Corporate Jihad: How Global 'REDI' Guidelines are Being Weaponized Against Sanatan Culture

By Shiv Mishra

The deep wounds inflicted by the organized conversion racket operating under the guise of 'Corporate Jihad' within a prominent information technology hub in Nashik had barely healed when the name of another major multinational IT giant, Wipro, was added to this dark chronicle. The chilling facts brought to light by a First Information Report filed with the police by a former Hindu woman employee at Wipro’s Pune office have stripped away the veneer of secular claims masking a disturbing reality within the Indian corporate sectors.

This emerging landscape is deeply alarming and inherently distressing for traditional Sanatani parents whose highly educated daughters are working far from home in the tech corridors of major metropolitan cities. If workplaces continue to foster such an unsafe, suffocating, and predatory environment, the long-term consequence will be inevitable: Hindu parents will hesitate to send their daughters to these firms. This self-defeating trend will ultimately serve neither the commercial interests of these corporations nor the well-being of our society.

Wipro and TCS: Living Testaments to White-Collar Jihad

In June 2026, a former female employee at Wipro, located in Pune’s Hinjawadi industrial zone, approached law enforcement seeking justice. She revealed that her immediate supervisor—a woman occupying an influential managerial position within the insurance vertical—had subjected her to relentless mental and professional coercion to force her to embrace Islam and marry a Muslim youth. Shockingly, when the victim sought redress through the company’s internal grievance mechanism, management, instead of delivering justice, pressured her to resign. It was only after the resolute intervention of Hindu organizations and a subsequent police investigation that this covert agenda and conversion syndicate operating inside air-conditioned corporate cabins was exposed.

This is not an isolated incident confined to Wipro. In March and April 2026, a Special Investigation Team took stringent legal action against a senior official, Danish Sheikh, and his associates at a major tech unit in Nashik. They were charged with the sexual harassment of a Hindu female employee, making derogatory remarks about Sanatan deities, and exerting pressure for religious conversion. Corporate campuses that were once viewed as pure symbols of professionalism, meritocracy, and neutrality are rapidly morphing into fertile ground for anti-Sanatan and anti-national activities.

From the Sword to the Keyboard: The Evolving Dynamics of Ghazwa-e-Hind

Viewed through the lens of history, the barbaric invasions of this prosperous, sacred land of India by Islamic invaders carried a singular, ultimate objective: the total annihilation of the indigenous Sanatan culture to transform this realm into an Islamic state, a project historically termed 'Ghazwa-e-Hind.' Among those religious invaders, there is not a single name that did not actively target the centers of Sanatan faith and temples. These zealots demolished our magnificent temples and used the very debris to construct forced structures over them. This is precisely why, even today, the defaced idols of our deities, intricate temple architecture, and sacred Sanatan symbols trapped within those disputed structures continue to cry out, bearing witness to historical truth.

These forces unleashed a reign of terror, bloodshed, and subjugation over large parts of India for nearly eight centuries. Conversions were forced at the edge of the sword wherever possible. The staggering scale of the collective massacre of Hindus can be gauged by historical accounts recording that the sacred threads (Janeu) stripped from the slaughtered were weighed in quintals, and towers were erected from the severed heads of our ancestors. To institutionalize fear, our spiritual gurus, historical icons, and revered figures were walled alive, tortured in boiling oil, and subjected to horrific cruelties; yet, the tormentors failed to shake the foundational faith of Sanatani heroes. According to prominent historians, this sacred land witnessed the most catastrophic human slaughter since the dawn of civilization, wherein an estimated 100 million Hindus laid down their lives to protect their faith.

Analyzing the chronological flow of history, the arrival of the British temporarily halted this absolute Islamization. However, when Britain departed, they partitioned the subcontinent on religious lines, handing over Pakistan and Bangladesh as an unmerited reward to the descendants of those historical invaders. Even after partition, the shortsightedness and appeasement policies of Gandhi and Nehru led them to concede Pakistan on a religious basis, yet they lacked the iron will to ensure the complete relocation of the corresponding demographic to the newly carved state. Consequently, a segment remained within India that held the conviction that they were not content with Pakistan alone, but that their ultimate goal remained the hoisting of the Islamic flag over an undivided India. The administrative system of that era went on to erect constitutional and legal hurdles for Hindus, while granting unlimited constitutional leeway to other denominations in the name of 'minority rights.'

