So our jolly, cheerful, positive and fun-loving Lord Ganesh finds himself embroiled in an ideological warhindutva [idéologie fondamentaliste défendant l’idée d’une suprématie et d’une nation hindoues]. After Rama, it’s his turn [en avril, la fête hindoue qui célèbre la naissance de Rama a été marquée par des violences contre les musulmans]. It would be more accurate to say that the master was used as a sail. Behind him was a forked tongue that knew they still couldn’t say directly that they wanted to seize land and property from the Muslims.
Why can’t they declare it and do it publicly? Even if these people are currently almost everywhere in control [le BJP, parti nationaliste hindou de Narendra Modi, est au pouvoir en Inde depuis 2014] and that the police and other state agencies will find reasons to justify their actions? This can be explained, among other things, by the fact that the judiciary is not yet completely dead. The idea of justice has not completely disappeared, as we saw on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi [fête de Ganesh, célébrée cette année le 2 septembre].
On August 30, three Supreme Court judges sat in extraordinary hearings late into the night. And this is because of the Karnataka government [lui aussi dirigé par le BJP] want to allow pandal [des constructions éphémères] Ganesha at the Idgah site, in Bangalore, is traditionally used by Muslims to pray during certain holidays.
The Idgah Committee first appealed to the Karnataka High Court to stop the government from doing so. This site is owned by Muslims and only Muslim festivals have been held here for the last two centuries. A member of the Karnataka High Court handling the case has refused to allow the state government to hold the event at the venue. Therefore, the Karnataka authorities appealed this decision.
In the name of which brotherhood?
Outside observers can only wonder what the Karnataka government’s interest is in this. Why is he so interested in using this particular site for the Ganesha festival? Of course, anyone who has followed India for eight years will not be surprised. This is completely in line with the behavior of the Karnataka government: not so long ago [en février]she has
