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April 15, 6:32 pm
Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma flaunting an axe while flagging off a rally by the Brahmin Ekta Manch on Sunday. Credit: Shome Basu
Noida: Axe, revolvers and batons were flaunted. Yes, this was another rally by a Hindutva organisation called Brahmin Ekta Manch to showcase their strength. One day after the Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), many villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida and Greater Noida, and on the day protests are being held against the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu, this upper caste rally was infested with motorbikes and SUVs fluttering with saffron flags with ‘Om’ inscribed in Devanagari.
When asked about their programme and why they were blocking roads and traffic, one of the members boasted about the 4,000 year-old Hindu tradition and declared that to preserve it “they would go to any extent”. Most of the participants belonged to the upper caste Brahmin community, which was inaugurated by none other than BJP leader and Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma (who happens to be the elected MP from Noida), who actually flaunted an axe.
As legend goes, axe was the weapon that mythical sage Parasuram used on his journey. An incarnation of Vishnu, Parasuram was half-Brahmin and half-Kshatriya and his motto was to finish evil from the earth.
As per the calendar, Parasuram’s mythical birthday falls on April 18, but the Brahmin Ekta Manch chose to have it on Sunday as they thought they could gather more supporters.
In the rally, guns were openly flaunted, so were the axes, that too by a Union minister. These images reflect how a section among Hindus has deviated from the very idea of religion and are flaunting their muscle power against the minorities and Dalits, especially in North India, with rampant hooliganism on display.
As per Indian law, no arms more than 5 inches in size (except the Sikhs who carry kripan/sword for religious reasons) can be displayed in public. But the display of axes and gun was done as openly, in the presence of a Union minister and the police.
The irony was that at the same venue where the Brahmin Ekta Manch was flexing its strength to launch a Ratha Yatra, there were a few hundred of men and women from Noida protesting against an upcoming Solid Land Fill at Noida Sector 123, to which the minister Sharma paid no heed.
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Armed Brahmins are like toddlers with toy guns cute.
April 15, 6:32 pm
Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma flaunting an axe while flagging off a rally by the Brahmin Ekta Manch on Sunday. Credit: Shome Basu
Noida: Axe, revolvers and batons were flaunted. Yes, this was another rally by a Hindutva organisation called Brahmin Ekta Manch to showcase their strength. One day after the Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), many villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida and Greater Noida, and on the day protests are being held against the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu, this upper caste rally was infested with motorbikes and SUVs fluttering with saffron flags with ‘Om’ inscribed in Devanagari.
When asked about their programme and why they were blocking roads and traffic, one of the members boasted about the 4,000 year-old Hindu tradition and declared that to preserve it “they would go to any extent”. Most of the participants belonged to the upper caste Brahmin community, which was inaugurated by none other than BJP leader and Union culture minister Mahesh Sharma (who happens to be the elected MP from Noida), who actually flaunted an axe.
As legend goes, axe was the weapon that mythical sage Parasuram used on his journey. An incarnation of Vishnu, Parasuram was half-Brahmin and half-Kshatriya and his motto was to finish evil from the earth.
As per the calendar, Parasuram’s mythical birthday falls on April 18, but the Brahmin Ekta Manch chose to have it on Sunday as they thought they could gather more supporters.
In the rally, guns were openly flaunted, so were the axes, that too by a Union minister. These images reflect how a section among Hindus has deviated from the very idea of religion and are flaunting their muscle power against the minorities and Dalits, especially in North India, with rampant hooliganism on display.
As per Indian law, no arms more than 5 inches in size (except the Sikhs who carry kripan/sword for religious reasons) can be displayed in public. But the display of axes and gun was done as openly, in the presence of a Union minister and the police.
The irony was that at the same venue where the Brahmin Ekta Manch was flexing its strength to launch a Ratha Yatra, there were a few hundred of men and women from Noida protesting against an upcoming Solid Land Fill at Noida Sector 123, to which the minister Sharma paid no heed.
Credit: Shome Basu
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Armed Brahmins are like toddlers with toy guns cute.
