Muslim organizations
in Kerala have lashed out at NSS and Nair-Ezhava unity in Kerala. The latest round of
criticisms is sharp and pin points NSS General secretary G Sukumaran Nair.
Popular
Front of India was the first to air vehement attack on NSS. At their recent
meeting organized at Thiruvananthapuram, Popular Front leaders said Nair-Ezhava
Unity is the result of a conspiracy. Their leaders also complained that present
Muslim League leadership in Kerala is too weak in their response to statements
of Sukumaran Nair and Vellappally
Natesan criticizing minorities. They noted that a new generation who can take
on such criticisms is growing up and leadership of Muslim community would be
with them in the coming decade. According to them, Muslim League will slowly
disintegrate in the coming days.
Later,
Popular Front former chairman E M Abdul Rahman at Doha said the slogan of ‘Unity
of Majority Community Against Minorities’ being raised by united Nair-Ezhava
leadership is shameful to Kerala. According to him Nair-Ezhava unity is an idea
for protecting personal agendas of Sukumaran Nair and Vellappally being
implemented with the blessings of Sangh Parivar leadership. Rahman made a
scathing attack on Vellappally for inviting Gujarat chief minister Narendra
Modi to Sivagiri Madhom, the highest centre of Ezhava community.
Article in Chandrika Daily
Popular
Front attack was followed by Indian Union Muslim League on June 2 when its
official newspaper Chandrika daily published an edit page article which
included volatile and defamatory statements against Nair community and NSS
general secretary Sukumaran Nair. I am not reproducing the cultureless remarks
in this article here as it will incite communal discord.
This article
sees conspiracy not only in Nair-Ezhava unity but also Sukumaran Nair becoming
NSS general secretary. It also sees a hand of Sangh Parivar organizations,
especially RSS behind Nair-Ezhava unity. The article wish that a inert
personality could be NSS leader. It criticizes Nairs as a community with false
pride who consider themselves as high caste. It criticizes Sukumaran Nair as a
person who began his official career as an peon who later rose in life.
NSS reaction
NSS in its
reaction said article in Chandrika shows lack of culture. NSS won’t ever forgive
such acts. NSS will react to this intelligently and with level-headedness. He
said Kerala chief minister is behind this article. Congress is doing this using
Muslim League. Some people are irked by Nair-Ezhava unity and those who think
they can break Nair-Ezhava unity is in fool’s paradise, added Nair.
Planning behind attack on Hindu unity
move
While Muslim
league leadership later disowned Chandrika’s article, this is only an effort to
fool others. How could anyone write an article in Muslim League’s official
daily without consent of its leadership? It seems such statements is a part of
plan to slap somebody first and then say sorry.
Now let us
analyse the reasons for the outrage of Muslim organizations against Nair-Ezhava
unity and Sukumaran Nair. The continual of Nair-Ezhava unity is irking Muslim
League leadership in the state and for the first time they are seeing a real
threat. Initially they thought difference of opinion between Ezhavas and Nairs on job reservation will naturally
kill Nair-Ezhava unity. Now since Nairs who are against caste based reservation
have declared that they have no opposition to Hindu backward communities
getting reservation that hope has ended.
Now there is
no other factor which can prevent Hindu unity in Kerala. Till the other day
League used to spread the idea that Nairs are against backward communities and
united Hindu community is an idea being floated by upper castes for their own
benefit. Nair-Ezhava unity and broad Hindu unity in Kerala means league’s
prominence in Kerala politics and its pressure tactics won’t succeed.
The extremist
Popular Front has also realized the danger in Nair-Ezhava unity. In such a
situation their attacks on Hindus would be resisted. They could no longer
terrorize Hindus in Kerala and their ideas on converting Hindus will not
succeed.
Popular
Front’s attack on Nair-Ezhava unity and Muslim League’s attack on NSS leadership seem to be a warning to Hindu
leaders in Kerala. Such vehement attacks are being done after many deliberations
and there is a plan. It is likely that they will organize more direct actions
in the coming days aimed at polarizing Kerala.
Moreover
there will be efforts to destroy Nair-Ezhava unity through many fronts. Nair-Ezhava
leadership needs to act firmly and intelligently but not emotionally. They need
to stay united despite all provocations. Coming Lok Sabha Elections are an
opportunity to show their strength in a democratic way.
Muslim leagues communal agenda with the support of congress will ruin the communal harmony..Nairs were the ruling elite of more than 1000 years and they were the rulers landlords etc..after the land reform acts and the social changes happened in the last 100 years they lost much of their power but still in politics ,art cultural and every were their dominance is continuing even though diminishing significantly....Gulf money and educational institutes run by church and religious group help minorities to achieve a lot but they should not forget that the contribution of Majority community and especially Nairs to the Malayalam culture and society....
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ReplyDeleteevery caste has an identity like wise nairs.we haveall rights to keep that without doing any harm to others.The need of the hour is unity and maintain our identity with out getting provoked
ReplyDeleteRightly said. Nairs have constitutional right to live maintain their culture in a peaceful manner. We need to fight for our rights through democratic and legal institutions. We need to be an organised force and cast our votes to those who help us protect our rights
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