by Sanjay Saxena
Raebareli. The kind of casteist politics being practised by Congress’ “brand ambassador” and Raebareli MP Rahul Gandhi is highly detrimental to the country and society. Rahul Gandhi does not miss any opportunity to divide Hindu society to fulfill his political ambitions. This trend was initiated by Rahul a long time ago. After this year’s general elections, Rahul has accelerated his conspiracies to divide Hindus. It is surprising that Rahul Gandhi, the grandson of Parsi grandfather Feroze Ghandy, hides his own caste and religion but considers it his right to ask every Hindu youth about their caste. First, let’s understand how Rahul Gandhi’s grandfather, Feroze Ghandy, got the surname Gandhi. Several books mention that Ghandy was Feroze’s original surname, which is a caste-specific surname in the Parsi religion. Feroze’s surname, Ghandy, was not well known, partly because the Ghandy sub-caste of Parsis is very small in number and partly because everyone at that time was running after Gandhi. Out of ignorance, people started calling Feroze Ghandy as Feroze Gandhi, which also benefited Feroze, so he never opposed it. However, it is also true that he remained a Parsi until his death and did not change his religion. His last rites were performed according to the customs of the Parsi community.
This all came to mind because Rahul Gandhi is once again laying the groundwork to pit Hindus against each other using a murder that took place in his parliamentary constituency, Raebareli. Recently, a young man from the Pasi community named Arjun was killed in Raebareli during a mutual fight. It was a criminal incident that Rahul Gandhi turned into a Dalit vs. Upper Caste political issue. Rahul Gandhi reached Raebareli on Tuesday, August 20 to further his political ambitions. He met Arjun Pasi’s family and assured them that the harassment issue would be raised from the streets to the Parliament. Through this murder case, Rahul Gandhi started plotting to create a rift between upper castes and Dalits. Rahul Gandhi aims to strengthen his hold on the 103 Assembly seats by using the case of Arjun Pasi, a young man from the Dalit community. His party is also planning to raise the issue of Arjun Pasi’s murder in various programs related to Dalit issues. In Uttar Pradesh, after the Jatavs, the Pasi community is the second-largest Dalit community, making up about 16% of the state’s total scheduled caste population. Community members claim they influence about 103 seats, with 70 seats where the Pasi community plays a decisive role.
Rahul Gandhi is doing all this although a few days ago, an FIR was lodged against five people in connection with Arjun Pasi’s murder, based on the complaint of the family, and they have already been arrested. The rest of the work is up to the court. Later, some organizations also accused the block chief’s representative of being involved in the murder. However, the police said that action has been taken against those named in the FIR lodged by the family.
Meanwhile, Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who reached Raebareli, said, “Everyone here is demanding justice because a Dalit youth has been killed. The whole family has been threatened. A person has been killed, but no action is being taken. The Superintendent of Police here is not taking action against the mastermind of the murder. They are arresting small-time people. Every class in Uttar Pradesh should be respected, and justice should be served to all. We will not back down until this family gets justice.”
Due to the pressure from organizations, the matter in Raebareli has turned into a Dalit vs. Upper Caste issue after the police did not include the block chief’s representative’s name in the murder case. The police have arrested six accused so far, and people are continuing to protest, demanding the arrest of the main accused, Vishal Singh.
