I hate the Congress

As soon as Congress came to power in Karnataka 2023 elections, no one has a problem with their uniform. The hijab row is over. Done. Finished.

In 1977, for the first time, the Congress lost elections to all 9 Lok Sabha seats from Punjab. Within weeks, "Sant" Bhindrawale magically appeared, had the resources to do a massive PR campaign, and the golden fields of Punjab were blood red till 1990. The Akalis were responsible for religion-based politics.

In 1946 provincial elections, Congress won absolute majority in 8 out of 11 British Indian provinces. The three provinces in which they did not win absolute majority were - Punjab, Bengal, and Sindh. The demand for Pakistan came from Aligarh, in UP. But the provinces that were partitioned and given to Pakistan were - Punjab (80% of Punjab), Bengal, and Sindh (100% of Sindh). The Hindu Mahasabha and Muslim League were responsible for the communal riots of India.

In 1947, as soon as Congress came to power, magically, India became a peaceful country. There were no more communal riots. People who had been fighting each other over cows, pigs, processions, and temple/mosque land, for more than a decade, started to co-exist in perfect harmony again.

Until 1969. When a lesser-known party called Swatantra Party defeated the Congress in Gujarat Elections. In 1969, independent India recorded its first communal riot. In Gujarat. Shortly after the elections. Swatantra Party was responsible.

The thing is, last night, communal violence reached my backyard. Now, generally, I smile politely when people brandish their ignorance and generously spew opinion on communal violence incidents in isolation, contributing neither brain nor time to understand the issue.

Fair warning: Today is NOT such a day. Anyone's ignorance is their personal decision. Today, do NOT give me gyaan on how one party does communal politics and how you are such a peace lover. Peace lovers don't live in a haze of deliberate ignorance. They find out why something happened. They invest time in understanding long-standing issues and their underlying patterns.

Just before 2019 elections, when I declared at a table that 'if the Congress does not come to power in 2019, India will enter a downward spiral of communal violence that will become more and more violent until the elections of 2024. If, in 2024, the Congress comes to power, we will suddenly become peaceful. If it does not, the communal violence will lead to large scale bloodshed' - I was not being an oracle. I was merely stating the pattern from 1936 to 1947.

IF communal violence bothers you, READ. You might reach a different conclusion than me. But read.