Rahul Gandhi shares the stage with Hinduphobic creator Christophe Jaffrelot in Paris

Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, as a part of his virtually week-long Europe tour, addressed college students at a college in Paris on 8 September, the place he shared the stage with creator and columnist Christophe Jaffrelot, identified for deep-rooted hate for Hindus and India. The official X deal with of the Congress social gathering shared footage of the occasion the place the Congress chief engaged in an interplay session with the scholars and the Faculty of Sciences PO in Paris.

Glimpses from Shri @RahulGandhi’s public interplay with Professor Christophe Jafflerlot at Sciences Po.

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— Congress (@INCIndia) September 9, 2023

Rahul Gandhi, who usually courts controversy together with his anti-India statements was joined by the French political scientist who has a historical past of writing in opposition to India and usually assaults the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party authorities and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He furiously opposed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and labelled it in opposition to the “spirit of Indian secularism.”

Opposition to Hindu outfits and claims of victimhood

Christophe Jaffrelot dragged the Jewish folks and Israel into his argument and equated the laws with them. “Such an approach reflects a vision of the nation as an ethno-religious body where those who do not belong to the sons of the soil’s majority are bound to be second-class citizens. This suggests a certain parallel with the Israeli pattern where the state belongs primarily to the Jewish people.”

He didn’t tackle the perilous threats or oppression confronted by the marginalised minorities, significantly Hindus solely due to their faith within the three Islamic neighbour nations of India.

He accused Hindus of getting decrease self-worth. “You talk of a majoritarian inferiority complex rooted in a lack of self-esteem in the 19th century. Has this sense of vulnerability changed considering that BJP leaders still promote the myth of Muslim population explosion,” he requested.

“The Hindu complex of inferiority vis-à-vis others (including the Muslims) crystallised in the 19th century when the British not only emphasised the division of Hindus along caste lines and sectarian lines, in the Census to begin with but also invented communal stereotypes.” He blamed the British imperialists for the division however didn’t point out the nefarious position performed by Muslim extremists and fundamentalist outfits just like the Muslim League.

He additionally attributed the identical cause to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi alias Mahatma Gandhi’s notorious quote, “The Musalman, as a rule, is a bully, and the Hindu as a rule is a coward.”

The creator doesn’t criticise the terrorists for waging struggle in opposition to India and spilling the blood of harmless residents, nonetheless, chooses in charge the Bharatiya Janata Party for exploiting the ghastly assaults in its favour. “Then came a long series of Islamist terrorist attacks ranging from Bombay 1993 to Mumbai 2008 that enabled the BJP to exploit a politics of fear and derive electoral dividends.”

He charged Hindu teams like Bajrang Dal with inflicting violence, attacking church buildings and lynching Muslims. “Is not the term Sangh Parivar a misnomer,” he questioned and opined, “A family stands for love and cohesion. And the Sangh’s members, notably those of the Bajrang Dal, have been accused of attacking churches and lynching Muslim men.”

He added, “The RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh) and its affiliates form a family because the mother organisation is the matrix of a dense network of unions (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh) and other offshoots like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Vidya Bharti, and Seva Bharti. The fact that one of these organisations, the Bajrang Dal, resorts to violence is another story. But the interesting common feature lies in the systematic denial of violence.”

Once once more, he maintained full silence over the a number of Hindu victims of Muslim violence in addition to the church assaults which had been confirmed to be orchestrated by criminals and never any Hindu organisation.

He alleged that “it becomes more and more difficult for Muslims to live in mixed neighbourhoods, to marry Hindu spouses, to get some jobs. In this regard, the few available panel surveys show that when the same CV is sent to a company with a Brahmin name, a Dalit name and a Muslim name, the latter are not invited for a job interview as often as Dalits and even less than Brahmins.” These occurrences are unusual and may occur from both facet. The state of affairs just isn’t like apartheid, as he tried to painting.

Attack on Narendra Modi

He expressed his frustration with the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in two successive basic elections within the years 2014 and 2019, respectively in his e-book titled “Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy.” He ranted about how “over the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national populism that has ensured its success at the polls, first in Gujarat and then in India at large.”

He accused the Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart of “seducing a substantial number of citizens by promising them development and polarizing the electorate along ethno-religious lines. Both facets of this national populism found expression in a highly personalized political style as Modi related directly to the voters through all kinds of channels of communication in order to saturate the public space.”

