Saffronization of the Laboratory of Democracy..!

"Heroism at command, senseless violence.. and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, How I hate them..!" - Albert Einstein

I have got tired proving myself a patriot after the incident of February 9, 2016 in JNU. My only fault being an alumnus of JNU!

Herds of nationalists are hounding the sleep out of my nights. Every Johnny is calling me anti-nationalist on FB, twitter and other SNS. Thanks to the yellow journalism of the "nation" that has achieved a new height. The institution that was known for its academic excellence, unique debate culture, freedom of expression and social inclusivity for decades has been branded as a factory of terrorists and anti national elements within hours.

With the strongest possible words I would condemn the anti-state sloganeering by a few unidentified students during the event of February 9, and so did all the responsible students and their political organizations along with the teachers association of JNU. However the fashion of media trial and the videos that showed some unidentified students raising such slogans were enough to boil the blood in the tributaries of nationalism flowing through the brainless skeleton of "Hindu Rashtra" having their confluence at Jhandewalan.

The constitutional dictators seized the opportunity and with the same modus operandi of 2002 riots they used all possible tools of suppression like Police, judiciary, media and the notion of pseudo nationalism to suppress the progressive voices and mislead the citizens. Kanahiya Kumar, the JNUSU president is arrested randomly and slapped with fake charges of sedition despite of the fact that he was not involved in any such activities. There is no video that shows him calling such slogans. I am sure Kanahiya would be released soon but who will be accountable for the loss of his dignity, time and energy? Who will restore his state of mental, physical and psychological well being? The government, in its move to suppress the progressive student politics saffronize every institution and seemed to be waiting for the turn of JNU after FTII, IIT Madras, HCU. Within hours the campus turned into a fortress and hostels were raided. As if it nurtures terroroists. The credit goes to the VC-Sangh connection or the sheer inability of the new VC who seem to be unaware of the culture of JNU. This was something like undeclared emergency.

By the virtue of this tireless effort of the sangh giroh, today the media houses like Zee news and Times now are considered to be as two versions of Ramayana and the anchors like Sudheer Chaudhary and Arnab Goswami are Maharshi Valmiki and Tulsi respectively. They gave rise to a new debate on tax. To my amazement every deshbhakt started worrying about the subsidies that is being given to JNUites from the tax they pay. Everything in the country is running by the taxes we pay. The salaries of those legislatures who watch porn in the parliament is also given by the taxes we pay. The subsidized parliament canteen also runs by the taxes we pay. The hefty loan of thousands of crores that the cash-cows like Ambani is exempted from repaying also comes from the taxes we pay. The plot of land that has been given to the "honorable" CM of Gujrat has been maintained so far by the taxes we pay. The natural resources allocated to these cash-cows are our share of pie and we pay for their maintenance.

Common “Education is not privilege it is our right”. When highly capitalized country like Germany has made its higher education free of cost despite several criticism from the agents of free market then why can’t India give free education to its citizens? Germany claims that tuition fee is something "Socially unjust". Learn something. Amidst all the new low of BJP came when the Home minister reacted on the fake twitter handle of Hafiz Saeed and alleged that JNU protests were backed by Saeed.

JNU has been a laboratory of democracy and democratic ideas. An institution that has a tremendous contribution towards nation- building and has produced top class bureaucrats, thinkers, intellectuals, professors, academicians, scientists, political leaders, diplomats and what not. The concrete framework of bureaucracy of Modi government is constituted by JNU alumni. The chief of CBI and foreign secretary of India and the top diplomats who design the framework of diplomatic relations of India with the world are all the products of JNU. The level of intellect that these scholars’ possess and the politically aware citizens that JNU produces is just because of the open debate culture and the socially just ecosystem of JNU.

Who the government is targeting? Why the government has become so impatient? Can the slogans of those 10 students destroy the country? Why the government does not want to talk about its alliance with PDP in J&K that considers hanging of Afzal Guru a travesty of justice? What are the issues of Kashmiris? Why does the same slogan is normal in Kashmir and seditious in Delhi? The crackdown on JNU raises some serious questions on the double standard of the government?  This is an attack on democracy and JNU will give them a fitting reply.