1. The draft resolution from the National Convention Against State Complicity in Hate Crimes condemns the increasing frequency of hate crimes against religious minorities, Dalits, tribal communities, and migrants in India. It argues that the rise of such violence is part of a long-term agenda to convert India into a "Hindu Rashtra" rather than isolated incidents by fringe groups. 2. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its affiliated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have the declared objective of establishing a "Hindu Rashtra" that is built exclusively on Hindu traditions and views religious minorities as aliens. 3. The resolution calls for waging an uncompromising

1. NATIONALCONVENTIONAGAINSTSTATECOMPLICITYINHATECRIMES
July21,2019–Mumbai.
DRAFTRESOLUTIONProposedbytheorganisers,DYFICentralExecutiveCommittee
(Thisisthedraftoftheresolutionpresentedintheconvention.Thedraftwillbefinalisedafterincludingsome
suggestionswhichcameupintheconvention.Thefullyamendedversionwillbepublishedintwodays.)
1.Hatecrimesofunspeakablebrutalityagainstinnocentpersonsbelongingtoreligious
minorities,Dalitcastes,tribalcommunitiesandmigrantsarebecomingterrifyingly
frequent.Mainstream mediareportsfew sensationalinstancesofhatecrimesbut
presentsthemasworkofso-called‘fringeelements’.Whatisunfolding,however,isnot
digressionsofsome‘fringeelements’butthelong-term agendaofconvertingour
countryintoa‘HinduRashtra’.
2.TheBharatiyaJantaParty(BJP),thepresentrulingParty,isapoliticaloutfitof
RashtriyaSwayam SevakSangh(RSS)whichhasthedeclaredobjectiveofconverting
Indiaintoa‘HinduRashtra’.Accordingtothe‘HinduRashtravision,“OnlyHindusform
thenationandthenationalstructuremustbebuiltonthat‘safeandsolid’foundation,
thenationitselfmustbebuiltupofHindus,onHindutraditions,culture,ideasand
aspirations….”.ItisacoreideaoftheHinduRashtrabrigadethattheminoritiesare
alienswhocanlivehereonlyatthemercyofthemajoritycommunity.Inatelling
instance,rebukingtheorganisersofa‘non-Brahminconference’inNagpurforinviting
speakersfrom Muslim andChristiancommunities,M SGolwalkar,the‘Guruji’ofRSS
assertedthat“Hindus,whatevertheirdenominationsofcasteorsect,formedasingle
societyandtheMuslimsandChristiansbelongedtoanalienandoftenhostilecamp!”
3.AllofusshareBabasahebAmbedkar’sunderstandingthat‘annihilationofcaste’is
essentialtodevelopingIndiaasamodernnation.ButRSSdoesnotagreetothis.Three
daysaftertheConstituentAssemblypassedtheConstitution,aneditorialpublishedin
theRSS’sEnglishOrganassailedtheConstitutionandextolled‘Manusmriti’which
prescribessubhumanstatustoShudrasandperpetualsubordinationofwomen.The
editorialreadasfollows:“ButinourConstitution,thereisnomentionoftheunique
constitutionaldevelopmentinancientBharat.Manu’slawswerewrittenlongbefore
LycurgusofSpartaorSolonofPersia.Tothisday,hislaws,asenunciatedinthe
Manusmriti,excitetheadmirationoftheworldandelicitspontaneousobedienceand
conformity.Buttoourconstitutionalpundits,thatmeansnothing”.
4.Thegrowthofmajoritycommunalismstrengthenstheforcesofminoritycommunalism
too.Wemustwageanuncompromisingstrugglefortheconsistentimplementationof
theprinciplesofsecularism,whichrequirescompleteseparationofreligionandpolitics.
Secularism doesnotmeanfreedom forallreligiousfaithstoequallyinterfereinthe
affairsofstateandpoliticallife.Wemustfirmlycombattheassaultonsecularism,

