Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti Celebrated in Qatar
Mulniwasi Bahujans in Qatar (NRI's) celebrated Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti on 26th Feb. 2010 at Hotel Alishan, Doha (Qatar). The program was organised with the initiative taken by Mr.Uttam Vaidya, Mr. Rajesh Chavan, Mr. Vijay Harne, Mr. Vijay Parate, Mr. Naresh Lanjewar, Mr. A.T. Deshmukh and all his collegues. There was participation of almost 25 Delegates from all over Qatar. Mr. Ashish Jiwane, (Coordinator, BAMCEF International Network - Middle East), from Abudhabi was chief guest on this occasion. The program was initiated at 8:00PM with introduction of all the members present followed by Dinner break at 8:45PM. After the dinner the main awakening session on the life and events of Bahujan Pratipalak Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was started. Speakers on this session were Mr. Naresh Lanjewar and Mr. A.T. Deshmukh. Mr. Ashish Jiwane gave elaborative information on Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Speaking on the life and events of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mr.Naresh Lanjewar told that due to non-availability of real history on Shivaji Maharaj lot of confusions are created in the society. It is always in the media that Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj always hated Muslims. But if we study the real life history of Shivaji then the same is reverse. There are many incidents in the life of Shivaji Maharaj where his Muslim colleagues helped him. We need to study more and awaken our people.
Sant Raidas Nagar, Chandigarh—28th Dec 2009: Four days national convention of BAMCEF (The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation) was organized from 25th Dec to 28th Dec at a specially developed campus called Sant Raidas Nagar near Shyam Mall Sector 34, Chandigarh. The convention was inaugurated by Prof. Shyam Lal, Vice Chancellor Patna University and was presided over by Dr. Chandu Maiske (National President, BAMCEF). Prof. Syamlal while inaugurating the convention made a special reference to the very famous slogan of Dr. Ambedkar – “Educate, Organize, Agitate” and stated that it is the ‘education’ through which we have reached the positions that we hold today. Some persons in our society have become the president of India, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament or Chief justice of India and the person like me who is a Vice Chancellor of a University. This is all because of Education. In the area of Organization and ‘unity’ the caste system is a big hurdle in organizing our people. Due to the revival of Brahminism after independence the ruling castes have made conscious efforts in keeping our people divided among different castes. He added, after the great efforts made by Mulnivasi Sants and Social Reformers we had got an ideology to fight against Brahminism. Dr. Ambedkar single handedly managed to protect the interests of our people through Constitutional Mechanism. But after his death it is the BAMCEF organization which has really taken a command to organize all the backward castes into a society called Mulnivasi Bahujan Samaj. This is an achievement in the context of organizing the masses. However the matter of agitation needs to be rigorously taken on task. He further stated that our own people are observed to be the strong followers of ‘Brahminism’ which prompts them to deceive our society. Thus we are facing a problem to fight at two fronts at a time. On one front we have to fight against the ‘Brahminical Force’ and on the other we are required to face our own people opposing the ideology of our forefather. The later is very difficult for handling but we must be determined to take the carvan (Mission) of our forefathers ahead. This will remove all the barriers in our way.
