By Waman Meshram, National President, Bharat Mukti Morcha
Betrayals
by Gandhi and Congress
On 17th
August 1932 communal award was declared. At time Dr.Ambedkar fought against
British and won four rights. Right to proportionate representation, Right to
Separate electorate, Right to vote twice (dual voting), and Right to Adult
Franchise. Gandhi was not at all supporter of adult franchise. His opinion was
that suggestions of local Kings must be taken into consideration, and they must
be granted right to decide whether people in their respective kingdoms must
have right to vote or otherwise.
Gandhiji on
the one hand was carrying on the freedom struggle and on the other hand he
himself was of the opinion that kings must be given right to decide on the
future of subjects in kingdoms all over India. If Kings must have right to
decide whether subjects in their kingdoms should have right to vote or not then
what is the meaning of freedom? Subjects has right to decide about their own
future and that’s why had said in round table conference that Kings have no
right to decide on future of their subjects. This issue is linked with system.
Adequate representation means representation proportionate to the population.
Separate electorate was very important right. There was an arrangement made in
this system that people gets true representatives.
In England
only the educated and tax payers had right to education. Dr. Babasaheb said
that in India all the adults above the age of 21 years must have right to vote
irrespective whether they taxes or not, whether they are educated or not. When
we don’t have right to property then how will the one without education and
property vote? If this is made the basis of voting then our people will not get
anything.
That’s why
Babasaheb Ambedkar achieved right to adult franchise. Through right to vote twice (right to dual
voting) representatives of SC, ST could be elected in separate electorate and
in second round of voting there would be arrangement to vote for upper caste
representatives (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vyashya) Hindus. From separate
constituency our real representative will get elected. If Brahmins has to get
elected from these constituencies then he will have to come to our door, and
beg for vote.
Those who
kept us enslaved for thousands of years will come to us to ask for votes. One
who asks does not have strength but strength lies with one who gives. When
higher caste men will come to us to ask for vote then will ask him, ‘Do you
want vote?’ He will say ‘Yes’. Then we will say ‘What you do; you have created
untouchability, we give you fifteen days to end untouchability, end and come
back to us to ask for vote. Whether to vote for you not we will think then.’
The intention of Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar behind achieving right to dual voting
was to end untouchability.
It did not
take long for Gandhi to understand this. Gandhiji thought if this idea of Dr.
Ambedkar succeeds then slavery will end. I am not carrying on the freedom
struggle to free untouchables but to free my people. If (untouchables) SC and
ST get their freedom so easily then where will we stand? Keeping this mind
Gandhiji went on fast unto death in order to oppose the fundamental rights of
our people won by Dr.Ambedkar. Right to vote twice through separate electorates
was ended and joint electorate enforced, and this is in force till today.
When
elections took place in 1946 and it banned for true representatives to get
elected then those people indulging dalals
and bhadwas got elected. The
memorandum titled ‘States and Minorities’ in 1946, Dr. Ambedkar wrote and
submitted to Constituent Assembly, in this document he use the ‘Agents’ to
these dalals and bhadwas. The meaning of ‘Agent’ is mediator, in sanskritized hindi
it means dalal and bhadwas.
Babasaheb
totally and strongly opposed joint electorate system that emerged as a
consequence of Poona Pact. He just not opposed but also sent written protest
letter to British government, and when his protest letter did not bore desired
results then he organsed ‘Jail Bharo’ andolan
against Poona Pact. Master Mansingh from Agra (U.P) who was also jailed then is
still alive.
In 1946 Lord
Wavell was Governor-General of India. He declared in his radio speech that when
British will be leaving India that time as per British government policy they
will share and divide power amongst three parts. One share will go to Muslims,
second share will go to Hindus, and third share will go to SC and ST. On the
recommendation of Dr.Ambedkar British did recognize SC and ST as Hindus. Their
separate identity was recognized. British gave this recognition on 17 August
1932. When Lord Wavell made this speech
on radio then Gandhi sent telegram to Wavell objecting to this policy.
Gandhi had
two hands; one was Sardar Patel and second Jawaharlal Nehru. After Mountbatten
convinced, both were ready to create Pakistan. Mountbatten thought that I
personally speak to Gandhi then he would not agree. That’s why he formulated
the strategy that Gandhi’s two combatant hands must be snapped. As per this strategy when Mountbatten convinced
Sardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru then Gandhi was restless.
