The China angle in fomenting discontent in the country & the role of Indian media

 

The China angle in fomenting discontent in the country
&
the role of Indian media

Hasty retreat by Chinese armed forces from Pangong Tso area

            We all have read and heard about the various International intelligence agencies like CIA, MI5, KGB, MOSSAD etc. and even for that matter ISI of Pakistan.  However, very few of us have any knowledge about the Chinese intelligence agency, as it usually keeps a very low profile and is known as MSS (Ministry of State Security).  If one does an analysis of the recent events in world Geo-politics, one can join dots significantly and these pointers directs one towards China and the functioning of its MSS.  China had actually threatened India with various covert operations, including fanning of insurgency in North east region of the country, through its media mouth piece i.e. The Global Times.  Many ordinary citizens may not be taking these threats seriously, but the activities of MSS across the world needs to be assessed afresh. 

             Although the MSS is not known to be an agency with known strike capabilities on enemies like the KGB & MOSSAD, but it now appears that it has gained immense expertise for covertly operating with intent to destabilize entire geographical regions by use of its money power through third party entities, so as to ensure that China is not exposed or directly blamed for the same.  This was amply on display recently, during the recently concluded US Presidential elections, wherein the rhetoric of ‘white supremacy’ and violence thereon was perpetrated and was used as a tool to ensure distinct disadvantage for Mr.Donald Trump, a known China baiter.  The persons and media involved in generating and perpetrating this specific agenda in the USA, are known to have received monetary support from unknown sources.  The stand taken by India, especially the present Government,  in respect of ‘Belt & Road initiative’ (BRI for short) of China has not gone down too well with the Chinese establishment, especially its President Xi Jinping, as the most ambitious component/project of the BRI namely CPEC runs through Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and could be in jeopardy in near future, especially in case India did not become part of this capitalist and expansionist policy of China, in case India happens to re-occupy its land i.e. POK, the entire amount of more than 50 billion dollars spent by China to develop this corridor  could turn out to be a naught.  In case any reader wants to learn about the BRI and its impact globally, may read this article - https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/bri_framing_web_en.pdf.

A representative image of CPEC scheme in Pakistan 

          In order to destabilize the present Government, the Chinese agencies sought covert help from ISI of Pakistan to infiltrate the ranks of certain Muslim organizations and instigated the CAA protests, but due to exposure of likes of Sarjil Imam and Umar Khalid of indulging in anti-national activities, coupled with exposure of likes of Tahir Hussain, whose active role with covert help of a political party stood exposed, during the Delhi riots perpetrated on eve of visit of the then United States President to India in February, 2020 are all indicative of the role of China in trying to destabilize the current Government through agencies like ISI.  The return to power of the present Government in 2019 had unnerved China further and it stepped up the ante to find ways and means to destabilize and ultimately defame this Government and ensure its electoral loss in next the elections.  This was not a game plan that had been hatched overnight, but had been on the anvil since years and this can be seen by the increased Chinese activity in Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to foment trouble for India from all sides.  Further, the world wide destruction unleased by China in guise of COVID-19 for ensuring economic dominance over the world, was coupled with the infamous ‘Tabligi Jamat’ incident in March - April, 2020, wherein mullahs from countries wherein China has a marked presence, came to India and despite being infected intentionally, they dispersed all over country, mostly to remote locations, with intent to spread the virus and cripple the fragile Indian health care system and thereby create a strong anti-Government narrative.  However, having failed to get the desired results through these initiatives, the Chinese Government as a last ditch attempt to de-stabilize, de-motivate and disintegrate the present Government, upped the ante by challenging India militarily by marching upto the Finger-4 region on Pangong Tso region in Ladakh.  The attempt was to militarily humiliate the present Government and thus, discredit it, but the tables were turned with the Galwan incident, wherein a pre-mediated attack by the Chinese troops became it’s Waterloo, as more than double the number of its soldiers perished in hand to hand combat with Indian jawans.  This unprecedented turn of events actually started to hurt the Chinese leadership back home and as much as the media may hype, coupled with this military setback and the position taken by the Indian armed forces alongside, it was the internal domestic pressure, especially upon the central leadership within China that resulted in the present withdrawal.

