The Prime Minister of a nation with 172 million Muslims citizens did not mention the festival of Eid, which is in August, in his address to the nation Tuesday. Narendra Modi rattled off the names of all upcoming festivals such as Guru Purnima, Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali, Durga Puja, Chhath Puja, and Kati Bihu. He even announced an extension of the Centre’s free-ration scheme till the end of November, and detailed how much wheat, rice and chana families would get.
But there was no mention of Eid.
“From July onwards, the atmosphere of festivals begins to develop. Now see, we have Guru Purnima on 5 July. Then Saawan (month of Hindu calendar) will start. We will then have 15 August, Raksha Bandhan, Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Onam. If you move further ahead, we have Bihu, Navaratri, Durga Puja, Dussehra, Diwali, Chhath Puja,” he said in his 15-minute address.
Guru Purnima is the closest upcoming festival, followed by Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh Chaturthi, and Janmashtami, all of which fall in the month of August. But Modi decided to take a convenient leap till Diwali, Durga Puja and Kati Bihu, completely skipping Bakri Eid, which will be on 31 July – 1 August.
This is new India where Muslim festivals can be ignored. But is this an act of omission or commission?
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A deliberate slip-up
Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMM president, pointed out that Modi made it a point to mention chana in his address, but failed to mention Eid. Nonetheless, Owaisi wished the PM Eid Mubarak. Activist-scholar Umar Khalid questioned Modi’s popular claim of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.
.@PMOIndia aaj China par bolna tha, bol gaye CHANA par. Which was also necessary since your unplanned lockdown had left many working people without food.
Also noticed that you listed many festivals in coming months but missed Baqr Eid? Chaliye, phir bhi aapko peshgi Eid Mubarak
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) June 30, 2020
Did you miss out on Eid in the list of upcoming festivals? Sabka Saath?
— Umar Khalid (@UmarKhalidJNU) June 30, 2020
Modi, however, is not someone to miss such details. He often extols the fabric of India. He is well aware that his words, or his omissions, will be noted and analysed — and he wants them to be. It was nothing less than a deliberate skip, a design to hurt Muslim sentiments, and invisibilise them.
Some will say that he tweets on Eid. But that he does because not doing so would invite direct questioning and international attention.
Pick up any of Modi’s addresses, he rarely includes Muslims or Christians. This is a strong signalling to his core constituency that dreams of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’.
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Only apathy
Many years ago, Modi refused to wear a skull cap during his sadbhavana fast in Gujarat. Today, he ignores a Muslim festival, even in such grim times of unemployment and widespread morbidity caused by a pandemic.
The only time Modi notices Muslims is when there is a protest on the streets. He recognises them by their clothes, and then his supporters spread Islamophobia identifying Muslims on the basis of their names, beards and burqas.
A Prime Minister who espouses slogans such as ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ would have at least shown the humility of acknowledging Muslims, who followed his lockdown call to stay indoors during Ramzan, while mosques remained shut. But Modi only has apathy to show for the community. Clearly, the idea of diversity is just a diplomatic postcard for Prime Minister Modi.
Views are personal.
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Thats the reason we vote for modiji we don’t need Islamic terrorist in our nation… Good job modiji
Mr Bharay: The only terrorists in the nation today are your itchy-groined gaurakshak friends who go about lynching poor Muslim cattle traders. Of course, they all get garlanded and offered sweets by BJP Union Ministers like Jayant Sinha…
And meanwhile, have you looked at the economy undr Modiji? Or for that matter the fact that Indian territory is being gobbled up by the Chinese thanks to inept leadership by the BJP?
You should be more worried about Chinese aggression than Islamic terrorism Mr Bharay. And perhaps start by destroying the Chinese made smartphone you are holding in your hands. You can restart your braying once you have done that.
Thats the reason we vote for modiji we don’t need Islamic terrorist in our nation…
It’s all about mindset has no doubt left promoting “HINDOUTAWA” in India …… Goodluck MODI
Why u all are fighting before all you are indian and this the print they are getting good amount from investor to run their content.rubbish content always antii for every religion it should be ban same as like tik tok and editior should be ashmed For printing this kind of things .
When the country is reeling under poor Covid19 handling, PM reminds about upcoming festivals (some newly invented!!),as if the whole country is in very Happy mood. As usual don’t give much importance to his cinematic action. What he best does is Jumla Baazi let him continue to do it along with Mann Ki Baat (Let him say some Kaam Bi Baat).
Hai guys pls don’t fight hamey kisi ki jarurat nahi hai wishing ki apne_apne tehwer koh khud hi yad karo koi bole na bole kya farak padta hai this not a first time
Correct nothing is going to happen Eid-ul-adha will be celebrated as usual.
