From: bhatnagr@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Raj Bhatnagar)
Subject: Re: BM-RJB issue (more developments)
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 21:13:48 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.235205.19326@cs.wayne.edu> uds@wsu-eng.eng.wayne.edu (Seetamraju Udaybhaskar) writes:

>It is not a question of which faction of congress will gain the
>upper hand.  It is a matter of which faction will have a larger
>influence on the date when RJB temple is built.  If Arjun singh
>gets victorious, you will see RJB temple not now, but next year
>or the year after that (but nevertheless, it will be built.  Trust
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>the VHP and RSS on that).  If arjun singh loses by oct 31st, the
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>temple will soon be built.
>

I fully agree with you that the temple will eventually be 
built at the original site. May be soon or, if Arjun Singhs
persist, in a few years. But is that going to disappoint
BJP/VHP? Or would a delay in the construction of the temple
be seen as a defeat for/by VHP/BJP?

I don't think so.

The objective for which VHP/BJP have started the RJB movement
is not limited to the construction of the temple alone. The
much wider objective is to fight off and eliminate the opposition 
to the renaissance of the Indian-civilazational identity for India.
RJB in this fight is as symbolic as the ceremonial horse of an 
"Ashvamedha Yagna." Any challenger to RJB is being faught off. And
successful construction of RJB at the original site can be easily
equated with the successful return of the cerermonial horse. After
RJB construction, very little, if any, opposition will be left to the
Hindutva being the name of India's national identity and ethos.

Another parallel to this can be seen in Ramayana itself. If freedom
for Seeta was the only objective of Ram, she could have been kidnapped
by Hanuman and brought back from Lanka. He had delivered the Ram's ring
to her afterall. But freedom for Seeta was to be accompanied by the
destruction of Ravana's empire - the forces which perpetrated the crime.

Also in Mahabharata, Krishna, with all his Maya could have easily gotten 
rid of Duryodhana, but his objective was to bring into battle all those
forces that had made possible and supported Duryodhan's 
philosophy (Bhishma included), and seek their destruction in the war.

So, VHP could have constructed the temple in many other ways, but its
objective is to bring into the political battlefield all those forces
that are opposed to the renaissance of the Indian-civilizational identity
and seek their political death. 

They seem to be succeding splendidly in this battle so far. The irony is
that there are very few who realize this whole wider dimension of the
RJB struggle. RJB is Ramayan's Seeta; Babri Structure is Mahabharat's
Duryodhan, and the currently rampant, vote-bank guided, pseudo-secularism
is the Ravana or the greed of the Kauravas. I think the current anti-VHP/BJP
political forces in India are just too weak (from a long term perspective)
to offer any sustained opposition to the tide that VHP/BJP have 
unleashed in the arena of Indian politics. The main reason is that all the
non-VHP/BJP political forces in today's India are nothing but edifices 
created for acheiving the goals of personal ambitions and gratifications.


>If the temple is built BJP gets the credit.  Temple not built ? --
>BJP will sacrifice their UP govt and turn mercenary. Thinking of having  RJB-BM complex
>permanently closed?-- hindu vote will never come back to Congress.
>
>You see the dilemma, the brains in congress face...  ???
>
>I feel war in kashmir will be imminent if VHP goes ahead with temple
>building on oct 31st.  Congress needs a diversion desperately.  Bofors
>HM are very small scale diversions...  Watch PVNR do something drastic...


In my view Kashmir is going to boil as long as VHP/BJP's strength is being
challenged by the pseudo-secularists in India. Once in power at the center,
I think BJP will forcefully deny Islam-based secession of any part of the
country, no matter how harsh the measures it may have to take. 

If PVN escalates anything on Kashmir front, he will have to counter
the Arjun Singhs of the Congress first. He doesn't seem to be that
strong within Congress right now. But I hope he takes strong measures
wrt kashmir and Pak's involvement in it. I would loike to see those
asap rather than worrying about which political party in India gets
credit for such initiatives.

> I am an eternal optimist, when it comes to our politician's capability in 
>coming up with solutions.  My personal gut feeling is that
>congress will hijack the hindu card from BJP.  But logical
>analysis points to Kashmir...
>
>
>Seetamraju Udaya Bhaskar Sarma
>(email : seetam @ ece7 . eng . wayne . edu)
>


---raj

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