Ganesh Chaturthi at Idgah Maidan: Karnataka is slowly becoming the fortress for ‘Hindutva’ politics. It has countered all the nefarious agendas of the Islamo-leftist lobby. The lobby tried their best to strain the social fabric of the state. They raked numerous communal issues, premium being the hijab row to create a riot like situation. However, the Basavaraj Bommai government, along with massive public support, acted tough against such communal agendas.
It has made it clear that the state administration will not succumb to appeasement politics. It has thrown away the regressive politics of needless ostracisation of Hindu festivals and by taking steps to rejuvenate the civilisational legacy. The recent decision is an example of this reformist shift in government policies.
Karnataka foils secular lobby’s litigation and propaganda war
On 30th of August, the Karnataka High Court upheld the decision of the Dharwad municipal commissioner to allow Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the Hubballi Idgah maidan. In a late night hearing, the HC rejected the plea of the Muslim organisation, Anjuman-e-Islam which wanted a ban on the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration on the Idgah ground.
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Earlier, the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) allowed a 3-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebration at the Idgah Maidan. The Muslim organisation Anjuman-e-Islam challenged this order in the Karnataka High Court. It claimed that the Idgah site comes under the Places of Worship Act, 1991, and therefore, its religious nature can’t be changed by permitting Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations on the Idgah site.
Justice Ashok S Kinagi opined that the property belongs to the Hubballi-Dharwad municipality and Anjuman-e-Islam was only a licensee. The court categorically stated that the site is not a religious place of worship. Prayers were allowed on the Idgah site only during Bakrid and Ramzan. Rest of the time, it was open to the public for parking and vending.
Other place of dispute
In a separate courtroom battle over the permission to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in the Chamrajpet Idgah Maidan, the Supreme Court rejected the Hindu side’s claim to hold Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations in Bengaluru’s Chamrajpet. The apex court opined that, in this case there is title dispute between Municipal department and WAQF board. SC stated that the title dispute for the Chamrajpet Idgah Maidan would be agitated in the Karnataka High court. Hence, till the title dispute is sorted, status-quo should be maintained and celebrations should be shifted to some other place.
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These two separate courtroom as well as propaganda battle shows that the secular lobby has gone bonkers against Ganesh Chaturthi and Hindu devotees. They were hell bent to brandish these sites as a reserved place only for the Muslim Community. However, the court has rejected their claims in both the cases, as the title dispute in Bengaluru’s Chamrajpet Idgah Maidan will be decided in Karnataka High Court.
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It is hypocritical that the lobby which always repeat RahatIndori’s pet phrase that Hindustan doesn’t belong to anyone’s father rather it is everyone’s, equally. However, for appeasement politics or fear of their own lives, they give communal tags to public places, depending on the high presence of minority community. Public places are secular and there’s nothing wrong in holding Ganesh Chaturthi festivities in such areas.
The Karnataka government has shown them the mirror that reality is fast changing. Hindu festivals will not be banned for the sake of vote bank politics. Rather, the government will provide all the necessary support to bring back the civilisational legacy. So, matters like Hijab or permission for Hindu festivals will be conducted as per constitution and Indian mind-set rather than through the prism of communal appeasement politics.
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