There is no denying the fact that the demolition of the Babri Masjid on that fateful day of December 6, 1992 was one of the most shocking events in the history of post-independence India. It was a reminder of how fragile our society is – open to exploitation along the lines of religion.
Rajdeep Sardesai thought that the incident was a shameful one. Any right thinking human would think the same way!
Lest we forget: today, 24 years ago a day of shame for Indian republic. The demolition of Babri masjid that unleashed a cycle of violence.
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) December 6, 2016
The problem is when influential voices like Sardesai deliberately remind the people not to forget such specific incidents while carefully glossing over others.
And this is what infuriated his followers on Twitter:
@sardesairajdeep completely uncalled for, u never said a word on Godhra or Anti Sikh Riots. Why now? got to let ppl forget these things.
— Rahul Dugal (@rahuldugal) December 6, 2016
@rahuldugal @sardesairajdeep Ppl though wish to forget how ethnic cleansing of Kashmir Pandits in 1990 was the cause of much that followed
— Nissar Guru (@NissarGuru) December 6, 2016
@sardesairajdeep why you can’t pick good chapters of Indian Republic form History to teach new generations ? Your negativity is a shame !
— Kshitij Mishra (@tweethunk14) December 6, 2016
@sardesairajdeep I was trying 2 locate a tweet with same sentiment on 31 Oct since SIKH GENOCIDE followed after the killing of Indira Gandhi
— Yudhister S Bisht (@True_mind777) December 6, 2016
@sardesairajdeep @kcvblr that’s what u call selective memory.history doesn’t start from babri masjid.hypocrites have a rubber pen.@Swamy39
— Vijay Bharadwaj (@vbharadwajcri) December 6, 2016
@sardesairajdeep @kcvblr that’s what u call selective memory.history doesn’t start from babri masjid.hypocrites have a rubber pen.@Swamy39
— Vijay Bharadwaj (@vbharadwajcri) December 6, 2016
@Karteek_MNS @sardesairajdeep Wt r u spreading, reminding to public abt d day forgotten! or provoking muslims? v know u & Gose bleed fr dem
— Vinayak Bhat (@Vinakuv) December 6, 2016
.@sardesairajdeep Even before 1992, hundreds of temples were demolished in Kashmir. Was it done to uphold the idea of Secularism??
— Naimish Khare (@naimishkhare) December 6, 2016
Indeed, the demolition of the masjid was a shameful thing, but people are trying to move on and build a harmonious society.
