of certain religion, from certain countries. The purpose of bill is to prove Muslims in India as secondary citizens. CAB is first piece of the scheme and nationwide NRC will be second. All non-Muslims who will not be able to prove their nationality will become citizens of India in NRC will become Indian nationals under CAB. So it is only Muslims who will be left without recourse.
Nationwide NRC + CAB will be used to prove Muslims as non-Indians. Only NRC will end up putting lot many others in it.
The question we must ask is what happens if this plan comes to fruition. How exactly these non-nationals be dealt with? Does RSS-BJP have annihilation of these crores of individuals in mind? Or will they be reconverted to Hinduism? And, whats the cost of this violent delights? Civil war or concentration camps?
Court is not going to stop something which has majority support and led by ruthless political masters. It is 2024 general election which can prove a turning point. May be Hindu voters, which have consolidated behind BJP, will have disillusionment and we will go back to federal coalition politics. Or promise of ethnic homogenization will prove potent over anything.
This is an inconsistency. Prosecution of communities can be applied to Ahemedia community in Pakistan. It is evident that BJP wants to make religion as a basis of bill. But to make bill a reality, they are substituting 'religion' with community.
Similarly inconsistent is absence of Sri Lanka and Myanmar from the bill. Both counties have recent viilent history of religious discrimination.
But this exclusion of Srilanka and Myanmar is not surprising. The purpose of bill is not to help refugees, of certain religion, from certain countries. The purpose of bill is to prove Muslims in India as secondary citizens. CAB is first piece of the scheme and nationwide NRC will be second. All non-Muslims who will not be able to prove their nationality will become citizens of India in NRC will become Indian nationals under CAB. So it is only Muslims who will be left without recourse.
Nationwide NRC + CAB will be used to prove Muslims as non-Indians. Only NRC will end up putting lot many others in it.
The question we must ask is what happens if this plan comes to fruition. How exactly these non-nationals be dealt with? Does RSS-BJP have annihilation of these crores of individuals in mind? Or will they be reconverted to Hinduism? And, whats the cost of this violent delights? Civil war or concentration camps?
Court is not going to stop something which has majority support and led by ruthless political masters. It is 2024 general election which can prove a turning point. May be Hindu voters, which have consolidated behind BJP, will have disillusionment and we will go back to federal coalition politics. Or promise of ethnic homogenization will prove potent over anything.