Justice Katju has done it again. Sparking outrage is becoming routine for the former Supreme Court Judge. This time he has picked on the Mahatma.
Katju’s latest theory is this - Gandhi was a British agent who did great harm to India. Writing in his blog, Katju says -
“By constantly injecting religion into politics continuously for several decades, Gandhi furthered the British policy of divide and rule.”
Even more provocatively, Katju also chose to take on Gandhi’s unique brand of non-violent protest, Satyagraha -
“Gandhi successfully diverted the freedom struggle from revolutionary direction to a harmless nonsensical channel called Satyagrah. This also served British interests.”
“Some people praise Gandhi’s bravery in going to Noakhali, etc to douse the communal violence at the time of Partition. But the question is why did he help setting the house on fire in the first place by preaching religious ideas in public political meetings for several decades.”
In what has proved to be yet another successful attempt by Katju at “making himself unpopular”, people from all walks of life have hit back on social media. The Mahatma’s great-grandson tweeted -
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