It is absurd to notice tonight on
a television debate, a semi literate Gujarati entrepreneur challenging an IAS
officer and present vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, University about
his knowledge of Indian Muslims and their political orientation.
The distinction made by Mr. Jung
was quite comprehensible that the Muslims across the country cast their votes
distinctively. And also his speculations
of loss of Muslim votes if Modi is projected as a prime ministerial candidate
for forthcoming 2014 general elections by BJP.
Though it is contentious whether
20-25% of Muslims of India would vote for BJP irked by the misgovernance and
flurry of corruption charges. And what
percent of muslim voters would curtail in case of Modi’s projection as prime
ministerial candidate. It is premature
to indulge in statistics without a thorough research on ground level. Nonetheless it does not implicate at all that
someone would have no space for his personal speculations in order to simplify
his or her discourse.
It was baffling and irritating to
see the over reaction from a Gujarat based Muslim entrepreneur. He reacted so
violently to Mr. Jung’s remark that someone watching the debate could easily
visualize “Moditva” teaching and inspirations inside that gentle man, by just closing
eyes for an instance.
Mr. Jung was sharing his
experiences, what he had come across discussing with the different section of
the society on various platforms about Modi. He did not hesitate to reveal the
fact of the matter of an acceptability of Narendra Modi in middle class. He was deliberately avoiding the contentious
but the truth of his acceptance in Hindu middle class in fact, and that is not
the case by large even in Hindu community . In addition to that he added beneath
the reality of Modi’s unacceptability among the various section of the society.
This was what provoked that
gentle man Mr. Zafar Sareshwala to challenge intelligence of Mr. Jung and his
understanding about Indian Muslims. He
did not even bother to have a proper look over Mr. Jung’s public life profile
before awarding him certification of living in an era of about 40 years back.
And the way Mr. Jung expressed his fury only with a smile which itself
ascertains Modi’s fascistic presence over mainstream media and social media too. 
This is the same person who
claimed that he had a change of heart in 2003 after meeting Modi in London
.Sareshwala is a native of Ahmedabad and
belongs to an elite Bohra family. During the 2002 riots, his firm that dealt in
shares suffered huge losses. He shifted to London and even tried to prosecute
Modi in international courts.
But, when along with Maulana Essa
Mansoori of the Islamic World Council, he met Modi, he changed his views on
"getting justice for atrocities on Muslims and establishing peace."
Council of Indian Muslims Chairman Munaf Zeena and other Muslim leaders
describe Sareshwala as an opportunist and are vehemently opposed to him. After
his return from London, he got a dealership for the German automobile
manufacturer BMW.
It is really a very thoughtful
observation by Mr. Jung that the level of compromise between the Gujarati
Muslim entrepreneurs and Modi is distinctively much higher than the rest of the
country. And he argues his contention with intellectual rumination.
But what these Modi cadres are
trained to confront and ruin a healthy discourse on any platform provided, no
matter whether it’s on social media or on any broadcast medium. It is really
very dangerous in the interest of a democratic country like India. This would
certainly lead to a neo-fascism in India. Many scholars contemplate it as a
threat to democracy and birth to a fascist upsurge.
It is inevitably important to
explore the compulsion or proclaimed compassion of the people like this gentle
man. It clearly implicates here the
level of compromise between these pierrots and Modi.
Evidently, the livelihood of
Gujarati Muslims is primarily based upon the small entrepreneurship. The
devastation and damages done their businesses during riots and the post riots
fearsome has left them with no choices. They don’t even dare to raise voices
for their genuine rights, because of the trauma they have had witnessed.
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