Indian Polity has become a part of the Ram Soap Opera

Indian Polity has become a part of the Ram Soap Opera
Palash Biswas
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Myth, Legend, History, Religion and Politics- everything seems to be the part of Ramayan. Indian Polity has become a part of the Ram Soap Opera.
Noted journalist and Raman Magsaysay award winner P Sainath today said inequality in India is growing faster than software or Information Technology. The Supreme Court has warned the courts in the country to be cautious and not to show any sympathy or compassion towards the employees indulging in acts of indiscipline and disrupting the work through prolonged strikes. Finance Minister P Chidambaram will formally launch the Life Corporation of India's (LIC) scheme 'aam adami bima yojna' on the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, official sources said today.
The ruling DMK front in Tamil Nadu today suffered a major setback with the Supreme Court restraining them from going ahead with the state-wide bandh tomorrow on the Sethusamudram project issue.Holding a rare sitting on a Sunday, a Bench of Acting Chief Justice B N Aggrawal and P P Naolekar ordered that the DMK and its allies shall not go ahead with the bandh either on October 1 or any other date, as the bandh per se was illegal and unconstitutional in view of the apex court’s earlier ruling on the validity of bandhs.The apex court passed the direction on an "urgent application" filed by the opposition AIADMK along with its special leave petition seeking an injunction against the bandh.Describing the Supreme Court`s order staying the tomorrow`s bandh called by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu as `a greatest victory of the people`, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa tonight demanded the dismissal of his government for "disrespecting" the apex court and its "unconstitutional" actions.
Amid the raging controversy over Ram Setu, a group of RSS members, led by its Tamil Nadu state organiser Vaikuntan visited the site off the coast and offered pooja for the ''victory'' of the VHP-supported Ram Setu Protection Committee in its mission.The RSS members, numbering around 25 and including ten women, travelled by a private boat to the Ram Setu or Adam's Bridge, officials said.The government did not allow any person belonging to Hindu organizations or any other political party which opposed causing damage to the Ram Sethu to the site since work on the Setusamudram Ship Canal Project started.The dredging work in the Ram Setu area had been stopped recently in the wake of the Supreme Court on August 31 putting on hold demolition of the mythical bridge situated south-east off this pilgrim town.
Seeking to contain the political furore over the Ram Setu issue, the Government is setting up an internal mechanism to look into the details of the controversial Sethusamudram project.
"In continuation of the prompt and expeditious action already taken by the Congress and the Government in rectifying the original affidavit, an internal mechanism is also now being set up to look into several technical and other details of the Ram Setu project," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters today.
"It is thus obvious that unlike other parties playing politics on this issue, the Congress takes solid, concrete steps in public interest while respecting personal beliefs and sentiments," he said.
Asked to elaborate on the mechanism, he said the details were being worked out.
The proposed committee could have ten members and Law Minister H R Bharadwaj is believed to be holding consultations with all concerned before the next hearing on the issue in the Supreme Court.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has toned down his critical remarks against Lord Ram, which created a national furore even leading to a 'fatwa' being issued against him, by stating that he was not against the Hindu God. Karunanidhi took strong exception to the Bharathiya Janata Party’s demand for dismissal of the Tamil Nadu Government. CPI(M)'s polit bureau member M K Pandhe today said in Kolkata that the Supreme Court had overstepped its juridiction by ruling against the DMK sponsored strike in Tamil Nadu on Sethusamudram issue. Defence Minister A K Antony has directed his ministry to ''urgently'' look into the demand for posting the Coast Guard around the Ram Sethu in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. To spread awareness among people on the Ram Sethu issue, the Hindu organisations have chalked an action plan for the selection of 'Dharamyodhas' . The DMK says it will observe a hunger strike on Monday but not many people are buying that thought. Many believe party workers will still find a way to enforce the bandh.While,the Vishwa Hindu Parishad today hailed the Supreme Court order staying the ruling DMK-front's statewide bandh slated for tomorrow on the Sethusamudram issue, and lashed out at the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for 'blackmailing' by resorting to fasting. Terming the agitation to protect the Ram Sethu as a 'non-political' move, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) general secretary Praveen Togadia today said they expected all the political parties to come forward and save the undersea bridge. Meanwhile,Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu today claimed that mid-term elections looked a certainty and would take place before March next year. Congress President Sonia Gandhi will attend the the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York on October 2 when Mahatma Gandhi's birthday will be formally declared as "International Day of Peace and Non-Violence". Making it clear that the party was looking for certain 'concessions' over the Indo-US nuclear deal to put the sword in cover, CPI(M) patriarch Jyoti Basu today reiterated that the fate of the UPA government depended on the outcome of the two joint committee meetings next month.
Janta Party President Subrhamanyam Swami will be spearheading the Vishwa Hindu Parishad's people's awareness programme to protect Ram Sethu."Vishwa Hindu Parishad has decided to hold series of public meetings and march across over four lakh villages to get support of every Hindu so as to expose the central government for neglecting the existence of Ram Sethu," said Shailendra Tripathi, assistant co-ordinator of Rameshwaram Ram Sethu Raksha Manch.Swami, during his visit to the city, will address a meeting of advocates before holding a public meeting at BNSD Sikhsa Niketan, Tripathi said.
The programme is scheduled to begin here from October 3.
With Ramar Sethu (Adam’s Bridge) issue in the eye of a political storm, the 48-km bridge has become a tourist attraction and a must see destination for those who come to the island.

