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Islamists turn berserk, go on hypocritical Twitter rant after tourists pose with saffron flags in front of Taj Mahal

January 5, 2021
The Commune

Now that tourist attractions are open to the public after the ‘Unlock’ guidelines in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, some members of the Hindu Jagran Manch visited the Taj Mahal on Monday. They also waved saffron flags in front of the 17th century mausoleum and posed for photographs. However, four persons, including the outfit’s youth wing district president were soon arrested. They were charged under section 153 A (Promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion) of IPC and Section 7 of The Criminal Law Amendment Act at Tajganj police station based on a complaint filed by the CISF.

Unfortunately, the waving of saffron flags did not go down well with Islamists on Twitter. Triggered, they ranted on the social media platform, going as far as casting aspersions on the security personnel stationed at the tourist spot.

Some even made shocking allegations that Hindus in government service, serving in any capacity, were incapable of being loyal to India’s Constitution!

Also triggered by the colour saffron was noted performer Swara Bhaskar, who made the astounding — and deeply mystifying — mental leap that simply waving saffron flags on the premises of a Mughal-era mausoleum was tantamount to “vandalism”.

It is hilarious that the same people — self-confessed liberals, no less — have a problem with people simply waving saffron flags in front of a public monument, while they see no issue with namaz offered inside a temple.

Several netizens then went on to praise the Mughals for building the structure, making crude attempts at basking in reflected glory (if the word ‘glory’ could be associated with the Mughal Empire, that is). They also called the sightseers ‘sanghis’, ‘goons’, ‘thugs’, ‘chaddis’, ‘extremists’ etc.

Another Twitter user went on stress the everlasting Islamic nature of the structure.

Another netizen went on to make a bold statement about the revenue generated from the Taj Mahal.

It must be noted that while the revenue generated from the Taj Mahal (which is only a mausoleum of national importance) was roughly ₹86.5 crores in 2018-19, the annual revenue generated for the State from just one Hindu temple in Karnataka — the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple — was ₹89 crore, as reported in April 2018. One can only speculate on the entire revenue generated for the State from thousands of temples that are under government control across the country.