New Delhi: Indian minorities are least bothered about 26 January Republic Days celebration as the Indian constitution has failed to protect their right. Sikhs, Muslims and Christians have no particular reason to celebrate Republic Days of a country that treats them as second class citizens.
A civil society group in Nagaland Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) has urged people of Nagaland to boycott the India’s Republic Day celebrations as a mark of protest against the botched operation by the Indian forces which resulted in the death of 14 civilians.
The non-cooperation shall be in the form of “abstaining from any national celebrations, or such activities”. Similarly, United Naga Council (UNC) has said that Naga living in Manipur will boycott the upcoming Republic Day celebration on Jan 26 as a part of its non-cooperation against the Government of India.
The Naga apex body further mentioned that the recent massacre of Naga youths at Oting Village in Nagaland’s Mon district On Dec 4 and 5, 2021 is yet again a barbaric display of genocide and an undeclared war against Nagas by Indian Army under the cover of Armed Forces Special Power (AFSPA) Act, 1958. Apart from that, Sikh rights movements, Sikh for justice, issued a statement regarding Indian Republic Day in which it condemned the Indian Constitutions that declares “Sikhs” as “Hindu”.
Indian minorities are least concerned about Republic Day celebrations because the very constitution has failed to protect their basic rights. Indian state is once again building a false narrative of strong union through Republic Day celebrations. However, Indian union is fake and historically made of coercion, annexation and false promise. Indian minorities seen their future in separate homelands an impeding outcome of a pseudo republic.
Reports by the Mumbai-based Centre for Study of Society and Secularism and the UK-based Minority Rights Group International both indicate that minority groups in India are increasingly encountering hate crimes, such as lynching, threats, attacks on places of worship and forced conversion. Web Desk
