New Delhi (Daily Pakistan Online) 200 leading personalities, including five former chiefs of India's armed forces, have written an open letter to President Ram Nath Kavand and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a gathering of Hindu religion in Hari Dwar, Uttarakhand. I am concerned about the alleged provocation.
The gathering was held between December 17 and 19 and allegedly called on Hindus to take up arms and genocide against Muslims. The aforesaid personalities have also expressed concern over other incidents of alleged provocation in their letter. Signed by Air Chief Marshal SP Tiargi and Lieutenant General (retd) Vijay Oberoi.
The open letter warned that the "open call for genocide of Muslims in India" would destabilize the country internally and be an encouraging thing for external forces. According to an NDTV report, written to Indian President Ram Nath Kavand and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the region was also targeted for targeting other religious minorities such as Christians, Dalits, and Sikhs in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, and Delhi.
The letter, citing the current border situation, warned that such calls for violence were a threat to peace and harmony within the country. It said any breach of peace within the country would encourage hostile external forces and the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and police force could be severely affected by hate speech on religious grounds.
"We cannot allow public expression of hatred and violence, which not only constitutes serious violations of internal security but also destroys the social fabric of our nation," the letter said. The letter said that it was unacceptable and reprehensible to invite one's own army to take part in the genocide of Muslims.
Earlier, 76 lawyers of the Supreme Court had also written a letter to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, asking him to take suo moto notice of the violence calls. The lawyers wrote that in the absence of police action, "immediate judicial intervention is needed to prevent such incidents which have apparently become a daily occurrence".
It may be recalled that a few days ago in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the police failed to take action on a hate speech made by extremist Hindus belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) at a religious gathering on the genocide of Muslims. Was
