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New Delhi, Sep 22: In the wake of the new series of attacks by cow vigilante groups on Muslims in different parts of the country, the National Commission For Minorities (NCM) has urged the Narendra Modi government to strongly condemn such groups because they are “creating an atmosphere of extreme insecurity and suspicions among the Muslims across the country.”
In a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, NCM chairperson Naseem Ahmad said: “We wish to bring to your kind notice the increasing violence against the Muslims by the so called vigilante groups and the fear that this is creating across the country…”
“All of this is vitiating the social fabric of the country and is bound to disturb the overall climate of co-existence amongst communities. In particular, it is creating an atmosphere of extreme insecurity and suspicions among the Muslims across the country and a deteriorating communal amity amongst communities that have traditionally lived together in peace and harmony,” said Ahmed and sought strong statement from the central government over it.
“We believe that there is a need for a very strong statement from the highest levels of the government stating that such outlandish behavior will neither be tolerated nor can it go unpunished and that the secular credentials of India will be protected by the state at all costs.”
The minority panel urged the central government not to ignore the issue as law & order is state subject.
“It is true that law and order is a state subject, but certainly the Central Government would be well within its powers to ask the states to handle such situations with a heavy hand and to enforce sense of security among the minorities in all seriousness,” said Ahmed in the letter dated 19th Sep.
National Commission For Minorities wrote to Union Home Minister over violent attacks by cow vigilante groups on Muslims
In the last one week, several attacks by cow vigilante groups have been recorded in different parts of the country.
In Ahmedabad, a young Muslim Mohammad Ayyub Me was lynched by a mob on the day of Eid al Adha (13 Sep).
In Alwar of Rajasthan, a Muslim-dominated village was looted, ransacked and some of them were partially demolished by a mob cow vigilantes.
Also Read: Rajasthan village looted, ransacked as revenge for ‘slaughtered cows’
