An Appeal to Hindu Voters, Leaders and Activists 

Subject: Sonia- Singh Regime's Religion based preferential treatment in Education is divisive - The Principle of "Equal Opportunity" must be applied in Education as in the Employment market: Hindus have a right and responsibility to elect a Govt. that adopts non-discriminative policies with universal application. 

Respected Hindu Voters, Youth, Public and Activists,

Aadarniya Hindu Leaders: 

            At the very outset we would like to remind you that education impacts on human development, economic growth and conscious citizenry and it is a fundamental requirement for a stable democracy. Considering these important functions of education the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948) in its Article 26 recognized it as a fundamental Human Right. Furthermore, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by 192 countries in 1989, affirmed the right of all children to free, relevant and quality education as it improves one’s quality of life, quality of citizenship, political stability and democracy. 

            Trampling upon these universally accepted principles the Congress Govt. in India which has been in power during most of the past sixty years, is busy deflecting attention from its dismal failure to assure education for all children by adopting preferential treatment for selected minorities (read Muslims and Christians). This politically motivated strategy was engineered for improving its chances of staying in power. The goal of education in India has to be creation of a socially conscious, educationally competent and professionally productive citizenry and not to fracture the Indian society into new segments of dissimilar and unequal people leading to a disharmonious nation. Public must be aware that such a strategy defeats the very purpose of education. Like the “equal opportunity” in the job market India needs a universal education policy benefiting all and discriminating none. By opting for a change in this policy and changing the policy makers you can make the educational future of your children more secure and stable. 

With your unshakable resolve and determination we can change this policy during the forthcoming election. 

            Under this upside down policy the scheduled cast students have been receiving lump sum grant as ANNUAL educational aid at the rate of Rs.140/- for lower primary level, Rs.220/- for upper primary level and Rs.330/- for the high school level. But the newly introduced plan of scholarships for minority students has elevated this support system to Rs.10, 000/- per year limited to two students in a family whose annual income is less than one lakh rupees. In fact, the Paloly Mohammed Committee report went one more step forward and based on his recommendations, Muslim girls shall receive scholarship of Rs.3000/- at degree level, Rs.4000/- at post graduate level and Rs.5000/- for professional courses. Additionally, the Muslim girls shall receive stipend while preparing for competitive exams. The non-Muslim and discriminated girls will pay the price for being Hindus.  

            In case of higher education for MBBS, PG and Research, The SC/ST students must get 60% marks and are allowed Rs. 3960 per year (Rs 330/ per month), but the religion based minorities need to have only 50% marks and the degree, PG students get Rs 6550/ per year while the M.Phil, Ph. D, students get Rs 35,100/ on yearly basis (attachment A). This inequality is extremely prejudicial to Hindu students and must be done away with. 

            1) Additional discrimination against Hindu students.  – The Hindu students get loans at much higher interest rates i.e., 12 to 14 per cent per annum but minority students get student loan at 3 percent per annum from the National Minority Development & Finance Corporation under the Union Ministry of Finance. This constitutes yet another financial disincentive for being a part of the Hindu family. The proponents of this discriminatory policy promoting inequality in the ranks of our young generation must be sent packing. 

            In the field of commercial ventures to start a new business Hindu youth get loans from commercial banks at 15 to 18 per cent interest rates and have to arrange ‘margin money’ of 15 to 40 per cent of the project cost from their private sources, balance comes from the bank. But minority youth have to put in only 5 per cent of project cost as margin money from their private source, other 35 percent is given by the National Minority Development & Finance Corporation at 3 percent interest, and remaining 60 percent of finance is given by commercial banks at two percentage points less than general lending rate for Hindus. Why this step motherly treatment for Hindu students? They should not have to suffer financial penalties for being Hindus. 

With your unshakable resolve and determination we can change this policy during the forthcoming election. 

             2)  Recognition of the Madrassa certificates on par with the CBSE and the SSLC - by the Sonia- Singh regime and calling it ‘inclusive ‘development’ is against national interest as it encourages a two society mindset :  

Madrassas fundamentally negate the secular philosophy and inflict a devastating body blow to the principles of Secularism. These radical Islamic institutions are globally recognized as the nucleus--initiating stage for furthering a skewed mindset into jihadi terrorism. They have also become recruiting centers for the radical Islam’s jihadist brigades. The Indian Govt. seems to be oblivious of the incessant Jihadi terrorist attacks on Hindu India that could worsen by giving such facilities, recognition and the prestige to these fundamentalist institutions without insisting on common curriculum, openness and recruitment of staff from other communities. 

            It is the intransigence of the Muslim Leadership, Islamic social structure and refusal to accept a Uniform Civil Code, amongst others that are responsible for the Muslim educational backwardness. The Muslims as well as Christians receive vast sums of money from abroad which are spent on building thousands of Mosques and Churches and conversions. Those funds could instead be utilized for improving education in these communities thus cultivating new opportunities for their youth. Rather than penalizing the tax payers for subsidizing the educational projects of these communities Govt. would do well by guiding and advising them how and where to spend the funds gotten from foreign sources. Systematically investing enormous amounts to expand conversions for changing the religious complexion of India is hardly a legitimate educational activity. 

