Why are The RSS/BJP Even More Relevant During the Current Times?

For the greater part of the last thousand years or a millennium, the predominantly Hindu subcontinent has been ruled by Muslims for 600 years and Christians for close to 300 years. In the organised programs conducted by those in power for centuries, historians estimate that approximately 150-200 million Hindus died defending their faith and an equal number, possibly more, were converted to Islam and Christianity. Yet in today’s independent India, it is laudable that Hindus have not carried the unfortunate baggage of the past and have extended respect, right to safety and right to opportunity to members of other faiths.

But here is where the problem lies. One would think and hope that Muslims and Christians would reconcile to a India led by a resurgent Hindu majority, but no. The Congress Party, the party in power for the greater part of independent India, has a sizeable proportion of Muslim and Christian leaders who have more often than not prevailed over their Hindu counterparts in the party and have dictated the agenda for decades thus leading to concepts of pseudo secularism, and appeasement of minorities at the cost of the vast majority. My contention is that as a community, Muslims and Christians do not need any special reservations or favours to compete successfully with others in India. Muslims and Christians are perfectly well equipped and capable of looking after themselves and defending their faith by themselves in India.

I would extend this argument to say that despite their relatively small population, Muslims and Christians wield disproportionately high influence in all aspects of Indian life and often dictate the national agenda, albeit surreptitiously. In the Congress party, Muslims and Christians have the upper hand and often arm twist and bulldoze their Hindu counterparts to accepting a line of thought or action. In the Congress party, the public voices are those of Hindus, but the influence and the force behind these voices are those of their Muslim and Christian brethren. Besides this, it is a well known fact that in a family unit, the female spouse is the predominant factor in taking daily decisions. As it turns out, many Congress Hindu leaders are married to Muslim and Christian female spouses who arm twist them and influence them to act according to their thinking.

Now look at the hapless Hindu. For one, he has no sense of identity: he is bogged down with several castes, sub castes, regionalism, etc. He is often brow beaten by other communities into accepting their line of thought. He feels like a stranger in his own land with the state going all out to usurp his sense of identity and being. He feels threatened in his own country. He does not feel safe in his own country. There is distinct danger that he could be reduced to a minority or become inconsequential in Indian polity. Enter the RSS/BJP. These two organisations are making the first major, organised attempt in India’s history to unify and consolidate Hindu sense of oneness and power. These efforts by the RSS/BJP could well transfer power to Hindu hands. Now this possibility is detested by the Congress. Long since enjoying power in India, the Congress does not want to see a unified Hindu rank and file led by a powerful Hindu leader because then they will lose control over Indians and predominantly Hindus.