Is the Indian Constitution going to the dustbin? Is there anybody in this secular India to defend the secular values of the Indian Constitution drafted by Ambedkar? The Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde has stated that those who claimed they were secular `do not have an identity of their parents and the blood’! What he meant was the secularists were bastards without proper parents. To become a Union Minister, he had to take an oath to perform according to the Indian Constitution. He had to do it in front of the President of India. Anantkumar Hegde conveniently forgot his own oath to the nation. This guy needs to be booked for insulting the Indian Constitution. I am sure any court of India which respects the Indian Constitution can do this job. His statement also includes: “I will be happy if someone identifies as Muslim, Christian, Brahmin, Lingayat or Hindu. But trouble will arise if they say they are secular.” Hegde, who has been a member of RSS and AVP, also forgot his own earlier statements. He was booked for hate speech for making derogatory remarks against Islam. In March 2016, he was quoted as saying that “as long as there is Islam in this world, there will be terrorism”. This person has no business to remain as a Union Minister. The challenge to the nation today is, who will live longer? Ambedkar or Anantkumar Hegde?
On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Emerson Samuel <[email protected]> wrote: > My dear Sasi Ji, > > I wonder if the material reproduced below could be titled as > > *"SECUALRISM REDEFINED” * > > even as the author of the same identified as > > *"PERPETRATOR OF CASTE, COLOUR AND CREED, **REGION, **RELIGION AND > LANGUAGE" * > > OR > > *"PARAGON OF PERPETUATION OF CASTEISM AND COMMUNALISM”* > > OR > > *“EMBODIMENT OF DUBIOUS IDENTITY”* > > I wish he identifies himself in definite terms that he belongs to the* > head or foot of INDIAN HERITAGE* > > *IT'S AFTER ALL, THE LAST NAIL ONE DRIVES INTO TO HIS OWN COFFIN *and I > wish him *RIP* > > Ever yours in solidaritty > > *Emerson Samuel* > > > *New Delhi: *Anantkumar Hegde on Sunday (December 24) ruffled quite a few > feathers by saying that he wants people to identify themselves by their > caste or religion, instead of saying that they are secular. The Union > Minister of State for Employment and Skill Development reportedly said that > those who claimed they were secular “do not have an identity of their > parents and their blood”, adding that it was time to amend the constitution. > > According to *The Hindu* > <http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/hegde-kicks-up-a-fresh-row-with-remarks-on-secularism/article22271584.ece>, > Hegde, who was speaking at an event in the Koppal district of Karnataka, > said: “I will be happy if someone identifies as Muslim, Christian, Brahmin, > Lingayat or Hindu. But trouble will arise if they say they are secular.” > > The minister, who was just a few months back handed the skills development > portfolio in the Modi cabinet, said that *Manusmriti* had become outdated > and in the present times, ‘Ambedkar Smriti’ was being talked about instead. > “We respect the constitution and it has changed over time, several times; > and it will change in the future. We are here to change the constitution,” > he said > > The minister was further quoted by *The Hindu* as saying: “Progressive > thinkers do not know about history, tradition and culture. Those who > themselves have erred are trying to blame others for their mistakes.” > > According to *The News Minute* > <https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/secular-people-dont-know-thwir-parental-blood-central-minister-anantkumar-hegde-73677>, > Hegde drew flak from all quarters for his comments including from > opposition leaders and groups of progressive thinkers in varied parts of > Karnataka. Members of Students’ Federation of India even staged a protest > against the minister’s comments. > > The state chief minister Siddaramaiah also slammed > <http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2017/dec/25/karnataka-mocking-secularists-union-minister-anant-kumar-hegde-says-statute-too-will-change-1736268.html> > Hegde’s > dig at secularists, saying that the Union minister did not respect the > constitution. “I do not want to stoop to his level. We know our language > and culture. He is a Union minister, but spits venom.” > > This, however, is not the first time that the BJP leader has kicked up a > storm with his comments. In October, Hegde had asked > <https://thewire.in/189366/karnataka-anantkumar-hegde-tipu-sultan/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=174016&relatedposts_position=0> > not > to be invited to the state government’s “shameful” Tipu Sultan Jayanti > event. In a tweet, he had referred to the event as one aimed at “glorifying > a person known as brutal killer, wretched fanatic and mass rapist.” Days > later he further said > <https://scroll.in/latest/858348/after-tipu-jayanti-karnataka-will-celebrate-kasab-jayanti-says-union-minister-anantkumar-hegde> > that > if the state government could celebrate Tipu Jayanti, people would soon > start celebrating “Ajmal Kasab Jayanti”. > > Hegde, who has been a member the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and an > activist of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Moracha, has also > <https://thewire.in/174016/anantkumar-hegde-tweets-islam-narendra-modi-skill-development-minister/> > previously > been booked for hate speech for making derogatory remarks against Islam. In > March 2016, he was quoted as saying that “as long as there is Islam in this > world, there will be terrorism”. > > On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 12:26 PM, KP Sasi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bijay Kumar Sanseth, spending nine years in jail with a fabricated case >> for the murder of Swami Laxmanananda of Kandhamal along with six other >> innocent Christians, has finally come back home for this Xmas after nine >> years. The Odisha High Court has granted him parole for one month.. Let >> this Christmas be a determination for all secular and democratic forces in >> this country to work for the release of innocent Adivasis and Dalits in >> jail and to make sure that the real culprits are punished. Let us not >> forget that Jesus Christ himself was a victim of fabricated case. Merry >> Christmas! >> >> http://www.countercurrents.org/sasi251214.htm >> > > > > -- > Emerson Samuel > "GRACIA" > 65, 6th Cross > <https://maps.google.com/?q=65,+6th+Cross&entry=gmail&source=g>, 2nd > main, > Gospel Street, St. Thomas Town, > Bangalore - 560084, Karnataka > 080 2546 0318 / 9844152972 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
