SC’s offer of five-acre plot to compensate for Babri demolition is charity by privileged to the underprivileged | The Indian Express

SC’s offer of five-acre plot to compensate for Babri demolition is charity by privileged to the underprivileged | The Indian Express

Written by Irena Akbar |Updated: November 13, 2019 10:13:04 am

Irena Akbar is a Lucknow-based entrepreneur and a former journalist with The Indian Express.

SC’s offer of five-acre plot to compensate for Babri demolition is charity by privileged to the underprivileged

Charity is given by the privileged group to the underprivileged group. Thank you, India, for reminding Muslims that privilege can only belong to the majority in a majoritarian state.

After May 23, the BJP re-launched its Hindutva agenda with a renewed zeal. A zeal boosted by the party’s re-election despite the failure to deliver on economic development. (CR Sashikumar)

We knew it was coming. We knew it since May 23, when the BJP was re-elected to power with a bigger majority than the previous general election. We knew that the BJP would not miss this most opportune moment in history to complete the campaign that first brought it to national prominence: The construction of the Ram Mandir on the ground where the Babri Masjid once stood.