By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The statement issued by the Shankaracharya of Puri, in which the revered Sanatan Dharmi Shankaracharya has blamed Narendra Modi for planting unexploded bombs in Surat, Gujarat has been hailed.
The above statement has been welcomed by Amaresh Misra, the Indian historian, author, political analyst and commentator, who is currently in the United States of America on a lecture tour to promote Indian national unity and secularism. He spoke at Chicago, Indiana, Pittsburgh and other mid-west US cities.
The Shankaracharya reportedly also blamed the rightist Bharatiya Janata Party and fundamentalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, (BJP-RSS), combine for planting bombs in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
A Press statement circulated on Friday by one Ghulam Muhammed through e-mail said Mr. Misra termed this development as a turning point in India. He said that the anti-RSS statement of the Shankaracharya shows that majority of Hindus are against the RSS. He said that Sanatan Dharm is the real religion of Hindus; Sanatan Dharmis believe in Puranas, Mahabharata, Ramayana and the Vedas.
“They are the traditional and real Hindus of India. Hindutva forces are usurpers and they are atheists and blasphemers. They have no place in Hindu society”, Mr. Misra added.
Mr. Misra said that in 1857, the first war of Indian Independence, followers of Islam and Sanatan Dharm fought together. Hindutva is a creation of the British to divide Hindus and Muslims. Now after the Ahmedabad blasts, the anti-national character of Hindutva forces stands exposed.
Mr. Misra in his statement warned Gujaratis and other pro-RSS Hindus of New Jersey, San Francisco and Chicago against supporting the RSS and Narendra Modi, who killed 3,000 innocent people during the 2002 genocide in Gujarat. He said that all Hindus supporting RSS and Modi in Gujarat will be shunned and declared “adharmis” (atheists) if they dare to send money to fill the coffers of murderer like the RSS. He said that these false Hindus and their brethren in India will be taught an appropriate lesson if they continue supporting the RSS by supporting communal forces form US soil, they are actually undermining the American constitution as well.
Mr. Misra urged upon all Muslim and secular groups in the US to expose communal Indians working against democracy. He also demanded that all Muslim youths detained illegally after the Ahmedabad blasts ought to be released immediately. He warned the Congress Government of a severe backlash if it fails to act. ([email protected])