Bhartiya Janta Party is a communalist party

Loopholes in Pro’s case: I believe my opponent made an evasive case by using arguments like ‘the media is biased’ and ‘portraying hindutva as a peaceful ideology’. He cleverly avoided my questions, citing reasons such as ‘I don’t see a question mark there’ “How can it be ridiculous when I gave you the actual etymology of Hindustan?” I do not disagree with your etymology; I disagree with your justification, because the context in which the BJP uses this ‘definition’ is dangerous. If the BJP is so saintly in its approach why doesn’t the RSS admit Muslim members? “No, it shouldn't. Thee BJP doesn't believe in this. Hindustan was once occupied by Mughals. Even they come under the original definition of Hindu.” Wrong. BJP says the Hindus had inhabited the entire stretch of the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years. BJP argues that it was the Hindu forefathers who had established standards and norms and had fought against the foreign invaders, hence claiming that only the Hindu had a right “to be a child of this soil”. Religious minorities were hence counseled to pledge allegiance to the Hindu symbols and restrict practicing their own religious beliefs to their private spaces. BJP believes that Hindus who chose to convert to Islam or Christianity were forced not only to change their mode of worship, but also their style of dressing, names, culture, value system and lifestyle. It noted that conversion had caused a simultaneous change in the nationalism and that was the root cause of concern and all their problems. They believe the problem of non-Hindus was not the problem of faith, alleging that it transcends the barriers of faith and worship, and tends to create political tensions in the anti-national perspective. The BJP goes on to call non-hindus contributing to the anti-national sentiments, is this not communal? Thus while “the nationals of this nation may have religious faith, they all have to subscribe and pledge supremacyto Hindutva or Hinduness which is the cultural ethos of the nation. In this view, a Hindu is “any person born in this country” but, Lord Rama and Krishna are seen as national heroes. Source: The BJP And The Compulsions Of Politics In India (pg: 220, 221) " ’Hindu’ is nothing but ‘Indian’ ” See, this is a very dicey statement, the RSS is known for making hindu nationalism “Bharitiya (Indian) Nationalism” yet the two are not synonymous. The main difference is, according to the BJP, majority rule is democracy, they majoritarianism should prevail over anything else in a democratic state, which defies the basic fundamental principle of the constitution that all citizens to be treated as equals, the minorities also are to protected because they are guaranteed protection and equal rights under the constitution. When BJP talks about Kashmir they talk about Kashmiri pandits, not the Muslims in the valley. In 2002 they talk about the 250 hindus that died, not the 750 Muslims. One more thing about 2002 riots, after Modi was election campaign chief, he made a statement when asked whether he regretted the killings that took place, this is what he said, “ when someone else is driving a car and we're sitting behind, even then if a puppy comes under the wheel, will it be painful or not? Of course it is. “ Here he says he was not in control of his state when the riots took place, and compares Muslims to puppies which came under the wheel”. This is the kind of language he uses and attitude he adopts towards the Muslims of the country. And my opponent cannot say the media projects him in such a light, this was an interview with Reuters, therefore the credibility of my source stands and is not subject to any scams, scandals or political influence, also it should be noted, even a reputed organization like Reuters calls Modi a Hindu Nationalist. Source: http://goo.gl... Few communal incidents that have taken place after BJP’s victory at Lok Sabha There is a city called Moradabad, in the city there is a communally volatile area Kanth, which has a Muslim majority, the BJP workers in order to challenge the majority installed loud speakers in their local temple and called for a mahasabha which had been specifically banned by the state govt. owing to the area’s sensitive nature, but the BJP leaders were hell-bent on having the mahasabha in order to prove their dominance, and as a consequence there were clashes between the police and BJP workers who had defied the ban on mahasabha. Source: http://goo.gl... A young techie named Mohsin Shaikh was murdered by the Hindu Rasthra Sena which is an outfit of the Sangh Parivar in Maharashtra, beaten to death on the road. This man was killed just because he shared his dismay after Modi’s appointment as PM. And the govt. is still contemplating whether this fascist group needs to be banned or not. Source: http://goo.gl... AMIT SHAH The latest developments further show that Mr. Amit Shah, who has accused of orchestrated the extrajudicial killings of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauser Bi and his associate Tulsiram Prajapati, has been made the President of BJP. Just imagine a man who has been involved in murder cases of, mind you, Muslims, has been elevated or rather awarded the BJP President post. It doesn’t bother the party that the man has a tainted record. While the party says it was because of his performance during elections in a state of India where he secured 71 out of 80 seats, but it should be understood that this man again is from the RSS, and was even banned by the EC, (election commission, which ensures free and fair elections) from campaigning in the state when he stirred up controversy by giving a speech in an area where Muslims and Hindus had rioted just a few months earlier, calling the election one of "honor and revenge", the EC in their press release banned him from making public statements and called his remarks– inflammatory. Also, the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation, like FBI in America) special judge who was presiding over the case of these fake encounter cases was transferred after he rejected Amit Shah’s plea to be exempted from court hearing, and guess what Amit Shah didn’t turn up for those hearing and roams free without consequence. Sources: http://goo.gl... http://goo.gl... I believe I have satisfied my criteria of proving and quoting incidents where the BJP has acted in a communal spirit, and therefore satisfied the resolution. My opponent on the other hand has failed to display the secularism of the BJP.