Today, that same calculated strategy to eventually transform India into an Islamic state is being executed through demographic expansion, conversion under the pretext of marriage, illegal land encroachments, and now, 'Corporate Jihad.' The instances of conversion reported daily in newspapers are merely the tip of the iceberg that happen to reach law enforcement; the actual numbers are profoundly more menacing. This multi-front religious onslaught has engineered a deep chasm of mistrust in society, giving rise to the perception that the entire institutional apparatus is complicit. Sordid phenomena ranging from dietary contamination to unhygienic targeting are manifestations of this warped mindset.

Deciphering the Nexus of 'Corporate Jihad' and Global 'REDI' Guidelines

'Corporate Jihad' is a highly sophisticated, modern, white-collar manifestation of religious subversion. Under this strategy, highly educated zealots entrenched in corporate hierarchies deliberately target self-reliant, highly educated Hindu women capable of independent decision-making. We have previously witnessed how highly qualified medical doctors, engineers from premier institutes, and even civil servants have aligned with these networks to alter India’s demographic fabric.

Behind this entire operation lies an invisible weapon of the global corporate world known as REDI (Race, Ethnicity, Diversity, and Inclusion) guidelines.

 "When global diversity policies are imported and blindly applied without Indian context, they cease to make workplaces safe. Instead, they transform into a protective shield for radical elements operating anti-Sanatan internal agendas."

The Bait of Global Indices and Betrayal of National Interest: This index was originally developed in 2014 by the US-based 'Religious Freedom and Business Foundation' (RFBF). Behind this organization, global leftist and pseudo-liberal forces remain highly active. While its stated objective in Western nations is to prevent religious discrimination at the workplace, the stark reality is that Indian corporations have become blinded by the greed of securing high ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) scores from global investors. The higher the 'REDI points,' the easier it is to secure foreign institutional funding. Driven by this financial greed, these Indian companies are losing their sanity, abandoning their duties to the nation, and becoming unwitting cogs in a machinery designed to erode Sanatan culture.

The Weaponization of the Minority Card and Abuse of Internal Groups: REDI guidelines permit corporations to establish Employee Resource Groups (such as dedicated prayer spaces or faith-based collectives). Under the cover of these groups, radicalized elements consolidate their networks, identify junior employees from the majority Hindu community, and systematically apply psychological pressure. If a Hindu employee lodges a formal complaint, the Human Resources (HR) department, paralyzed by the fear of dropping in international diversity rankings or being branded with labels like 'Islamophobia' or 'minority harassment,' refuses to act against the perpetrator. Instead, they silence the victim or coerce them into leaving the organization.

The Modern, Tech-Savvy Avatars of Subversion

This conversion apparatus has transitioned into an entirely digital, tech-savvy operation:

Online Gaming and Alternative Communication Apps: Major syndicates have been intercepted in cities like Ghaziabad and Mumbai, where gaming platforms like Fortnite and Discord were utilized to systematically brainwash and convert minor Hindu children.

Economic and Employment Coercion: In private educational centers, logistics firms, and emerging startups, invisible prerequisites of altering one’s religious leanings are being imposed in exchange for career promotions and lucrative financial packages.

The Exploitation of Fitness Spaces: Fitness centers across the nation are being systematically leveraged to entrap Sanatani youth, extending the tentacles of conversion networks into corporate and affluent socio-economic classes—a trend currently dismissed by the machinery as routine, isolated crimes.

 Incisive Inquiries from Modi Government 

While the Indian Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience to every citizen, this freedom cannot be permitted to be weaponized against Sanatani Hindus. Any conversion executed through "deceit, allurement, intimidation, or the abuse of institutional authority at the workplace" constitutes a direct assault on the security and sovereignty of the nation.

The current administration must rise above the politics of capturing electoral headlines and relying on populist rhetoric. The ground reality remains that no decisive, long-term, or punitive measures have been enacted to curb Corporate Jihad. The need of the hour is for both Central and State governments to immediately mandate a comprehensive 'National Security and Cultural Integrity Policy' for every private and public enterprise.

Comprehensive Correctional Mandates for the Industrial Sector:

Localized and Culturally Synced Compliance: The blind emulation of Western 'REDI' models must be halted. These frameworks must either be legally prohibited or structurally re-modeled to strictly align with the Indian Constitution and state-level anti-conversion legislations.

Punitive Liability of Institutional Heads: If a case of forced conversion or religious inducement surfaces within any corporate campus, the accountability must not stop at the accused employee. The Head of Human Resources and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) must be legally treated as co-accused in acts subverting domestic security, facing stringent criminal prosecution.

Security Audits of High-REDI-Scoring Corporations: Agencies governing national security must immediately institute rigorous audits of the internal workings and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of companies boasting exceptionally high global diversity scores. This is vital to guarantee that Indian wealth is not being siphoned off to sustain ecosystems hostile to Sanatan culture.