            3) Division of Indian nation into religion based categories violates the constitution: The irrational educational policy of the Govt. has now divided poor Indian students into three categories:

a) Preferred religious minorities (read Muslims and Christians) with high financial assistance;

b) SCs and STs on a lower level; and,

c) Total exclusion of students from poor Hindu families (all outside the first two categories) from the so-called upper castes, who don't get assistance worth even a paisa.

The preferential treatment to minority religionists - Muslims and Christians - while ignoring the poor Hindu students with similar economic status violates Article 15(1) which clearly stipulates that "The state shall not discriminate any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them". The Govt. cannot and must not be allowed to enforce the constitution selectively for benefiting its prospective voters. 

With your unshakable resolve and determination we can change this policy during the forthcoming election. 

            4) Article 30, which allows minorities to establish and run educational institutions, must be amended to end discrimination against majority Hindus:  In part III of the Constitution under "Fundamental Rights - Cultural and Educational Rights", Article 30(1) specifies: " All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice."  Now, after sixty years of independence, it is essential that this Article be amended so as to end discrimination and extend its applicability to Hindus as well. Such an expansion will make this provision universal and secular in its character. 

        It is obligatory upon the Govt. to pursue the course that was decided by amending the Constitution in 2002 to provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years. This will inevitably uphold the principle of "equal opportunity" in the educational field. Note should be taken of the fact that western democracies that India seems to imitate do not permit religion based distinctions. Therefore, India’s scheme of politically constructed categorization does not find support outside her domain. Recently some 45,000 Schools and colleges run by Christian community went on one day strike to protest the Orissa violence. The strike brought the educational activity in the state to a stand still.

            If the majority community was allowed the same privilege for establishing educational institutions as the minorities, hundreds of thousands more schools run by Hindus could have and can in future provide the much needed help without interruption for educating the poor as a fundamental Human Right. 

With your unshakable resolve and determination we can change this policy during the forthcoming election.  

            5) For the future of India’s young generation, the Hindu samaj has to be assertive for gaining its justifiable place in India’s democracy. Only then pragmatic policy transformation would be possible: The leaders of the majority community, the Hindus and the patriotic citizens, must realize that the regime in office has proven incapable of handling the core issues like terrorism, national security and rational education policy. For survival, universal education policy and country's political integrity it is the sacred duty and "dharma", of Hindus and other citizens  to elect new leaders in the forthcoming Parliamentary elections, who will represent them, care for their concerns and  implement the fundamental secularist principles including, a rational and pragmatic education policy and "Need not Creed" based state support. 

            For the bright future of our young generation and implementation of non-discriminatory educational policy elections must be taken seriously for they are the key to employment, communal harmony, national security and prosperity. With this kind of important agenda at stake they must be contested with missionary zeal at all levels. In these elections Sonia-Singh and their team represent the current failed policies and religion based divisive governance. In the present political landscape of India the other viable alternative seems to be the BJP. A commitment of support to it while holding the feet of the party leaders to the fire is worth making for they have the capacity to bring about the much needed change the people are craving for.  

            6) Indian polity needs the best and the brightest in its leadership class capable of turning the tide. Only the public revolt in disgust over the unconscionable behavior of today's bogus secularists will stop them from turning India into a clone of Islamists’ feudal vision. Thankfully there is a growing movement all across India to rescue democracy from extinction at the secularist’s hands. For this gigantic task the spirit of devotion, sacrifice, patriotism, hard work, organizational and communication skills will be of primary importance. The idealism driven young generation should be on the front seat to fuel a new uprising against the de-Indianised elite and the tainted political practices. The youth, particularly the College students who have the idealism, energy, maturity and drive for furthering the national cause should whole heartedly plunge into this campaign. 

            7) The principle of "equal opportunity" should be applied as strictly in the educational field as it is applied in the job and the employment markets.  Universalist nature of education policy is fundamental to India's political unity, economic progress and prosperity.  The continued punitive rule by Islamist, communist, Evangelist and pseudo-seculars' alliance might force majority Hindus to live as poor and dependent colonial subjects - in a splintered India – a situation that should be unacceptable even intolerable under any circumstances. 

            The struggle for abolition of the unequal education policy must be considered our “Dharma Yudh” – the Dharma Yudh for rejecting the indignities and inhumanities mounted on Hindu youth. This is our struggle for restoring the appropriate status of Hindus. This is our 'sangharsh' to establish the rule of law and real democracy. Therefore, please put every thing else on the backburner and get involved in this " Dharma Yudh". Take leave from every thing else and work for the victory of Dharma and become a part of this historic electoral campaign locally, in villages, amongst Dalits, OBCs, etc. 

