'Communalism and Communal'- It's undoubtedly clear that these two words can never be interpreted as a riot between the two communities. It means two different groups of people having different opinions on a particular issue or principle.IN INDIAN politics, the words 'Communalism and Communal' are being often used to 'cow down' an opponent party, particularly during Assembly or Lok Sabha elections. They interpret the word ‘Communal’ as a riot between two religious groups, especially between the Hindus and the Muslims. Some parties use this word to indulge in generating hatred between these communities, thereby resulting in loss of lives and properties.
But what ‘Communal’ really means? I do not know what linguistic Pandits may say but I can only say that the words ‘Communal’ or ‘Communalism’ never indicate so, if we go by the dictionary meaning. According to an English dictionary, the word "Communal” means a collective, communistic, community, general, joint, neighborhood and public, shared. On the other hand, according to a Bengali dictionary, it means ‘Sectarian’.
It is thus undoubtedly clear that these two words can never be interpreted as a riot between the two communities. It means two different groups of people having different opinions on a particular issue or principle or concept or religion or political belief, etc.
It may also mean that the disputes between the two sections of people in respect of cast, race, etc. A particular political party in West Bengal does not have the concept of co-existence with the group of people having ideas other than Marxism or Marxist and thus always fights to increase the number of Marxists, even at the cost of life and property.
The process of reducing the number of supporters and members of other than Left parties has been going on for years by the cadres of the Left parties aiming ultimately to win the elections. This is done involving all anti-social elements and the people with selfish interests.
The Left leaders are thus confidently wining all elections in West Bengal for the last five General Elections.
The civil servants are also following the same path for the fear of various harassments in their service life by their Minister bosses and party bosses from the district to block level in addition to MPs and MLAs.
Is it a civilised democratic state? In such a state no political party can win all five General Elections with a huge margin consecutively, unless it uses its physical and mental coercion on voters and supporters of other parties.
If any person, leader, or political party or any Government at the Centre follows the social concepts of about 82 per cent people of India and respects the principle of co-existence with the remaining 12 per cent + 6 per cent other people of the country, can it be called Communalism? If a traceable percentage of people of our country following an imported -ism (Marxism) which is totally not related to our Indianism and also our country's development, calls them (followers of Indian social concepts of 82 per cent people) Communal, is it not a hypocrisy of those Marxists or Leftists?
Time has come now for the people of our country to think and rethink who are Communals and what is 'Communalism' in the present political and social scenario of the country.
