Need to Build and Strengthen Non-Political Secular Family – Dinesh Amin Mattu
Udupi: Today, Non-constitutional forces are ruling the country. The BJP cannot function without the RSS. Therefore, it is necessary for us to build and strengthen a secular family outside of politics. Through this, we must preserve the constitutional values of liberty, equality, and fraternity present in our multicultural society, stated senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu.
He was speaking at a meeting and seminar of office bearers organized by the Manava Bhanduthva Vedike Karnataka Forum and Women’s Forum, Mangalore division, at Ambagilu Kakunje Anugraha on Monday.
Tulu Nadu was built by the unity of Bunts, Billavas, Muslims, and Christians. The multicultural Tulu Nadu was built with love, not with hatred, conflict, or riots. There is an attempt to break this joint culture here. Monoculture is a symbol of inequality, authoritarianism, and exploitation, he said.
While the seeds of communalism were sown across the country after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, it was sown in the coastal region as early as the 1980s. Today, education and religion have become businesses here, along with politics and relationships. The multiculturalism here has been deliberately destroyed, he noted.
Gandhiji, Ambedkar, Buddha, Basava, Kanaka, Narayana Guru, and Valmiki are ours. We accept their principles wholeheartedly. However, we do not accept the principles of Manu, Golwalkar, Hedgewar, Savarkar, or Narendra Modi. Religion should remain within the home and not be brought to the streets. Those who use God as a political poster are the real traitors to religion, accused Dinesh Amin Mattu.
Discussing ‘The Current Challenges of Plural India’, senior thinker Prof. K. Phaniraj stated that pluralism is part of our daily culture. However, attempts are being made to destroy the civic identity from within by breaking the constitution through politics. We need plural unity. We must be vigilant when it turns into uniformity. Civil society must fight against this, he emphasized.
Public Works Minister and founder of the Manava Bhanduthva Forum, Satish Jarakiholi, who inaugurated the seminar, said people should know the true history of the country. Through this, our aim is to bring about change. The coastal region is our most challenging district. Within the next 10 years, we will achieve our goal here, making it a place of peace, he said.
There is a need to implement a unified law that brings equality and freedom to the oppressed in the country. The uniform civil code should be in a unified form, not a uniform one, opined Prof. Phaniraj.
We must create a uniform civil code that incorporates the elements of freedom and equality present in all religions. However, attempts are being made today to impose a uniform civil code that breaks pluralism, kills equality, and suppresses freedom through Brahmanical and Vedic supremacy, he alleged.
The meeting was presided over by Dr. A.B. Ramachandrappa, state coordinator of Manava Bhanduthva Forum. Present on the dais were Dr. Leela Sampige, state coordinator of the Women’s Forum, Shanti Byndoor, Udupi district coordinator, Premi Fernandes, Dakshina Kannada district coordinator, K.S. Satish Kumar, Mangalore divisional coordinator of the Manava Bhanduthva Forum m, Ronald Manohar Karkada, state committee member, and Jayaram Poojary, Dakshina Kannada district coordinator. Charles Ambler welcomed the gathering. Steven Culaso compered the program.