Muslim appeaser politicians turning India into an Islamic State, Part 1

Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari

Origin of the politics of Muslim appeasement:
It has been mentioned in earlier articles that, though in a democratic country, an individual has the right, and also expected to cast his/her vote in favour of a political party of his/her personal choice, the Muslims do not follow this golden rule. On the contrary, they cast their votes according to the dictates of the religious and community leaders and as a result, all Muslim votes go for a single political party. As soon as this quantum of Muslim block votes becomes a deciding factor for winning and losing election, all the political parties start wooing the Muslims so that they may cast their votes in its favour and in this way, the politics of Muslim appeasement gains momentum.

In the political scenario of India, Muslim appeasement by the Indian National Congress (INC) is more than a century old- story and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, after his return from South Africa in 1915, began this nasty politics in a big way through extending the support of NIC for the so called Khilafat Movement launched y the Muslim Khan brothers. In 1947, the Congress leaders yielded to the Muslim demand for creation of Pakistan, as separate homeland for the Muslims, to please the Muslims. Not only that, after partitioning India on the basis of religion, the next appropriate step was to follow an exchange of population – sending the entire Muslim population to Pakistan and bringing back all the non-Muslim population of Pakistan to divided India.

But that vital step could not be carried out due to utter obstinate and stiff opposition of Gandhi. It is needless to say that Gandhi supported staying the Muslims back into divided India so that NIC could win election and stay in power with the help of Muslim block votes. In reality, NIC could have stayed in power, except for brief period from 1999 to 2004, when BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) could win 1999 election and came to power. For rest of the time, NIC could secure Muslims’ votes by constant allurement of concession and privilege for the Muslims.

Muslim appeasement by the Government of India:

In the West, the politicians who are engaged in appeasing the Muslims for their block votes, are identified as broad minded multiculturists, while those who oppose Muslim appeasement and try to uncover the true face of Islam, are designated as despicable racists. In Indian politics, politicians belonging to the first category are called secularists and those belonging to the second category, are called dirty communal people. So, in India, Muslim appeasement is going on under the dignified cover of secularism and the NIC and the Leftist parties are forerunners in the field secularism. India is the largest democracy in the world and the democratic Constitution of India sanctions equal opportunity for its citizens, irrespective of religion, caste, linguistic, regional and other differences. But the secular political parties and the secular politicians are trampling this sacrosanct principles of democracy and going on appeasing the Muslims with unlawful and undemocratic privileges and concessions.

For example, on December 18, 2009, the Central Government declared 10 per cent government job quota for the Muslims (The Statesman – Dec 19, 2009). In fact, NIC declared reservation of 15 per cent government jobs for the minority communities, 10% for the Muslims and 5% for the Christians. About 2 years back, the Central Government declared easy bank loans for the Muslims (The Times of India – Jan 18, 2007). About 6 months later, P Chidamvaram, the then Finance Minister, instructed the banks to speed up the scrutiny of loan application by the Muslims and disburse the loans.

In 2009 and 2010, the Central Government increased the funds allotments for the minority (read Muslim) affairs by 74%. A notification by the Minority Affairs Ministry, in this regard, said, “The Plan outlay for Ministry of Minority Affairs has been enhanced from Rs 1,000 crore in 2008-09 to Rs 1,740 crore in 2009-10 registering an increase of 74 per cent.” A report by the Indian Express, a leading Indian daily, on December 18, 2007, said, “Govt declared mega plan outlay for the Muslims- a package of Rs 3,780 crore for 90 Muslim dominated districts.” Another report appeared on November 9, 2007, in the Ananda Bazar Patrika, a leading Kolkata based Bengali daily, said, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared more additional funds for the Muslims.

The appeasement has also been introduced in the field of education. It is field where merit should be the only criterion for admission of students in reputed educational institutions, otherwise, the gross intellectual level of education must decline. Indian Institute of Technology or IITs are the most reputed and prestigious technological institutions in India. There are 5 IITs in the country where admission is done on the basis of stiff admission tests. On June 28, 2008, the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry issued an order to Directors of IITs for faculty quota, for the Muslims.

It is well known that the level of education in the Islamic schools, called madrasas, is very low and not job oriented. The students of these madrasas learn Koran, Hadiths and other Islamic subjects. On July 7, 2008, Lalu Prasad Yadav, the then Railway Minister, declared that Madrasa degree would, now on, be valid for railway jobs. It is not difficult to understand that, such mindless job reservation would ultimately lead to appointment of inefficient people for responsible jobs. It is well known that, Muslims are fit for low grade jobs of unskilled laborers. That is the reason, a Muslim author has described the immigrant Muslim laborers in the Western countries as modern coolies. So, the Central Government is thinking of launching a program to improve the quality of education in madrasas by spending colossal funds. The goal of education in any country has to be creation of a socially conscious, educationally competent and professionally productive citizenry. But this target can never be achieved through madrasa education.

