SS Once Again Gave BJP A Chance To Be Aggressive On Hindutva

SS once again gave BJP a chance to be aggressive on the Hindutva issue: Maharashtra Politics. The SS has once again given the BJP a chance to be aggressive on the issue of Hindutva, while it itself seems muted on the issue.

This is not the first time this situation has arisen after coming to power. The story, which began with the barbaric killing of three people, including two sadhus, in Palghar district near Mumbai during the lockdown, has now come to Sharjeel Usmani.

Whatever the leaders of the Shiv Sena sitting in power claim, but it cannot be imagined that it is the Shiv Sena of Balasaheb Thackeray.

This is the reason why in the letter written by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, he has to quote the words of Sharjeel Usmani.

In which he is seen using such words for the Hindu society of India, which the Shiv Sena leaders themselves can guess by listening to what Balasaheb Thackeray’s reaction would have been.

Surprisingly, the Elgar Parishad in which Sharjeel Usmani said these things were organized in Shiv Sena-ruled Maharashtra, whose chief minister is now Uddhav Thackeray, son of Balasaheb Thackeray.

Even forgetting about 1992-93 after the disputed structure was demolished in Ayodhya, on August 11, 2012, during a demonstration at Azad Maidan in Mumbai.

Some hoodlords broke the Amar Jawan Memorial built there and misbehaved with women police personnel.

A few days after that, there was a big hoard with pictures of Balasaheb Thackeray in Mumbai, which was written – Ekta Tiger. That is only one tiger. These hoardings were merely a sign for hoodies.

After that the whole of Mumbai was calm. Not only this, even in the absence of Balasaheb, the Shiv Sena reacted sharply after the Elgar Parishad outside Pune’s Shaniwar Wada on December 31, 2017, and the ethnic riots that started in Maharashtra the following day.

This reaction was in keeping with the nature of which the common Shiv Sainik has been accustomed. In those days, the Shiv Sena was with the BJP in state power.

Now the Shiv Sena itself is a senior partner in power. With whom Balasaheb Thackeray used to fight for his life, the Congress and NCP are now junior associates in power with him.

Perhaps this is the reason why tiger teeth now appear fallen, and speakers from outside, such as Sharjeel Usmani, are free to call Hindu society rotten from the public stage.

Surprisingly, Shiv Sena’s junior brother-in-law seems to be swearing at Sharjeel’s statement, but Shiv Sena is still sitting silently.

NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal has reacted to Sharjeel’s statement that freedom of thought is for everyone, but it should be taken care of while accusing any religion that one’s feelings are not hurt.

Mumbai Congress general secretary Vishwabandhu Rai has also filed a case under MCOCA on Sharjil’s rhetoric and demanded his arrest.

The Shiv Sena is busy fomenting the peasant movement on Delhi’s borders rather than the issues of Maharashtra.

It is another matter that none of its leaders got the opportunity to go to the alleged demonstration of farmers at Azad Maidan in Mumbai on 25 January. SS was also seen confused in Parliament on agricultural laws.

The leadership of the Shiv Sena may be changing its ideological turn in view of its political interests, but its committed voter still keeps the common Shiv Sainik in his homes with the picture of Balasaheb Thackeray.

Even on his forehead, a long commentary of red roly still appears. How can SS tolerate Sharjil Usmani’s statement that Hindu society is rotten.

In fact, due to this internal duality, Shiv Sena is seen again turning these days from Hindutvaism to Marathism. In this effort, SS has started calling Aurangabad and Osmanabad Sambhajinagar and Dhara Shiva respectively.

One such issue of Marathiism is the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute, which Shiv Sena has recently discovered.

After independence, 814 Marathi-speaking villages were included in Karnataka since the reorganization of the states.

Maharashtra is struggling to get these villages back, but Karnataka has now started convening the Legislature session by making its subdivision in the same area.

The issue is currently pending in the Supreme Court. Recently while releasing a book written on this border dispute.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray demanded the declaration of Marathi-speaking villages on the border of both the states as Union Territories till the Supreme Court verdict comes.

When this issue will be resolved, it is not known, but Shiv Sena feels that issues like the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute and Aurangabad-Osmanabad renaming will be helpful in handling its moving vote bank.

Perhaps this is why he is busy airing such issues by remaining silent on the statements of Sharjeel Usmani.