By IANS,
New Delhi : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq Friday said the Indian government should appeal to the Chinese government to stop the ethnic violence in Urumqi city of Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province of China.
“Our government should appeal to the Chinese government to stop the ongoing violence in Urumqi city,” Barq told IANS.
Barq also said that he “will raise the issue in parliament”.
At least 156 people have been killed in Xinjiang in the ethnic violence between minority Muslim Uighur community and the majority Hans.
However, the Communist Party of India (CPI) said that it is an “internal matter of China”.
Shamim Faizi, national secretary of CPI, said: “When you say that other countries should not interfere in the internal affairs of India, how can you expect me to comment on such issues of China?”
The riots started in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Sunday when a group of protesters demanded an investigation into the death of two Uighurs, who were killed in a fight with Han Chinese workers at a toy factory.
Chinese authorities say around 1,500 people have been arrested for violence.
Although officials put the toll at 156, Uighur groups put the figure at 840 dead.