Absolute 'Zero-Tolerance' in Codes of Conduct: A comprehensive ban must be enforced on any form of religious proselytization, exclusive faith-based assemblies, or conversion overtures within corporate premises. Any violation must mandate immediate, non-negotiable termination of services.

For the Indian corporate sector, this is the final ultimatum for introspection. If the masquerade of 'diversity' is not stripped away to stop sheltering radicalism, India’s most prestigious industrial sector will not only lose its global credibility, but the very security of the nation will slide into a perilous abyss.

                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Shiv Mishra ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Sunday Special Story - West Bengal narrowly escaped !

 

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Sunday Special Story ( Published in Hindi News Paper, attached at the end )

West Bengal Escapes a Near Disaster! 

The Collapse of the Appeasement-Driven 'Diamond Harbour Model', the Unmasking of International Conspiracies, and the New Dawn of Sanatan Revival

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An Atmosphere of Liberation and a Celebrating Public

An unprecedented atmosphere of joy and enthusiasm is visible in the red soil of West Bengal and the historic streets of Kolkata, as if this border state has recently achieved true freedom from decades of a suffocating environment. However, this sigh of relief and celebration is primarily visible on the faces of those who place deep faith in Indian nationalism, Hindu identity, and Sanatan culture. Conversely, politicians who have harvested the crop of appeasement for decades, the syndicates that flourished under administrative protection, and elements that illegally earned immense profits from the state's chaotic system are in deep shock. This network, spread from political corridors to the ground, still cannot believe that the seemingly invincible government led by Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) could actually come to an end.

The newly elected Chief Minister of the state, Suvendu Adhikari, has sparked new enthusiasm and celebration among ordinary citizens by taking swift and stern decisions immediately upon taking office. The initial steps of the Suvendu government have made it clear that the rule of law is being established in the state. The government's priorities include:

• A Heavy Blow to the Corrupt: Swift legal action against officials and politicians involved in scams and the smuggling of government jobs during the previous regime.
• The End of Syndicate Raj: Cracking down on syndicate bosses who illegally collected extortion money (Goonda Tax) and forced toll taxes across the state.
• Anti-Infiltration Campaign: Large-scale search operations in border areas and internal districts to apprehend illegal infiltrators.

Changed Tradition on Red Road and the Rise of a New Hero

For the first time in nearly 107 years of West Bengal's history, an unprecedented scene was witnessed on Kolkata's prestigious Red Road, where the political organization of Eid prayers—which used to be the main center of the Chief Minister's presence during previous governments—did not take place. These initial and courageous efforts to curb Muslim appeasement and petty vote-bank politics have overnight elevated Suvendu Adhikari as the state's new mass leader.

Due to his swift, impartial, and strict working style, he has not only reached the peak of popularity within the West Bengal BJP but has also generated immense attraction among the Hindu community across the entire country. Political analysts believe that although he has not yet done any direct populist work for the specific socio-economic benefits of the Hindu community, the majority Hindu society in India becomes highly pleased merely by positive, courageous, and just actions taken for the nation. Consequently, a sense of unbreakable faith, trust, and respect for Suvendu Adhikari has emerged in the entire Hindu consciousness.

Demolition of the 'Launching Pad' and the Demographic Crisis

The newly formed government of West Bengal has launched a direct surgical strike on the biggest wound that was hollowing out India's internal security for decades. The work of installing barbed wire fencing along the international border with Bangladesh, which had been kept pending for decades by the previous Mamata Banerjee government under the pretext of non-acquisition of land and non-cooperation, has been started by the Suvendu government with immediate effect. The necessary land and administrative cooperation have been provided to the Border Security Force (BSF) overnight. Along with this, an intensive campaign to identify illegal infiltrators within the state has begun. Detention and holding centers, previously constructed or temporarily identified in every district of the state, have been fully activated, and the influx of apprehended illegal citizens has commenced.

Plunder of Taxpayers' Earnings and Strictness of Security Forces

When several groups of national and international journalists held direct conversations with these captured infiltrators in detention centers and border areas, the disclosures made were shocking and a direct challenge to the nation's sovereignty. These infiltrators admitted on camera that:

1. They had entered Indian territory illegally.
2. They were provided with vital citizenship-related documents through the direct cooperation of local leaders, panchayat representatives, and administrative officials of the previous ruling party (TMC).
3. On the basis of these documents, they were not only receiving free rations but were also taking direct advantage of all welfare and financial schemes of the state and central governments.

