South India’s mini rebellion over Modi’s new cattle law kindles an old secessionist spark

[Radio Mirchi]

why was india calm and peaceful before on this issue ? suddenly someone realized that cow is mother ?

That was always there but now for some gorakshaks, saiyan bhaye kotwal.

 

[Imran Khan]

That was always there but now for some gorakshaks, saiyan bhaye kotwal.

but we never seen this much hip hop before sir

 

[Radio Mirchi]

but we never seen this much hip hop before sir

Its all politics. Government all of a sudden decided not no become racist and along with white bovine they banned the black ones also. And opposition is playing its part.

 

[Mujraparty]

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...organising-beef-fest-in-chennai/1/966641.html
IIT PhD scholar thrashed for organising 'beef fest' in Chennai

and this happens ...

 

[BlackIndian]

You dont have to watch my back.You should watch your own back before it is too late.

There you goes.You have verified my point

You have a weird sense of humour.

Your lies dont harm me. But they will dig your own grave.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

But they will dig your own grave.

Most Indics cremate their dead.

 

[Mujraparty]

you see the problem the poor guy @BlackIndian is in ,apparently he is dark and a northie ,he gets thrashed for being black in north ,n then he gets mocked in south for being a northie ... no wonder he's pissed..

 

[ashok321]

 

[BlackIndian]

you see the problem the poor guy @BlackIndian is in ,apparently he is dark and a northie ,he gets thrashed for being black in north ,n then he gets mocked in south for being a northie ... no wonder he's pissed..

I wont be ever pissed at a pretty face like yours

 

[BlackIndian]

Most Indics cremate their dead.

Son you Brahmans are from central Asia. Shoo!
Many in the south bury their dead. Ask them ligayats.

 

[kmc_chacko]

Son you Brahmans are from central Asia. Shoo!
Many in the south bury their dead. Ask them ligayats.

Do you know what is Ligayats ?

 

[wiseone2]

Is there a separation of power between states and union government in India. If so, how are they separate. In the US, the states created the Federal government. So the Feds have enumerated powers. All other power belong to the state.

it is not as refined as the American constitution

Harish C Menon
4 hours ago

One step away from rebellion. (Reuters/Cathal McNaughton)


Southern India is up in arms. And, if recent trends are any indication, it may be a wee bit more than a mere difference of opinion over policy.

Chief ministers (CM) of at least four states—three from southern India—have refused to implement the new rules on cattle slaughter notified a few days ago by the Narendra Modi-led central government.

The rules, which make it extremely difficult to slaughter cows, buffaloes, bulls, or even camels for meat, are applicable to cattle markets across the country and allow their trading only for agricultural and dairy purposes. Called the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2016, these were reportedly posted online by the government in January for public review. With little publicity, the online post evoked a mere 13 responses—all of them supporting the move. And now they are law of the land.

Mamata Banerjee, the CM of West Bengal, one of the handful of Indian states that allow the consumption of beef and cow slaughter, said, “It is a deliberate attempt to encroach on the state’s powers. It is undemocratic, unconstitutional and unethical. It is also an attempt to destroy the federal structure of the country.”

Three other CMs, Pinarayi Vijayan of Kerala, Siddaramaiah of Karnataka, and V Narayanasamy of Puducherry, too, are defiant. Kerala doesn’t need lessons in food habits from “Delhi and Nagpur,” Vijayan reportedly said, alluding to the attempts at the ideological imposition of Hindu extremist norms.

The Kerala and West Bengal governments may even move court.

Meanwhile, protests broke out in Tamil Nadu against the Modi government with senior leaders giving voice to Tamil anger.

Of course, these stands are consistent with the traditional ethos and past positions of these states and leaders, respectively. However, this time, there may be something more to it.

Dravida Nadu
Over the past two days, #DravidaNadu has trended on Twitter. Dravida Nadu is the name of the hypothetical sovereign country that would be home to people of the Dravidian race or speakers of the Dravidian languages: Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and their various dialects.

