Dec 03 2014 : The Economic Times (Mumbai)
ET Profile - Niranjan Jyoti: A Dalit Influenced by Ritambhara
Nistula Hebbar |
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Once a storyteller by profession, BJP leader Jyoti was influenced by Vishwa Hindu Parishad ideology and particulary by the Ram Janmabhoomi movement before taking plunge into complex electoral politics
Much before she shot into national notoriety, Minister of State for Food Processing Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, a "katha vaachak" or storyteller by profession was known for her "all weather" song which went thus: "aaj mahasangram ho jaaney do, aar ya paar ho jaaney do" (let there be a battle, let it be decided once and for all).On Tuesday morning her hate speech at a public meeting in Delhi had turned Parliament into the site for a loud mahasangram, with the Opposition demanding her re signation for a hate speech she had delivered the night before. Some Delhi BJP leaders who had invited her to the programme were heard muttering that Jyoti would have done well to stick to her oft-repeated leitmotif than attempt the hate speech that landed her in trouble.
The minister's speech termed the electoral battle in Delhi between the progeny of Lord Rama and `illegitimate children'. Her strong words are not surprising as she counts Sadhvi Ritambhara (of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement fame) as her mentor and guide."Niranjan Jyoti was born in a Dalit family in Partaura village of Uttar Pradesh in 1967. She has three brothers. In her youth, during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, she came under the influence of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Didimaa (Sadhvi Ritambhara) in particular," said a senior BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh.
In what seems like a natural trajectory, Jyoti contested three assembly polls unsuccessfully before winning in 2012. With BJP determined to break BSP chief Mayawati's Dalit vote bank in the 2014 polls, Jyoti got a ticket to contest from the reserved Fatehpur constituency in the Uttar Pradesh.She won the seat and stuck to her second row place in the Lok Sabha till she was handpicked to be minister, despite having a case under Section 497 (adultery) a particularly tricky charge to stick on a woman in India and not surprisingly charges related to intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace (IPC section 504).
As Parliament was repeatedly adjourned over the `hate speech', it goes without saying that this was probably not the Mahasangram that Niranjan Jyoti had in mind while invoking one.
The minister's speech termed the electoral battle in Delhi between the progeny of Lord Rama and `illegitimate children'. Her strong words are not surprising as she counts Sadhvi Ritambhara (of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement fame) as her mentor and guide."Niranjan Jyoti was born in a Dalit family in Partaura village of Uttar Pradesh in 1967. She has three brothers. In her youth, during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, she came under the influence of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Didimaa (Sadhvi Ritambhara) in particular," said a senior BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh.
In what seems like a natural trajectory, Jyoti contested three assembly polls unsuccessfully before winning in 2012. With BJP determined to break BSP chief Mayawati's Dalit vote bank in the 2014 polls, Jyoti got a ticket to contest from the reserved Fatehpur constituency in the Uttar Pradesh.She won the seat and stuck to her second row place in the Lok Sabha till she was handpicked to be minister, despite having a case under Section 497 (adultery) a particularly tricky charge to stick on a woman in India and not surprisingly charges related to intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace (IPC section 504).
As Parliament was repeatedly adjourned over the `hate speech', it goes without saying that this was probably not the Mahasangram that Niranjan Jyoti had in mind while invoking one.
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NARENDRA MODI must DISMISS Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti or he should RESIGN!!
** MOST of the HINDUS do NOT BELIEVE that they are Raam-zaade or descendants of Raam. Due to the very CASTE SYSTEM, the MAJORITY of Hindus just CANNOT claim to be RAAM-ZAADE or descendants of Raam!!
** How did Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti ever DARE to STATE that those who were NOT Raam-zaade were HARAAM-ZAADE? So how could Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti be ALLOWED to OPENLY INSULT all the NON-Hindus and the MAJORITY of Hindus by calling them HARAAM-ZAADE?!!
** Narendra Modi must immediately DISMISS Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from her post for HURTING the FEELINGS of ALL COMMUNITIES, or the Prime Minister should himself RESIGN for NOT being prepared to SAFEGUARD the DIGNITY of ALL Indians!!!
** Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti MUST be TRIED for speaking AGAINST the DIGNITY of both the non-Hindus as well as Hindus, and PUT in JAIL!!
***** Ashok T Jaisinghani, Pune.
***** BRAHMANS CANNOT be RAAM-ZAADE *****
BRAHMANS are BRAHMA-ZAADE, as they believe that they are the descendants of BRAHMA, the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE. The BRAHMANS can NEVER accept that they should be called RAAM-ZAADE. Can they ever AGREE to be known as the DESCENDANTS of RAAM, who belonged to the KSHATRIYA caste, which they believe to be LOWER than the BRAHMAN caste!! So, can Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti DARE to call the BRAHMANS as HARAAM-ZAADE?
** VAISHYAs, SHUDRAs or DALITs too are NOT the descendants of KSHATRIYAs. So they CANNOT be called RAAM-ZAADE, as RAAM was a KSHATRIYA. Can Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti be called HARAAM-ZAADE just because they belong to the VAISHYA and SHUDRA castes, which CANNOT be RAAM-ZAADE!!!
** Narendra Modi should WAKE UP and immediately DROP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti from his cabinet.
***** Ashok T Jaisinghani, Pune.
By SHIELDING the extremely ABUSIVE Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and refusing to DROP her from his cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signalled the RAPID DECLINE of his Government's REPUTATION.
** The BJP Government has already STARTED MARCHING towards its DOWNFALL, which has become absolutely CERTAIN. So Narendra Modi should know that he can ONLY be a one-term Prime Minister of India.
***** Ashok T Jaisinghani,
Pune.
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