2. whetherittakestheform ofmajoritycommunalism orminoritycommunalism.Butwe
cannotbeblindtothefactthattheriseofHinduRashtraideologyposesthegreatest
threattodaybecausetodayHindutvaforceshavegotthecontrolofstateapparatuses
andalsoobtainedthebackingofIndia’sbigcorporateswhichgivesthem immense
financialclout.
5.RiseofsuchalunaticideologyinIndianpoliticsandsocietyliesattheheartofheart-
wrenchinghatecrimes,spreadinglikeanepidemic.Inthisresolution,wearenot
venturingtonarratethecrimesengenderedbyhatredtowardsvulnerablecommunities.
Someofthoseindividualswhohavesufferedunbearablelossesinthiscampaignof
hatredhavecometothisnationalconvention.Theyhavegatheredthecouragetospeak
upintheseintimidatingtimes.Todayweembracethem asourownfamilies,weare
sadandangryastheyare.Wemustrealisethattheseinstancesarenotisolated
tragedies.Therearewidespreadeffortsinvariouspartsofthecountrytomalign,
intimidateandattackpeoplebelongingtoreligiousminoritiesandoppressedcastes.
Hindutvastorm-troopersareimpartingto‘JaiShriRam’,‘VandeMataram’,‘BharatMata’
slogansanaggressivenessthatisshockingthenation.Whatwearewitnessingtoday
areglimpsesofa‘HinduRashtra’existinginthedreamsofBrahminicalforcesnostalgic
abouta‘goldenpast’ofrulingcastes’obscenesupremacy.
6.Themostdisturbingaspectofthesedevelopmentsisthecomplicityofstatemachinery.
Officials in civiladministration and police forces are coerced to side with the
perpetrators.Uprightofficerswhorefusetosurrenderaresilencedinsomanyways.
Someofthem aretrappedinfalsecaseslikeGujaratcadreIPSofficerSanjeevBhatt
andsomeareevenphysicallyeliminatedlikePoliceInspectorSubodhKumarSinghof
Bulandshahrwhowasmurderedinchoreographedmobviolence.From thePrime
Ministerwhoexoneratesanallegedterroristonthegroundthatshebelongstothe
majoritycommunitytoallthoseministersandleadersoftherulingPartieswhohave
beenairingchoicestabusesagainstminorities,thesignaltogovernmentofficersis
clear:forgetyourconstitutionalduties,behave like you are karyavahaks ofthe
‘Hindurashtra’.
7.Aspeace-lovingcitizenswhoarecommittedtotheRepublicletusresolvetodaytojoin
thefightagainstthisdegeneration.Thiswillinvolveadecisiontocommunicatewith
moreandmoreofourfellow-citizenscontinuouslyanddirectlytoovercomethealliance
ofcorporatemediaandcommunalforcestotellthetruthstoordinarypeopleandgive
them hopeandconfidence.Thiswillmeanorganisingever-wideningsecularcollectives
inasmanytownsand villagesaspossiblecutting acrossallotherdividesand
differencesexceptthecommitmenttotheideaofequalitybetweenIndiansofall
communities.Thiswillmeantirelesslegalbattlesbutalsomassmobilisationto
demandruleoflaw andadherencetotheConstitutionbystatemachinery.Tobegin
withweshoulddemandaspeciallawtotreatmob-lynchingasacrimethatwillattract

3. severepunishment.
8.ThisconventionproclaimsoursupremeconfidencethatthepeopleofIndiawillawaken
tothedangersthathavegrippedourbelovednationandendtheruleofviolenceand
lies.Inthis21
st
dayofJuly2019,inthiscitywheremanygloriousbattlesforfreedom
werefought,weresolveto rallytheordinarymassesinamightymovementto
safeguardtherepublicfoundedonthestrugglesandsacrificeofthepeopleanddefend
ourconstitutionthatpromisesanIndiatowhichIndiansofallcastesandcommunities
willbelongequally.
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