Is Karnataka becoming the Gujarat of southern India? Opinion | Rubenbanerjee
Gauri Lankesh was a feisty journalist who wrote acerbic pieces against religious hatred, bigotry and social inequalities. Her words stung those at the receiving end of her criticism, and a plot was hatched to silence her.
Though famous for several things – including its temperate climate, abundant natural resources and above all, its regional capital Bengaluru, touted as India’s Silicon Valley for hosting IT giants – the southern state is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The whataboutery had the desired result. The government banned those wearing the saffron scarves too, giving the impression that they were being even-handed and that all students had to abide by the school uniform.
The closure of schools helped matters cool down. While the right to wear the hijab has always been a matter of debate in India, Karnataka high court judges are now deliberating whether it should be allowed in schools. The BJP has been piggy-backing on the right-wing groups. Ideologically aligned, they worked in tandem, and both aimed to benefit by communalising Karnataka, where Muslims accounted for no less than 12 percent of the population.
Some two years before Lankesh was gunned down, scholar MM Kalburgi was killed in his hometown of Dharwad in the state. He was killed because his demand for his Lingayat sect to be considered a separate religion was seen as anti-Hindu.
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