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The ‘guru’ blamed for Bhima-Koregaon violence called Hindus useless, incapable & servile
MANASI PHADKE 8 January, 2018
Sambhaji Bhide delivering a speech. | YouTube screengrab
In his past speeches, the man accused of inciting the Bhima-Koregaon violence has hurled choice abuses at Hindus, apart from censuring Muslims, China & Pak.
Mumbai: Long before he was accused of inciting the Bhima-Koregaon violence, Sambhaji Bhide’s clear voice was ringing out over the towns and villages of Maharashtra, hurling choice abuses against Hindus. Yes, against Hindus.
ThePrint analysed five public speeches that Bhide (known as “Guruji”) delivered between 2015 and 2017, and found that the former RSS man primarily censures Muslims, bashes China and Pakistan, praises the ideology of Maratha warrior kings Shivaji and his son Sambhaji.
But he reserves his severest criticism for Hindus, slamming them as useless, incapable and servile, and mobilising his audience to follow the legacy of Shivaji and Sambhaji and build a Hindu rashtra.
“Who is a Hindu? One who is a traitor to his mother, father, family and country for his own selfishness is a Hindu,” Bhide said in 2017 at Raigad, the place of Shivaji’s coronation, addressing a large gathering where he resolved to build a 32-mann gold throne. Mann, also known as maund, is an old Indian unit of measurement roughly equivalent to about 37 kg.
In all his speeches, Bhide always puts such statements within a historical context. In this case, he narrated a story from the battle of Talikota, where he described how a 5,000-member Muslim unit of the Vijayanagar empire refused to fight the Deccan sultanates, saying they could not go to war against their own religion. “Snakes, cats and bugs cannot unite with anyone else,” Bhide said. In contrast, he added disdainfully, Hindus comprised 95 per cent of the armies of foreign invaders.
He has also lambasted Hindus for driving “Chinese cars”, relishing Chinese food, and even staying up to catch late-night cricket matches with Pakistan, despite India being at odds with the two countries.
At a rally in the Mumbai suburb of Goregaon in 2015, he said there had been no leader except Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who dared to directly call Pakistan an enemy.
“When the saffron alliance was in power, Balasaheb said Mumbai has 4.5 lakh Pakistani immigrants and they should be driven out. But the state’s so-called educated Hindus started saying that the foundation of democracy has become shaky,” Bhide said.
Scripture, foul words, and criticism of Gandhi
Bhide liberally uses foul words in his description of both Hindus and their “enemies”, and intersperses his speeches with historical episodes highlighting the greatness of Shivaji and Sambhaji, quotes the abhangas of Sant Tukaram, quotes from the Bhagavad Gita and other Sanskrit shlokas. Even in his 80s, he quotes dates and years of critical historical events, names of authors and books, and even page numbers he is referring to with ease.
“The eunuch Hindus who keep saying all religions are equal… Are they all really equal?” Bhide said, speaking at Bhosari in Pune district in 2015, adding how Aurangzeb burnt the eyes of Sambhaji to “show him the sight of Allah”.
“The great man on our currency notes gave us a mantra – ‘Hindu Muslim bhai bhai’. But that made Hindustan go down the drain. Forgetting the teachings of Chhatrapati Shivaji and Sambhaji Maharaj, he made this a nation of eunuchs… Why do we keep criticising Owaisi when we ourselves are so shameless?” he said.
He also said it was a politically-created myth that Shivaji used to treat all religions as equal. “If he did treat all religions as equal, why was Netaji Palkar not allowed to live as a Muslim?”
He added that Christians and Muslims never say all religions are equal, and only the “well-educated” Hindus want to say it. “The more educated the Hindu, the stupider he actually is,” Bhide said.
In a 2017 speech at Alandi, known for the samadhi of Sant Dnyaneshwar about 20 km from Pune, Bhide preached vegetarianism in the midst of a speech on the greatness of India.
He said: “We are so intelligent that no one stands anywhere close to us. Animals who are vegetarians are smart, agile. The most intelligent animal is an elephant. Those who are vegetarians have the highest intelligence.”
No particular political affiliation
Bhide maintains that he does not campaign for any particular political party, but he has in his speeches praised leaders such as Bal Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, describing him as a “good person”.
In the run-up to the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections, Bhide expressed his displeasure with both the Shiv Sena and the BJP for breaking their alliance and opening up the possibility of a split in votes.
He said he admired George Fernandes, who was defence minister in Vajpayee’s NDA government, adding that “though he was Christian”, he was a patriot.
However, Bhide came down heavily on senior BJP leader L.K. Advani for visiting Pakistan in 2005 and lauding Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
He has also lamented how no one really knows the glorious history of the Maratha empire, and how people say Shivaji was Maharashtra’s virtue, simply to get some applause. “For most,” he said, “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is just an office of profit.”
https://theprint.in/2018/01/08/the-...ence-called-hindus-useless-incapable-servile/
MANASI PHADKE 8 January, 2018
Sambhaji Bhide delivering a speech. | YouTube screengrab
In his past speeches, the man accused of inciting the Bhima-Koregaon violence has hurled choice abuses at Hindus, apart from censuring Muslims, China & Pak.
