Yogi Adityanath spent Rs 195.89 crore for the grand Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya. Of this, Rs 133.70 crore has been sanctioned by the Union Government.

When some leader even holds an Iftaar party in Ramadan, Hindutva Brigade feels hurt and wastes no time in declaring it “Muslim appeasement”, worthy of utmost condemnation. But the all-out pampering of Hindus is a sign of secularism and justice for them, and they are right in using the word “appeasement” for what is usually done for Muslims in their country. 

They only get what can at best be called “appeasement” to make them feel that if nothing substantial can be done for them in accordance with their needs, at least their emotions can be appeased through some occasional “gifts” of hollow words. Pampering of course is reserved for the Hindu community and the maximum part of it is reserved for certain sections within Hindu community.

Yogi Nath has come up with another proposal to build a 100-metre tall statue of Lord Ram. An Indian Express report says,

The Yogi Adityanath government plans to build a “grand statue” of Lord Ram on the banks of the Saryu river in Ayodhya as part of its plan to showcase “Navya Ayodhya.” The proposal was presented to Governor Ram Naik as part of the state tourism department’s initiatives to promote religious tourism.

The government’s slideshow put the height of the statute at 100 m but some officials said that wasn’t final.

According to a press communique released from Raj Bhavan, Principal Secretary, Tourism, Awanish Kumar Awasthi made the presentation.

…The communique stated that the statue will be built at Saryughat after clearance from the National Green Tribunal…. Also part of the plan is a Ram Katha gallery on the banks of the river, a multi-purpose auditorium in the Digambar Akhara premises and various public utility services. For this integrated development of Ayodhya, the state government had sent a detailed project report (DPR) of Rs 195.89 crore to the Tourism Ministry at the Centre and the Ministry has so far provided Rs 133.70 crore to the state.”

Whatever Yogi does, nobody dare ask him, if he is a Hindu first or Indian first. And there is indeed no need to seek an answer, as the true answer is known to everybody. (Personally, I am not against Government spending on religious sites provided it covers all communities.) Yesterday, in his speech he talked of innovating all the sites of Hindu religious importance in the state.

The truth is that not only specific Hindu pampering has always been there, the policies of almost all the governments in the past and present have benefitted Hindus hugely more than minorities and again mainly a few Hindus castes among Hindus.

The forces of Hindutva want to ensure that nothing substantial is done to help Muslims recover from its huge backwardness. Hindutva Brigade seems to derive pleasure in the alienation, backwardness, helplessness and fear of Muslims.

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[Dr Javed Jamil is India based thinker and writer with over a dozen books including his latest, “Muslim Vision of Secular India: Destination & Road-map” and “Qur’anic Paradigms of Sciences & Society” (First Vol: Health), “Muslims Most Civilised, Yet Not Enough” and Other works include “The Devil of Economic Fundamentalism”, “The Essence of the Divine Verses”, “The Killer Sex”, “Islam means Peace” and “Rediscovering the Universe”. Read more about him at http://www.worldmuslimpedia.com/dr-javed-jamil. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/javedjamil2015; alsohttp://javedjamil.blogspot.in/. He can be contacted at doctorforu123”yahoo.com.]