Senior Congress chief and Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh on Friday stated that Muslim localities in Madhya Pradesh had been being focused throughout fund-raising rallies for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and demanded an neutral probe into the current clashes at the same time as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured individuals from all communities that they had been protected.
With weapons, lathis, swords and provocative speeches, those that have got down to acquire donations for the development of temple are concentrating on Muslim localities, Singh advised reporters after assembly Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains and DGP Vivek Johri together with MLA Arif Masood and a delegation from the three districts that witnessed clashes final month.
The former chief minister demanded an neutral probe into the clashes that broke out in Ujjain, Mandsaur and Indore through the rallies.
“I will oppose these Hindus who are trying to break communal harmony between Hindus and Muslims. Hindu-Muslim unity is the basis of India. They fought together for the freedom struggle and those who did nothing during the freedom struggle are trying to vitiate the atmosphere,” Singh stated.
He stated he a greater Hindu than all BJP leaders, as he practises Sanatam Dharma which requires respect for all.
Holding the district directors accountable, Singh stated, “Ministers, IAS and IPS officers are bound by the Constitution and are not slaves of any political party, be it the Congress or BJP. How were the rallies allowed to be taken out? The district collectors and SPs of the affected districts should be removed,” he stated. “It is strange that police cases are being registered against people whose houses were torched, vehicles damaged, and who sustained bullet wounds. What sort of justice is this.”
Reacting to Singh’s fees, Chief Minister Chouhan stated in a video clip to media shops: “Every society, community and sect is safe and secure in Madhya Pradesh.”
“If action has to be taken against anyone, it is going to be against goons and mafia. And it will take place for sure. No power can stop it… A wrongdoer will face the consequences… All are equal in the eye of the law,” he stated. “MP government is against goons, drug peddlers and all types of mafia. Whoever the stone-pelters may be… nobody, not even Digvijaya, can save them.”
This got here two days after a delegation headed by social activist Medha Patkar visited Indore’s Chandan Khedi village, the place clashes occurred on December 29. The six-member delegation submitted a report back to Indore Commissioner Pawan Kumar on Thursday, saying that members of the rally that was passing by way of the village on the day of the conflict had been armed with iron rods, kerosene and diesel. They attacked the minaret of a mosque – close to which an altercation broke out – with swords to incite communal violence. In the report, they accused the police of inaction.
After the clashes, the police booked round 23 villagers, however solely two out of the three individuals who climbed the minaret had been arrested – and each secured bail inside two days, it stated.
“It is shocking that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was in Indore immediately after the clashes, did not feel the need to appeal for peace and instead spoke about creating a law against stone-pelters,” stated Patkar.
