The Spectre of Hathras

The way Balmiki community challenged the authority of the Rajputs in the village of Hathras is praise worthy. They did not bow down to DM or SP of the district. They are supposed to be paid 25 lakhs by Yogi government. But they do not feel obliged to Modi Yogi. They're speaking loudly against Yogi and they are giving press conference to the journalists. Democracy has given strength to the poor landless families who are not cowed down by the number of the dominant caste.

Democracy survives if the media takes an independent stand. In the crime in Hathras the young women journalists played a decisive role to challenge the authority of the Yogi and civil and police administration. They have been sent by the media channels to work on the ground for collecting information. They are young and honest

hardworking journalists. They do not bother of the agenda of their channels. They started reporting from the ground and showed the burning of the dead body in the middle of night without the consent of her parents. They reported the curfew in the village. They reported the threats of DM and SP to the victim's family. They reported about the locking of the house of the victim. It is beyond Modi's political design who captured the channels for his politics. He cannot capture the young journalists who are working for these channels. Yogi became the victim of Modi's media politics. It is a warning to the media owners that they have to come back to the track to report the facts. It is a moral victory for young women journalists in reporting from the ground in Hathras. These journalists reported from the ground and showed the burning of the dead body in the middle of night without the consent of her parents. They reported the curfew in the village. They reported the threats of DM and SP to the victim's family. They reported about the locking of the house of the victim.

Discussion in India Today over the issue of killing of a young dalit girl brings out truth that in the village has been under the curfew and no journalists are allowed to enter the area as if terrorists are hiding there. The journalists of India Today have been harassed there. Their phones have been snatched by the police. Some selective information regarding the case has been used by the IT cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)in leaking out. As one realses the gravity of the situation that the privacy of a journalist who is a citizen of a country has been violated. This sort of tapping of the telephone is illegal under the laws of the state. This happened during the Janata Party government led by Hegde where the BJP was a part of the coalition . After the investigation under the Indian Traffic law it has been found that his government was guilty which led to the resignation of the government. This brings out the truth that Yogi government has no moral right and it is illegal on the part of the government. He should go as the chief minister.

The judges of Allahabad High court felt that Gandhi's message to them whenever they were in dilemma they could look at the faces of the poor and then decide. The same statement of Gandhi is hanging in PM Modi's office and Chief Minister Yogi's office but they are not being guided by Gandhi but Savarkar. They take decision against the farmers, workers, Dalits and Muslims. They are against the women and they are not concerned of the rape of a dalit woman in Hathras and Balarampur.

Yogi stands for three Cs =caste, communalism + Crime. After he shifted to Lucknow as the chief minister he added another C that is corruption. All 35 cases against him need to be dissected one finds that he is a rabid communal person and in some cases he was going to face the trial in Allahabad High Court that he openly used to appeal for communal riots. His group openly commits crimes against Dalits and whenever it is required they commit crimes. Despite all these cases against him he was appointed as the chief minister. ooo           

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Vol. 53, No. 21, Nov 22 - 28, 2020