This fact is enough to agitate any conscious citizen that a huge portion of the hard-earned money of India's honest taxpayers was being squandered on nurturing these illegal foreign infiltrators and providing them with free facilities. Regional parties practicing politics based on Muslim appeasement were spending a massive chunk of national resources not only on the appeasement of a specific community but, by risking national security, had thrown their entire official power into proving illegal infiltrators as valid citizens of India to make them a permanent vote bank.

The Mandate of Falta and the Dark Truth of the 'Diamond Harbour Model'

The BJP recorded an unprecedented and historic victory in this recent assembly election in West Bengal. However, the deep political and strategic core of this entire election emerges from the result of the Falta assembly seat in the South 24 Parganas district. The electoral outcome in Falta has exposed the dark truth of the 'electoral management' hidden behind all the elections held during Mamata Banerjee's 15-year rule. The BJP candidate won this seat by a massive and historic margin of over 109,000 votes. The most astonishing fact was that the TMC candidate could not even save his deposit and slid to the fourth position, while his nearest rival was the Left Front candidate.

The Game of Holding Democracy Hostage

Geographically and politically, the Falta assembly constituency falls under the 'Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency'. This is the very area considered to be the political stronghold of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and TMC National General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee. The notorious 'Diamond Harbour Model' of the TMC operated here. The previous government and TMC strategists promoted this model across the country as a symbol of 'uninterrupted development' and 'excellent electoral management'. However, what this model truly was in reality was revealed when the voters of Falta took to the national highway in an unprecedented rebellion.

Two Aspects of the Diamond Harbour Model

Promoted Image (TMC's Claim)

Uninterrupted and rapid economic development

Modern electoral management and booth organization

All-inclusive social welfare schemes

Peaceful and disciplined voting process

The citizens of Falta blocked the national highway to draw the nation's attention against the electoral rigging, intimidation, and particularly the humiliating and oppressive treatment of women by the previous regime. Following this, the Election Commission of India took suo motu cognizance of the matter.

The investigation revealed the spine-chilling truth that cellophane tape was pasted on the buttons of EVM machines representing opposition parties at polling stations, forcing voters to vote only for the TMC. Furthermore, a specific scent was sprayed on the clothes of voters emerging after casting their votes, and the fragrance of that perfume, combined with booth inputs, was later used to determine whether the voter had voted for the TMC or not. Voters who did not vote for them or resisted had to endure severe physical, mental, and financial torture after the elections.

When a fresh, fair election was conducted under the strict supervision of the Election Commission, deployment of central security forces, and the watch of CCTV cameras on the Falta seat, the results shocked the nation. The TMC candidate and a close aide of Mamata Banerjee, Jahangir Khan—who was notorious for his bullying, syndicate, and terror in the entire region—not only suffered a crushing defeat but his deposit was also forfeited. This result from Falta is enough to prove that the Trinamool Congress's victory on most seats in previous elections was based not on public support, but on this very democratic robbery called the 'Diamond Harbour Model'. It not only brought about the downfall of the system that held democracy hostage and organized the looting of votes, but it also unmasked a massive state-sponsored conspiracy.

Historical Appeasement and Suvendu's Double Strike

The leader who shattered the myth of Mamata Banerjee's political invincibility is none other than Suvendu Adhikari. History is witness that Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee from the Nandigram seat in 2021 and from her supposedly safe Bhawanipur seat in this historic 2026 assembly election. Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated the same Chief Minister in two different elections on two prestigious seats, was once Mamata's most trusted and close associate, who had prepared the ground for the Nandigram movement. Today, he has emerged as the biggest symbol of nationalism in Bengal.

The Historical Chronology of Appeasement Under Congress and the Left

It can only be termed as the historical misfortune of West Bengal that even before the partition of the country on August 15, 1947, the division of this state of great intellectual and cultural consciousness was decided on the basis of religion. Even after the horrific massacre of Hindus during the partition period (such as 'Direct Action Day'), the top leadership of the country at that time engaged in extremely low-level and insensitive politics with this region, in which the policies of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were equally responsible. Congress ruled this state uninterruptedly for the first 20 years after independence, which was an emotional mandate of Bengali society for the party's role in the freedom movement. However, upon assuming power, Congress crossed all limits of Muslim appeasement.

Nehru and the state Congress government deliberately showed extreme negligence in granting citizenship and rehabilitating millions of Bengali Hindu refugees who arrived from the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) saving their lives, honor, and religion. The Congress government feared that if these millions of suffering Hindu refugees were permanently settled in Muslim-majority border areas of the state, it would alter the demographic structure and anger the local Muslim population, shattering Congress's traditional vote bank. This was the reason behind the inhumane attempt to send these Hindu refugees to remote areas of the country, such as Dandakaranya (the forests of Odisha/Chhattisgarh) or the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to keep them away from the mainstream of Bengal.