Visitors engage jeeps to reach Dhanushkodi from here as road connectivity had lost in the 1964 cyclone. From there, they will hire country crafts to reach the sand dunes.

Ever since the NASA came out with the picture of Ramar Sethu, pilgrims and tourists who visit this island are eager to see the Sethu. But after protests over the Sethusamudram canal project, it has become very popular.

“In the early 19th century, people used to go up to Ramar Sethu to perform rites for their forefathers. The practice was stopped and pilgrims offered pooja at Dhanushkodi or Arichalmunai, the confluence of Indian Ocean (Gulf of Mannar) and Bay of Bengal (Palk strait). Now pilgrims are eager to see the bridge, believed to be constructed by Lord Ram, said Athi, a hotelier here, who is also owns a fishing boat.

“The visitors do not mind spending money, but they want to see what they think is more than 17,000-year-old structure,” another hotelier said.

Ramar Sethu had been used by people of Ramanathapuram district and Sri Lanka to cross the sea till 15th century. But as the sea level increased, a part of it had become deeper and people could not cross.

Following increase in the number of tourists and pilgrims, the jeep fare from here to Dhanushkodi had increased from Rs 700 to Rs 1,000 for a trip, Krishna Gupta, a visitor to the Dhanushkodi said. He also wanted the government to regulate the jeep operation to Dhanushkodi.

Though there was a ban to visit Ramar Sethu following the dredging work for the project and movement of refugees from Sri Lanka, officials are not strict now.

"We welcome the Supreme Court's judgement. Ram Setu and Rameshwaram are matters of Hindu faith. No political party should be allowed to make an issue out of it," VHP International General Secretary Praveen Togadia said here. Lashing out at the DMK patriarch, Togadia said, "By deciding to go on fast, he is now resorting to blackmail. He is interested only in his political agenda even if it is fulfilled at other people's cost".
"Karunanidhi, by his 'derogatory references to Lord Rama', had already shown his apathy towards Hindu sentiments," Togadia said adding that his insistence upon the speedy completion of the Sethusamudram project only proves that he does not even care for the poor fishermen of his state.
"Scientists have repeatedly warned that demolition of the Ram Setu will make the sea, along the southern coast, much more turbulent which would threaten livelihoods there," the VHP leader said. He also demanded an apology from the Tamil Nadu CM for "the insensitivity he has shown towards Hindu masses and nearly four lakh fishermen of his own state".
“That’s the problem in this country. We have to deal everything with an iron hand in this country. Otherwise, things will not work. Every organ, let it be the legislature, executive or judiciary, has to deal with an iron hand," the apex court observed.The three-hour arguments that preceded the direction was laced with scathing and stinging remarks from the Bench which minced no words in expressing its strong displeasure on the very concept of bandh and the perceived defiance of law by the citizens in the country, not to mention the political parties.Recalling that the apex court had in 1998 clearly upheld the ruling of a Full Bench of the Kerala High Court that calling or enforcing a bandh was illegal and unconstitutional, the Bench regretted that orders of the courts were being violated with impunity in the country.