However, the creator conveniently ignored the truth that the prime minister’s spectacular electoral efficiency was attainable due to his a number of revolutionary and socially empowering schemes like Digital India, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, and a number of other others which have made a major distinction within the lives of hundreds of thousands of Indians significantly, these from the decrease strata of the society.

He claimed to have interviewed Indians throughout the nation and concluded, “Modi’s government has moved India toward a new form of democracy, an ethnic democracy that equates the majoritarian community with the nation and relegates Muslims and Christians to second-class citizens who are harassed by vigilante groups.” Unsurprisingly, like different detractors of the prime minister, he additionally didn’t again up his assertions with proof or supply any empirical information to show his outrageous accusations.

He lamented about Hindu nationalism and charged that it “has resulted in attacks against secularists, intellectuals, universities, and NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations).” He allegedly defined, “How the political system of India has acquired authoritarian features for other reasons, too.” He referred to as the Bharatiya Janata Party power-hungry and “eager to govern not only in New Delhi but also in the states.”

He claimed that the federal government had over-centralized authority on the expense of federalism and had eroded establishments that had been important to checks and balances, together with India’s Supreme Court. More importantly, he’s constant in not offering any proof to assist his tirade.

Casting aspersions on Indian Judiciary

“When you talk of deinstitutionalising India in your book, is it fair to read a common chord in the treatment meted out to Judge Loya, the lawyer Gopal Subramanium and Justice Akil Kureshi,” the author inquired. He acknowledged, “The procedures followed for appointing judges are pillars of democracy. A democracy is not only based on elections, it has to respect the independence of the institutions in charge of the rule of law. This independence is guaranteed only if the executive power is not in a position to influence the way judges are appointed.”

Additionally, he vented his anger concerning the repeal of Article 370, “On the one side you talk of the Supreme Court’s relationship with the government moving from truce to surrender, on the other, many see in the delay in the apex court hearing cases relating to Article 370 and the CAA as proof of this perceived loss of independence of the court. Is it a fair assessment?”

He ranted, “I see no contradiction. Surrender may take different forms. The Supreme Court does not necessarily need to approve decisions made by the government; like the election bonds, it can also sit on files and say nothing for years. The result is almost the same.”

He additionally accused the police of being anti-minority bias as a result of “the percentage of Muslims behind bars is much larger than their proportion in society.” He charged, “The police and vigilante groups such as the Bajrang Dal and the Gau Raksha Dal work together in many different contexts, including the patrolling of the highway in the name of cow protection. Unofficial and official power structures tend to merge.” He additionally referred to as India a “de facto Hindu Rashtra.”

Dismantling Global Hindutva Event

Dismantling Global Hindutva: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (DGH) was a three-day digital convention organised in 2021 which aimed to focus on Hinduism within the title of preventing Hindutva. Christophe Jaffrelot was a speaker there and as anticipated Hinduism, Bharatiya Janata Party and RSS. There he talked about Hindutva and the evolution of the RSS and the Sangh Parivar and its development within the United States.

Rahul Gandhi’s anti-India statements

Meanwhile, the Wayanad MP proclaimed, “Certainly, there is an increase in discrimination and violence in India, and there is a full-scale assault on democratic institutions in India, which everybody knows and is internally and globally commented on,” on his current journey to Europe.

He alleged that minorities and different communities are beneath assault in India. “Of course, minorities are under attack, but so are other communities, Dalit communities, Tribal communities, and lower-caste communities are also under attack.”

Notably, whereas Gandhi claimed that minorities are beneath assault in India, he maintained a deafening silence on the inflammatory remarks by members of I.N.D.I alliance, a bloc of opposition events of which his social gathering, Congress, is part. Recently, Udhaynidhi Stalin, Tamil Nadu Minister and a senior chief of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) which is a vital alliance accomplice made hateful remarks in opposition to Sanatan Dharma and in contrast it with mosquitos and coronavirus and urged for its “eradication.”

He garnered assist from the Congress social gathering together with son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge, son of veteran Congressman P Chidambaram and Lok Sabha MP Karti P Chidambaram and Tamil Nadu Congress spokesperson and General Secretary Lakshmi Ramachandran for his outrageous assertion.

It is noteworthy that Rahul Gandhi has a infamous legacy of hobnobbing with anti-India people and attacking the nation even on international soil.