Muslim appeasement by the present UPA government:

With the help of the Muslim votes, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by the INC, has come to power for the second time after winning the Parliamentary Election in 2009. So, it has decided to intensify the policy of Muslim appeasement and go ahead with minority development programs as promised during the election campaign. As a consequence, Muslim representation will be increased in education and in government jobs.
The secular and democratic constitution provides equal opportunity for all citizens, irrespective of religious, linguistic, ethnic or any difference. But the Government of India by trampling the provisions of Indian constitution and disregarding the universally accepted democratic principles and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948) in its Article 26 (recognized it as a fundamental Human Right), is shamelessly declaring more and more privileges for the Muslims. As a matter of fact, the Congress Govt. in India, which has been in power during most of the past sixty years, is busy deflecting attention from its dismal failure to assure education for all children by adopting preferential treatment for selected minorities (read Muslims and Christians). It is not difficult to understand that this politically motivated strategy was engineered for improving its chances of staying in power with the help of Muslim block votes.
Preferential sanctions for Muslim Students:
Under this undemocratic and preferential system of the government, the scheduled cast students have been receiving lump sum grant as annual educational aid at the rate of Rs.140/- for lower primary level, Rs.220/- for upper primary level and Rs.330/- for the high school level. But the newly introduced plan of scholarships for minority students has elevated to Rs.10, 000/- per year limited to two students in a family whose annual income is less than one lakh rupees i.e. Rs 1,00,000).
More importantly, Muslim girls shall receive scholarship of Rs.3000/- at degree level, Rs.4000/- at post graduate level and Rs.5000/- for professional courses. Additionally, the Muslim girls shall receive stipend while preparing for competitive exams.

In case of higher studies like MBBS, PG courses and Research, the SC/ST students must get 60% marks to qualify for admission and are allowed a financial support of Rs. 3960 per year (Rs 330/ per month). But the religion based minorities need to have only 50% marks and the degree, PG students get Rs 6550/ per year while the M. Phil, Ph. D, students get Rs 35,100/ on yearly basis (attachment A). This inequality is extremely prejudicial to Hindu students and must be stopped immediately.

There are several additional discriminations against Hindu students. E.g.the Hindu students get educational loans at much higher interest rates i.e., 12 to 14 per cent per annum but minority students get student loan at 3 percent interest per annum from the National Minority Development & Finance Corporation under the Union Ministry of Finance.

In the field of commercial ventures for self-employment, a Hindu youth is entitled to get loans from commercial banks at 15 to 18 per cent interest rates and have to arrange ‘margin money’ of 15 to 40 per cent of the project cost from their private sources, balance comes from the bank. But minority youth have to put in only 5 per cent of project cost as margin money from their private source, other 35 percent is given by the National Minority Development & Finance Corporation at 3 percent interest,

As mentioned above, this division of Indian nation into religion based categories violates the sacrosanct principles of the Indian constitution. In fact, the irrational educational policy of the Govt. has now divided poor Indian students into three categories:
a) Preferred religious minorities (read Muslims and Christians) with high financial assistance;
b) SCs and STs on a lower level; and,
c) Total exclusion of students from poor Hindu families (all outside the first two categories) from the so-called upper castes, who don’t get assistance worth even a farthing.

“The preferential treatment to minority religionists – Muslims and Christians – while ignoring the poor Hindu students with similar economic status violates Article 15(1) which clearly stipulates that “The state shall not discriminate any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them”. The Govt. cannot and must not be allowed to enforce the constitution selectively for benefiting its prospective voters”, says an analyst.

“Recognition of the Madrassa certificates on par with the CBSE and the SSLC – by the Sonia- Singh regime and calling it ‘inclusive ‘development’ is against national interest as it encourages a two society mindset : Madrassas fundamentally negate the secular philosophy and inflict a devastating body blow to the principles of Secularism. These radical Islamic institutions are globally recognized as the nucleus–initiating stage for furthering a skewed mindset into jihadi terrorism”, he adds.

Conclusion:

In India, the policy of Muslim appeasement is a two-pronged instrument, one prong is operated by the central government in Delhi and the other by the state governments in the respective states. The unlawful and undemocratic preferences and privileges are turning the majority Hindu community into third or fourth grade citizens and elevating the Muslims, in the name of minorities, into the first grade ones. These developments are turning India virtually into an Islamic state. Many affirm that India has already become an Islamic state, but yet to be officially declared.

Recently, the UPA government has drafted a draconian law, called the “Prevention of Communal and Targeted Violence (Access to Justice and Reparations) Bill, 2011” and if it becomes a law, the Hindus will be turned into slaves and the Muslims into the real rulers of the country. We hope to discuss this in a separate article.