Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday dismissed as fallacious the allegations that two nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation had been “attacked” throughout a practice journey by way of Uttar Pradesh just lately and alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was “making false statements” on the difficulty.
“There was no attack on any nun whatsoever…the Chief Minister of the state (Kerala) is completely lying and making false statements when he says that,” Goyal advised a press convention in Kochi.
The alleged incident occurred at Jhansi railway station on March 19 had its echoes in poll-bound Kerala final week with Chief Minister Vijayan taking it up with the Centre and Home Minister Amit Shah promising robust motion.
Goyal mentioned the native police, after receiving a criticism towards the nuns, made an investigation whether or not the criticism was appropriate.
“There was an allegation. Some people made a complaint (against the nuns). It is the duty of the police to find out whether the complaint is correct or wrong. Police made enquiries. Checked all their documents, made enquiries (to ensure) that they are genuine passengers going for the correct purpose and then immediately let them go,” the minister mentioned justifying the police motion.
The Railway Minister dismissed the allegations that the alleged scholar activists related to a Sangh Parivar outfit bogged the nuns down and pulled them out of the practice.
“That is absolutely wrong”, he mentioned.
The minister mentioned if anyone complains, it’s the responsibility of the police to launch an investigation.
The minister didn’t say who made the complainant towards the nuns.
According to officers in Jhansi, the nuns had been detained on March 19 after native Bajrang Dal activists complained that two ladies had been allegedly being taken forcibly for non secular conversion.
The police had mentioned there was no foundation within the criticism and all 4 ladies later took the subsequent practice to their vacation spot in Odisha.
Shah, who was in Kerala to marketing campaign for the celebration forward of the April 6 Assembly polls, had mentioned, “I want to assure the people of Kerala that the culprits behind this incident will be brought to justice at the earliest.”
The subject was raised earlier than Shah by BJP’s Kanjirappally Assembly candidate and former union minister Ok J Alphonse.
In a memorandum addressed to Shah, Alphonse had mentioned, “Such incidents perpetrated by fringe elements and groups create a sense of insecurity in our minority community.”
Kerala BJP normal secretary George Kurian had written to UP CM Yogi Adityanath on the difficulty.
Lashing out on the BJP over the incident, Chief Minister Vijayan had urged the Centre to take motion, saying such incidents tarnish the picture of the nation.
In his letter to Shah, Vijayan had sought strict motion towards these “who disrupt and impair the freedom of individual rights” assured by the Constitution.
Vijayan had advised reporters that the Constitution offers freedom to everybody within the nation to consider and to not consider in any faith.
He had additionally alleged that Uttar Pradesh is infamous for such issues.
“All such illegal activities are taking place under the BJP government there. It should also be taken seriously that all this is happening on an uncontrolled scale,” Vijayan had mentioned.