[Reader-list] Action Alert - Communal harmony activistsarrested in Karnataka - Write in the the chief Minister

[Vedavati Jogi]

in india, if you have to prove your secular credentials, you have to curse 
rss/bjp/vhp, you have to talk about gujrat carnage(?) again & again....and 
most importantly you have to remain tightlipped as far as muslim terrorism 
is concerned!


>From: Britta Ohm <ohm at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
>To: Clifton <clifton at altlawforum.org>
>CC: reader-list at sarai.net
>Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Action Alert - Communal harmony 
>activistsarrested in Karnataka - Write in the the chief Minister
>Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 17:06:24 +0100
>
>Dear Clifton,
>no irony here but sincere interest (as I'm not so aware): do you mean
>the Kanataka-coalition government only, or does "the role of this
>present coalition government in supporting and promoting these
>activities of the Sangh Parivar" also refer to the UPA? And if so, are
>there examples for this support you could name?
>
>Britta
>
>Am 02.12.2006 um 15:27 schrieb Clifton:
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > Most of you are aware of the Sangh Parivar’s attempts to destroy the
> > secular fabric in Karnataka by targeting the Baba-Datta shrine on
> > Bababudangiri near Chikmagalur, a shrine that is an example of
> > syncretic
> > traditions in the state, attracting people of different faiths. You are
> > also aware of the role of this present coalition government in
> > supporting and promoting these activities of the Sangh Parivar. Now the
> > government has given permission to the Sangh Parivar to conduct the
> > Shobha Yatra and about 300 activists of the Karnataka Komu Souharda
> > Vedike who reached Chikmagalur to protest this have been arrested today
> > (02.12.2006).
> >
> > The Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, which is a coalition of over 200
> > organizations working since 2002 to establish communal harmony and to
> > fight against the agenda of communalism in Karnataka, has through the
> > years exposed the Sangh Parivar’s farcical claims about the shrine,
> > thwarted their intentions and successfully countered their agenda
> > through its ideology of aggressive secularism.
> >
> > The Sangh Parivar has been targeting the shrine on Bababudangiri with
> > the sole intention of destroying this tradition in the name of
> > 'liberating' the shrine from Muslims. In order to achieve their narrow
> > sectarian goal, they have been creating unwanted disputes, putting up
> > historically untenable and legally unsubstantial arguments. Further,
> > they have introduced previously non-existent religious practices like
> > Datta-Mala Abhiyan, Shobha Yatra and Datta Jayanthi celebrations every
> > year in the months of October, November and December. It is obvious
> > that
> > their main purpose is neither religion nor faith but to target the
> > Muslim community as ‘outsiders’ who are bent on destroying the 
>‘Hindu’
> > tradition and culture.
> >
> > This year, the BJP has aligned with the Janata Dal (S) to form a
> > coalition government which has thus far supported the communal agenda
> > of
> > the Sangh Parivar. Clear evidence of this was visible in the first week
> > of October during the communal violence in and around Mangalore and in
> > Bababudangiri at the time of the Datta Mala Abhiyan. In Bababudangiri,
> > the local BJP MLA, C.T. Ravi led the Sangh Parivar activists in
> > performing rites in the shrine – in clear violation of the High 
>Court's
> > order.
> >
> > By contrast activists of the Komu Souharda Vedike were arrested and
> > prevented from peacefully protesting and exposing the communal designs
> > of the present Government. This action of the present governement is
> > reprehensible and reaffirms the communal credentials of the so – 
>called
> > secular JD(S). We are particularly concerned that this particular
> > action
> > of arresting secular activists and preventing peaceful protests bodes
> > ill for the future of democracy in Karnataka
> >
> > /We request you to write / phone / fax / email the Chief Minister and
> > the Home Minister demanding the immediate release of the arrested
> > activists. We also hope that you would state in most certain terms your
> > unacceptance of such a communal agenda of this government especially
> > with regard to Bababudangiri and the recent Mangalore riots. /
> >
> > /Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy/
> > /Ph: 2225 3414 / /22253424/
> > cm at kar.nic.in <mailto:cm at kar.nic.in>/
> >
> > /Home Minister M.P. Prakash
> > Ph: 22251798
> > Internal Ph: 2092489
> > e-mail: homemin at vsb.kar.nic.in <mailto:homemin at vsb.kar.nic.in>/
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