In contrast, under the Nehru-Liaquat Pact, Muslim citizens who had voluntarily gone to East Pakistan were given special rights to return to India and reclaim their properties. The Congress governments led by Prafulla Chandra Ghosh and Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy provided special administrative protection, restored ownership of properties, and extended financial assistance to these returning Muslim families.

The irony was that a large number of these returnees included elements directly responsible for the horrific Hindu massacres in Kolkata and Noakhali during Jinnah's "Direct Action". Furthermore, for political gain, Congress accommodated almost all former members of the 'Muslim League' into its party, placing them in various political and administrative positions. Congress gave assembly tickets and full administrative protection to them in Muslim-majority areas like Murshidabad, Malda, and North 24 Parganas. Instead of focusing on the welfare of the general Bengali society and infrastructure development, Congress began giving massive government grants to religious madrasas and Urdu-medium schools, assuring the Muslim community that the state government would not interfere in their conservative social and religious fabric.

The Leftists (Left Front), who came to power in 1977, broke all of Congress's records in Muslim appeasement. In the name of 'Land Reforms', the Left Front snatched lands from Hindu landlords and middle-class farmers and distributed them among the landless, but a huge portion of the beneficiaries belonged to a specific community. Additionally, the major decisions of the Left government included:

• Reservation in OBC Quota: Bypassing the socio-economic structure of the state, a 10% reservation was granted to Muslims under the OBC quota.
• Nationalization of Madrasa Education: Massive government aid was provided to madrasas, salaries of religious teachers were fixed from the state exchequer, and Urdu teachers were recruited on a large scale across the state. In contrast, not a single rupee from the government treasury was allocated for the restoration or development of Hindu religious schools, Tols, Maths, and temples.
• Cultural Suppression: Several administrative restrictions were placed directly and indirectly on the majority Hindu community and their centuries-old rituals, festivals, and Durga Puja immersions, while the Muslim community was given a free hand to block roads in the name of religious activities.

The Zenith of Mamata's Regime: An 1100% Budgetary Leap

After coming to power in 2011, Mamata Banerjee took this to a dangerous and institutional level. In 2012, she announced monthly salaries and allowances for the imams and muezzins of the state's mosques, which was a direct assault on the secular structure of the Indian Constitution.

By the end of the Leftist rule (in 2010-11), the total annual budget for minority affairs in the state was only ₹472 crore. Mamata Banerjee's government increased it by over 1100% to ₹5,713 crore in its final full budget (for the year 2025-26). A large part of this budget was being distributed directly as financial aid only to minority students under special scholarship schemes like 'Aikyashree' and 'Medhashree'. Apart from this, many invaluable government properties in the state were handed over to the Waqf Board. Upon assuming charge, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari struck a hard blow against this institutional discrimination and immediately stopped the unconstitutional monthly salaries and allowances given to the imams and muezzins of mosques.

The International Conspiracy of 'Greater Bangladesh' and the Future of Sanatan

While West Bengal's history has been glorious, its recent past has been deeply alarming. Political experts allege that the Mamata Banerjee government was not merely playing vote-bank politics, but was implicitly becoming part of an extremely dangerous international geo-political conspiracy to create 'Greater Bangladesh'. Under this concept, a blueprint was being drawn to shape a new sovereign territory by combining West Bengal, Bangladesh, and parts of India's North-East. This plan involved systematically settling Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators in border districts.

West Bengal had essentially become a 'launching pad' for these foreign elements. After obtaining forged Indian citizenship documents here, these infiltrators were sent to various corners of India under a pre-determined strategy—such as Jammu, the borders of Ladakh, the rugged hills of Uttarakhand, and Kerala in South India—to alter demographics. Recently, investigations by national security agencies revealed that many of these suspected infiltrators were linked to the sleeper cells of global terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda. This time, the strict verification of identity cards and the 'Special Intensive Revision' of voter lists by the Election Commission and state administration broke the backbone of this entire racket.

International Christian Missionaries and the Interference of Global Powers

This crisis is not limited to cross-border infiltration alone; there are also indications of a blend of global religious forces. Echoes of international conspiracies to create a 'Christian Land' by combining parts of Northeast India and disturbed areas of Myanmar have been heard before. Even the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, before being ousted from power, had sensationally claimed that an international conspiracy was being hatched to carve out a separate Christian country by combining Northeast India, Bangladesh, and parts of Myanmar.