             As a last ditch effort, the Chinese establishment tried to create turmoil in India through this false narrative of so called ‘Kisan aandolan’ and later tried to give it an International color using paid up projected personalities like Rihanna and Greta Thunberg.  But the tweet of Greta Thunberg, a self-projected and propagated cult personality, with lone intent to black-mail and to gain monetarily, this cult persona made a hasty tweet that included the copy of the hidden agenda of the paid campaign and this exposed the entire set-up and discredited the movement internationally.  Coupled with this, the on ground activity of the so called leaders of the ‘Kisan aandolan’, who had been paid to discredit the Government internationally by disturbing the Republic day celebrations, especially by indulging in large scale violence and expecting Government retribution failed miserably and the leaders were on run in the aftermath.  The public instead of being swayed by the activities of these so called activists, in an anti-Government charade, actually turned against them after being exposed to the real agenda behind the agitation and the sponsored program is slowly petering out.  The intent of this specific movement was also to disrupt the lifeline of armed forces that runs through States of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, in case a limited war broke out at the border and to choke the supply chain of the Indian forces using its own citizens (actually anti-nationals), who would disrupt the Railway lines, roads etc.  One of the glaring incidents, that points fingers towards Chinese involvement is the uncalled for destruction of Reliance network towers in Punjab, as a warning for working of 5G technology and challenging China globally, one has to read between the lines and incidents to join the dots in such vicious intents ( Here is the link to the news - https://www.indiannewslive.com/why-do-farmers-explode-on-mobile-towers-in-the-middle-of-the-movement-loss-over-1500-cm-amarinder-instructs-to-take-action.html ).  

Sikh activists damaging Reliance towers in Punjab

The other incident of hoisting flat at Red Fort was an act of defiance and a direct challenge to authorities provoking them for taking harsh punitive action, as the Chinese believed would take place, but the mature handling of situation by the Delhi Police and the political brass, exposed China and divisive forces effectively.  Thus, having failed to garner an internal turmoil within the country and also having failed to turn Nepal totally against India and coupled with India’s ‘Vaccine diplomacy’ alongwith military and other support being offered to immediate neighbors and India having won over Bangladesh and Myanmar had rattled the Chinese establishment badly.  As a last ditch effort to ensnare India, it has perpetrated a military coup in Myanmar to continue with its game of geo-political destabilization of the South East Asian region. 

         However, finding no way out even after having indulged in all these games to destabilize the country and win the war without firing a shot, having dithering for eight rounds of military talks, China finally accepted the inevitable after the ninth round and withdrew at such a pace that left the International community stupefied, but it is evident that this had been planned in detail since long and the orders stood served to the last soldier in the line and man were the Chinese military happy to get out of the hell they had been pushed into by their own Government, where they lived in constant fear of being dismembered by the Indian military at any instant, especially after the Galwan incident.  China had no choice either, as an honorable exit was the only way out, as a military defeat would have thoroughly exposed the inadequacies in the Chinese military establishment worldwide and its ramifications would have been immense.

             Now many of you may be pondering that the entire narration till now centers around the Chinese activities of destabilizing India, but what has the Indian media got to do with it.   The answer to it is quite complex, as well as very simple and I will try to explain the link.  As I have narrated that the Chinese MSS has grown its expertise in garnering and festering discontent and ways to destabilize countries or geo-political regions.  It mainly targets, what is both the strongest and weakest points of a vibrant democracy i.e. right to protest.  It uses this as a tool by pumping in money and garnering violent protests through third party mechanisms or intelligence agencies, such as ISI, which will carry out any such activity for sake of money.  However, what these countries that overtly rely on China, fail to realize is that the China is not a welfare state and that all its investments are directed at gaining and establishing economic dependence upon China that would ultimately lead to grant of suzerainty to China.  This is the new form of colonialism that China perceives and is actively perpetrating in poorer nations in Asia and Africa and for that matter even South America.  In this process, in order to impose a thought process upon the citizens of that country, the Chinese establishment uses the media of that country by paying them to raise a specific bogey, so as to en-cash upon it later to dictate its terms.  What ails certain Indian media houses in India as well, is that it is playing pally to this Chinese propaganda machinery for some ill gotten money, but once in its trap, these media houses are later blackmailed to remain silent or loose their entire credibility by getting by exposed by these Chinese agents. 