Mumbai: Long before he was accused of inciting the Bhima-Koregaon violence, Sambhaji Bhide’s clear voice was ringing out over the towns and villages of Maharashtra, hurling choice abuses against Hindus. Yes, against Hindus.
ThePrint analysed five public speeches that Bhide (known as “Guruji”) delivered between 2015 and 2017, and found that the former RSS man primarily censures Muslims, bashes China and Pakistan, praises the ideology of Maratha warrior kings Shivaji and his son Sambhaji.
But he reserves his severest criticism for Hindus, slamming them as useless, incapable and servile, and mobilising his audience to follow the legacy of Shivaji and Sambhaji and build a Hindu rashtra.
“Who is a Hindu? One who is a traitor to his mother, father, family and country for his own selfishness is a Hindu,” Bhide said in 2017 at Raigad, the place of Shivaji’s coronation, addressing a large gathering where he resolved to build a 32-mann gold throne. Mann, also known as maund, is an old Indian unit of measurement roughly equivalent to about 37 kg.
In all his speeches, Bhide always puts such statements within a historical context. In this case, he narrated a story from the battle of Talikota, where he described how a 5,000-member Muslim unit of the Vijayanagar empire refused to fight the Deccan sultanates, saying they could not go to war against their own religion. “Snakes, cats and bugs cannot unite with anyone else,” Bhide said. In contrast, he added disdainfully, Hindus comprised 95 per cent of the armies of foreign invaders.
He has also lambasted Hindus for driving “Chinese cars”, relishing Chinese food, and even staying up to catch late-night cricket matches with Pakistan, despite India being at odds with the two countries.
At a rally in the Mumbai suburb of Goregaon in 2015, he said there had been no leader except Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who dared to directly call Pakistan an enemy.
“When the saffron alliance was in power, Balasaheb said Mumbai has 4.5 lakh Pakistani immigrants and they should be driven out. But the state’s so-called educated Hindus started saying that the foundation of democracy has become shaky,” Bhide said.
Scripture, foul words, and criticism of Gandhi
Bhide liberally uses foul words in his description of both Hindus and their “enemies”, and intersperses his speeches with historical episodes highlighting the greatness of Shivaji and Sambhaji, quotes the abhangas of Sant Tukaram, quotes from the Bhagavad Gita and other Sanskrit shlokas. Even in his 80s, he quotes dates and years of critical historical events, names of authors and books, and even page numbers he is referring to with ease.
“The eunuch Hindus who keep saying all religions are equal… Are they all really equal?” Bhide said, speaking at Bhosari in Pune district in 2015, adding how Aurangzeb burnt the eyes of Sambhaji to “show him the sight of Allah”.
“The great man on our currency notes gave us a mantra – ‘Hindu Muslim bhai bhai’. But that made Hindustan go down the drain. Forgetting the teachings of Chhatrapati Shivaji and Sambhaji Maharaj, he made this a nation of eunuchs… Why do we keep criticising Owaisi when we ourselves are so shameless?” he said.
He also said it was a politically-created myth that Shivaji used to treat all religions as equal. “If he did treat all religions as equal, why was Netaji Palkar not allowed to live as a Muslim?”
He added that Christians and Muslims never say all religions are equal, and only the “well-educated” Hindus want to say it. “The more educated the Hindu, the stupider he actually is,” Bhide said.
In a 2017 speech at Alandi, known for the samadhi of Sant Dnyaneshwar about 20 km from Pune, Bhide preached vegetarianism in the midst of a speech on the greatness of India.
He said: “We are so intelligent that no one stands anywhere close to us. Animals who are vegetarians are smart, agile. The most intelligent animal is an elephant. Those who are vegetarians have the highest intelligence.”
No particular political affiliation
Bhide maintains that he does not campaign for any particular political party, but he has in his speeches praised leaders such as Bal Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, describing him as a “good person”.
In the run-up to the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections, Bhide expressed his displeasure with both the Shiv Sena and the BJP for breaking their alliance and opening up the possibility of a split in votes.
He said he admired George Fernandes, who was defence minister in Vajpayee’s NDA government, adding that “though he was Christian”, he was a patriot.
However, Bhide came down heavily on senior BJP leader L.K. Advani for visiting Pakistan in 2005 and lauding Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
He has also lamented how no one really knows the glorious history of the Maratha empire, and how people say Shivaji was Maharashtra’s virtue, simply to get some applause. “For most,” he said, “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is just an office of profit.”
https://theprint.in/2018/01/08/the-...ence-called-hindus-useless-incapable-servile/