“We have come to this stage in the country that everything has to be monitored, hammered or directed by courts. Even orders of the Supreme Court are not observed, what to talk of the High Courts. Ninety-nine per cent of the High Court orders are not complied with," the Supreme Court said.

The apex court rejected arguments of senior counsel Altaf Ahmed and A K Ganguly appearing for Tamil Nadu and the DMK that the October 1 protest programme was not a bandh call but rather a ‘hartal’.

“If it is a bandh, then it is a breakdown of the Constitutional machinery. Your own resolution says that the programme on October 1 is intended to ensure complete cessation of all activities. Then how can you say it is not a bandh?" the Bench grilled the Tamil Nadu counsel.

The Bench brushed aside the claims of the state and the DMK that what was essentially intended was a public meeting.

“Where is the public meeting you show us. Your resolution says it is cessation of all activities and work. You want to show your popularity. Why do you want to close down all educational institutions and commercial activities? Where will you then find the people for your meetings?" the apex court asked in a sarcastic tone.
The Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh Sunday sacked another 7,400 policemen, citing irregularities in their appointment by the previous regime - taking to a staggering 17,000 the number of police personnel fired in recent weeks. A Jat congregation organised in Jaipur today by Rajasthan Jat Mahasabha favoured floating of a viable third alternative to keep the ruling BJP and the Congress at bay. More than 11,000 doctors, engineers, agriculture and forestry graduates are awaiting jobs in Jammu and Kashmir despite the employment of about 40,000 youth under different categories since the Congress-led government assumed office in the state.
May 05, 2003 : New evidence suggests a Muslim habitation pre-dating Babar, adds new twists to Ramjanmabhoomi maze. POORNIMA JOSHI, SUTAPA MUKHERJEE wrote: (http://bitterfact.tripod.com/india/ayodhya_evidence1.html)
Two graves and a pre-Mughal Muslim habitation in holy 'Ramjanmasthan'? Archaeologists excavating at Ayodhya on the orders of the Allahabad High Court have till date found no indication of a temple at the disputed site.
But, much to the frustration of the Hindutva parivar, they have discovered two graves and evidence clearly pointing to the presence of Muslim habitation much before Babar arrived on the scene.
On April 20, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) came across two graves—the first in trench number F9 and the second stretching from the separation wall of F9 to the adjacent E9 trench towards the south of the makeshift temple. The graves, in fact, have been unearthed in the area where there were hopes of finding the grand 82-pillar Ram temple that Babar is alleged to have demolished to build the mosque in 1528.
"The two are distinctly Muslim graves with the head facing west. Apart from the two skeletons in the F9 trench, there are clear signs of more graves in the G9 trench that the ASI has not excavated further," says Dr S. Z.A. Jaffri of Delhi University, appointed by the court as observer at the excavation site. He stresses, though, that the historicity of the graves can be confirmed only by proper analysis—which the ASI has not done so far.
"The graves are below the mosque floor.