             If you just analyze the events that unfolded since 2019 onwards and join the dots, you will find that the role of certain media houses, independently as well as in consonance with certain political parties, have been suspect and a chronological sequence would look like this –

1)    Some media houses were hell bent upon establishing that the CAA was actually a tool to harass and deny citizenship to a certain religious section in India.  Whereas, the fact was that it was a bill to provide citizenship and not take it away;

The mockery of CAA -  protests in India

2)    This was followed up with an orchestrated communal riot in Delhi on the eve of visit of the then US President to India and the media tried to play the victim cards in favor of certain community and also fuel it.  But the exposure of the deeds through the Mobile warriors i.e. ordinary citizens recording the events through their mobile cameras, exposed the false narrative of certain media houses;

The Delhi riots view and one of the chief perpetrators and organizer Tahir Hussain

3)      Then came the incident of ‘Tabligi jamat’ and you would have noticed some media houses were bending backwards over to project religious persecution, when these foreign and Indian elements were being rounded up.  Also remember the kind of pan India anti-Government stance was being taken by certain religious sect by attacking health workers etc. during this period that pointed towards an well-orchestrated sinister plan;

The 'Tabligi jamaat' and their leader

4)  Thereafter, when China took an attacking stance and marched upto Finger-4 of Pangong Tso in Ladakh, the same media houses started crying hoarse that China had taken over Indian Territory and this rhetoric was in tandem with certain political parties, whose NGOs had been receiving money from the China as well as its entities;

A garb of the Galwan incident during skirmish with China

5)   Then came the lockdown because of COVID-19 and the rhetoric and blatant criticism of the Government for having miserably failed to contain the spread of virus and ruining of economy, by this very plethora of Indian media houses in tandem with other political parties.  But the efforts made by the Government is now there for all to see and despite being much poorer nation viz a viz the Western European counterparts including USA and Canada, India has contained the spread effectively and also provided a vaccine to the world on its own;

6)   Thereafter, came this propagated agenda of protests against the so called ‘Farm Bills’ and here again the same party that was earlier trying to implement it, was up in arms against the same alongwith their coterie of media houses, which in fact is an unfortunate aspect of democracy.  The false narrative of certain media houses alongwith political parties etc. of unfortunate over-turning of a Tractor and the driver getting killed, being projected as having been shot by the Police, in order to perpetrate violence on the streets aka USA, came out a naught for the Chinese machinery, as the entire incident had been recorded independently by various media and also by my so called ‘Mobile warriors’, who were the actual heroes in exposing the falsity of CAA, Tabliggi Jammat and roles of likes of Tahir Hussain during Delhi riots;

Some anti-social and anti-national elements attack Red Fort in garb of Kisan aandolan or Farmers protest

7)      Another aspect of the media soft pedaling certain issues, especially through Radio Channels have also come to my notice.  The Radio Jockeys (RJs for short) while hosting programs other than news programs, subtly raise issues like rise in petrol prices, socially sensitive issues etc. and peddle them to drum up a fresh agitation, either for monetary gains (for the houses managing and hosting these Radio channels) or for political purposes (being sponsored by Political parties through advertisement etc.).  Some of the RJs blatantly mimic certain functionaries of the Government including the Prime Minister, in guise of humor, to discredit them; and

8)      Finally the last, but not the least is the fomenting of plethora of online news portals (whose source of funding is suspect), which by hoodwinking the regular censorship model publish blatantly false articles with sole intent to create disharmony and distrust etc. in the nation.

