Can't be Hindu or Muslim nationalist: J-K court

[[Bregs]]

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s remark that he was a ‘Hindu nationalist’ stirred a debate earlier this year, but the Jammu and Kashmir high court has ruled that any person claiming affiliation with any form of religious nationalism shall be barred from contesting elections.

“In our constitutional scheme, a citizen of India is only an Indian. No person can claim himself to be a Hindu nationalist, Muslim nationalist, Sikh nationalist, Buddhist nationalist or a Christian nationalist,” justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar said in the ruling on Thursday.

“The constitutional provision is loud and clear (about it) and in unambiguous terms forbids using such expression,” he added.

Justice Attar said a very serious and potential threat is posed to the very existence of the idea of India by “the fringe elements, who take cover under various types of ‘isms’ other than Indianism”.

Attar’s observation came while hearing a petition filed by Sanjay Tickoo, president of the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), a body of Kashmiri Pandits who stayed back in the valley in the face of armed rebellion in 1990s.

Tickoo had moved a petition on safeguarding the Hindu temples in the valley saying “the ‘secular’ character of the Constitution would require the state and its authorities to protect the religious places”.

The petition said some non-Kashmiri Mahants had illegally allowed use of religious properties for commercial purposes and sought action against them.

The judge has directed the chief secretary “to take all required steps in accordance with law for protection of religious places of Hindus.”

Earlier this year, Modi described himself as a ‘Hindu nationalist’ because he was a born Hindu.

“I am a nationalist. I'm patriotic. Nothing is wrong. I am born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So I'm a Hindu nationalist,” he said in Gujarat in July this year during an interview with an international news agency. His remarks ruffled many a feather.

However, justice Attar said, "A person, who persists in use of such expression/s and, in fact, believes in such a thought, has to be dealt with according to constitutional mandate and other laws of the land."


Can't be Hindu or Muslim nationalist in India: J-K court - Hindustan Times

 

[Gautam]

Namo is born Hindu and he is a Nationalist. Thus, he is a Hindu nationalist. Just like A+B=AB. Very Simple.

"Being a Hindu (or Muslim) nationalist" does not mean not being the "Indian nationalist." Again, very simple.

Since when it has become a crime in this country to call one's own self a Hindu?

 

[[Bregs]]

This court ruling is definitely going to be escalated to Supreme court as these observations by high court can not be brushed aside for a certain individual

 

[Shankranthi]

Namo is born Hindu and he is a Nationalist. Thus, he is a Hindu nationalist. Just like A+B=AB. Very Simple.

"Being a Hindu (or Muslim) nationalist" does not mean not being the "Indian nationalist." Again, very simple.

Since when it has become a crime in this country to call one's own self a Hindu?

Its a crime from the eyes of the 'secular' muslim judge

BTW did you notice, the court case was about protection of hindu temple. The Judge started ranting about Hindu nationalist without provocation.

This court ruling is definitely going to be escalated to Supreme court as these observations by high court can not be brushed aside for a certain individual

LOL... its an observation, not a ruling. The ruling was for protection of Hindu temple in muslim kashmir.

It Hindu nationalist observation has no legal standing. The stupid judge has not even defined what his understanding of 'Hindu Nationalist' was

 

[Ayush]

 

[Sugarcane]

Namo is born Hindu and he is a Nationalist. Thus, he is a Hindu nationalist. Just like A+B=AB. Very Simple.

Your court is not agreed with this logic

 

[[Bregs]]

Its a crime from the eyes of the 'secular' muslim judge

BTW did you notice, the court case was about protection of hindu temple. The Judge started ranting about Hindu nationalist without provocation.


LOL... its an observation, not a ruling. The ruling was for protection of Hindu temple in muslim kashmir.

It Hindu nationalist observation has no legal standing. The stupid judge has not even defined what his understanding of 'Hindu Nationalist' was

True its not an order, That's why i said this issue will go up to supreme court because these observations are on very sensitive issue

 

[Gautam]

Your court is not agreed with this logic

Man... I dont have a problem with what the court said. I am merely saying what Modi had said when he made that remark. People are taking it out of context. People are thinking that he calls himself a Hindu, that means he is not an Indian anymore.

Moreover, its not a crime either if you wanna call yourself a Hindu or a Muslim in India.

If they think that everyone has just one identity i.e. Indian, then they should eliminate all the government documents which includes these details. Heck, even in collage admission form you have to mention your religion. The court should have made remarks about that too.

 

[Shankranthi]

True its not an order, That's why i said this issue will go up to supreme court because these observations are on very sensitive issue

Wrong. Since this is not an order there is nothing to take to the SC. This is just an observation which has no legal relevance.

 

[kurup]

Can somebody tell me what does being a Hindu Nationalist have to do with a case asking for safeguarding the Hindu temples in valley ???

Where is the relation ??? Why is the court giving such kind of observation ??

 

[Shankranthi]

Can somebody tell me what does being a Hindu Nationalist have to do with a case asking for safeguarding the Hindu temples in valley ???

Where is the relation ??? Why is the court giving such kind of observation ??

Relation is that the Judge's name is "Muzaffar Hussain Attar"

 

[joekrish]

Being a Hindu is the new crime in India.

 

[kurup]

Relation is that the Judge's name is "Muzaffar Hussain Attar"

Although I have great respect for our judiciary , in this case it seems to me that wht you said is the real reason .

 

[chhota bheem]

wait for the full details before jumping to any conclusions .

 

[Shankranthi]

wait for the full details before jumping to any conclusions .

Ok. We are all waiting.

What are the 'full' details ?