Ludhiana News- Seminar organised by the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch
Author(s): Ludhiana News Desk @ city air newsA Speaker addressing seminar organised by the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch at Ludhiana on Monday. Ludhiana, December 8, 2014: "Various democratic and progressive forces should join hands...
Ludhiana, December 8, 2014: "Various democratic and progressive forces should join hands to protect already shrunken democratic space in India, which is now virtually endangered due to incumbent dispensation of BJP led NDA regime that is eager to enforce its Hindutava agenda over the entire nation."
The views were expressed by noted Delhi-based human rights activists Gautam Navlakha, who was here to speak at the seminar organised by the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Vichar Manch in the memory of martyrs Kartar Singh Sarbaha, Ashfaq-ul-lah and Ram Prasad Bismil.
Navlakha said besides the liberal economic policies of old UPA regime, which the present government is implementing without any major departure, the BJP ruled government is creating an atmosphere of “majoritarian triumphalism” and implementing Hindutva agenda, which would left no space for expression of numerous diverse sections of Indian society.
“This eagerness to prove that everybody living in this country is Hindu would ultimately devastate the sentiment of the communal harmony in the country”, he noted, adding that with incidents like Trilokpuri and Muzzafarnagar riots, the BJP is keen polarize the society on communal lines.
He said that efforts to introduce Sanskrit in syllabus of Kendriya Vidyalas, distortion of scientific and historical facts, glorification of social practices of ancient Indian societies and slogans like “Love Jihad” are part of the grand communal strategy of Hindutva forces, including BJP.
Patron of the Manch Prof Jagmohan Singh said that all progressive and democratic forces have to defeat the organized assault of fascist forces.
In resolutions introduced by Prof AK Maleri, the audience criticized the arrest of student leader Rajinder Singh of Punjab Students Union and also demanded call back of Damage of Public and Private Property (Prevention) Act. Dr Harbans Singh presented vote of thanks. Stage was conducted by Gurmail Singh.
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