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Indian citizen, from at least 50 cities took out bike rallies on Sunday to protest against mob lynching incidents and hate crimes. The organizers have claimed that they are not part of any political party.
In a press statement, they said, “We are common citizens who are genuinely concerned about the breakdown of law and order, the constant murderous attacks on the marginalized sections, especially the religious minorities and oppressed castes.”
The biggest bike rally was taken out from New Delhi to Mewat, Haryana in which hundreds of protestors took part with their bikes.
Statement further said, “We are also appalled by the consistent impunity that the murders are given by the ruling regime and the pathetic inaction of law enforcing agencies to bring the culprits to book. Pehlu Khan, Akhlaque, Minhaj, Ayub, Ganesh, Uttam, Alimuddin or Junaid are not just a handful of names. These are innocent fellow citizens who have lost their lives to grotesque mob lynching in recent past.”
Organizers attacked on government bodies for being silent and said, “We have seen horrific videos uploaded and circulated by none other than the murderers on social media, but we are yet to witness decisive steps being taken by the powers that be to punish these goons. Scores of incidents of violence, lynching, rape and loot particularly targeting the muslims have already happened throughout the country. We believe this is a major setback to our constitutionally enshrined secular values. And therefore we are out on the streets, asserting our democratic ethos and culture of harmony and love.”
They called the regime as fascist and said, “We the citizens of this country, irrespective of our faith, are resolved to challenge this growing communal fascist regime. The bike rally is a step in that direction though it will not be an end in itself. It’s rather the beginning of organized people’s resistance against the oppressive regime and its calculated politics of hate.”
Bike rally’s Delhi chapter was flagged off from Mandi House, in the presence of MD Thomas, Paramjit Singh, Swami Agnivesh, Harsh Mandar, Nivedita Menon, Ali Anwar, Manoj Jha, Umar Khalid, Gauhar Raza, Aditya Nigam, Anil Chamadia, Apoorvanand, Yogendra Yadav, Mohit K Pandey, Shehla Rashid, Nahas Mala, Nadeem Khan, Naved Choudhry, Shariq Ansar, Khalid Saifi, Meeran and others. It ended at Mewat where the families of Junaid and Pehlu Khan, the two victims of mob lynching in the recent past, have joined the rally.