Recent arrests from Kolkata and other parts of the country add weight to this theory:

• The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a suspect US citizen, Matthew VanDyke, from Kolkata Airport.
• Under the same network, 6 Ukrainian citizens were arrested from Delhi and Lucknow airports, who had arrived on tourist visas and were illegally entering the Myanmar border via restricted areas of the Northeast and Mizoram.

The Mysterious Kolkata Visit of the US Secretary of State

The most surprising diplomatic event in this entire scenario occurred when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an official visit to India. During his trip, instead of heading directly to the national capital, New Delhi, he arrived straight in Kolkata and went to 'Mother House', the headquarters of the 'Missionaries of Charity'. This institution has long been mired in serious controversies regarding illegal conversions and financial irregularities, leading the Central Government to revoke its FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) license in 2021. It is common talk in political corridors that Mamata Banerjee was very closely associated with the top leadership of this institution, and just a day before the US Secretary of State's arrival, some nuns from the organization had held a secret meeting with her at the state secretariat. Strategic analysts believe that had Mamata Banerjee not lost this election and remained the Chief Minister, an official meeting between her and the US Secretary of State would likely have been arranged, adding a new dimension to this international nexus.

Conclusion

It becomes undeniably clear from the entire scenario that West Bengal stood at the precipice of a massive existential and cultural crisis, from which it has now partially emerged due to the rise of nationalism. The undeclared alliance of global powers operating against Sanatan Dharma and the nation's sovereignty across India—from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu, and from Kashmir to Kerala—has received a major blow from this political shift in Bengal.

Through this special edition of the newspaper, it must be hoped that under the firm efforts of the new Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, this historic state will fully emerge from its internal and external crises and keep its ancient cultural sovereignty intact. However, it is too early to say for sure, as the political experiences of West Bengal over the last five decades have not been very pleasant. Whenever the Bengali electorate voted for change—be it the Left against Congress or Mamata Banerjee against the Left—the state was ultimately left with deep disappointment.