            8) Hon'ble Voters and leaders:  Sonia- Singh regime's religion based preferential scholarship scheme effectively rejects the concept of a democratic secular society -  Under this scheme: a) The poor upper class Hindus, outside the SC and ST reservations - sometimes called the Unreserved class -  who form 50% or more of the population do not get even a "paisa" ; b) Muslims and Christians, the main beneficiaries of this Govt. sanctioned loot get huge support, like the Colonial rulers over Hindu India; and c) the SCs and STs with Constitutional safeguards comparatively get a pittance. Such Govt. strategy will only defeat the very purpose of universal education. Depriving any community from resources and assistance for education in comparison to preferred religious communities should be considered a crime against the Indian nation. 

                The success in the fast approaching electoral war is vital for our plans to reform the education policy. By virtue of being the national majority the Hindus, who have the greatest stakes in this change, cannot escape their responsibility to spearhead it and take it to a logical conclusion. The manipulators of the Indian political system have reduced Hindus to a non-entity and second class citizens.  Such status for a strong national majority is as undemocratic as it is humiliating. They must therefore, refuse to accept such an indignity. As a meaningful yet constructive retaliation they need to mobilize, take initiative, come forward, assume leadership and offer a patriotic alternative. It is their obligation to prepare and excite the nation for the second revolution when the real majority assumes the command. 

            India faces today her greatest threat since independence. The worst fears of India’s revolutionary fathers are being realized as powerful externally directed interests have taken over our culture and the representative Govt. We the people now face a fundamental choice: take back our country… or do nothing, and become victims of the tyranny manned by a corrupt political mafia.  

With your unshakable resolve and determination we can change this policy during the forthcoming election. 

             The outcome of this transcending electoralcontest should become a remarkable moment in India’s modern history. For you,the conscious citizens of India’s pious land, the challenge would be to ensurethat transformational election event becomes a transformational era.You must become an integral part of the emerging new progressiveera. Your so doing will give India the necessary strength for ensuring that thismoment in history lives up to its promise.The power of pen is mightierthan the sword we’re told and the power of word in the hands of ordinarycitizens is even greater today than it was at the time of India’s firstrevolution thanks to word processors, printers, modems, e-mails, websites, cell(mobile) phones, black berries etc. Today these instruments and technologiescan be put to use with relative ease for promoting democratic change. Let usstart our patriotic journey today. An historic victory is waiting to kiss yourfeet. 

Thanks for your time and looking forward to your participation in this “Dharma Yudh” campaign for Education and achieving a regime change in India.

Dr. Jagan Kaul
Krishan Bhatnagar
Hindu Jagran Forum (USA)
February 23 , 2009

Attachment A 

Life has no religion but the Scholarship has –

The Modern Social Studies
16/11/2008 21:57:50  Raghavan Nair - HK Correspondent

Haindava Keralam

Razia, Mary and Savithri are 7th Standard students. Razia's father owns a Bungalow, car and other luxuries. Marys's father and mother are working in a Gulf country. Savithri is a poor scheduled cast student who lives in a small house thatched with coconut leaves. But Razia and Mary are receiving scholarship and when they were collecting the cash, Savithri just asked her teacher as to why she is not getting the scholarship? What has been the teacher's reply is not relevant here but you must be aware of these favors showered on the so called minorities in disguise to ensure the vote bank!
 
It is to the knowledge of everyone that the scheduled cast students have been receiving lump sum grant as ANNUAL educational aid at the rate of Rs.140/- for lower primary level, Rs.220/- for upper primary level and Rs.330/- for the high school level. But the newly introduced scholarship for minority students has been Rs.10,000/- per year limited to two students in a family whose annual income is less than one lakh rupees. Whereas, Savithri is not even getting that lump sum grant also since she still could not manage to obtain an income certificate from village office in spite of her mother's year long wait, but Razia's father and Mary's father faced no problem in producing the required certificates. Look at the Sachchar Committee's recommendations and results of its application!

In fact, Sachchar Committee and the Communists' own Sasthra Sahithya Parishat categorically mentioned in their findings that the scheduled cast/scheduled tribe Hindus are the worst in economic backwardness, but Savithri is not eligible for any scholarship simply because she happened to be from the majority cast Hindu, whereas Razia and Mary come from minority casts.
 
In fact, the Paloly Mohammed Committee report went one more step forward and based on his recommendations, Muslim girls shall receive scholarship of Rs.3000/- at degree level, Rs.4000/- at post graduate level and Rs.5000/- for professional courses. Additionally, the Muslim girls shall receive stipend while preparing for competitive exams.
 
We must recognize the designs of this government. We hear about secularism on each and every issue. But what kind of secularism it is when for developmental activities, educational concessions and for even subsistence the only criteria is Religion? The Hindus must realize that the Governments policy of showering concessions on Muslims is creating a separate entity for them which in due course may lead to a situation where the British divided India.
 
Just have a look at the Scholarships declared by government to the minority students and what the scheduled casts/tribes have been receiving:

List of Scholarships recently declared by government

Scholarship Amount (Eligible for those with 50% marks and above )

   for religious Minorities

School level Scholarship for Scheduled Cast/Tribe students

School level scholarships for OBC, SEBC students

Post Metric Scholarship for Scheduled Cast/Tribe Students (60% marks compulsory)

Lump Sum grant that Scheduled cast/tribe students receive once in a year

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