September 22, 2024

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‘PM’s silence speaks volumes’: Civil society questions Modi over Haridwar Dharam Sansad tournament

Via PTI

NEW DELHI: A gaggle of distinguished civil society participants on Tuesday wondered Top Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” over alleged hate speeches in opposition to Muslims on the Haridwar Dharam Sansad and demanded “exemplary” motion by way of the federal government in opposition to the ones concerned.

The Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) in a commentary signed by way of 278 other people, together with lyricist Javed Akhtar and actor Naseeruddin Shah, stated that “no Indian should be stunned by way of the surprising silence” of Top Minister Narendra Modi in spite of rising call for nationally and across the world that he will have to discuss, and his executive will have to act in “exemplary type” in opposition to participants of the Dharam Sansad who’ve referred to as for a “genocide of Indian Muslims”.

“The PM’s silence speaks volumes, is little short of a mockery of Indian democracy, a contravention of the Indian Charter which the PM has sworn to uphold all the way through his swearing in. His ‘maun’ (silence) is inexcusable,” the commentary stated.

“In his first time period as Top Minister, Modi had promised ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ to all Indians. He went a step additional in his present 2nd time period with the reassurance of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas’. That those had been/are not anything however insincere and hole slogans is greater than glaring from the way in which Indian Muslims proceed to be hounded, wounded and lynched,” the gang stated.

The signatories of the IMSD commentary come with reporters, legal professionals, academicians, civil society activists and participants of the movie fraternity.

Some members on the Dharam Sansad held in Haridwar from December 17-19 had been accused of handing over extremely provocative speeches in opposition to Muslims.