 In this context, the Chinese attempt to use some celebrities, of course through back channels is evident.  In this context, the name of an female celebrity Rihanna, who put in a tweet supporting the so called farmers agitation raised a protest from the citizens, albeit a few media houses, including a few Radio jockeys, whose management allow these elements (for sake of revenue of course) to raise irrelevant issues in unconnected programs like Hindi songs hosting or to unnecessarily mimic the tone and tenor of our Prime Minister for passing disparaging remarks against him in guise of humor, all at cost of free speech in democracy.  All these unscrupulous elements started drumming the bogey and raising a hue a cry either about the Government being too harsh and reactive towards such tweets or questioning other Indian celebrities for retorting to the tweets of Rihanna.  However, it is imperative to place here on record that Rihanna has had a long association with China and this article of 2019 in a Chinese media will establish my contentions –

https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/china/rihannas-latest-cover-spurred-cries-of-cultural-appropriation-but-chinese-netizens-disagree-fenty

Further, when the source of fund regarding the tweet surfaced, the pro-Khalisatani body based in Canada and accused of paying millions of dollars for the tweet came out denying that it had paid Rinanna for the said tweet, shows their guilt – here is the link to this article - https://www.news18.com/news/india/canada-based-pjf-denies-paying-2-5-million-to-rihanna-for-her-tweet-supporting-farmers-protest-3399422.html

Rihanna

The final nail to this sordid saga was hammered by one of the perpetrators and player of this game, when the over smart Greta Thunberg of Sweden, being propagated as an environmentalist, issued a similar tweet regarding farmers agitation, but inadvertently also shared the link known as ‘toolkit’ that exposed the entire game plan including that of Rihanna and the deletion of the tweet later established the sinister plan and here  is the link to the news - https://in.news.yahoo.com/greta-thunbergs-deleted-toolkit-plot-to-defame-india-100953564.html

Greta Thunberg

These back to back incidents and exposure compelled the right thinking citizens of the country about this international conspiracy being hatched by enemy nations resulted in the so called farmer’s agitation losing steam and now slowly petering out.

 

Indian forces in Ladakh - all geared up to take on China

            Now let us come to the latest instance, wherein China after due deliberations agreed to pull back its troops in Pangong Tso region back to its original position of beyond Finger-8, to an existing pre-April, 2020 position.  It is in effect implementation of bilateral agreement of ‘status quo ante’, which means in common parlance that things be restored as it existed on a particular date in the past.  Accordingly, the Indian troops too went back to their permanent base near Finger-3 region, as existing prior to April, 2020.  The Indian Government has been steadfast in its demand from day one that China should first move back to its pre-April, 2020 position and has achieved the same.  Similarly, India too had to withdraw all its troops that had been stationed post April, 2020 because of the conflict in the said region.  However, China in order to have a face saving option has again used this coterie of paid Indian media and politicians to question the withdrawal of troops from the Kailash ranges i.e. Rezang la etc. and started misleading the public, in name of democratic freedom, questioning the withdrawal and ceding of territory by India.  This is far from the factual position, as ‘status quo ante’ even in International law applies equivocally to either parties and in order to get into an bilateral agreement, the same status has to be restored by either parties and accordingly, it was incumbent upon India to do so.  Therefore, the Indian media houses that are somehow influenced by outside agencies/counties tend to propagate narrative that is against national interest and all this is done in the name of democracy.  Juxtaposed to it, autocratic nations tend to misuse this power to propagate false narratives to harm a nation or its government and its credibility etc. through the use of such unscrupulous media houses.  However, this kind of game doesn’t have a long lasting love story, as these rogue autocratic nations, just throw away these entities into the dustbin after their game is over, as has happened recently with BBC, that was involved in anti-India propaganda on behest of this country, which now stands banned in China itself.

