Off late, Hindus are being pin-pointed and specifically hounded in non-BJP governed states. Whether it be the mob lynching of two sadhus and their driver in Maharashtra’s Palghar, or whether it be the brutal attack on another sadhu in Punjab, followed by robbery; Hindus are being attacked and harassed in states which are being governed by the Congress.
In Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur, a group of Hindu fruit sellers were threatened by the state police for daring to have the word ‘Hindu’ written on their flex banners. The police, according to reports, first threatened them with arrest and dangerous consequences, and later left them with a stringent warning to never repeat such a ‘mistake’ again.
The fruit-sellers had written “Vishwa Hindu Parishad ki anumodit Hindu fal Dukan” which translates to “Hindu fruit shop approved by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.” The banners also had images of Bhagwan Ram and Bhagwan Shiva displayed on them.
Apparently, a Twitter handle, @AhsanRazi1 was particularly disturbed by the ‘brazen’ display of Hindu identity by the fruit sellers, who reported the same to Jharkhand Police. Jharkhand Police, meanwhile, bearing true loyalty to their new political masters, did not waste a single wakeful moment in ordering the Jamshedpur Police to look into the matter and “do the needful” as soon as possible.
@JharkhandCMO @JmmJharkhand @HemantSorenJMM @Jsr_police @JharkhandPolice
It's a matter of great shame to our state that we are going up in such Hindu Muslim hatred.
Now instead of Jharkhand Govt. or state authorities these people will give permission to businesses. pic.twitter.com/0QMlOWbnUj— ठाकुर दुर्जन सिंह (राणा जी) (@waatajoke) April 24, 2020
SSP Jamshedpur @jsr_police to look into it and do the needful at the earliest.
— Jharkhand Police (@JharkhandPolice) April 25, 2020
Jamshedpur Police acted swiftly on the anti-Hindu directions given to them, and went on to harass the fruit sellers. In a tweet, their handle stated that they had taken immediate note of the matter and had the banners of concerned fruit shops removed. Further, they also slapped charges under section 107 of CrPc against the fruit sellers.
मामले का तत्काल संज्ञान लेते हुए संबंधित फल दुकानों से पोस्टर हटवा दिया गया है तथा संबंधित दुकानदारों के विरुद्ध कदमा थाना द्वारा धारा – 107 द0प्र0स0 के तहत निरोधात्मक कार्रवाई की जा रही है। pic.twitter.com/AXGXNmaPWW
— Jamshedpur Police (@Jsr_police) April 25, 2020
The strong-arming of innocent Hindus in Jharkhand caught everyone’s attention online, and the matter soon erupted on Twitter. Calling out the Jharkhand Police and government for their overtly visible Hinduphobia, users pointed out the hypocrisy in hounding innocent fruit sellers only because they wrote on their banners the word ‘Hindu’, while completely ignoring Muslims, who since times immemorial, have been writing words like “Halal/Islam/Muslim/Mughlai” on their banners and hoardings. Many also have their restaurants named in such a way that it includes the following words to state explicitly that the food prepared is done so while conforming to Islamic norms.
Users went on to tweet pictures of restaurants, hotels and dhabas from Jharkhand itself, where the following words were used by Muslims for their establishments.
Have they banned "The Hindu" in Jharkhand ?
— Kapil Mishra (Modi Ka Pariwar) (@KapilMishra_IND) April 26, 2020
Kyun be, ye sab chalta hai? @JharkhandPolice, which law were those fruit vendors breaking by putting up that poster??? https://t.co/7fcJajLzhO pic.twitter.com/fSQL6xkGh7
— Spaminder Bharti (@attomeybharti) April 25, 2020
Kyun be, ye sab chalta hai? @JharkhandPolice, which law were those fruit vendors breaking by putting up that poster??? https://t.co/7fcJajLzhO pic.twitter.com/fSQL6xkGh7
— Spaminder Bharti (@attomeybharti) April 25, 2020
It's a shame that @JharkhandPolice forced this man to remove that banner & filed a case against him. That day isn't far away when you'll be arrested for naming your shop after a H god.. Like Krishna Store or Shiv Dhaba. Rules are different for different religions in this country. pic.twitter.com/GBAV1M1tVM
— Paresh Rawal fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) April 25, 2020
मामले का तत्काल संज्ञान लेते हुए संबंधित फल दुकानों से पोस्टर हटवा दिया गया है तथा संबंधित दुकानदारों के विरुद्ध कदमा थाना द्वारा धारा – 107 द0प्र0स0 के तहत निरोधात्मक कार्रवाई की जा रही है। pic.twitter.com/AXGXNmaPWW
— Jamshedpur Police (@Jsr_police) April 25, 2020
सिर्फ इनको ही अधिकार है अपने नाम पे व्यापार करने का, क्या झरखंड में हिन्दू सुरक्षित नही है, pic.twitter.com/b0eUHO2WV8
— Pravin Rajgor (@pr63115) April 25, 2020
Islamia Muslim Hotel @ Ranchi, @JharkhandPolice https://t.co/kNviF4P818 pic.twitter.com/NplpQ4ZKy1
— Ateendriyo (ಮೋದಿ ಕುಟುಂಬ) (@Ateendriyo) April 25, 2020
Jharkhand Police is yet to take any kind of action on these establishments which are seen explicitly flaunting their religious connotations. Hindus never really reported petty issues like these to authorities, as opposed to the online activist who first reported the fruit sellers to the police. And since the to-be victims of state oppression were again Hindus, Jharkhand Police did not miss the opportunity. They might have also been directed to take action by the Chief Minister himself since all Congress CM’s seem to be running a marathon to please their godmother, Sonia Gandhi.
Even as “Halal-certified” commodities are forcefully imposed on all communities in India to consume, a bunch of Hindus naming their shops according to their faith in Congress-ruled states, somehow makes the heavens fall.
Halal is an explicit religiously discriminatory practice, which certifies that a product has been manufactured as per producers while using ingredients allowed under Islam.
Many products have the label of them being “Halal-certified”, and non-Muslims nevertheless use them without much of a fuss. Yet, plurality is a one-way street in secular India, and expecting reciprocation of tolerance is a far-fetched dream.
What also needs to be talked about, is the fact that Jamshedpur Police thought it befitting to charge the fruit sellers under section 107 of CrPc. On what grounds did they do so? What cause do they have with them to validate slapping of such frivolous charges against innocent fruit sellers? Or were they directed to do so by their higher-ups?
Section 107 CrPC is applicable when “imminent” breach of public peace is threatened. Such powers are to be exercised where the information received shows a strong probability of breach of public peace and not a bare possibility, (Chandrabhan v Indarbai, 1998 Bombay HC). Therefore, what was the imminent breach to peace which the police was concerned about? Does the word ‘Hindu’ now trigger breaches to public order in Congress-ruled states?
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While liberals fume when one of their own comrades is rightfully booked under charges of UAPA or NSA, they are now maintaining a stony silence, since they are yet to grow a spine to question the Congress and its inherent sense of effectuating institutionalized oppression against Hindus.
This incident goes on to validate commonly held apprehensions among Hindus, that they are under threat as soon as the BJP is dislodged from power in any state. One can only imagine what the Congress would end up doing if it gets back to power in the Centre.