The ASI officials, in their conservative estimates, have dated them only at 150 years old. It would be much earlier than that. Coupled with the other evidence in the area—the Lakhauri bricks used as construction material (pre-Mughal era), lime mortar as cementing material, bones with cut marks and glazed ware belonging to the early medieval era (9th to 14th century AD)—one can say there's evidence of a Muslim settlement in the area before Babar's time. The ASI should send the samples from the graves for carbon-dating so that we can be sure," says Jaffri.
Another observer from the archaeology department, Delhi University, points out that graves had been noticed in the area earlier too. "There were overt indications of graves in some trenches but they were not excavated. Now that they have found graves in trench F9, it's crucial to examine them considering that there is also other evidence to strongly indicate Muslim habitation in the area when Babar arrived here," says the observer.
The items discovered in the 40 days of digging by the ASI team clearly point to a Muslim habitation as early as 13th to 14th century. Several eminent archaeologists have now openly started voicing doubts on whether the excavations can bring forth any credible evidence pointing to the existence of a temple.
"There's no question of finding a temple there. I have been saying it repeatedly. They seem to be still excavating in the Indo-Islamic period and the evidence so far suggests a Muslim habitation," says former ASI director M.C. Joshi.
Archaeologist Suraj Bhan of the Kurukshetra University agrees with Joshi and says the claim of finding the grand temple now seem completely unfounded. "If there was a temple of that size, its existence would have been confirmed by now. They would have found pillars, sculptures or the foundation. Instead, what they have come across are signs of a very poor Muslim settlement," says Bhan.
The findings have led to the Hindu claimants questioning the significance of the evidence."It cannot help the Muslims in the main issue. Bones have no antiquity value for archaeologists in this case as we are looking for structures," says Madan Mohan Pande who represents the vhp's Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans of the Digambar Akhara in the dispute.

How the Hindutva Agenda is being implemented with tampering the history, just see:
In june, 1998, The Indian Ministry for Human Resource Development replaced 18 Marxist historians of the Indian Council of Historical Research (whose terms were up) with scholars who support the existence of a Rama temple in Ayodhya. The Hindutva logic was:Leftists in India are commonly Hindu-bashing and attempt to distort history. They were understandably upset at losing one of their greatest sources of government patronage and academic power in India. After the ICHR chair-shuffling was over, Lal, former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), was condemned by leftists as "communal" because he supports the view that a Rama temple once existed at the site of Babri Masjid, Ayodhya, and that the Aryan invasion theory is a myth.See this article titled, `He's Re-Righting History’, published in Hinduism today, November 1998:
A negative editorial in The Hindu newspaper titled "Tampering with History" suggested a "disturbing effort to undermine the scientific temper that must preempt historical inquiry." The editor said Lal faltered in three ways: 1) that Lal's earlier conclusion said there was no evidence to suggest "historicity" of the Ramayana; 2) that Lal refuses to hand over field diaries to the ASI and open them to fellow archaeologists; and 3) Professor Lal claims to possess "clinching" evidence the Babri Masjid mosque stood on the ruins of a Hindu temple, but doesn't substantiate this claim with excavation facts.
Within ten days Lal issued a full rebuttal letter. "To the first allegation," he wrote, "let me make it absolutely clear that at no point in time did I ever say there was no evidence about the 'historicity' of the Ramayana. In 1988 the ICHR organized a seminar in Delhi at which I presented a 60-page paper entitled Historicity of the Mahabharata and Ramayana: What Has Archaeology to Say? Finding in it something counter to their views, the (leftist) ICHR authorities at the time withheld publication. In 1993 came my first report of the 'Archaeology of Ramayana Sites' project. In it I categorically restated, 'Combined evidence from five sites excavated under the project shows there did exist a historical basis for the Ramayana.'"
To the allegation that he is withholding documents from the Archaeological Survey of India, Lal writes, "The Survey is already the custodian of all the documents, including the field diaries, plans, photos and the entire excavated material." To the third allegation, Lal gives a more detailed response, due to its importance to the whole country (thousands died in 1992 communal riots over demolition of the Babri Masjid).
Excavations in Ayodhya were originally undertaken to compare Ayodhya's antiquity with other sites in the Ramayana story. But as work progressed, they took on deeper meaning. A trench dug next to the Masjid boundary revealed parallel rows of pillar-foundations lying near the mosque. Affixed to the piers of the Masjid were pillar-shafts carved with Hindu Gods and Goddesses. Deity-carvings on pillars used as foundation material in a mosque? Lal couldn't help but wonder if this meant a Hindu temple once stood on this same site.
Lal knew that real confirmation required excavation in the Masjid floor area, but other historians resisted it. That obstacle fell with the now famous and unfortunate Masjid demolition in 1992. Within the walls torn down by the mob much archaeological material was found. Especially crucial were three stone inscriptions, the largest (see photo left) of which Professor Ajaya Mitra Shastri of Nagpur University translated. His report says, "The inscription was evidently put up on the temple wall, the construction of which is recorded in the inscribed text. Line 15, for example, tells us that a beautiful temple of Vishnu-Hari, 'built with heaps of stone' and 'beautified with a golden spire unparalleled by any other temple built by earlier kings, was constructed. This temple was built in the city of Ayodhya.'" This inscription speaks for itself. It's clear a twelfth-century temple was destroyed and some of its parts incorporated by Muslims in the mosque.
So what happens next? Why is Lal's response to The Hindu's editorial crucial? Before the Majid was demolished, a debate raged as to whether the mosque was sitting on the ruins of a Rama temple. Now, with overwhelming evidence that it was, millions of Hindus want to know when the temple will be re-constructed (a project already under way, sponsored by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad), and how it can be done without offending Muslims. Further violence must be avoided.
http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1998/11/1998-11-20.shtml