          I believe that it is incumbent upon the media to report facts as they exist and not as what it should be perceived as per their opinion and this thin line should not be crossed at any cost, as this tantamount to ‘yellow journalism’.  In case it is still done by any media house, an appropriate regulatory authority should ban that media house for a specific period of time.  This kind of watch dog is essential so that rogue States like China are not able to use this democratic right to foster their evil intentions.  I strongly feel that it is time that some self-imposed regulatory authority is strongly recommended for monitoring the media houses.  Expect my readers to comment regarding their take on my stand in this article.

 (All the photographs used in the blog have been sourced from the internet and for representative purpose only)

© S. Roy Biswas

 

           

Saheen Bagh & Sarjeel Imam – an aberration or by design

Saheen Bagh & Sarjeel Imam – an aberration or by design

The area that Sarjeel Imam wants to block

            The incidents that unfolded in a lightening manner after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (now Act) [referred to as CAA hereinafter], got me thinking about the reasons for such an adverse reaction, particularly when this amendment in no way was an impediment in the general welfare & position of the Muslim community per se.  However, the follow up at the now infamous ‘Saheen Bagh’ and the commentaries from its so called organizers, whom I would like to refer to as perpetrators, especially the sinister scheme of cutting off of Assam from rest of the Country, tickled my brain cells to take a look at the issue in a holistic manner.

            Assam struck a chord because my father & uncles were uprooted from their lands because of the partition as it unfolded and I had heard a lot from my late father about it, especially about Sylet and his mention of names like Surawardy, Shaudllah and Gopi Nath Bordoli etc.  Most the newbies, born much after the partition have not even heard about the miseries brought about by the partition in the life of ordinary residents on either side and Sylet was not an exception.  Therefore, I looked into some books, articles etc. and this narrative is my own interpretation of the events and is brought forth to educate the youth about the facts & circumstances.   The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has especially segregated the petitions from Assam and Tripura from those emanating from other States and in order to understand the reason, one has to delve into history of the region, which is specifically being suppressed by a major section of the media.  Thus, the younger generation in particular is not aware as to why the people of Assam rose up against the CAA and the media coloured it, as being an uprising because the Muslims had not been covered in the said amendment, which is the main stay of the present campaign in other parts of the country and based on false premises.

            I have a strong belief that the partition of Bengal, over and over again, by the Britishers was to vent their anger and frustration at the acts of residents of Bengal, who had spearheaded the independence movement, especially at the final stages.  It could especially be because of Netaji, whose actions was the final nail in the British coffin that prompted them to take such drastic action, especially so in Sylet, which was the breeding ground for many revolutionaries and patriots of that time.  I am not delving into much details about the life and contributions towards independence movement of these luminaries, as it would take away the narration from the present essence of this write-up. 

            The Britishers in order to channelize their ‘Tea Garden’ establishments and business had amalgamated Sylet with Eastern Bengal & Assam in 1874 and thereafter, in 1912 brought it into folds of Assam.  Both these amalgamations had brought about intense reactions and resentment, especially from the Bengali Hindus of Sylet, who wanted to remain with Calcutta (as it was known at that time) and within the jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court, as they could identify themselves with Bengali speaking gentry there.  However, despite several assurances given by the Britishers, this request was never acceded to.  The people of Sylet, where both Hindu and Muslim sects, who were influenced by the contemporary saints of the Bhakti cult like Chaitainya Maha Prabhu (an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna) and Muslim saint Shah Jalal (a Sufism follower), had overwhelming influence on the residents of this district, as both belonged to this region and had widespread following on either side and acted as a strong cohesive string in the region. 

