ISLAMABAD: Recent consecration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, unabated persecution of minorities and gross human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are among many factors evidencing Indian Republic Day as mere facade.

Observed on January 6, Kashmiri leadership and human rights analysts consider Day as masquerade to hide India’s democratic failure, as it is marred with unprecedented and incorrigible issues permeated in its society through rise of fanatical BJP regime.

Gross human rights violations, Kashmir issue and persecution of minorities have rendered India as oppressor and hegemonic state and its celebrations of Republic Day is just mask to hide its true face.

Despite tall claims of being largest democratic republic state, Indian political parties, especially BJP’s phenomenal rise, has always been centered on its hoisting of the majoritarian Hindutva flag.

False façade created by Gandhi and Nehru got reality test after rise of Hindu Nationalist BJP in 2014 and 2019. Analysts observed that political fissures and polarisation in Indian society were rising with phenomenal speed, as BJP was trying its best to make it  saffronised state.

In sharp contrast to its so-called secular values, Hindu nationalists argue that Hindu culture defines Indian identity and that minorities need to assimilate by accepting strictures of this majority culture. Minorities like Dalits and Christians of Tamil Nadu are facing acute human rights violations under BJP rule, leading to massive conversion to Buddhism.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 26 2024

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