Doing Gandhi and Godse with Sikhs and farmers’ movement January 7, 2021, 11:15 PM IST
I P Singh is Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Jalandhar. He covers news in Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Nawanshahr districts, and writes on politics, environmental issues, heritage preservation and contemporary trends. He specializes in deciphering religio-political peculiarities and complexities of Punjab. LESS. MORE
A person can either praise Mahatma Gandhi or can hail Nathu Ram Godse. One can criticize Gandhi and can also find Godse’s act abominable but praising both or keeping both on side seems unthinkable. But then, politics is the art of making impossible possible and reconciling contradictions. The BJP and Sangh Parivar in the last over six years epitomize this reconciliation of contradictions. The Prime Minister and other top BJP leaders pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi but some BJP leaders and scores of supporters – both of the ruling party and the Sangh Parivar
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Enough is enough. How long will we sit like this? Let us break the barricades and move toward Delhi. If some lives have to be sacrificed, then so be it, said one firebrand farmer leader during a recent meeting at Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border, where thousands of farmers have been camping inside tractor trolleys since 27 November. The frustration was palpable. Several rounds of talks with the government had yielded little and patience was running ou
Modi said the Sikh gurus’ sacrifice had helped protect the country’s “civilisation and culture” from “tyrants” and “tormentors”.
“The tyrants wanted Sahibzade to renounce their faith, abandon the teachings of the great Guru tradition,” he said.
“During the immurement, as the stones began piling up, gradually raising the height of the wall. (with) death staring them in the face. they did not budge even a bit.”
Modi added that Sunday was also the anniversary of the martyrdom of Guru Gobind Singh’s mother, Mata Gujari.
“During this month, inspired by Shri Guru Gobind Singhji, many people sleep on the floor.. This martyrdom served towards the great deed of protecting our civilisation. and keeping the present fabric of the country intact,” he said.
what will be the outcome of the ongoing farmers protest after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a gurdwara and sought inspiration from Guru Tegh Bahadur, whose followers are among those protesters. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana was referring to Modi s visit on Sunday to Gurdwara Rakabganj in Delhi where he paid tributes to Guru Tegh Bahadur for his supreme sacrifice. Guru Teg Bahadur, whose death anniversary was observed on Saturday, was cremated at the Gurdwara Rakabganj. Thousands of farmers, including Sikhs, have been protesting near the Delhi borders since November 26 against the Modi government s three new farm laws.
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