Nonetheless, seeing the unprecedented enthusiasm among ordinary Bengali citizens, the Bhadralok, and the youth on the streets of Kolkata, it appears that they are breathing a sigh of relief in a fear-free environment after years. The sole and biggest expectation of the majority society from this new government will be to permanently eliminate the atmosphere of political violence and fear, and to provide full governance and administrative protection to Hindus to keep their Sanatan Dharma, festivals, and cultural symbols intact. If this newly formed government under Suvendu Adhikari succeeds in providing at least this much support and security to the suffering and persecuted Hindu populace of West Bengal, it will be impossible for any anti-national or appeasement-driven force to demolish this fortress of nationalism for decades to come. West Bengal has truly had a narrow escape, and the historic responsibility to reform both its direction and destiny now rests on the shoulders of the new leadership.

~~~~~~~~~~~~Shiv Mishra ~~~~~~~~~

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Rahul's Parliamentary Decorum, Directionless Rage, and the Future of the Congress

 

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Rahul's Parliamentary Decorum, Directionless Rage, and the Future of the Congress

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1. The Devaluation of Words and Rahul Turning into 'Rahu'

In the history of Indian democracy, despite ideological differences, there has been a glorious tradition of mutual respect and linguistic purity among top leaders. From Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Jawaharlal Nehru to contemporary politics, even the bitterest opposition has been expressed within the boundaries of parliamentary decorum. However, the decline in the linguistic standard of Indian politics in recent years has shaken this glorious history. Looking at the current scenario, it appears that the uncontrolled rhetoric and aggressive style of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is playing the role of a political 'Rahu' (a malevolent astrological planet causing obstacles) for the Congress party and the Gandhi family itself.

Criticism is welcome in politics, and a strong opposition is an essential necessity for democracy. However, when criticism is replaced by personal frustration, abusive language, and mudslinging, it ceases to be a discourse and becomes a suicidal step. Rahul Gandhi's recent statements and gestures have once again proven that he is still miles away from the basic principles of political maturity and parliamentary etiquette.

2. The Stage of Amethi and Rae Bareli: Leadership Transgressing All Limits of Decorum

Recently, while addressing the 'Bahujan Swabhimaan Jansabha' organized in his parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli, the manner in which Rahul Gandhi made highly derogatory and indecorous remarks against the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah has pushed democratic dialogue to a new low. Inciting the public present at the rally, he stated from the public platform:

"When you reach your home and people from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) come to you and talk about Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and the BJP, tell them clearly that your Prime Minister is a traitor (Gaddar), your Home Minister is a traitor, and your organization is a traitor. They have done the malicious work of selling the country and destroying the Constitution."

The use of a serious word like 'traitor' (Gaddar) for the country's Prime Minister and Home Minister from the mouth of a top leader of a responsible national party and a person occupying a constitutional post (Leader of the Opposition) is not only shocking but also strikes a blow to the country's democratic system. Following this, in his former parliamentary constituency Amethi—where he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Smriti Irani in the year 2019—repeating the same sharp tone, aggressive gestures, and stubbornness, he said that these people have betrayed the country's great personalities and the public, which is why he will continue to call them 'traitors' and will not apologize for it at any cost.

Not only this, making highly superficial and personal remarks on the Prime Minister's foreign trips, he said that while there is a crisis of gas, petrol, and employment in the country, the Prime Minister is eating 'Melodi' with Meloni in Italy. Using street-level language like "Modi will cry," "will be beaten," and "will beg" for a thrice-elected Prime Minister of the country, who is nearly two decades older than him in age and experience, cannot be justified from any perspective. Such language cannot be expected even from a high school dropout. This behavior reminiscent of the spoiled children of big landlords or influential households of yesteryears, who forget to respect elders in the frustration of their own failure. In today's modern environment, even an illiterate person hesitates to speak such language publicly, but Rahul Gandhi, by repeating these derogatory remarks time and again, displays as if he is performing some great and brave historical deed.

3. A History of Repeated Strategic Blunders

Such 'baseless' and suicidal rhetoric is nothing new for Rahul Gandhi. If one observes his two decades of political life, it is clearly visible that he has never been able to understand the fine line between 'criticism' and 'cheap abuse.' Before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he floated the slogan "Chowkidar Chor Hai" (The watchman is a thief) across the country. The people of the country viewed this as personal malice towards the Prime Minister, and ultimately, this slogan became the main reason for the historic and crushing defeat of the Congress. His attitude on sensitive issues of national sovereignty and security has also been highly irresponsible. Questioning the cowardly terror attack in Pulwama and the subsequent brave surgical strike by the Indian Air Force, he leveled serious allegations against the Prime Minister of brokering the "blood of soldiers" (Khoon ki Dalali). This statement not only hurt the morale of the country's military but also handed an issue to India's adversaries at a global level. Standing on the floor of the Lok Sabha, he had stated in highly unparliamentary language that "the youth will beat Narendra Modi with sticks." The use of such violent and unparliamentary language inside a democratic parliament is recorded in the dark pages of independent India's parliamentary history.

This undemocratic and stubborn mindset of Rahul Gandhi was visible not only while being in the opposition; even during the UPA regime from 2004 to 2014, his conduct was always surrounded by controversies and violations of constitutional decorum. No one can forget that dark day in Indian parliamentary history when the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was on a foreign tour, and an ordinance unanimously passed by his cabinet was publicly torn apart and thrown into the dustbin by Rahul Gandhi during a press conference. This act was not only an insult to the Prime Minister and Cabinet of his own government but was also a resounding slap in the face of the country's democratic and constitutional institutions.

4. The Epoch-Making Change of 2014 and the Frustration of Congress

The decade from 2004 to 2014 is known in Indian history for unprecedented corruption (2G, Coal, Commonwealth scams), nepotism, policy paralysis, extremist appeasement, and neglect of the majority society. As a result of this public anger, in the year 2014, the people of the country handed over the keys of power to the Bhartiya Janata Party under the leadership of Narendra Modi by giving them a massive and absolute majority.