Thanks Mr. PM not mentioning Eid we don’t want degrade the festival to that level
Have a good day.
Day in and day out we hear animal lovers criticizing atrocities on animals like dogs, elephants, tigers etc. Why do they not have similar concern for poor goats. Should the day of killing goats in huge numbers be called a festival.
its not killing its sacrifice like you break innocent fruit coconut in temple ?
Sensitive much?!
Butcher of Gujrat has become more open about his hatred for Muslims since his last victory. Why not? It gets him re-elected by a sick society that India has become.
What about Pandits, hindus of Mopla tyranny in Malabar
What about Hashimpura, Muzzafarnagar, Bombay riots, Godhra, Sikh pogroms of 1984, Nellie and so on which were perpetrated by Hindus like you Mr Gopala K?
In most riots in India, the victims have almost always been minorities – Muslims, Sikhs or Dalits. Of course, people like you whose tunnel vision is worsened by the saffron tinted glasses they wear might disagree. As your ilk usually does with facts.
Why surrender modi why ?? ?
What else can one expect from a creep like you ?. You are anty
Indian, anty hindu , and most of all YOU are anty the great MODI.
Anyone who living in India, doesn’t support the nation, he/she is a traitor. Same time India is supposed to be a democratic country, like it or not, it as a nation support all his people, irrespective of their religion. P.M. MODI ,does like muslims of middle east, Afghanistan;he just doesn’t like the Indian muslims.
Mr Dinker: I guess they do not teach you how to spell in that RSS shakha of yours do they ?
Media is silent when hon. Court has released all the Tabhlighi innocent, but media and sicial media shout when idd is not named in any speech, still we live in immature democracy where action in less important than speech
Is baar Eid par gaye zaroor kategi
All Muslims are butt-hurt. It’s as if Modi not mentioning ‘Eid’ will finish off Islam! What sort of fragile religion is Islam? Now, will Eid not come and will you chaps not be able to slaughter-sacrifice fattened goats because Modi did not mention ‘Eid’ in his address, is it so?
Suar bhi katenge sath main, tujhe aur tere poore parivar k muuh main daalkar jaunga inshallah
PM probably thought he was addressing Bihar BJP election rally. Also while speaking about extension of free food grain program,why link Hindu festivals. We have many panditjis to tell dates of festivals. As for as poor they see God in their bread. We have not come across any Indian PM who lists out festivals in an address to nation. Was he addressing Indian/bharat or Hindu rashtra
I think Modi skipped mentioning Eid so that the author gets something to write about. According to the author Eid carrys significance only if Modi mentions it. Looks like for the author there is no world outside Modi. Anyway she should be thankful that he gives her topics to write about in her Modi obsessed life.
U Dumb tool,,. It is a question of inclusiveness and deliberate attempt to omit mentioning eid…after mentioning 12 festivals……screw you.. ….ghatiya pm ….and his gobar aim
This is a perfect example of fear mongering. These people do everything they can to bring focus on some useless stuff. Here they don’t care about speech, they don’t care about next schemes, they don’t care of about anything but some words (here some missing words). Such a lame article. Wonder how she got the job. Oh sorry, this is “The Print”. She is eligible for even promotion now.
Lame good for nothing creatures.
When you are the prime minister of a country, all your speeches and actions will be monitored and scrutinized, this is what you signed up for, when you know there is an unrest and spread of islamophobia in the country, it is your responsibility to show a sign of solidarity with the community whenever you get a chance to do so, but he didn’t, what does that say? He knows the state we are in, how the public is feeling but still he left it out, this is indeed a signal. No one is being deliberately victimized here.
PM ka wish nhi krne se koi farq nhi padta.
He is well known by large mass of people.
Of course it was deliberate. The Führer only really addresses the jingoistic Astrology believing simpletons. It was a joke of a speech. Just some warming up and stretching out for the Bihar elections. Everything is about elections!
Excellent, hard-hitting comment Mr Nachhattar Singh !
The Führer issues his proclamations and his Hindutva espousing minions get their much needed orgasms from hearing his vacuous ramblings. And as you so aptly point out, the PM has his eyes on the Bihar elections – not on the nosediving economy, the aggressive Chinese, the disease that has spun out of control and the increasing polarisation in the country…
He is anti Muslin, It is only reason why i vote for BJP. Love BJP
Jai Tamila: You remind me of a BBC interview with a very sick coal miner in Pennyslvania, USA who was a rabid Trump supporter. This white ignoramus depended on Obamacare to the tune of USD 6000/ month to get his pulmonary illnesses under control . However, he loved the racist, white supremacist rhetoric of Donald Trump and voted for that bigot who promised to do away with Obamacare. The coal miner actually signed his own death warrant by voting for Trump and soon saw healthcare benefits whittled down.
