odisha, once celebrated for its inclusive culture of Jagannath Bhakti, syncretism, and peace, is rapidly mutating into a testing ground for communal terror politics. Just a year into BJP’s rise in the state, the transformation isn’t about development, jobs, or governance — it’s about the systematic injection of fear, identity warfare, and religious vigilantism. The latest horror: Muslim street vendors in cuttack beaten with sticks and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram.” This isn’t politics anymore. This is a disease.
1. From temple City to Terror Streets
cuttack is a city that should be known for its silver filigree, durga puja grandeur, and cultural richness. Instead, its streets now host mobs who think beating vendors and forcing religious chants is a form of patriotism. The land of Jagannath — a deity worshipped across castes and communities — is now being twisted into a playground for hate slogans.
2. The “Transformation” Nobody Asked For
BJP claims it has “transformed odisha in a year.” That part is true — but the transformation isn’t about better healthcare, industry, or education. It’s about weaponizing identity, polarizing communities, and normalizing mob rule. The idea of progress has been replaced with a reality of paranoia.
3. Vendors Become Villains Overnight
Street vendors are the backbone of indian towns. They feed you when you’re hungry, quench your thirst, and hustle to survive. But in the BJP’s odisha, Muslim vendors are being painted as outsiders, enemies, and soft targets. business becomes blasphemy. Identity becomes a death sentence.
4. The politics of Fear, Dressed as Faith
“Jai Shri Ram” should be a chant of devotion. Instead, it has been hijacked into a battle cry of intimidation. The young men with sticks in cuttack weren’t protecting dharma — they were perverting it into a tool of humiliation. That’s the toxic genius of BJP-style politics: corrupt faith until it becomes indistinguishable from fear.
5. Silence is Complicity
Where are the police? Where is the government that promised “law and order” and “development”? Silence. The state looks away, because violence serves the larger agenda. A society where minorities live in fear is a society easier to control. And that, more than anything, reveals the true goal of the BJP’s transformation project in Odisha.
⚡ Bottom Line:
odisha didn’t vote for communal mobs. It voted for change, for governance, for progress. But what it got is a cheap imitation of Uttar Pradesh’s hate labs, a state where vigilantes rule and victims bleed. The assault on Muslim street vendors in cuttack isn’t an isolated act — it’s a warning sign of the odisha BJP wants to build: fearful, fractured, and forever divided.
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