By Binoy Viswam

On the seventy fifth 12 months of Independence, India witnesses uncommon initiatives from BJP, the ruling occasion. They’re taking further pains to exhibit their loyalty to the nationwide freedom battle and the Nationwide Flag. Anybody with somewhat understanding of historical past is aware of that neither the BJP nor its predecessors who kind a part of the RSS-led parivar had no position within the freedom motion, which was immensely impressed by the tricolour. All these forces dedicated to the RSS concept of cultural nationalism saved aloof from the nationwide battle for freedom. They branded it as a political train, nothing of concern for his or her cultural organisation.  Adamantly reluctant they have been, even to the touch the Nationwide Flag.  RSS and its followers have been by no means seen close to the mass upsurge aroused by the flag of freedom.

A long time after nation’s independence, they weren’t bothered about their strategy supportive to the pursuits of the British imperialism. When the entire inhabitants of free India celebrated August 15 and the tricolour, they remained unmoved. For lengthy 52 years after independence, RSS-BJP had by no means considered unfurling a Nationwide Flag wherever close to their workplaces. They have been having their very own peculiar interpretations.  Now, on the name of a newly discovered knowledge, RSS and BJP appear hyper enthused to champion the celebration of Nationwide Flag.

The Prime Minister himself made an enchantment to the individuals to start the Independence Day celebrations on August thirteenth itself. On July 22ndhe was eager to inform the people who it was on the identical day in 1947 that the tricolour flag was permitted as India’s Nationwide Flag. The Prime Minister needed all of the Indians to hoist Nationwide Flag on every home. A number of festivities to have a good time the Nationwide Flag was deliberate by the federal government. The flag code of India was suitably amended to fabricate tricolour flags in large numbers. It’s reported that polyester fabric was imported from China in large portions to make the sleek availability of Indian flag. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his confirmed expertise are doing their rounds to jot down a brand new historical past of India’s freedom battle.  The aim of rewriting historical past is to dig and conceal the true information and to magnificently venture a brand new historical past of BJP’S selection.

The tricolour discovered its place within the coronary heart of India since 1931, when the Congress throughout the freedom battle adopted a flag with three colors because the image of its nationwide honour.  The objection of the RSS to the tricolour flag was aired by their founding leaders from the very starting.  Hedgewar and Golwalkar stood within the forefront of the RSS tirade towards the Nationwide Flag.  They have been preaching for a saffron flag with ‘Om’ at its centre. They argued that their flag represented India’s cultural ethos.

In keeping with them, the saffron flag prevailing in India’s temples, proper from the time of Mahabharat must be the pure selection for the nation.  In January 1931 when the Congress made the enchantment to hoist tricolour, the RSS got here out brazenly towards it. Hedgewar, the primary Sir Sangh Chalak issued a directive amongst all its sakhas to hoist Bhagwa Bhwaj as an alternative of tricolour. All alongside its historical past RSS was desperate to uphold a parallel view relating to the nationwide motion and the distinction on Nationwide Flag was paramount for them.

On July 14th, 1946, at a congregation of Swayam Sevaks in Nagpur, Golwalkar exhorted:”It was the saffron flag which in totality represented Bharatiya tradition. It was the embodiment of God. We firmly consider that ultimately, the entire nation will bow earlier than the nationwide flag.”  In an essay titled ‘The Everlasting Foundation’, included in ‘Bunch of Ideas’, Golwalkar wrote “for instance our leaders have arrange a brand new flag for our nation.  Why did they achieve this? It’s only a case of drifting and imitating……… how did this flag come into being.

In the course of the French revolution, the French put up three strips on their flag to precise the triple concepts of ‘equality’, ‘fraternity’, and ‘liberty’…Three strips due to this fact held a kind of fascination for our freedom fighters additionally….So it was taken up by the Congress. Then it was interpreted as depicting the unity of assorted communities — the saffron color for the Hindus, the inexperienced for the Muslims and the white for all different communities.  Out of the non-Hindu communities, the Muslim was specifically named as a result of within the minds of a lot of the eminent leaders, the Muslim was dominant and with out naming him they didn’t assume that our nationality might be full!”

Within the above communally charged venomous misinterpretation, the RSS approaches to the tricolour is obvious.  They consciously shut their eyes to the true and patriotic concepts represented by the tricolor. Educated and educated by the philosophy of hatred, they at all times saved a kind of vengeance in the direction of the Nationwide Flag.  Its colors signify the unity and variety of Indian society. The cultural, pure and philosophical great thing about the values embraced by an incredible individuals of an incredible nation is imbibed into the nationwide flag.  RSS-BJP was at all times holding an emotional and political distance with the ethos represented by the nationwide flag.

In Nagpur, on the headquarters of RSS, they hoisted a tricolor solely in 2002 when A B Vajpayee grew to become the Prime Minister of India. On a number of events BJP leaders have been displaying disrespect to the nationwide flag violating the flag code of India. In the course of the remaining rites of Kalyan Singh, former Chief Minister of UP and Governor of Rajasthan, the Nationwide Flag was seen half lined by the BJP flags. Not one of the prime brass of the RSS-BJP, together with the Prime Minister was involved about this flagrant violation. Now the individuals see them singing reward for tricolor day and evening.  The explanations are recognized to them. The RSS-BJP have their saffron goals which in the interim, they wish to cowl by the tricolor.  For them every thing is supposed for propaganda sake. Nation, nationwide ethos, Nationwide flag all are being projected with just one function – political video games and clinging to energy!

Lengthy reside the nationwide flag! (IPA Service)

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