Author: Jagdamba Mall
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URL: http://www.manipuronline.com/Opinions/January2004/rssandthenagas11_7.htm
Mutual understanding, cordial relations, positive interaction and symbiosis should be established and enhanced for mutual benefit of the societies. If RSS and VHP are intolerant, how does a microscopic Christian community (2% of total population of the country) with the properties worth billions and billions of rupees could live peacefully in UP, Bihar, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and other parts of the country. It is noticed that wherever Hindus are in majority, peace prevails there and Christians live peacefully. But wherever Christians are in majority or in sizeable number, peace is disturbed very often. Hindus are cursed. Hindu gods and goddesses are condemned as Satan. Social upheavals in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam and Changlang and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh, Christian dominated areas of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are testimony to this fact.
In what way RSS and VHP are responsible for the killings in Nagaland and Manipur, Tripura, Assam and other parts of NE region? It is because of envy and enmity shown by intolerant sections of the Christian and Muslim community who are the driving force of the respective societies. Swami Vivekanand said that when the Hindu is converted to Christianity and Islam; it is not that the Hindu number is decreased by one, but the number of the enemy of the Hindu is simultaneously increased by that number. Thus, every single conversion is a double loss to Hindu society. The Bible follows the bullet. Under this principle, Britishers and Americans patronize the Church wherever they ruled. Church prepares fertile grounds for western countries wherever she has effective control over the society. The converted people are subjected to mental subjugation to Britishers and Americans. In Nagaland this mental subjugation is prominently more visible. Nagas who once hated the Britishers now worship them as their god after being converted to Christianity. In addition, Britishers turned a section of Nagas into anti-Hindu and anti-Indian. They (Nagas) started hating Hindus even though the survival of the Nagas depends on Hindu money. Because of this, noted Gandhian, GC Kumarappa said, All nations of the world have three wings of the Defense Forces (i) Army (ii) Navy and (iii) Air Force. But the American, British, French and other western countries have four wings. The fourth wing of defense force of western countries is the Church army.
The intolerant behavior of Muslims culminating into partition of this country in 1947 and demand of sovereignty for Nagaland after declaring it "Nagaland for Christ" are two bare facts which should be an eye-opener not only for Delhi but also for Kohima too. Sane section of the Naga community has to give a serious thought to it. All Muslims were Hindus before conversion to Islam. Similarly, all Nagas were Hindus before conversion to Christianity. As per constitution of Bharatvarsh, every Indian is a Hindu by birth. He becomes a Muslim after sunnat and a Christian after baptism. Broadly speaking, those who are neither a Muslim nor a Christian are Hindus by birth. In Nagaland, there were a Hindu keel and a Christian khel in every Naga villages only upto a decade ago. Thus, conversion is the root-cause of all these problems and social upheavals. Economic discrimination and social inequality are the peripheral causes of discontent which added fuel to the fire. Attention is also drawn on the annihilation of Hindus and demolition of Hindu Mandirs by Portuguese Church in sixteenth and seventeenth century in Goa and St. Xavier was in the center of all these annihilation.
Similarly, Rev. Michael Scott-the British missionary was behind the uprising in Nagaland. All these facts are narrated in different books authored by Naga and non-Naga journalists and writers. This is the reason that the Church is banned in Muslim countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq and Egypt etc. and in Communist countries like Russia, China, Yugoslavia and others etc. Similarly madrassas are also banned in Communist countries. The madrassas and mosques are always under constant vigil in Christian countries like America, Britain, France and Canada etc. Here in Bharatvarsh instead of putting Church and madrassa/mosque under surveillance, they have been given additional privilege in the name of minority right which is more than that of Hindus. Yet, Church leaders cry wolf every now and then as if the nation is not aware of the nexus between Church and terrorist organization. One can befool some people for sometime but not all the people for all the times. The Church should not aggravate the situation to such an extent that the nation starts demanding another enquiry commission on the line of Niyogi Commission of Madhya Pradesh to investigate proselytization and nexus between the Church and terrorist organisations. The extra privileges to Christians and Muslims are granted under minority category. It could happen nowhere in the world but only in Bharatvarsh because Hindus are still in majority here.
There is no doubt that tolerance is a noble virtue but there comes a time when the level of tolerance crosses a certain limit and comes to be identified as indifference. Today we are afraid to note that the tolerance limit of the Manipuri people have already crossed the optimum level and what we are seeing has nothing to do with tolerance but indifference, a resignation on the part of the people that nothing good can come about. It is when people as a whole throw up their arms and remain indifferent to the immediate concerns that it assumes dangerous dimensions and this is exactly the situation the is staring the Manipuri people on the face. We need not go into the high sounding fundamentals of a living in a democracy something of that sort but a look at our daily existence will prove sufficient to illustrate our point. Tap water is still a rare commodity in Manipur today and power cut both scheduled and non-scheduled has been haunting the people of Manipur for long. The streets continue to resemble one big dumping ground and the stench everywhere is nauseating. Our education system is the pits and one only has to look back at the fiasco over the common text books norm dreamt up by some very, very fertile minds. The law and order situation is as bad as ever. It is a little surprising that the Manipuri people have been taking all these in their strides without a murmur of protest. We have been told that Manipur is a poor State and therefore the State Government cannot do much for the welfare of the people. On more than one occasion we have laid the blame of the sordid squalor surrounding us at the door of New Delhi.