The idea of a Dravida Nadu was most forcefully argued for by Tamil icon “Periyar” EV Ramasamy in the early part of the 20th century. Ever since, the Dravidian movement has swung between militancy and dormancy. Its primary fuel has been the grassroot anger against the imposition of northern Indian—often read Aryan—linguistic and cultural sensibilities on southern Indian states.

While, of late, the remnants of the Dravidian movement have been limited to Tamil Nadu, over the last weekend, #DravidaNadu was being backed by non-Tamils as well.

Leading national political parties, however, refused to “add fuel to the fire.” “But it is the (central) government’s duty to ensure that such tendencies are not encouraged. And this government has failed on that front. In Tamil Nadu, villagers consume beef and the meat is sold in small roadside restaurants, too. In Kerala it is much more,” A Chellakumar, secretary (Tamil Nadu), All India Congress Committee, told Quartz. “While as a Congressman, I will never encourage such talk (Dravida Nadu), the government must do much more to stop this.”

“Absolutely not,” is all that GVLN Rao, spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party, said when asked if this controversy had the potential to snowball.

Yet, Kerala saw an outburst of beef festivals following the notification of the new rules. Students at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, too, organised such an event on Sunday evening in protest. The Students’ Federation of India, affiliated to one of the Marxist parties, planned a protest in Bengaluru on Monday. The local police, however, denied them permission.

The serial beef fests raised the hackles of Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath, till recently the representative of the BJP’s extremist fringe. “I feel there is a lot of talk in the country to respect each others feelings and several organisations demand this in the name of secularism. But why are they silent on the Kerala incident?” Adityanath asked.

The anger on social media against the centre’s new rules was reflective of a larger recent trend. In April this year, BJP leader Tarun Vijay was caught on the wrong foot vis a vis the north-south divide. Trying to convey to the Al Jazeera television channel that India remains an inclusive country, Vijay said, “If we were racist, why would we have all the entire south…Tamil, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra…why do we live with them? We have black people around us.”

Vijay, expectedly, was pilloried at that time for the evident condescension. Top Telugu actor-politician Pawan Kalyan gave vent to this anger eloquently on Twitter. Picking up Kalyan’s old statement, Congress parliamentarian from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, added a note of caution in the current context.

Commenting on #DravidaNadu, Tharoor said: “I implore my fellow Southerners not to express anti-national ideas like promoting #dravidanadu. Let’s improveIndia.”
https://qz.com/993958/beef-festival...ughter-law-kindles-an-old-secessionist-spark/

Cow Belt Bhaiyyas are biting the hand that feeds them.

Nationalist South Indians on pdf are you still going to be contend with being kaala madarassi janwars?

all the four southern states are different. they do not like to be clubbed together

 

[kmc_chacko]

all the four southern states are different. they do not like to be clubbed together

but these fake guys doesn't know that.

So, please enjoy this free entertainment

 

[Kdpreddy]

but these fake guys doesn't know that.

So, please enjoy this free entertainment

these guys clearly are not from South India.
Strangely I have not seen one person saying this in Public in south. All this Bharth ke tukde etc happens in JNU, in delhi but never in South.
in South, people will bear anything but talk about breaking India and they will break you in a second.

That is the reason Dravida movement heads abandoned the plan of separation and went about the Periyar movement. Must tell this wanna be South indians something about Dravida movement.
And damn, no one from Andhra can even understand the word Dravida. They would look at you and say eh..

 

[Naara-e-Mastana]

Center has every right to implement a single law across a nation. If they feel Cows are slaughtered just to show animosity towards Hinduism and there by hurting sentiments, based on the majority they can ban the cow beef.

This is democracy not an bookish law.

Similarly states has the right to challenge and can argue their case.

There are numerous disputes between the southern states, Dravida nadu is an illusion.

Case closed.

What about ghar wapsi ? Does Muslims & Christians allowed to do the same ( in this gov) ?