A 'bridge' in troubled waters
By Vinita Bharadwaj, Special to Gulf News
Published: September 21, 2007, 00:17
For nearly a week now, India's politicians have been dropping quotes not worth quoting and the Indian media have happily magnified them creating issues instead of reporting on them.
Anyone watching or following the developments of the Sethu Samudram project, would have noted with disgust the statements, their retractions, the counter-statements that have boiled down into this large debate - yet again - on religion vs rationale.
That India's politicians thrive on religious divides is no state secret. But, it's mighty disappointing that the media is not only abetting the irresponsible statements of its political men and women, but also completely overlooking an important angle of the project.
The Sethu Samudram is the stretch of sea separating Sri Lanka from one of India's southernmost states, Tamil Nadu. The sea is fairly shallow with a depth of less than 12 metres. In 2005, the Sethu Samudram Shipping Canal Project was launched. The project includes plans to develop three fisheries and a shipping harbour. It is also expected to reduce the travel time and distance of ships from West India to East India as they would no longer have to go around Sri Lanka. Oh yes, and apparently it would also provide extra maritime security for Tamil Nadu.
Now, the Sethu Samudram, also happens to include Ram's Bridge, which is held sacred by many Hindus and the implementation of the project would mean a physical destruction of the bridge, but also a spiritual denial of a religious figure, which has already taken place and created rifts in some circles.
While the newspapers and TV people have gone all out to question the relevance of faith in the 21st century, hardly any have touched upon the real merits and demerits of such a project on its people in the 21st century.
What should actually be an open forum on the project's impact on the ecology and livelihoods of the residents of the region has conveniently been ignored to drum up divisions on religious and regional grounds.
Environmentalists cite the examples of Hurricane Katrina in the United States and the Aral Sea in the former USSR's Central Asia region as testimony to an undesired impact on tampering with existing geo-hydrological systems.
According to the ecologically concerned, the construction of flood-control levees in the Louisiana wetlands was one of the many factors that worsened the devastating impact of Katrina.
As for the Aral Sea, it was once one of the largest fresh-water bodies in the world. However, the former Soviet authorities wanted to divert the Amu Darya River that fed the sea. The plan was to grow rice, cereal and mainly cotton in the semi-desert region. The consequence of the diversion? Today, the Aral Sea has shrunk drastically. It has been drying up for almost 50 years and created a number of environmental problems for the region.
Coming back to the Sethu Samudram project - faith, beliefs and opinions aside - it does not find favour with the environmentalist and ecologist types. Some media space was given to their concerns about the impact it would have on the Olive Ridley turtles and other species including already endangered coral reefs.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/09/21/10155023.html
And See this:
ONLY PERSONALITY WHO CAN REVIVE AMBEDKARITE REVOLUTION
Gaddar under pressure to lead Budhist movement
http://www.dalitvoice.org/Templates/sep_a2007/reports.htm
A CORRESPONDENT
Hyderabad: Ambedkarite Budhists, deeply worried over the hijacking of Budhism by Brahminical enemies and little progress in conversion movement, are bringing pressure on the revolutionary Maoist leader, Gaddar, who is himself a Dalit and Ambedkarite, to jump into Budhism with millions of his followers.
ENEMY CAPTURES BUDHIST MOVEMENT
They say that Gaddar’s heart is already in Budhism and for a long time he was thinking of quitting Hinduism and going over to Budhism. His father was a follower of Babasaheb and hence he is keen to fulfil Babasaheb’s unfinished mission and guide the Dalits who are already his followers. He is deeply worried that despite 60 years of “independence” his people continue to be slaves of upper castes. Reports about a move to bring him into the Budhist movement comes at a time when both Budhist and Maoist movements are captured by the micro-minority upper castes. No doubt all the “national” parties are also led by the upper castes and this is the very cause of the slow death of these parties. The Congress, the original Brahminical party of India, BJP (appropriately called Brahmana Jati Party in DV) and the Manuwadi marxists are all led by the upper castes who have been fooling the Dalits and Muslims ever since “independence” (1947).
