Why are the great Mughals the whipping boy for the #BJP and the #Sanghparivar?
Aurangzeb came soon after #NarendraModi took charge as Prime Minister in 2014. And, Shahjahan also with his monumental monument #TajMahal is targeted by the #BJP.
◾India's GDP Under Mughals
After all, Mughals not just ruled India for over 200 years.
They also enriched India greatly and transformed it into a super power in their times. India’s GDP during Akbar's reign was 27%.
Even when the British took over India from the Mughals, Indian GDP at 18% was higher than the Britain in 1857.
So, why this cacophony against the Mughals; why Twist History and Peddle Fiction about a dynasty that contributed so much to the rise of India in medieval times?
Is there a method in this madness?
Or
Is it sheer Hatred against "foreign rulers"?
If it was genuine dislike for the alleged foreign rule, there could have been sharp attack against the #British Raj too. But one does not recall the #Sanghparivar pouring venom against the brutal British rule of over 100 years when Indian were truly colonised in its worst form.
So, why target Mughals alone?
BJP's election narratives are largely woven around hatred of an imaginary "other". In #BJP's case this other is mostly Muslim. He is always referred to as an aggressive and oppressive brute.
The purpose is to scare the majority community to create a Hindu vote bank over and above caste divide.
Once they are sacred, there appears a Hindu saviour who could be an #Advani or a #Modi as Hindu Ang Rakhshak.
#Modi's electoral successes are largely based on a Muslim factor.
It could be Godhra or something else. If it is not a genuine existing threat, one would have to be dug up from the history.
The Mughals fit this bill well. After all, they ruled over India for more than 200 years. They exploited Indian masses like any ruler of their times. They are, therefore, easily projected as enemy of the Hindus.
But the problem this time is that the Muslims are acting wisely and keeping quiet to BJP's provocations.
There have been many attempts to provoke Muslims to take to streets. From mob lynching to banning slaughter houses are calculated moves to enrage Muslims to come to streets. Once Muslims are out, Hindus could be mobilised into delivering a response.
Somehow it is not happening so far. So, Mughals have turned into the whipping boy for the #BJP.
The tone could become more shrill as the #Rajasthan, #MadhyaPradesh, #Chattisgarh and #Telengana Assembly elections draw closer.
The #Modi Model of development is dented. #Modi is now left only with #Hate politics tactics.
It could be anything from Aurangzeb to Tipu Sultan to provoke a Hindu backlash which seems to be not building up so far.
The best course for the Muslims is to lie low and let the worst pass off while Hindu Civilians (Like #RahulGandhi) are fighting the battle of ideas on the ground.
#MadhyaPradeshElection2023
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