After this
Gandhi was called for dialogue. Gandhi knew that there will be discussion on
India-Pakistan partition that’s why before going he discussed with Maulana Azad
and asked him that if I opposed partition of India they whom will you support?
Why Gandhi asked this question to Maulana Azad? This is because Maulana Azad
was then President of Congress Party. Gandhi already knew that Sardar Patel and
Jawaharlal Nehru have already decided to support Mountbatten. When Gandhi asked
his personal opinion to Maulana Azad then Maulana Azad said ‘if you oppose
partition of India then I will support you. After taking support from Maulana
Azad, Gandhi went to meet Mountbatten.
Cooler was
on at the house of Mountbatten and Gandhi wanted to establish himself a
Mahatma. When Gandhi stated shivering with cold, Mountbatten’s wife observed
that Gandhi is unable to tolerate cold temperature, she gave her shawl to
Gandhi. All this is recorded in a book titled ‘Freedom at mid night’. Gandhi
and Mountbatten wanted to discuss India partition. No one knows as to what
discussion took place between these two. May be that no one knows details of
the discussions between these two but the decision of this discussion is known
to us.
The first
important decision taken between these two is that in the process of transfer
of power SC and ST will not have their share. This message reached to Babasaheb
Dr. Ambedkar from the medium of British that’s how he came to know that they
will not get their share. How did this happen?
This must have been investigated by Babasaheb. He must have come to know
that between Gandhi and Mountbatten compromise has been struck. Now the
question arises as to what is the nature of this compromise?
Lets imagine
that when Gandhi and Mountbatten met together then Mountbatten must have asked
Gandhi ‘What is your opinion on Partition?’ Then Gandhi must have said ‘there
is no change in my opinion. Even today I am opposed to partition. My body could
be cut into pieces but I will not agree for partition.’ This point is clear.
Yet Gandhi was a bania and also Mountbatten too was bania. East India Company
had come to India for the sake of business. In this sense those who run
companies are Banias. When two bania meet together then the talk is of
business. Gandhi must have said to Mountbatten ‘if I become ready to make
Pakistan then what will you give me in return?’ Those who are clever diplomats
never speak anything from their own mouth but try to get things out from the
mouth of the one who is sitting in front of them. When asked counter question
then Gandhi must have said ‘According to the British policy of transfer of
power SC-ST will get a third share and this was said by Lord Wavell in his
speech. Then I had sent him telegram to you’ll opposing this. When right of
separate electorate was granted on 17 August 1932 that time too I was opposed
to it and I oppose it even today. I am not in favor of granting any kind of
rights to SC, ST people. If you get prepared to deny them the third share then
I can to agree for Pakistan. Mountbatten must have never thought that this
Himalaya like man can melt so easily.
Mountbatten
immediately agreed to the conditions of Gandhi. When Mountbatten came to India
as Governor-General then he has taken assurance from then Prime Minister
Clement Atlee that he will not object to his decisions. After agreeing to the
conditions of Gandhi Mountbatten informed Clement Atlee that Gandhi has agreed
for India partition and he has accepted Gandhi’s condition of denying share to
SC, ST people in transfer of power. That’s why you have to agree to this
decision of mine. British informed about this to Dr.Ambedkar and after getting
this information Dr.Ambedkar went to England. This time it was the government
of Labour Party in England and Churchill was the leader of the Opposition. It
did not take long for Dr.Ambedkar to realize that Clement Atlee (Leader of the
Labour Party) are not ready to listen to our grievances. He tried to meet up
with the representatives of the government to put forth his view that time he
came to know that these people are not going to listen to him. Then he went to
Churchill and met him. That time government was of Labour Party and Churchill
was the Leader of the Opposition. Churchill replied to Dr.Ambedkar and said
“Now it is not my government, I sympathize with you. If there was my government
then I would have done justice with you. At the most I can oppose this in
Parliament.” Due to efforts of Gandhi the third share meant for SC, ST in
transfer of power was denied to us. Evidence for this is emerging in front of
us.