This was an epoch-making change in Indian politics. The BJP formed a majority government in the country after a long gap of 30 years—a milestone that the Congress party itself could never achieve on its own strength after the massive wave of sympathy generated following the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984.

It is true that no government can 100% live up to public expectations, and the BJP government too might have had its limitations, but it did not disappoint the people of the country. This is the reason why the BJP is continuously expanding on the political map of the country. In a state like West Bengal, where the BJP's existence was once negligible, the emergence of the BJP as a powerful alternative and the complete elimination of the Congress, which ruled for decades, is the freshest and most burning example of this.

Now, circumstances have become such that there seems to be no possibility, even far and wide, of the Congress returning to power at the Center on its own strength. Due to this historic failure, defeat, and marginalization, Rahul Gandhi has become surrounded by deep depression, frustration, and despair. However, his own policies and immature leadership are most responsible for bringing the Congress to this pathetic state. If Rahul Gandhi thinks that he can diminish the skyrocketing popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by abusing, slinging mud, or using derogatory language, then it is his massive political blunder and misconception. The wise and aware public of India never accepts such foolish and indecorous language; instead, it increases the sympathy and popularity towards the victim leader even more.

5. Political Stature and the Refuge of Appeasement

Due to this politics of arrogance and immaturity, Rahul Gandhi even had to lose his traditional family seat of Amethi. Look at the irony that even then he did not realize his actual political stature and the power of the Modi wave. After being completely rejected from North India, he had to turn towards Wayanad, a Muslim-majority seat in Kerala in the far south of the country, to reach Parliament. He could reach the Lok Sabha from Wayanad only because he had the one-sided and full support of the 'Muslim League' and its cadre there. The dependence of a top leader of a national party on the crutches of regional and communal forces to reach Parliament narrates his political helplessness.

Furthermore, because of this absurd and distracting rhetoric of Rahul Gandhi, serious discussion on real economic issues arising before India amidst the current global scenario (Iran-Israel tensions, Russia-Ukraine war, and economic challenges of America) becomes secondary. Leveling absurd allegations of selling the country's economic system, he says that "Modi has handed over the entire economic system of Hindustan to Adani, Ambani, and America."

He is trying to create a fear of an artificial 'economic storm' and recession before the country, claiming that in the coming months, the prices of petrol, diesel, pulses, and rice will increase to such an extent that the country will shudder with a major shock. He views every economic policy through the prism of crony capitalism. From every platform, he keeps chanting the old tunes of GST, demonetization, and the COVID lockdown, which the public of the country has already rejected through elections. He does not have any alternative vision or solid blueprint for the development of the country; instead, he has the same worn-out issues which he repeats even during his sponsored foreign trips, and many times in this process, he unknowingly appears to speak the language of anti-India forces.

6. The Mystery of Foreign Trips and Sambit Patra's Big Disclosure

While on one hand Rahul Gandhi questions the official and strategic foreign visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the public of the country knows very well that PM Modi's trips are not for personal entertainment or tourism. The purpose of his visits is to enhance India's economy, bilateral trade, defense deals, and India's geopolitical importance on the global stage.

In contrast, Bhartiya Janata Party's National Spokesperson Sambit Patra, through a press conference in New Delhi, has released a sensational and detailed account stating that Rahul Gandhi has undertaken 54 declared foreign trips in his past 22 years of political life, which cost more than 60 crore rupees. However, these trips were neither funded by the party, nor is Rahul Gandhi's personal income that high. This straightforwardly means that Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips are sponsored, and the involvement of anti-national forces in them cannot be ruled out. These visits mainly include Italy, the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (USA), Germany, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Bahrain, Maldives, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

7. Internal Strife and Electoral Equations of States

It is a bitter truth that the wise public of India does not accept Rahul Gandhi as a serious politician, and there is no public reaction to any so-called 'crisis' raised by him. Even within the Congress party itself, a very large section of experienced and senior leaders disagrees with his immature statements and feels uncomfortable. However, Rahul Gandhi, with the help of a 'close coterie' of some flatterers and non-political advisors around him, always tries to remain in the headlines, which ultimately causes massive harm to the Congress party itself.

In the recently concluded assembly elections of five states, the performance of the Congress was disappointing. Their only notable achievement was the victory of their alliance in Kerala. Political pundits and local Congress leaders of Kerala internally believe that UDF and LDF governments change alternately in Kerala. By rule, this victory should have been achieved in the previous election itself.

Political analysts are of the clear opinion that if Rahul Gandhi himself had not been the MP from Wayanad, Kerala in the previous elections, the Congress government would have been formed much earlier by taking advantage of the anti-incumbency wave in the state. But his presence there increased communal polarization and gave the Leftists a chance to come back. Now, when he has left the Wayanad seat and become the MP from the Rae Bareli seat of Uttar Pradesh, and his sister Priyanka Vadra has reached Parliament by contesting the election on the Wayanad seat, only then has it become possible for the Congress to regain its lost ground in the state of Kerala. This clearly shows that Rahul Gandhi's electoral influence is proving to be detrimental rather than beneficial for the party.

8. Conclusion: The Need for Introspection

In the final analysis, it is clear that for the smooth functioning of democracy, the presence of a strong, ideological, and policy-based opposition is indispensable. Opposition to the wrong policies of the government should be done within data, logic, and parliamentary decorum. Calling individuals sitting in dignified positions like the Prime Minister and Home Minister 'traitors' or making indecorous remarks regarding their physical harm cannot be a part of any healthy democracy.

If Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party want to save their relevance in the mainstream of Indian politics, they will have to abandon this politics of negativity, personal malice, and suicidal discourse. This practice of abusing and tarnishing the country's image on foreign soil will not reduce Narendra Modi's popularity, but it will certainly wipe out the remaining credibility of the Congress among the people of the country. The time has come for the Congress to come out of this 'Rahu Kaal' (dark phase) and present a positive and constructive vision before the country instead of abuse.

~~~Shiv Mishra ~~~~