However the question before us today is- are we being told the truth? Are we forced to live without any of the benefits the modern world has to offer because Manipur does not have many natural resources? Let us for once scratch the surface and try to see things as they really are. While Manipur continues to plunge deeper into the financial mess we see the political masters and their henchmen getting richer by the day. While the people continue to rely on candles and kerosene lamps to dispel the darkness every time there is a load shedding we see that the homes of the top ranking Government officials and the political leaders are lit with generators. While the people continue to send their children to the Government run schools we see our political netas and Government officers sending their children to top notch private schools outside the State. While the people are forced to go to the Government run hospitals we see top Government officers and political leaders going to expensive private nursing homes and hospitals at Delhi or Vellore or Mumbai. While people queue up for water at every locality we see water tankers delivering water at the residence of top ranking Government officers and political leaders. Have all these disparities come about because Manipur is a poor State and does not have many natural resources? And why is the common man taking everything meekly in his stride? Is this an extreme manifestation of the tolerant nature of the Manipuri people or is it plain indifference or is it a case of losing all hope in the system? Either way this does not bode well for the people.
The moment demography is altered and Hindus become minority at a place, situation like Nagaland and Kashmir is bound to emerge there. In Nagaland, special privilege is granted under Article 371(A) and in Kashmir there is Article 370 allowing special privilege. But in Kashmir, Muslims are not satisfied. They want merger of Kashmir with Pakistan. In Nagaland, Christians are also not satisfied. They first want integration of Naga areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with Nagaland and then independence to 'Greater Nagaland'. In the quest of getting independence, 40,000 people have been killed in Kashmir and 25,000 people in Nagaland. In Kashmir, Muslims are killing Muslims and in Nagaland, Christians are killing Christians to acquire power of dominance over rival faction. Of course, the number of persons killed is increased by those who are the victims of army's counter-insurgency operations. Thus, I find no wisdom in the demand of independence either to Nagaland or to Kashmir. It was with this intention to stop the mindless killing I wrote my article- Causes of social upheaval in North East India vis-à-vis Hindu society of the country. Earlier I had written - An Open Letter to Th. Muivah. This was written not to condemn any section of Naga community but to enlighten them with the ground reality so that it could be easier to find out the final solution to Naga problem. But this open letter has not been published in local news papers because they are also working here under duress. The media men face a lot of threat to their safety and security.
Finally, I would like to advise the Naga people not to condemn RSS and VHP. They (RSS & VHP) are not opposed to the Nagas. Rather, they love the Nagas. Should the Nagas not realize that? Or for that matter, who are all the Union Cabinet Ministers barring one or two? Are they not RSS people whom every Naga leader approaches for help and these RSS men in the Union Cabinet respond instantly and generously rather in more civilized manner than earlier Congressmen? Are Nagas not aware of their (Vajpayee and Advani's) RSS commitment? Some Naga are in habit of condemning the RSS and VHP under the influence of the foreign Church. Even after that, the followers of RSS and VHP love the Nagas. This is the greatness and glory of Hindu dharma. Christians should learn if from Hindus.
VHP chief Ashok Singhal, RSS chief KS Sudarshan, BJP chiefs Vajpayee and Advani are the birds of the same flock. Sudarshan, Ashok, Atal and Advani are the top most leaders of the Hindus not only of Bharatvarsh but also of whole world. It is these RSS men who have invited Muivah and Issac Chishi Swu for dialogue. It is these RSS men in Central Government who have brought Kohima on Rail map and Air map. These RSS men have recently granted a one time peace package worth Rs. 365 crores for Nagaland which has never happened before. In addition, Rs. 20 crores for tribal development fund, Rs. 24 crores for beautification of Kohima and Rs. 500 crores annual plan budget (74 crores more than last year) has been sanctioned by Delhi. Over and above, money from different Union Ministries and funding agencies are also coming into Nagaland through various NGOs and Government schemes. Thus, approximately, Rs. 1000 crores have been sanctioned by these RSS men in first 100 days of Neiphu Rio Government. Even after generously sanctioning huge amount at the rate of Rs. 10 crores each day of first 100 days of present Nagaland Government, RSS is condemned as very bad by Nagas. Nagas are killing Nagas. They are divided and re-divided from top to bottom. Naga leaders and Naga intellectuals have failed to bring unity and reconciliation. Now, NSCN (IM) has stated that they disown Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights, Naga Hoho, and Naga Reconciliation Council. NSCN (IM) says that they do not recognize NSCN (K) and NNC, whereas NGOs like NPMHR, Naga Hoho, NRC and Naga Christian Forum are trying their best to bring requisite unity and reconciliation among all the Nagas for final settlement of Naga problem. Because of this uncompromising attitude, Neiphiu Rio Government has been put in a very awkward and embarrassing situation.
The RSS men in Delhi feel pity on Nagas. Since Naga intellectuals seem to have become ineffective, they (RSS men referred above) advise Nagas to shun their differences and come forward with unanimous proposals for final settlement of Naga problem. Still, RSS is bad. The duo-Vajpayee and Advani - the two top most RSS men in present Government have carved out a new Ministry called DONER and they have identified Special Economic Zones in NE Region for giving more and more funds to develop the weaker section of this region. Whole of the Nagaland falls in this Special Zone category. Thus, the generosity, sobriety and humility of the RSS men should not be taken as their weakness. It will not work to curse RSS on one hand and on the other, earn the goodwill of Atal, Advani and other RSS men in Government as it is not possible both at a time to smite the head and save the hairs? There must be a matching response from Naga community. Are Nagas prepared for it?
(Courtesy: The Sangai Express)