What is much more shocking is that even the Maoist movement (earlier called Naxalite movement) is in the hands of the very same class-caste enemies of the country’s Bahujan masses — namely the SC/ST/BCs and Muslim/Christian/Sikhs.
RISE OF PRACHANDA
The rise of the Brahmin Prachanda in Nepal and his close friendship with India’s Manuwadi Marxists, particularly the Andhra Brahmin, Sitaram Yechuri, has come as a shock to revolutionary forces. The big upper caste reception given to a “terrorist” like Prachanda, when he recently visited Delhi, has shocked the oppressed Indians. This once again proved that the Brahminical forces will embrace even a terrorist if he belongs to their jati.
UPPER CASTES LOVE JATI
The upper castes love for their jati is very well exhibited in Andhra Pradesh.
N.T. Rama Rao and then Chandrababu Naidu built a Khamma (Naidu) empire when they were in power but when Rajshekara Reddy came he tried to demolish the Khamma fortress and started planting his jatwalas in all key positions.
The upper castes only say they hate jati but do everything to promote their jati. When the mere 15% upper castes could become rulers by promoting their jati, the oppressed jatis started thinking on the same lines. Our Editor’s book, Caste — A Nation Within the Nation, elaborates his thesis on “caste identity”.
REDDYS & CHADDIS
That is how the Maoist Party in Jharkhand, Bihar and Chhattisgarh started getting divided on caste lines. That is how a Dalit-led Tritiya Maoist Prastuti Committee was formed in Jharkhand. When upper castes have their own party why not their victims also? The entire Maoist Party cadres are Dalits, Adivasis or OBCs. But the leadership is with a Reddi or a Chaddi — though those killed in police bullets are only our own people. That is why Dalit cadres are breaking away from Prachanda whose dream of becoming President of Nepal stands shattered. He is a frustrated man today.
Brahminical rulers are deeply worried because, as the Editor of Dalit Voice has put it, anything the Brahmins touch is turning mud.
Their own Brahmana Jati Party is on death bed. Even their blue-eyed boy, Modi of Gujarat, is facing caste revolt within his party (DV July 1, 2007 p.9: “Patels declare war on Modi”). Brahmins are deeply worried because Mayawati has broken the back of their jati in the very birthplace of their god Rama.
Our Editor’s “caste identity” thesis is ruining all upper caste parties. To put it in the Editor’s words “caste is killing the casteists. BJP is breaking into pieces because of the caste struggle within the party”.
BRAHMINS SWITCHING TO CONGRESS
The Advani-Vajpayee caste war has vertically split the party. With the Brahmin Vajpayee’s failing health, the Brahmins in the party are thinking of switching over to the Congress (which they say has become a better Brahmin party with Manmohan Singh as PM).
WHY VAIDIKS LOVE MAOISTS?
That is why many secret meetings of the Brahmin terrorist party have been held in different pats of India and information leaking out says the Brahminical people feel that their only salvation lies in Maoist movement which alone has all the potential to attract the angry Bahujans. Already its leadership is in the hands of hard-core Manuwadi Maoists who are promoting the upper caste interests by shedding the blood of the innocent Dalit masses. As a top Maoist leader, Gaddar is well aware of all these developments.
Brahminical journalists in their reports describe him as a balladeer, making light of his contribution as a singer and dancer. But the fact is he is a committed marxist-leninist leader heading the Jana-Natya Mandali which has millions and millions of members and followers. Entire People’s War Group, the former name of the Maoist Party, was built on the sweat and blood of Gaddar. Gaddar is more a thinker and philosopher. He uses singing and dancing to spread his revolutionary message. But the jatiwadi journalists do not say it.
It is not known if Brother Gaddar is inclined to embrace Budhism and lead India’s second Budhist revolution. But what is known is he is deeply worried over the serious split in Andhra Pradesh Dalit movement divided into Malas and Madigas. Though he is a Mala (Mahar), as a true Ambedkarite, he did not oppose the demand of all Dalit castes for proportional share. That is how he is loved and respected by Dalits of all castes — not only in AP but all over India.
His conversion will give a big boost to the limping Dalit movement and the near-stagnant Budhist movement.
CLASS-CASTE STRUGGLE
What is more important is that it will also give a big boost to the Maoist movement by uniting “class struggle” with “caste struggle”. The leaders of the Marxist and Moist movement being Dalits, his jump into Budhism will merge the Maoist “class struggle” with Babasaheb’s “caste struggle” besides saving the Budhist movement from Brahminical counter-revolutionaries