            However, after the amalgamation of 1912 large number of Bengali Hindus from Sylet joined the Government jobs in Assam Secretariat and this planted seeds of insecurity and fear of being over-run by Bengali speaking people amongst the Assamese gentry.   Thereafter, in late 1920’s when the Khilafat movement was introduced by Gandhi ji, the concept of separate country for Muslims had taken firm hold amongst the educated Muslim gentry, despite the fact that the movement was scrapped by Gandhi ji because of violence associated with it at a later stage, but the seed of partition planted through this movement had taken firm roots.  In pursuance of this sinister design to include Assam as part of larger Muslim nation, the demographic profile of Assam was constantly being changed with influx of Bengali Muslim population migrating from East Bengal and there was a substantial rise in their numbers from 1911 to 1941.  Despite introduction of ‘Line System’ in 1920 that did not allow immigrant population of settle in certain regions their influx continued and the Muslim leaders tried all means available to settle them in Assam.  The Muslim dominated Assembly, continued making all efforts to abolish this line system and when the Gopinath Bordoloi Ministry took charge on 19^th September, 1938 it was faced with this piquant situation of trying to stop this illegal Muslim immigration into Assam.  However, his ministry was again brought into minority and Mohammad Sadullah regained power on 16^th November, 1939 and again started tampering the Muslim immigrant’s settlement in Assam.  Thereafter, in order to further change the demographic profile of Assam, the Sadullah Government during the 1941 census again tried to tamper with the records by grouping the residents of Assam by their category i.e. naming them as tribals instead of earlier religion based identification.  This resulted in grouping the indigenous residents of Assam, who earlier were enrolled themselves as either Hindus/Buddhists etc., as tribals and this census resulted in reflection of a huge fall in number of Hindus in the region in the census and explosion of Muslim population by many folds.   For this his Government came under severe criticism alongwith the land policy being followed by it and it was forced to tender its resignation on 12^th December, 1941.  The resignation was also perpetrated because of the statement made by one Muslim league member by name of Kazimuddin Ahmed who stated that – “….We want to see Assam as Muslim majority province.  The settlement of the immigrants is the best means of doing it”.  However, through his machinations Mohammad Sadullah again returned to power on 25^th August, 1942 and again started following the pre meditated design to settle illegal Muslim immigrants into the State.  The high handed actions of the Sadullah Government was resented by one and all in Assam, including the Hindus settled there and finally Sadullah was forced to call for a conference to debate upon these issues from 16^th to 19^th December, 1944 of the major opposition parties, who denounced the acts and suggested reforms vide resolution dated 16^th January, 1945.  But the same was not implemented and as Congress gained an upper hand in the Assembly, Sadullah got unnerved because of stiff opposition to his policies and announced his resignation on 23^rd March, 1945.  However, his resignation was preceded by a secret pack between Gopinath Bordoli, R.K. Choudhury and Sadullah and accordingly, the ministry was reconstituted with all the five Muslim ministers being retained in Cabinet alongwith one Tribal and four non-Muslim members being nominated by the Congress party.  Thereafter, the Constituent Assembly was dissolved on 1^st October, 1945 and general elections took place on 9^th January, 1946 in which the Congress party alongwith other parties gained complete majority and government headed by Sh. Gopinath Bordoli took charge on 11^th February, 1946.  Thus, it is evident from the narration hereinabove that the Muslim League and its allies were mainly interested in incorporating Assam into East Bengal/Pakistan and were using their machinations to change the demographic profile to Assam by settling illegal Bengali speaking Muslims in large numbers in Assam and exodus of Hindus was negligible, except for in respect of Government jobs, for which they were found more suitable.

