An assistant professor at one of Kerala’s universities has been found spewing venom against Hindutva, Hindus, Swastika, BJP, RSS and other Hindu organisations. One of his audio clips has gone viral. We are talking about Gilbert Sebastian, an assistant professor at the Central University of Kerala. Apart from this, he is a Post-Doctoral fellow from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He teaches in the Department of International Relations and Politics. Sebastian stated that throughout the world, ‘Right Wing’ governments were coming into power and named it “Right-Wing resurgence in the world”.
Right-Wing enjoys power on the back of middle and business class
Sebastian said that Right Wing makes use of fascinating promises. To prove his point, he went on to talk about the great depression of the 1930s during which Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany and Benito Mussolini in Italy came to power. According to him, these right-wing political parties promised better income, jobs and infrastructure to come to power. He said that the middle-class along with the corporate world helped them to win the elections. As per Sebastian, the same strategies were used by the Bharatiya Janata Party to win the elections in India. He said that on the pretext of jobs and infrastructure, BJP won the elections but have done nothing since they came in power.
However, Sebastian proves himself wrong while claiming that. It is evident that India has developed in a number of sectors since the Modi-led BJP government came into power in 2014. Talking about infrastructure, the Modi government has done a commendable job by distributing gas connections, electricity connections, DBT for various government plans, multiple AIIMS, improved road infrastructure and several other schemes.
The bogus information on Hindu Holy Symbol Swastika
Sebastian also talked about the Nazi’s Hakenkreuz during his lecture and referred to it as Swastika. He made all possible attempts to make it look that both the symbols were the same. We need to fathom that Hakenkreuz is not Swastika at all rather is the hooked cross. Apart from this, one needs to question why would a Catholic party adopt a sign from Hinduism. People need to know the relevance of Swastika. Swastika consists of ‘su’ meaning ”good” and ‘asti’ meaning ”to be”. This literally means well-being. The origin of Swastika is scientifically dated back some 6,000 years back. Hindus consider it a symbol of good luck and prosperity.
Hindu parties have militant outfits: Sebastian
Sebastian further stated that Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) was the mother of all Hindu parties in India. Apart from this, he said that Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad were militant groups of RSS. Not only this, he went on to say that Hindu NRIs sitting abroad send money for VHP and Bajrang Dal to create unrest in the country. He said that many autonomous Hindu bodies in India allegedly do the dirty work for RSS.
For the 2002 riots in Gujarat, he blamed Bajrang Dal. He suitably ignored the fact that the riots were not started by any Hindu organisation. They took place after the Godhra train burning incident in which 59 innocent Kar Sewaks were burnt alive by a large muslim mob.
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