Aurangzeb Controversy Nagpur Incident: An exhibition of both these black and white photographs is going on at the Mumbai Press Club. In the exhibition, photographs related to the communal riots in Mumbai of 1992 – 93 have been represented. The exhibition has been set up with the objective that people can know the gruesome of communal violence and avoid such conflict in the time to bring lessons from it, but see with the irony that in Mumbai where the exhibition against communal riots is going on, Nagpur city is under the grip of communal tension on the distance of only 900 km. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra and Nagpur sub -capital. The current situation in Nagpur was about a person named Aurangzeb, who has died 318 years ago. Aurangzeb’s name has been bounced for a long time in Maharashtra politics, and Nagpur’s riot is its latest link.
Uncomfortable position for Fadnavis
Being the head of the Home Department, it is an uncomfortable subject for Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to deteriorate the law and order situation in his own home and order. On Monday evening, there was a clash between groups of two communities. Incidents such as arson, attacks on police and passers -by, and vehicles sabotage were revealed. The rioters used swords, choppers, axes and sticks to spread violence. The Nagpur police controlled the situation after hours of hard work, but by then 33 of their soldiers who had three DCP rank officers were injured.
Riot pre -planned?
On Tuesday, Fadnavis gave information on this communal violence in the assembly and described it as a result of rumors. According to him, activists of organizations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal organized a demonstration on Monday morning, in which a replica of Aurangzeb’s tomb was lit. By evening, the rumor spread that religious texts were written on the sheet climbed on the tomb. Subsequently, the rioters started raging in the city. Fadnavis also drew attention to the fact that a large number of stones were found from the scene, which suspected that the riot could be pre -planned. Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde also claimed that there was a conspiracy to target a particular community.
For the last three weeks, the controversy over the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb has been in the politics of Maharashtra. The depiction of atrocities on Chhatrapati Sambhaji by Aurangzeb in a Bollywood film made the audience emotional. Some organizations introduced the feud of Aurangzeb and Chhatrapati Sambhaji as a religious struggle. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi praised Aurangzeb, causing anger among Hindutva organizations. Despite apologizing, two criminal cases were registered against Azmi.
Aurangzeb’s grave
Some Hinduist organizations demanded the demolition of Aurangzeb’s grave in Khultabad (Sambhajinagar). On Monday, demonstrations were held in various parts of Maharashtra to speed up this demand. The demonstration in Nagpur turned into a communal conflict in a few hours. Fadnavis clarified that this tomb is under the protection of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and the government is obliged to keep it safe. However, he also said that Aurangzeb’s glorification will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alleged that the Aurangzeb controversy is a conspiracy completely hatched by the ruling parties to distract the attention of serious problems like farmers’ suicides, women’s safety, inflation. Opposition MLAs demonstrated outside the Vidhan Bhavan, demanding the dismissal of Minister Nitesh Rane from the cabinet to give stimulating statements. Recently, Rane referred to the car service of the Babri Masjid demolition, saying that Hindutva organizations should do their work and the government. The names of Chhatrapati Sambhaji and Aurangzeb have been used by political parties before. The renaming of Aurangabad to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar is also the result of this political discourse.
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