Opposition parties attack PM on hate speech and communal violence, said – Shocked by Modi’s silence
India
oi-Rahul Kumar
New Delhi, April 16: Thirteen leaders of political parties, including three chief ministers, on Saturday issued a joint appeal against the rising incidents of hate speech and communal violence in some parts of the country and the inaction of the central government, saying that food, clothing, faith, festivals and Attempts are being made to polarize the society in the name of language. Along with this, questions have been raised on the silence of PM Modi.
Modi Govt. Common attack on 13 opposition parties, condemned the communal violence. oneindia hindi
Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Mamata Banerjee, MK Stalin, Hemant Soren, Tejashwi Yadav are among the leaders who have issued joint statements on the increasing incidents of communal violence. Opposition parties have said that they are “upset” that issues like food, faith are being used by the ruling establishment to polarize society. Simultaneously, the opposition parties strongly condemned the recent communal violence, saying that they are shocked by the silence of the Prime Minister on those who spread bigotry and provoke the society.
The statement said that PM Modi has failed to utter a single word against those promoting such a hateful environment. There is nothing visible in their statements or actions, in which the people or organizations who are spreading such violence have been condemned. It is silent witness that such private armed organizations enjoy the protection of power. These parties reiterated their resolve to work collectively for social harmony.
The opposition parties said that we are deeply anguished by the way in which issues related to food, dress, faith, festivals and related are being deliberately used to polarize the society by the faction of the ruling establishment. These leaders claimed that we are very concerned about the increasing incidents of hate speech. It seems that those who speak such language have official protection and no meaningful and strong action is taken against them.
The joint statement was issued by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, her Tamil Nadu counterpart and DMK chief MK Stalin, Jharkhand chief minister and JMM chief Hemant Soren, RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav and NCP Is. Other signatories include CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, his CPI counterpart D Raja, Forward Bloc’s Devvrat Biswas, RSP’s Manoj Bhattacharya, Muslim League’s PK Kunhalikutty and CPI(ML) Liberation’s Dipankar Bhattacharya.
