600 Communal Violence Incidents in 300 Days of Modi Govt
“Human Rights and Civil Society groups have documented at least 43
deaths in over 600 cases of violence, 149 targeting Christians and the
rest Muslims, have taken place in 2014 in India till March this year,
marking 300 days of the National Democratic Alliance government of Mr.
Narendra Modi,” said eminent rights activist and Christian leader Dr.
John Dayal while speaking at the event.
He further said: “The Christian Persecution data lists 168 cases.
An analysis of the Christian data alone shows Chhattisgarh topping the
list with 28 incidents of crime, followed closely by neighboring Madhya
Pradesh with 26, Uttar Pradesh with 18 and Telangana, a new state carved
out of Andhra Pradesh, with 15 incidents. The rape of the aged Catholic
Nun in a Convent and School in Ranaghat in West Bengal, is the most
horrendous crime reported in the first quarter of 2015,” he said.
“The 300 days have also seen an assault on democratic structures,
the education and knowledge system, Human Rights organizations and
Rights Defenders and coercive action using the Intelligence Bureau and
the systems if the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act and the Passport
laws to crack down on NGOs working in areas of empowerment of the
marginalized sections of society, including Dalits, Tribals, Fishermen
and women, and issues of environment, climate, forests, land and water
rights,” said the organizers in a detailed report.
They alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi refuses to reprimand
his Cabinet colleagues, restrain the members of his party members or
silence the Sangh Parivar which claims to have propelled him to power in
New Delhi.
Eminent politicians who address the event included Ajay Makan of
Congress, Raghuvansh Yadav of RJD and Ali Anwar Ansari of JDU. Eminent
social activists to address the gathering were Shabnam Hashmi, Ram
Puniyani and Navaid Hamid.