The trend towards loyalism culminated in the persona of the Aga Khan (Sir Sultan Mhd. Shah, b. 1875, Karachi) who aggressively championed allegiance to the British in all it's war efforts (whether in Europe, South Africa or elsewhere), even stating that "If they will only give me the opportunity, I will shed my last drop of blood for the British Empire".
Continuing in the vein of Sir Syed Ahmed, the Aga Khan developed Muslim sectarian and separatist ideas much further by calling for the creation of the All India Muslim League as a political counter-weight and foil to the Congress. He also argued for the establishment of a University that would cater exclusively to the nation's Muslims. In deepening divisions between India's Hindus and Muslims, the Aga Khan could not have served the interests of the British Empire any better and was justly rewarded with great accolades in the British Press and royal circles.
However, not all eminent Muslims adopted a separatist approach. Badruddin Tyabji (b. 1844), who became President of the Indian National Congress in 1887 won the support of Indian industrialists when he argued against the abolition of import duties on cotton goods in 1879. A liberal reformer, he encouraged modern education for India's Muslims, and the lifting of Purdah for Muslim women when he became Secretary (and later President) of the Anjuman-i-Islam in Bombay in 1880 . In 1883, he campaigned to seek equal rank for Indians employed in British-run Indian administrative services.
Tyabji was succeeded by Sir Pherozeshah Mehta (b. 1845) who headed the Congress in 1889. Like Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta also fought for equality for Indians in the colonial administration, and resisted European domination of the Indian University system, taking up the cudgels against Lord Curzon (who had won the editorial backing of the pro-colonial Times of India in his attempts at furthering the British domination of the Indian education system). Yet, Pherozeshah Mehta also repeatedly expressed his opposition to more radical nationalism and strived hard to keep the Congress on a loyalist track. The election of Mohd. Sayani (who had previously stayed aloof from the Congress) as President in 1896 underlined the loyalist hold on the Congress.
Sayani had been an ardent admirer of the British