Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s articulation on the ongoing heated language debate – that sparked off emotions for and against Hindi – it is most welcome and should put at rest the unnecessary debate on the language issue. Modi was referring to the re-kindled debate on the language issue that evoked sharp reaction in few non-Hindi speaking states like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and some north eastern states. The Prime Minister also cautioned the nation against such controversies and said all Indian languages were worth worshipping. Modi acknowledged that language diversity is the pride of the country, but attempts are being made to spark controversies over it. Prime Minister\u2019s stand on the language issue was welcomed by Kannada film actor Kichcha Sudeep, whose reaction to Ajay Devgan\u2019s declaration that Hindi was national language, sparked off a heated debate on social media and on the ground. Karnataka is going for local body polls in a few weeks and will be going for general elections to Assembly next year. Tamil Nadu has always been aggressively fighting what it claims \u201cattempts to impose Hindi\u201d and forcefully articulates its position on the language issue. However, leaders like DMK president and Chief Minister MK Stalin, make it clear that neither he nor his party was anti-Hindi but was very concerned over efforts to force Hindi, directly or indirectly. The prime minister has said what India wants to know and hear. Be that as it may, Modi\u2019s remark on the unwanted divisive discourse on the language issue should be the beginning and not the end on various issues that are creating an unwholesome environment in India. Congress leader Rashid Alvi reacted when he told Republic TV, \u201cWhat PM Modi has said is correct. But the problem is that BJP leaders and PM Modi speak differently. If the PM really wants this, why doesn\u2019t he take action against leaders who incite language debate? Currently, an attempt is being made to stoke the embers of communalism and religious divide further over the historic claims that masjids were allegedly built over destroyed mandirs. Hindutva brigade has an agenda to turn on other religious sites such as- Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi and the Jama Masjid-Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura. The ground for their claim is the same as in Ayodhya: that these were constructed after demolishing Hindu temples and this \u201chistoric wrong\u201d must be righted. Over the years, several BJP leaders have repeated and amplified unhistorical claims that the Taj is in fact a Hindu temple that was built much before the reign of Shah Jahan. However, historical accounts also narrate how Hindu kings destroyed mandirs and looted them from the territories of their Hindu enemies. These are contained in essays written by Richard H. David, professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College. David also wrote that Swami Vivekananda, regarded as an icon of the Hindutva politics and resurgent Hindu India by RSS, and also the greatest narrator of ancient India\u2019s past, unambiguously, declared that \u201cJagannath Temple was originally a Buddhist Temple.\u201d Will all these mean that majids, mandirs, pagodas, churches etc should be destroyed because there is suspicion that these were built over religious places of other communities? When will this end, is a question that needs to be clarified by the government of the day and in this, perhaps Modi can enlighten the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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