I, along with my wife, got the opportunity yesterday, 9th May 2015, to attend a meeting at Delhi held in connection with the  70th Anniversary of the defeat of fascism. The II World War ended on 9th May 1945, after the Red Army of the USSR defeated nazi army, captured Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany and hoisted the Red Flag there. It was in memory of this great victory that the meeting was held. There were a large number of people attending the meeting. Only Coms. Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary  CPI(M) and Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary CPI addressed. It was a meeting arranged by CPI(M) and CPI.

Com. Sitaram Yechury accused the BJP and RSS of trying to bring in a “neo-fascist” system in the India replacing secular democratic republic of the country, “copying” what Hitler did 70 years ago.

“The rise of fascism required spreading hatred amongst majority against minorities. Hitler imbibed such hatred against Jews. Consolidating Aryans, he created the base for fascism.

“Similar process is being followed in our country. In the place of Jews, there are minorities.  BJP is spreading hatred against minorities and consolidating Hindus and playing  politics. This is a complete copy of fascism. They want to finish the democratic republic and bring neo-fascist system in present condition,” he alleged.

The comparison was very clear to the people present. I remembered something in this connection. For many years I had wanted to read “Mein Kampf”, the autobiographical manifesto, written in 1925 by Nazi supremo Adolf Hitler, before he came to power, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. The book was not available, since it was probably banned in India. All of a sudden on one day, I saw the book in the Railway Book Stall at Delhi. I purchased the same. It was after the BJP Government under Atal Behari Bajpaye has come for the first time. The ban on the book have been removed by the government. Naturally.

This is one more instance which connects the BJP Government with Fascism.