TISS - Statement against hindutva violence in delhi.pdf

1. TISS SU STANDS AGAINST HINDUTVA VIOLENCE IN DELHI
25th February, 2020
The TISS Students’ Union is alarmed by the unprecedented rise of tension in Delhi and
particularly the Northeast regions of the City. The on-going protests against NRC-CAA-NPR in
the country have been used by opportunistic Hindutva leaders to raise false sentiments of its
cadres against the protests that are being conducted for the protection of the Constitution. This is
clearly visible in how women protestors have been lathi charged brutally at Jaffarabad and Hauz
Rani by Delhi Police during the Bharat Bandh against scuttling of reservations and
implementation of CAA, and the violence that was unleashed upon peaceful protesters by
BJP-RSS goons. The deliberate provocation by the Sanghi Henchmen is openly visible where
stone pelting, arson, and carnage rule the streets where the peaceful protesters had been voicing
out their demand for the repealing of CAA. To all Well-meaning citizens of the Nation, it is
clear who the “Anti-nationals” really are, who wants to end the Secular fabric of our
Nation guaranteed by the Constitution, and who wants to bring about a Fascist Utopia in
this Nation.
There have been more than 35 confirmed deaths, including one policeman, and several
injured , reported in the city of Delhi so far, after yesterday’s violence went throughout
today, by the Sangh Parivar. ​These deaths and injuries are a result of the vitriol that the
Modi-Shah and Sangh combine is deliberately pushing in our societies. We are appalled by the
selective sensitivity of the Government in targeting protestors and their speeches by taking them
out of context, whereas the words of their own leaders, blunt and pathetically obvious in being
the cause of so much of mob violence have been left untouched. The “National Interest” that
they preach about, is a hanging question that they do not want raised. Who's National Interest is
it that they are looking for ?
We strongly urge the ​AAP led Delhi Government to take a robust stand against the
Communal Hate and growing polarisation, and safeguard peace and harmony for the
people of Delhi, and the peaceful Anti CAA-NRC-NPR protests throughout the city.

2. It is also of utmost Shame to to know that when parts of the National Capital are burning,
National and Corporate Media is fixated on diverting issues on the visit of Trump whose
foul language and right-wing agenda is being overlooked to waste billions of taxpayers’
money in empty pomp and show when the Nation struggles in feeding its own people and is
going against its Constitutional Spirit.
We strongly condemn the biased coverage of the “anti-muslim mob violence” being called as
“Pro and Anti CAA”. The National Media needs to find its journalistic Soul which they have
clearly mortgaged to the Sangh Parivar and the Brahmanical Corporate.
We want to reaffirm the need for all well-meaning citizens of the Country to stand against the
radical communalisation of our Republic. ​The protests against CAA in the Northeast and
against CAA-NRC-NPR in the rest of the country is a stand for the protection of Promises
guaranteed by the Indian Constitution, the former being the promise to the people by the
Government, and the latter being the promise of the very Constitution of India.
TISS SU appeals to all well-meaning citizens to not fall into the trap of communalization by
the Brahmanical Hindu Right and maintain unity in the Struggle against this Fascist
Regime. The Peaceful protests must go on, and we call upon all concerned persons, civil
societies and students to not give in to the violently growing polarisation caused by the
Hindutva Breakdown on the protestors.