By: Ashutosh Asthana
The politics is the most
difficult game ever meant. It is amazing to see that how situations change in
this game within a small span of time. It is difficult to say that who will win
and will lose. Sometimes the game is started between two opponents and suddenly
a third opponent comes and wins the battle. It is so unpredictable that, no one
can guess what will happen next.
The Dadri lynching and Akhlaq’s
killing has proved the above statements about the game of politics. The
incident that happened in Bisahara village was very shocking and depressing.
Apart from all the news and trivia of the case, something that is interesting
to watch is how the game there changed its format. It all started with lynching
of Mohammed Akhlaq by an outraged mob for the mere reason that he was consuming
beef! The playground of the game was set and teams began to deploy their
members for the game. The arena for discussion was set and debates began to be
organised that how shameful it is that a person is killed by a rumour. Every
team sent their members to the playground one by one to meet Akhlaq’s family to
console them and to provide them help. The game was being played smoothly with
each opponent blaming each other, as to who should be held responsible for the
mishap but eventually the focus diverted from the real game.
Between all the chaos Mohammed
Akhlaq was lost somewhere. The whole focus shifted from him to the lethargy of
political parties and of course the most important issue, beef ban! The players
began to give such irresponsible comments that Akhlaq became only an issue of
politics. Eventually everything came to the most loved topic of our
politicians, communalism! Like always, Akhlaq became a Muslim killed by a mob
of Hindus. Comments like, “humne bhi chudiya nahi pehen rakhi hain!” (We are
not cowards) are being tossed by Muslim leaders.
The larger motive behind this
game is the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. It is amazing to see that our
mother cow is now feeding votes as well along with milk! That is the reason
that a leader of a small political party of Hyderabad comes to console the
victim’s family in Uttar Pradesh! Chief Minister of Delhi becomes the most
peace loving politician. The tears of most sentimental PM get dry on this
issue, to woo the Hindu voters, politicians like Sakshi and Prachi held the
incident just and right! Laloo ji makes PM, ‘Drithrashtr’ (blind) of politics.
Not only this, the CM of Uttar Pradesh, makes his way clear for the UP assembly
elections of 2017. Situation reached the climax when Azam Khan wrote a letter
to the UN regarding the issue and demanded remapping of Indian borders. One thing
that is getting clear with all the comments and allegations of the politicians
is that, they are all animal lovers but not human lovers!
The ‘bhagwa’ clan came in
support of beef ban and said that mother cow should be protected. I am unable
to figure out why these people close their eyes when large numbers of cows are
killed by consuming polythene on roads. Why don’t they raise their voices to
provide habitat to stray cows! Just because cow gives us milk and so it is our
mother, then goats also provide us with milk which is nutritious in many ways,
so why not such people raise their voice against mutton ban as well!
It is important to look at the
bigger picture, rather than getting swayed by the politicians who can sacrifice
the life of people for their vote bank. I guess they have forgotten that
animals are not their voters but human beings.
Akhalaq’s death is not a matter
of communalism; it’s a matter of great concern. We have to understand that what
creates peace and what destroy it! Instead of fighting against each other, it
is better to fight against the system!
