RSS Is Strongly Opposed To Adoption Of Caste Census At National Level

By Arun Srivastava

RSS which claims to be the nation’s conscience keeper and beholder of the best order of morality completely lacks ethical conviction to elucidate the explanations for its strident opposition to the caste census which mainly goals at ascertaining the proper socio-economic place and to mirror on inhabitants measurement of the OBCs, EBCs, Dalits and adivasis in fashionable India.

It’s certainly outrageous that RSS and BJP which benefitted most within the final two basic elections of 2014 and 2019, from the help of the OBC, EBC, dalits, Adivasis and different decrease caste teams have been dragging their ft on the problem of enumeration of their experiential energy. RSS’s reluctance to face by these caste teams additionally underlines its worst kind of dualism. They’ve been constantly striving to incorporate them within the better Hindutva household and even used them because the flag bearers of the “inclusive Hindutva”, however mockingly are unwilling to facilitate them in getting their much-deserved share within the energy and choice making course of.

The political historical past of India makes it express that the political institution and the political establishment which have been the unique area of the higher caste and feudal lords have been hostile to the backward caste individuals. They all the time handled them as their serfs. For the primary time they might realise their political relevance and collective energy beneath the management of the socialists within the Nineteen Sixties. The higher caste and feudal lords having fun with the patronage of the RSS, perpetrated worst form of repression on them. An perception into the character of the agrarian violence and clashes that shook the complete nation, particularly Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra within the second half of final century would expose the true character of the RSS.

Solely not too long ago, exactly in 2018, some highly effective landlords, referred to as on a really senior journalist belonging to higher caste Bhumihar in Delhi for launch of some dreaded Ranabir Sena marauders who have been in jail and in addition to do some political foyer for the withdrawal of the circumstances in opposition to them. The journalist has extensive contacts and pals in political circle. Although he has a powerful RSS background, he has been near political leaders of all hues.

For carrying out the duty of ushering India right into a Hindu Rashtra it’s crucial that RSS should attain numerical energy, at the least the complete Hindu inhabitants, in order that it declare its stake. For this it’s important that the OBCs, EBCs, dalits and Adivasis are clubbed collectively as Hindus. This may even assist the RSS to castigate the stake of the Muslims and describe them as aliens. The RSS is for a giant recreation. To attain the mission it has been beguiling the decrease caste individuals by projecting them as Hindus. The second the RSS makes use of the time period Hindu for them, the decrease caste individuals come to perception that they’re equal to the higher caste individuals. True sufficient RSS has been extending lip service to the decrease castes and dalits, nonetheless the very fact stays that they all the time used these individuals to serve the curiosity of the higher castes and feudal lords. No honest effort was made by the RSS and BJP to democratise the powers and privileges of the higher castes and the feudal lords.

RSS and Modi authorities’s denial of the demand for a nationwide caste census is only based mostly on their apprehension that they are going to by no means succeed of their mission to show India right into a Hindu Rashtra, as they won’t succeed of their mission to venture Hindu inhabitants because the decisive issue. Their opposition to this demand is predicated on the worry that any such train would inflame caste-based social and political sentiments and hurt the Hindutva-nationalist venture.

The OBCs, EBCs and dalits are primarily engaged with the agrarian economic system or are depending on artisan, handicrafts or different handbook labour companies. It was after inexperienced revolution their socio-economic situation improved and in some circumstances the Yadavs, Kories and Kurmis may purchase some land. Little question there have been OBC and EBC landowners because the pre-Independence days. However their quantity was fairly small.

It was within the caste census of 1931 that the inhabitants of the OBCs was final revealed, the place it was enumerated as 52% of the inhabitants. Since then, no authorities carried out any such train. Different marginalised social teams just like the Dalits and the Adivasis are enumerated within the census and the precise numbers of their presence in numerous areas, state establishments and academic our bodies is offered. However there is no such thing as a nationwide degree knowledge concerning the presence of the OBCs. In absence of a survey it’s not sure whether or not their numerical energy continues to be 52 per cent or has both elevated or decreased. In actual fact it’s within the curiosity of the backward castes that the survey must be achieved.