            The other part of this sordid saga was the design of the Muslim leadership to include Calcutta (as it was known then) in East Bengal/Pakistan and a brief sketch of this sinister design requires narration at this point, to stitch together the larger picture that was being drawn by the Muslim leadership.  Calcutta was the only city in the Bengal region that had a majority of Hindus, but due to larger number of Bengali Muslims in erstwhile East Bengal, the Government in Bengal was headed by one uncouth Muslim leader known as H.S Surawardy, who is also known in the annals of history as the ‘Butcher of Bengal’.  The whole of Bengal at that time comprised of about 42 percent population of Muslims, but Calcutta had around 64 percent Hindus.  This notorious character, who had assumed power as head of Muslim League Government in Bengal in 1945, after having been inducted into Constituent Assembly of Bengal in 1937.  From the initial days itself, he was hell bent upon annexing Bengal, especially Calcutta with East Bengal/Pakistan into the Muslim nation.  After assuming power in 1945 he started working with this ulterior motive and the most noteworthy one is that he started changing the demographic profile of the Calcutta Police by inducting tribals from North West Frontier Province of Pakistan  into the Police forces instead of the traditional induction,  as per the then prevalent A,B,C,D formula i.e. induction of police constabulary from Arrah, Balia, Chapra and Deoria who were Bhojpuri speaking people and being well built and loyal, but were steadfast Hindus following Lord Hanuman and Lord Ram and reciting the Hanuman Chalisa regularly.  This constabulary did not meet the sinister designs that Surawardy had in mind, as he was aware that they would not harm the Hindus at any cost and would rather revolt in case of atrocities were meted out upon Hindus.  Therefore, he roped in one ICS Officer named Niaz Mohammad Khan the then District Magistrate of Midnapore and known for the perpetration of brutal repressive force upon the protestors during Civil disobedience movement, who was sent to the North West Frontier Province to recruit locals for induction into Calcutta Police with intent to Muslimise it.  All this was the build-up for the final assault to subjugate and terrorize the Hindus to refrain from voting during referendum.  Upon call of Jinnah for ‘direct action’ against the British Government to force them to implement the partition on religious lines, it was decided that the same would be launched on 16^th August, 1946. This date was specifically chosen by Jinnah, as 16^th August, 1946 was the eighteenth day of Ramzan and it was on that day that Prophet Mohammad had waged the bloody Battle of Bard, which culminated in the first decisive victory for the Prophet over the heathens and consequent conquest of Mecca.  Radical Islamists celebrated this day as a decisive day for Islam. 

As per the pre-planned action that unfolded on 16^th August, 1946 the Muslim League leader Khawza Nizamuddin was the lead speaker, followed by H.S Surawardy, who delivered speeches to the Muslims after the Jumma Namaz (Friday prayers) and slogans like -

“Maar ke lenge Pakistan, lad ke lenge Pakistan, le kar rahenge Pakistan, Allahu Akhbar, nara-i-takhbir”. 

were raised and the crowds instigated to kill Hindus and burn their properties.  The infamous H.S Surawardy had conspired with Bengal Governor of that time named Fredrick Burrows, an equally infamous character, to block the Police forces from reaching the riot affected areas.  He had during his speech informed the Muslims about this position, which had emboldened them further.  Thus the ‘Great Calcutta killings’ commenced with this call in Central Calcutta region and spread all around, the estimated Muslims engaged in mayhem were estimated between 60,000 to 2,00,000 in numbers and this mass killings of Hindus continued unabated from 16^th August to 22^nd August, 1946.  Where after, the Viceroy’s rule was imposed on 21^st August, 1946 and the battalions of British, Indian and Gurkha troops marched into Calcutta and the rioting finally stopped on 22^nd August, 1946.

            As a reaction to these killings in Calcutta, riots had erupted in adjoining areas of Bihar and United Province (now Uttar Pradesh), but the most catastrophic riots took place in Noakhali.  As per his grand plan of annexing entire Bengal with East Pakistan, the nefarious H.S Suhrawardy’s close associate Gholam Sarwar Husseini, another botched up character, ran a different kind of ‘Direct action’ and killed an estimated 5000 Hindus and as many number of Hindus were maimed in Noakhali and further, about 4000 Hindu women were raped and thousands of families forcibly converted into Islam between October and November, 1946 under aegis of the H.S Suhrawardy.  There are a plethora of communications, in form of letters, establishing the connivance between these two nefarious Muslims that is available in the National Archines in India and in the United Kingdom.  As a result of this action the Hindu population of Noakhali declined dramatically, as per the diabolical plan to these two nefarious characters.  Although Gandhi ji tried to intervene and reached the region on 7^th November, 1946, but on persistent opposition by Muslim League left the place on 2^nd March, 1947.  Immediately thereafter, the Muslims started the mayhem against the Hindus all over again and even resorted to burning them alive.  When a fresh appeal was made to Gandhi ji, he merely stated that Hindus should either leave or perish.

