Temple bodies in Maharashtra have fiercely opposed the proposed Devsthan Inams Abolition Act, alleging it could transfer centuries-old Hindu temple lands to private occupants while also taking strong objection to exemption granted to Waqf properties.
This episode focuses on a pattern, the weaponisation of public pressure against state institutions, particularly the judiciary. When people with large social media followings launch coordinated campaigns to delegitimise sitting judges, manufacture or manipulate evidence, and publicly refuse to participate in the judicial process, they are not practising Satyagraha. They are systematically undermining public trust in institutions that safeguard ordinary people far more than politicians.