Based on
this evidence we can that between Gandhi and Mountbatten only this discussion
took place. If this discussion did not take place then how come third share
would have ended? If it ended then the discussion must have been like this
only.
Gandhi
though it was better to agree for Pakistan but he felt it was bad to grant
rights to SC and ST people. From this it can be estimated as to what was the
level of Gandhi’s Mahatmahood. Why
Dr.Ambedkar did not believed Gandhi as Mahatma? This is so because Dr.Ambedkar
was well versed with Gandhi’s all the inside story.
This means
Gandhi directly offered sacrifice of SC and ST people. According to the
scriptures of Brahmins no big task of Brahmins finds luck till SC, or ST or OBC
people are sacrificed. Mountbatten was very satisfied because Gandhi had agreed
for the creation of Pakistan.
When
Dr.Ambedkar went to Gandhi and put forth his view on joint electorates that
time Gandhi so easily said ‘Dr.Ambedkar, there is no common ground between you
and me and that why there is no point in holding any discussion.’
Gandhi
refused even to hold discussion with Dr.Ambedkar on the interests of SC and ST
people. In this way joint electorate came in force in Independent India.
According to this election procedure SC and ST have nearly 125 MP and 1050 MLAs
from reserved seats and they are transformed by ruling castes as their agents (Dalals and Bhadwas).
Due to
Gandhi we are living a life of slavery in Independent India. Those who are
elected to the constituent assembly from the reserved seats in the name of SC
and ST, they took our name and represented ruling castes. That’s why
Dr.Ambedkar found himself alone in the Constituent Assembly. He succeeded in
providing reservation to the people of SC and ST community, and some other
matters. That time OBC people were under great influence of Gandhi. Indirectly
Gandhi sacrificed rights of OBC people too. If that time Dr.Ambedkar was more
powerful leader than Gandhi than he would have granted constitutional rights to
OBC people by which there would have been no infringement on SC, ST people nor
it would have created any sort of difficulties; as a result Brahmin would have
weakened in this process.
As far as
Adivasis are concerned, where are adivasis connected? And if adivasis is not
connected then how will they succeed? Why they do not have the strength of
their own? Why on own strength do not succeed? Why are they not able to find solutions
to their own problems by succeeding in their own strength? It is the need of
the hour that adivasis understand the moves of their enemy properly. There
should not be any type of illusion in understanding the enemy moves. This is so
because our enemy (ruling castes) always proliferate illusions in society. As
long as enemy does not spread illusions till then he will not succeed in
confusing us. If awakening is created amongst adivasis then the thoughts will
be contested based on ideology. Policy is contested with policy. With illusion
different positions are evolved.
People from
different stands and thoughts begin to clash with each other. When these
clashes take place that time society’s capacity to fight back weakens. If
fought in weak state then defeat comes about. When defeated due to fight in
weakness society instead of succeeding tastes failures.
Despair
spreads in society due to failure. Spread of despair results in hopelessness.
The result of hopelessness is that society surrenders in front of the enemy.
After this people of that society believe that now nothing is possible.
Adivasis is
connected with enemy (ruling caste). If he has to be connected then first he
has to be disconnected from where he is connected. To disconnect adivasis means
he has to be separated from the enemy. He has to be removed out of enemy
clutches.
In this
process there is a process of disconnecting from the enemy and another process
of connecting adivasis with our agitation. To separate from the enemy we have
to awaken the people. We have to expose the dealings of enemy with us.
It is a
history of adivasis that for the past 59 years nearly 99% adivasis have stayed
connected with Congress Party. Why did they connect with Congress party? This
is because they were connected to Gandhi. Gandhi put Thakkar Bappa on a mission
to fool adivasis. Thakkar Bappa was Lohan bania from Saurashtra (Gujarat) and
Gandhi was modd bania from Surashtra. There is saying in Surashtra Kodd Saro par modd nahi sara. Modd bania
is so dangerous. Gandhi was modd bania. On the recommendation of Gandhi Thakkar
Bappa started campaigning amongst adivasis; connected them with Gandhi. Because
they were connected to Gandhi they got connected to Congress.