            However, the sad part of this entire sordid drama that had been enacted at the time of partition of India, particularly by the villainous Surawardy, has been in a sinister and systemic manner swept under cover, by the Marxist & Nehruvian historians and this trend still continues today, wherein history and historical facts are convoluted and concocted to placate a particular community.  In this tryst, they have gradually brought about a stand that H.S Surhawardy, who later went on to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan, as a respectable figure, contrary to the facts that history presents before us. 

Another clever narrative devised by these Leftists is the word ‘secular’, which only encompasses Hindu reactions blown out of proportion and is completely silent on Muslim atrocities, much akin to the story of ‘Emperor’s new clothes’, where despite the fact that a conman had made the King walk naked, everyone thought that speaking out the truth, would make him look like a fool, till a harmless little child pointed out the folly.   In the present context, it can be seen that a rather clean politician, who sees the inherent danger of fracture of our democracy by the bigots and is acting save the national interest, but because of his stand every, so called educated Hindu does not like to align with, because of the fact that if you speak out for Hindus, one is termed as a communal, bigot and illiterate.  In this confusion, most of educated Hindus have started acting as those characters watching the King walk naked and rather not talk about it, for the fear of being termed as illiterate and communal.  This is kind psyche that the leftist & Nehruvian machinations have created, especially by conspiring and convoluting the text books and historical facts that a modern day kid is totally unaware of.

From the above narration it is quite evident that in their grandiose design for making a comprehensive Muslim nation, their leadership and the community at large, were besieged with the idea of including Calcutta and whole of Assam into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).  They had left no stones unturned to achieve this, as is evident from the narrations hereinabove.  Apparently, this unfinished task still remains in the memories and is etched in psyche of the Muslim gentry, who are still trying to achieve it, albeit now with support of some known Political parties, both in Bengal and elsewhere.  Therefore, what Sarjeel Imam stated in his speech regarding cutting off Assam from rest of India, is not something that is just an aberration, but it is a sinister historical design of the particular sect of Muslims, who are still striving to achieve this.    Thus, the rhetoric’s and chants heard in places like Saheen Bagh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Aligarh Muslim University, Jadavpur etc., echoes the same narrative that happened earlier in history and more recently in erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir in early 1990’s, when the Kashmiri Pandits were thrown out of their own land, can be deciphered as the bugle of the same sinister design that is again being nurtured for fracturing the nation further on religious lines.  The Citizenship Amendment Act in no way affects the rights of the Muslims residing in India in any manner, but is an enabling provision for granting citizenship to minorities in some neighbouring Islamic nations.  Whereas, the National Register of Citizens is maintained in most of the countries across the globe, is being opposed by a particular community in connivance with certain political parties, with the same design that was being followed in the past, the aim being to annexe Assam prior to partition.  The same agenda is now again being brought to fore i.e. to increase their population or numbers by hook or by crook and any legal attempt to subvert it is taken as a challenge by these bigots.  Every rationally thinking individual, who wants to protect his nation and his identity, needs to look through this sinister design and act appropriately to defend himself, but by no means as per the methods adopted by the Muslims in Bengal during pre-independence days.  One should stand in unison and deliver their verdict by their pens and ballots or else if we continue to fall for the fallacy perpetrated by leftist oriented gentry and acting like so called seculars, would cost them their dignity and way of life at the end.

© S Roy Biswas

Edit - These elements i.e. Sarjeel Imam and Umar Khalid's bail applications were reject by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, as their activities were found to be against the interest of the nation - here is the link to the gist of the judgement - https://www.scobserver.in/reports/supreme-court-rejects-umar-khalid-and-sharjeel-imams-bail-pleas-says-continued-detention-not-constitutionally-impermissible/

Here is a link to Sarjeel Imam's speech seeking to cut off Assam - https://x.com/i/status/1575742855355985920

[The edit was necessititated for the Supreme Court Judgement]