Sudarshan TV’s Suresh Chavhanke, of notorious ‘UPSC jihad’ fame has been a repeat offender – peddling hate and Islamophobia at regular intervals on his electronic media channel, Sudarshan TV. His latest target is none other than Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the well-nown freedom fighter and independant India’s first education minister who was also known as a left-leaning rational Muslim. Since 2008, November 11, every year, is celebrated as the National Education Day in India to commemorate his birth anniversary. A twitter post was put up by the union minister for road transport & highways, Nitin Gadkari honoring Abul Kalam. However, the said twitter post was then re-shared by Chavhanke, along with vile, communal and instigating comments.
Sharing this picture, Chavhanke wrote “how can someone become the Bharat Ratna or the Education Minister of India when they are not from India?” (jo bharat ke nahi the veh “bharat ratna” ya “bharat ke shiksha mantri” kese banaye gaye the?)
“How can a country, which has been hunted by the joint conspiracy of the British and jihadis, accept the National Education Day in the name of hunters?” (angrezo aur jihadiyon ke sanyukt shadyantra ka shikar kiya gaya desh, Shikari ke naam par rashtriya shikha diwas kese mana sakte hai?)
He then went on to tag Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), asking them to “consider changing the decision of the previous government (pichle Sarkar ka yeh nirnay badla jae)”.
While this is not the first time that Suresh Chavhanke has indulged in hate speech with an intention to provoke communal disharmony, he has, with this November 11 post, surpassed all limits by attacking a man integral to India’s freedom struggle. Maulana Azad who was a visionary made important contribtuions to education and rationality that are widely recognized. Azad had also stressed that primary education is a fundamental right for every citizen, without which they will not be able to perform their duties as a citizen fully.
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