by
P.S. Sahni
Both the largest minority
communities – LGBTQIA members said to be 80-100 millions as per reference in
Supreme Court judgement on gay sex delivered in 2018 and the Muslim community
numbering 172 millions in the year 2011 – are treated with hatred by Narendra
Modi. The Muslims are referred to as infiltrators and hence treated with
hatred; the LGBTQIA members are born and brought-up in India and even then hated.
The Muslims are alleged to be polygamous and hence hated; the LGBTQIA communities
are even not allowed to marry and still hated. In fact, the Prime Minister,
Home Minister, Attorney General for India and the Solicitor General actively
opposed same-sex marriage in the Supreme Count of India. Also, BJP MPs in Parliament
have stalled introduction of laws regarding LGBTQIA community for more than a
decade. Even a debate on the LGBTQIA issues is not permitted.
It is just as well to
remember that the Committee on the Status of Women in India found in 1974 that
the prevalence of polygamy is:
Tribals: 15.2%
Buddhists: 9.7%
Jains: 6.7%
Hindus: 5.8%
Muslims: 5.7%
The Muslims are hated by
the Prime Minister because they allegedly produce more children. The LGBTQIA
community is hated even though they don’t produce any children. Of course, it
would be a happy situation if same-sex marriage is allowed and using modern
technology such a couple could aspire to have a child.
The Prime Minister’s
behavior is not logical in relation to these two communities. For diametrically
opposite reasons the Prime Minister hates the Muslims and LGBTQIA members.
Through deduction and logic, it can be concluded that the Prime Minister hates
these two communities congenitally. The BJP does not accept a Muslim candidate
for Elections on its ticket; it also does not let any member of LGBTQIA
community to fight Election on its ticket. The BJP Election Manifesto has no
word for the LGBTQIA community. The expression ‘sabka sath sabka vikas’ is a
camouflage in relation to these two communities. If the government wants the
development of the LGBTQIA community, the Prime Minister should first accept
the existence of the LGBTQIA community before it can even talk of their
development. Similarly, the Prime Minister should first accept Muslims in India
as equal human beings rather than treat them as animals as has happened in the
last 10 years e.g. the bull-dozing of Muslim properties; love-jihad; lynching of
Muslims allegedly for storing cattle-flesh at home; or taking a cow for sale at
the market place.
Modi will have to let go of
hatred from his heart against these two communities. He should remember that if
these two communities join hands, together they could form their own government
on the basis of their strength electorally.
