Lucknow university is burning again, and this time the footage is too loud to ignore. The day before yesterday, Muslim students stepped out and started offering namaz right outside the mosque in open protest. Instead of chaos, something rare happened — Hindu students formed a human chain around them, literally standing guard so they could pray in peace. No slogans, no stones, just raw solidarity on a campus already boiling over the closure of the historic red Barracks building, where namaz had been offered for years.
Then came yesterday.BJP’s youth wing rolled in like clockwork and started chanting Hanuman Chalisa at full volume — a deliberate, in-your-face counter-protest. Same campus, same day, same tension. Another group of students erupted in anger over the red Barracks shutdown, demanding their old prayer space back. Peaceful protection turned into fresh polarisation within 24 hours.
And here’s the savage, uncomfortable truth nobody wants to say out loud: this isn’t random. This is a pattern. Every time Muslims try to assert basic rights — pray, protest, exist — the same political machinery kicks in with loud religiosity, closures, and counter-mobilisation. The BJP’s entire identity these days seems built on one mission: keep Muslims on the defensive, keep the fire burning, keep the votes flowing.
Hindus shielding Muslims one day, bjp youth wing turning it into a spectacle the next — that’s not a coincidence, that’s the playbook. lucknow university just gave the country a front-row seat to how deep this rot runs. India deserves better than leaders who thrive on division. The students showed it. The party showed the opposite. Your move, India. What’s it going to be?
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