Till
yesterday those who were connected with Congress were disconnected from Gandhi
-though with great difficulty - by BJP, RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and
connected with Ram. The reserved ST seats in which if Congress granted ticket
even to an Ass was getting elected, now after being connected to Ram, BJP adivasis
candidates are getting elected. When Adivasis was connected to Gandhi and they
got connected to Congress, after that they were connected to Ram and they got
connected to Ram.
Hundreds of Pathaks, Santas, Mahantas were put on
the job to connect Adivasis with BJP. There used to the information spread that
in such and such village there is preaching of Ram Katha by so and so Santa and
adivasis will be given khir-Puri to
eat. Why? That’s because our enemy knows that adivasis can be lured by Khir-Puri in order to listen to Ram Katha. Even when they are lured to
eat khir-Puri even then they are not
given khir-puri so easily; they are
compelled to sit for three hours listening to Ram Katha. Khir
adulterated with water is then fed to Adivasis and their mind is destroyed.
Currently this program is ongoing.
When Jawaharlal
Nehru reigned in as India’s Prime Minister he would regularly go the adivasis
area. After going there he would participate in adivasis traditional dances and
dance round along with them. Jawaharlal had one specialty and that is he would
plan to take people from film division along with him in forest so that his
film be recorded while dancing with adivasis. This means that he was going to adivasis
area with a plan.
After that
people from film division would produce a film of Nehru dancing with adivasis.
This film of Jawaharlal Nehru dancing with adivasis was then screened in theaters
5 or 10 minutes before the feature film begins.
Then he
would publish this news in all the national newspapers. There newspaper would
print articles and editorial on this. Through these articles it was tried to
establish that such a great personality is going to adivasis and dancing with
them. He would create trust amongst adivasis and after building trust he would
include them in National Ganges of development. What type of development? Such
a development through which adivasis has reached first rank of death through
malnutrition and hunger. This is result of his development.
When Indira Gandhi
took over as Prime Minister then she also tried to find out as for the welfare
of adivasis what her father used to do? She was told that Jawaharlal use to go
amongst adivasis, used to wear headgear like adivasis, and wearing it he would
dance with them touching shoulder to shoulder. Then like Jawaharlalji, Indira
also used to go amongst adivasis in forest, used to dress like them used to
enjoy and dance with them. There used to be filming of Indira Gandhi too and
screened in theaters. Her dancing pictures used to be published in newspapers.
After the
death of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi took over as Prime Minster of India. He
too would go to adivasis in forest, dress like them and dance with them. All
this is not imagination. This actually happened in reality. No social, economic and educational
development program for adivasis was implemented. Only to go amongst adivasis,
dress like them, dance with them and campaign on this through national
newspapers so that people think that these are great people that care so much
for adivasis; not even educated people of the country go to adivasis but in
spite of being nation’s Prime Minister they are going there.
Were they
concerned about Adivasis development? Jawaharlal used to dance, Indira Gandhi
used to dance, and Rajiv Gandhi used to dance. Sonia Gandhi too used to go with
Rajiv Gandhi to Adivasis but she was never shown dancing. If she was Prime
Minister then she would possibly have danced. She definitely would have
continued on the tradition of her great ancestors. And they should be continued
too. I have no objection for this. Let her definitely continue the traditions.
Enemy must
continue the task of enmity. To expect friendship from an enemy is the
foolishness of the one who expects. Jawaharlalji, Indiraji, Rajivji, all these
people used to dance with adivasis, and made adivasis dance with them. The
result of this is that dancing-dancing adivasis has reached on the brink of
death due to hunger and malnutrition. They are lagging behind in the field of
education.
The special
program that should have designed by government for the educational upliftment
of adivasis, did not take place. In these 59 years of Independence congress
ruled for nearly 40-50 years. There was not even the reality of shortage of
resources and assets. Today situation is such that Adivasis to a large scale
are in a state of despair. Adivasis do not trust any government agency and
government representative. Illiterate man takes decisions based on his
experience. The despair that arose amongst adivasis was taken advantage of by
RSS, BJP, Vishwa Hindu Parishad people and said Ram has become of you people.
People were told that Sant-Mahant-Dharmacharya
can make your welfare possible. That’s why despaired people are caught up
in a web of these Dharmacharyas. On
one side people are coming out of fire and reaching into ashes.
