He was speaking at a seminar on 'Saffronisation of Text Books and Subaltern Voice' organised by the Pathya Pustaka Kesarikarana Horata Samithi in Mangalore on Sunday.
In the form of saffronisation of text books, the Sangh Parivar forces are trying to impose Vedic principles into the minds of children which are anti-Dalits, he said. A constant attempt to project Muslims as looters has always been made by saffron forces in books besides projecting the secular Tipu Sultan in negative light for the sole reason that he was a Muslim, Mr. Honnapura said. Such attempts by BJP and Sangh Parivar to generate feeling of hatred against Muslims, Christians, Dalits and other weaker sections need to be stopped, he said.
The Sangh Parivar forces have been able to impose 'Manu culture' owing to the silence of Dalits, Mr. Honnapura said. “Given the kind of atrocities that have been carried out against Dalits for ages, they should have become terrorists long ago. But they have been patient all along, which has been misused by the Sangh Parivar”, he opined.
Representatives of various likeminded and progressive organisations were present.
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