On the otherwise a soulful soil of the sub-continent, where peace and tranquillity prevailed, Evil was born on September 17th, 1950. This date is celebrated by bigots as the birthday of the “Butcher of Gujarat”, Narendra Modi.

Co-incidentally as a twist of misfortune and a deep sense of chagrin for the multitude of minorities in India, only seven months earlier to this date, the Indian Constitution, adopted on Nov 26th, 1949, was implemented on 26th January, 1950, declaring India as a ‘Secular State’.

Little did the stars in the sky know that seven months later, evil will find its presence in the shape of a human, though wicked, villainous, wrong-doer and malefactor.

As an insult to humanity, he stands today crowned as the first prime minister to undo the Constitution of India.

The Indian Constitution in its preamble and various Articles guarantees religious freedom and prohibits discrimination based on religion, thereby establishing its secular state structure. It wasn’t a hogwash. Jawaharlal Nehru was sincere towards making a secular state.

The word ‘secular’ was incorporated in the preamble through the 42nd amendment in 1976 strengthening its secular status. In a historic judgment of the Supreme Court of India it was stated clearly, “In matters of state, religion has no place…..Any state government which pursues un-secular policies or unsecure course of action acts contrary to the constitutional mandate and renders itself amenable to action under article 356”. Is the Supreme Court of India sleeping? Why there is no action? Complicit.

Modi’s accomplice, the current home minister, Amit Shah, was another curse to descend upon the sub-continent, exactly 14 years later than the arrival of the first evil.

He started off as a slimy worker of RSS. The Baniya from Gujarat (Modi is also from Gujarat as an embarrassment to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, for he too hailed from Gujarat) in his audacious address recently to saffron colour-clad young Hindus remarked, “leave Islam for me to handle, I know what to do – you just concentrate on producing more children, while you must simultaneously build up armaments for personal use”.

Amit Shah’s mother was an avid Ghandhian, says his official profile, but everything he has done since entering into politics in 1982, having befriended, Modi earlier, has been the massive violation of the secular principles of MK........

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