You remind me of that bigoted miner Jai Tamila. Meanwhile, watch your bank account dwindle with your money becoming less worth due to inflation. Hopefully, you will have a job despite the gross economic mismanagement by the BJP.
In any case, continue to vote for the BJP. It is your death warrant after all !!
He said muharram
It would have been clear to any person with a sincere mind that the primary focus of Modi’s address yesterday was to explain the various scheme the central government has formulated and/or implemented for helping the poorest people of India, especially in the light of the current pandemic. This included schemes such as free food for the poor, medical care for the poor and schemes for providing them employment. Modi mentioned those festivals only in the passing, and it was not intended to be a complete or comprehensive list. You have to either lack comprehension abilities at a very fundamental level or be extremely communal, divisive and sick-minded to keep harping on a supposed omission such as not mentioning Eid in the list of festivals.
सारे ज़रूरी मुद्दे गायब क्यूँ थे?
उसका ज़रूरी मुद्दा कब गायब था?
वो जनता से बात करने आया कब था?
वो नफरत का एक नया बीज बोने आया था!
उनके पर्व को नीचे दिखने आया था.
अपनी झूटी निष्ठां जताने आया था.
क्यूंकि अब यही एक आखरी सहारा नज़र आ रहा है !
सबके नाम गिना कर एक को जान बूझ कर छोड़ने का जोड़ीदार
का फार्मूला एक बार पहले भी जनता को पिलाया जा चूका है.
लेकिन अब इस देश की गंगा जमुनी तहज़ीब पे इन गंदी चालों का कोई असर नहीं होने वाला!
तुम्हारा असली चेहरा सबके सामने आ चूका है !
Of course a deliberate omission to keep bhakts happy. Let them be happy since all of them thrive on negativity. They dont realise their whole psyche is changed. People whose hearts are filled with hate can never love others even themselves or their families fully.
Really amazed to see mass supporters of modi without any reason lyk seriously people who are offended for not mentioning eid-ul-azha are expressing their views and it’s normal for them to react but majorities r lyk mere bhai Ko kuch nhi bolne ka ..agar yehi attitude Apne country ke development urf “vikaas” pe jawab mangne lagte tb to tarraki ho hi Jana tha is desh ka
In the Black Lives matter campaign, the first thing in the US, that protestor wanted was understanding and not denial.
In Other Religions Matter in India, the first thing you will find is instant denial that PM Modi is a hypocrite which is also a reflection of their denial.
Neither omission , nor commission but a deep conviction . Just as he abrogated the Article 370 and never mind if it is Bye-Bye Ladakh .People with deep convictions can never be politically savvy no matter what price they have to pay for it..
Why are people so communal in India? This practice was started by the greatest Scam party the Scamgress party headed by master Scamster Nehru, continued by his so-called daughter Indira and successive Scamgress govermments. Can these communal muslims please clarify if their great leaders followed Indian festivals and wore dhoti and angavastra and went to any temple. Lets start with ex VP if India Ansari. Is it not blasphemous to follow any other religion other than islam as per koran? Please answer communal people….
Will not educate self in modern science as it goes against religious texts . Forget nitpicking concentrate on reforming the community. Otherwise please inform us where the community is in absolute majority why are still killing each other in thousands. Unless you reform over the top religious fundamentalist beliefs you will always find fault with others
Views are personal and stupid. Why some people always need special treatment. He doesnt need to celebrate that , so he didnt name it.
This article is the perfect example of why The Print exists – it’s a mouthpiece of the disgruntled, anti-establishment, bitter & negative people who contribute nothing and criticize everything.
Best ignored.
He repeated 130 crore Indians, 130 crore citizens multiple times. It includes people of all religions. Such nitpicking as done by the author reflects his personal bias more than anything else.
All the sickulars looking for an excuse to het butt hurt about inconsequential things…no matter that you cant bother or focus on anything positive considering the magnitude of the situation this Govt is facing and dealing with while librandus keep whining and crying about imagined slights.
Why only Muslims have problems everytime and why everybody is concerned about only one minority community? We, Jains are in much greater minority. And @narendramodi ji didn’t mention our festival of Paryushan which falls just before Ganesh Chaturthi! But we dont have a problem, because for us Hinduism is a way of life!!!
