By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
A delegation of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JUH) headed by Maulana Mahmood Madani, the national General Secretary at JUH, met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday to apprise him about the recent spurt in the incidents of communal violence, on the occasion of Ram Navami Festival, in various parts of the country including Bihar, West Bengal and Delhi.
The JUH delegation discussed the ongoing events “wherein the fringe elements along with targeting life and properties of the citizens also took to vandalize religious places,” as alleged by the press statement released after the meet.
The delegation submitted a memorandum to Singh in the same regard. While expressing deep concern over the rising incident of communal violence, Maulana Madani said, “This is a matter of serious alarm and concern for all the peace-loving people in the country. It has once again highlighted the urgent need to contain the fringe elements against inciting the mobs and unleashing violence upon innocent citizens.”
The memorandum suggested that “it is also high time for taking strong action against the law enforcement agencies and their officials, who failed in their duty to maintain law and order and protect the lives and properties of the citizens.”
“We were assured earlier that communal violence would be dealt with firmness, and the government would take effective and urgent measures to ensure the safety and security of people’s life and property. However, our constant pleas with the authorities have failed completely and there seems to be no end to the grievous and alarming situation and more especially the silence of the authorities encourages the miscreants as they turned blind eyes towards their nefarious and anti-social and anti-national activities,” read the press statement of JUH.
The statement further said, “Therefore, we are constrained to come back to you again with the earnest plea to please take effective and appropriate actions immediately to stop the acts of aggression upon the innocent citizen.”
JUH expressed serious concern over lack of action from the government side in dealing with anti-peace elements. “No civilized society can abandon its minorities and weaker sections to the mercy of hooligans as it is happening now. We hope that the government would make efforts seriously to protect the lives and property of its citizen keeping up with its constitutional duty,” said JUH.
After the meeting, Maulana Madani addressed media and informed, “Home Minister heard us patiently and assured that his government would take appropriate action for restoring normalcy.”
Besides Maulana Madani, the members of the delegation included Maulana Niaz Ahmad Farooqui, advocate Shakeel Ahmad Sayed, Maulana Hakeemudin Qasmi and several others.