Considerably the Adivasis by no means handled themselves as Hindus and even didn’t establish with the OBCs or EBCs. They maintained their separate id of Sarna. In latest occasions, they’ve been urgent the federal government to establish Sarna because the image of Adivasi id. Intriguingly whereas the Modi authorities is out to disclaim them this standing, RSS is striving laborious to membership them with the Hindus. This transfer of the RSS and Modi authorities might be discerned from the putting in an Adivasi because the President of India. Via this machination of theirs, they need to ship the message throughout the Adivasi neighborhood that they’re Hindus. One revealing side of the RSS operation has been that it didn’t acknowledge them because the MoolNivasi of India, which one can deny that it’s after all a historic reality. The reason being the motion it could establish the Adivasis because the MoolNivasi, they are going to stop to be the ingredient a part of the Hindu neighborhood.

Until early sixties the OBCs, EBCs, Dalits shaped the core help base of the Congress. However after the agrarian wrestle which emerged in a powerful method throughout the nation, they might make out that the Congress managed by the higher castes, feudal lords and rightist parts which had their vested land curiosity wouldn’t present them with area to articulate their needs and aspiration they shifted their loyalties to the regional groupings. Within the early Nineteen Seventies, these agrarian castes emerged as the brand new claimants of political energy. This section witnessed the emergence of Lalu Yadav, Devi Lal, Mulayam Sing, Ram Vilas Paswan and others beneath the management of Ram Manohar Lohia. They’ve with them the political ideology of socialism and social justice.

Because the leaders of those castes couldn’t present them a uniform and steady political base, after 2014 they shifted their allegiance to the BJP, particularly to Modi as he efficiently aroused their anti Congress sentiment and exploited for electoral positive factors. Initially socialism and politics of social justice made them hold distance from the rightist forces, RSS and BJP, however later the robust urge to have energy and outline the political narrative of the nation, they joined the rightist forces. Because of this social justice politics misplaced its sheen, permitting the BJP’s aggressive politics of communal nationalism to dictate the political discourse.

Although the RSS and BJP intend to maintain these teams beneath its efficient management on the plea of their being Hindus, these teams are usually not content material to play second fiddle to the saffron brigade. They need extra energy and say. Considerably to steadiness them the RSS and BJP has been striving to deliver the dalits and adivasis into their fold. It was with this in intention the a while again BJP introduced that beneath Hindutva politics, the bottom caste teams will probably be given ample illustration in energy circles, may have particular welfare insurance policies executed for his or her empowerment and will probably be ensured a dignified social location.

However this isn’t going to occur. Whereas the RSS is not going to divorce Manusmriti, the OBCs and EBCs are reluctant to abide by the dictates of Manusmriti because it brutally assaults their class curiosity. This has put the RSS and BJP in quandary. These caste teams additionally nurse the sensation that BJP has benefitted from their help however the RSS and BJP has finished little or no to alter their way of life.

The primary section of Bihar’s caste-based census train has already commenced. The Mahagathbandhan may have vital political advantages from a caste-based census. The United Progressive Alliance authorities on the Centre had carried out a socio-economic and caste census in 2011. Nonetheless, the information from that train was by no means launched citing errors in enumeration.

The Congress which has been progressively adopting left to the centre coverage and politics beneath Rahul Gandhi has been immediate to grasp the potential of launching caste census. Whereas Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister to instantly conduct the inhabitants census that had been scheduled for 2021, Rahul additionally demanded from Modi to publish the 2011 caste census knowledge. Congress additionally calls for removing of fifty per cent cap on quota.

As regards Sangh Parivar, the opposition to the caste based mostly census at nationwide degree is linked to the roadmap drawn by them for the implementation of Hindu Rashtra in levels. The adoption of caste based mostly census is a hindrance in the direction of  reaching their final political and social purpose in India. (IPA Service)

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