Jathika Hela Urumaya and its religious shield
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) the first ever political party established with the purpose of making Sri Lanka a “Dharma Raajya” has now become the talk of the country. There are many attributes we can think of in a Dharma Raajya such as transparency, democracy, sincerity, free of corruption and truthfulness. The Leader of the opposition made a shocking revelation about the Leader of the JHU and if these revelations are true, then they itself go against the primary purposes of JHU established for.
My problem is not whether the allegations made by Ranil are true or not but the way the JHU answered and shield from these allegations. One thing I would like to remind the JHU is that they are a registered Political Party of Sri Lanka and they will as political establishments will at all times be rival and question the conduct of the other political parties/establishments of Sri Lanka. Likewise all the other political parties and the general public have a right to probe and question the activities of the JHU. Of course the JHU differs from the other political parties of Sri Lanka as it mainly consists of Buddhist Monks. Nevertheless a person irrespective of his current social position once enters in to the political arena unavoidably become a political activist and will be equaled to other active politicians. Every politician has the right to criticize the conduct of other rival politicians on valid reasonable grounds and my emphasis is that the JHU monks are no exception and subjected to this rule.
Lots and lots of allegations were made against the JHU by the UNP under the leadership of idiotic Ranil. But what did the JHU do? They failed to reply any of the allegations made by the UNP with clarity. What in fact happened was that the JHU constantly put the religion in front to shield from these allegations. The JHU repeatedly stated that the allegations are against the entire Buddhist monks. I as a Buddhist highly disappointed with the way the JHU operated to respond the allegations and the truth is that the JHU use religion as a tool to protect from the allegations and criticism by rival political parties.
Religion is one institution and politics is a completely different institution. Religion could be used as an instrument to direct the politics of the country in the correct path. Nevertheless it shall always bear in mind that religion and politics should not be blended or mixed together. What the JHU has done so far is whenever the things at the political arena go against them; they always put the religion forward to strengthen and protect their political character.
Finally I would like to mention that once a person enters in to politics he gains a dual identity. That is his personal identity and political identity. In the case of monks their personal identity is the religious identity and they cannot use the religious identity to cover and protect their political identity. That will be the greatest disgrace any religion.
My problem is not whether the allegations made by Ranil are true or not but the way the JHU answered and shield from these allegations. One thing I would like to remind the JHU is that they are a registered Political Party of Sri Lanka and they will as political establishments will at all times be rival and question the conduct of the other political parties/establishments of Sri Lanka. Likewise all the other political parties and the general public have a right to probe and question the activities of the JHU. Of course the JHU differs from the other political parties of Sri Lanka as it mainly consists of Buddhist Monks. Nevertheless a person irrespective of his current social position once enters in to the political arena unavoidably become a political activist and will be equaled to other active politicians. Every politician has the right to criticize the conduct of other rival politicians on valid reasonable grounds and my emphasis is that the JHU monks are no exception and subjected to this rule.
Lots and lots of allegations were made against the JHU by the UNP under the leadership of idiotic Ranil. But what did the JHU do? They failed to reply any of the allegations made by the UNP with clarity. What in fact happened was that the JHU constantly put the religion in front to shield from these allegations. The JHU repeatedly stated that the allegations are against the entire Buddhist monks. I as a Buddhist highly disappointed with the way the JHU operated to respond the allegations and the truth is that the JHU use religion as a tool to protect from the allegations and criticism by rival political parties.
Religion is one institution and politics is a completely different institution. Religion could be used as an instrument to direct the politics of the country in the correct path. Nevertheless it shall always bear in mind that religion and politics should not be blended or mixed together. What the JHU has done so far is whenever the things at the political arena go against them; they always put the religion forward to strengthen and protect their political character.
Finally I would like to mention that once a person enters in to politics he gains a dual identity. That is his personal identity and political identity. In the case of monks their personal identity is the religious identity and they cannot use the religious identity to cover and protect their political identity. That will be the greatest disgrace any religion.
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