dhruvrathe

 

Friends, 6 years ago

when Nirbhay was raped,

the nation stood together in solidarity.

Everybody demanded justice.

Nobody asked

what her religion was.

Nobody asked

the religion of the rapists and murderers

or their political orientations.

Nobody could have even dared to say,

"Why are you protesting for Nirbhaya, why not others?"

or "Why are you voicing your opinion for her?"

while playing the game of "whataboutism"

But look at the course of our nation

in the last few years

where a new kind of breed has been born, called "andh bhakts"

and "zombies". Today,

with any rape or murder cases

this lot

are the ones to first see the religion of the victims

Then they see

the perpetrators religion and political orientation.

After which, they decide

wether that certain crime

deserves to be protested against

or deserves to fade in silence.

Or instead they decide to play the game of "whataboutism".

Can you even imagine

if someone during the Nirbhaya rape case

had tried

to divert our attention by asking about other crimes?

Never! They have made our country's mindset

stoop down to an extremely low level.

The Unnao and Kathua cases

have reached the eye of

international media

not because they were extremely violent,

I am ashamed to say we have a lot of those

in our country. They have been happening since agaes.

However, these cases were highlighted

because for the first time

a very big section of our society came in defence

of the rapists.

Rapists were being protected by some police officers, lawyers

and even government ministers.

People have even waived the Indian flag in rallies supporting these rapists.

Top governmental officials

like our PM, UP's Yogi

have managed to stoop down even lower.

They have yet to speak anything about these cases.

Our PM would often name opposition leader and Ex PM Manmohan Singh

as 'Maun'mohan (quiet) Singh because he wouldn't talk about

corruptions scams.

But he was decent enough to talk about the Nirbhaya case.

However, our 'Maun' Modi

isn't even decent enough to give a statement

on these atrocious rape cases.

All ministers from our government are quiet.

In the Nirbhaya case, people like Smriti Irani were the first

to protest.

All of them took to the streets.

That was a good thing, but why not now?

Was that just for political gains?

And don;t even talk about UP's CM Yogi

I haven't seen a worst human being.

Amongst all these rape cases,

this guy,

managed to withdraw

an old rape case against an EX-Union Minister

He has no shame that despite so many rape cases

he withdraws a rape case without an investigation or explanation

And after that,

he started to defend the rape-accused BJP MLA

without any evidence inside the court!

One of our governmental official says that this is a conspiracy by Pakistan

Another one says, "What's the big deal? Things like these keep happening with girls."

A third one,

an official BJP spokesperson calls a press conference

You should watch that press conference

She talk with such arrogance with the media!

No sympathy! In her heart or soul.

No shame in her statements,

instead starts her "whataboutism"

And asks the media why they are highlighting this particular case

And why not the other ones?

And to the breed of "andh bhakts", I would just like to say

If something like that happens with you or your loved ones

and if people around you start their "whataboutism"

Then how will you feel?

The hate that has been embedded in your minds

communal hate that asks if you're Hindu or Muslim

or asks if you're Nationalist or Anti-nationalist

and doing anything hiding behind our tricoloured flag

will take down our nation

This is cancerous to our national integrity.

Friends, I wouldn't like to explore the details

of both these cases.

They are extremely horrifying details.

Akash Banerjee has explained them in his video

and you can watch it by clicking on the i button.

The reason I made this video is

that we all can once again stand united

for the right thing.

I'm actually very happy that most media channels

and celebrities in our nation

are voicing their support for this.

It's a great thing!

There are only a few of these "andh bhakts" who are playing the game of "whataboutism"

This is a terrible thing to do!

We need to eradicate "whataboutism" from our country.

Politicians like these who defend rapists and murderers

should also be banished from our country.

Thank you!