Should Bakri Id be construed as festival when thousands perhaps millions of goats are sacrificed?
Mr Arjun: The Hindu festival of Gadhimai which is celebrated in North East India and Nepal entails the ritual sacrifice of hundred of cattle. It is one of the world’s largest animal slaughters, see ref: bit.ly/3eW6Zp0
So why don’t you and your 56 inch chested mentor raise your voices against it ?
HYPOCRISY !
To be honest, people just wanna crib and prove him of being anti Muslim. What abt events like Dubai or US when he meets lot of Muslims there and many were there in those events. I mean that’s a height of hypocrisy. When everyone gets the sarkaari benefits and there is no discrimination in that then why people just become so selective abt his speeches.
For instance in Indian army, whosoever gives the highest sacrifice for nation is not discriminated on the basis of cast creed or religion and they are entitled to get every benefit from the govt then why to crib and criticize unnecessarily on these things which might not be even related to what’s it being forced to relate to. Grow up psuedo intellectuals or hypcrites.
This is trivia. It’s not worth the read. It’s also a boring and hackneyed narrative of victimhood.
Then why did you read it? Obviously, you thought it was worth reading and then make comments about the article’s triviality and narrative of victimhood.
You are the ‘bot’ assigned to this story to write in defence of the article and the article writer and The Print. How much are you paid for the service?
Mr Sushil Kumar: How much are you paid by the BJP IT cell to call Mr Gumvinder Singh names?
Modi ji ne ye bhi nhi btaya ki kitna ration so called minorities ko jyga ?
Now he doesn’t even hide his hatred for Muslims.
Mr Razor: He never did hide his hatred for Muslims. Godhra 2002 is proof enough. And calling Muslims “termites” to be thrown into the Bay of Bengal as Amit Shah did and without any remorse is more proof that the edifice of this government is built upon hatred of Muslims. And as a Hindu – not a Hindutvaist – I hang my head in shame.
Knowing Narendra Modi, it was certainly a deliberate omission. And when he had reached upto November end, where was the harm in going a short month further and also including Christmas? I would like to remind those who have a short memory, that in his very first year of POWWWER, in 2014, Modi had canceled the holiday of 25 December.
No. He did not cancel Dec 25 holiday. Students of Kendriya vidyalaya were told to celebrate good governance day in memory of Atal bihari vajpayi whose birthday is also on dec 25th. Stop false propaganda
For children a holiday is a holiday. Why should they celebrate a fraud called good governance: or whatever in the name of anybody? To completely subvert respected institutions like CBI and SC is good governance? Of course, things will unfold in such a manner was not known on the very first Christmas day of Modi’s rule, but why change an age-old practice, just to underline that he was now in POWWWER? The way he interfered in the decision-making of Rafale just to favor a thoroughly incompetent industrialist Anil Ambani, and put our nation’s security in peril, which may cost us very heavy, God forbid, if there is a war at this juncture, was that good governance?
What about Hanukkah?
Damn, you guys are really some cribabies. Next time the guy says you’ll say he said it for the sake of it. Even you guys know you’ll never get satisfied. Nonetheless,prime Minister should’ve mentioned the festival.
Good comment
A good point. However, Modi is not impacted by such an omission. His voters do not really care or notice.
He also missed Parsi New Year but we don’t care. We just carry on with our lives.
What about Halloween and Thanksgiving?
Indians of American origin are devastated by their omission.
‘Indian American Lives Matter’
Fool!!
Modi has tweeted in Urdu as well. You people have always tarnished the nation’s image on global level by deliberately demonising him and proving him as Anti-Muslim
He is anti indian muslims, he love arab muslims because they are rich, he needs investment from them, he remember all festivals of only hindus, it is deliberate omission/attempt to appease hardcore hindu community.
He did not mention Christmas either. But only one community, with as many as 20 crore people, fall under minorities who matter for Indian liberals and media.
Please feel free to go to the place demanded by people like you and called pure stan
So bad. Muslims again being victimized.
India should see US like ‘Muslim Lives Matter’ protests…oh wait, we saw that from Dec’19 to Feb’20 and look how they ended in Delhi.
what is your problem?
Did you ask him for meethi sewayian during last Eid?
If not, then why crib.
You have OPENLY put your Shahi Tukde in others basket but still look for Namo’s validation?
It is only people like you who Analyse Mr. Modi’s speech and then tell muslims….see he has not taken ur festival’s name…see he is so and so….
Unless people like you point it out, no one notice all these things…
And all will live happily…
But how can people like you allow that to happen.
Please stop this fear mongering and spreading hatred.