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religious procession called Shobha Yatra is en route in North Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, with young men and some minors carrying pistols, shotguns, swords and baseball bats. The police are standing-by, overseeing this procession. Stone pelting breaks out. 21 people are arrested, 16 of which are Muslims.
BJP’s Mandir Prakoshth head, Karnail Singh raises slogans of “
Jisko Is Desh Mein Rehna Hoga, Jai Sri Ram Kehna Hoga (If you want to live in this country, you must say Jai Sri Ram)” right outside the mosque which was the epicentre of the violence that started in Jahangirpuri just a day ago on 16 April. Police simply escorts him away from the area despite his actions intending to spread communal disharmony.
One more example. A Ram Navami procession is taking place in Madhya Pradesh’
Khargone district, under ‘strict’ police vigil. As per on-ground sources, Khargone’s Muslim-dominated area Talab Chowk saw an argument break out between the police and one of the participants of the procession right before the communal flare up. But the police did not arrest this person. A rumour was spread thereafter that police were not allowing the procession to pass from the Muslim dominated area which led to the clashes. Misinformation was spread within the participants of the Ram Navami procession and nobody was punished or held accountable for it. Why?
Later, houses, shops, eateries and buildings of Muslims are bulldozed to send a message to alleged “rioters” who had stone-pelted the Ram Navami procession. Though some Hindu properties were also bulldozed, it is the Muslims who majorly faced the brunt of the State. Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra, soon after the Khargone clashes, says, “
Jis ghar se patthar aaye hain, us ghar ko hi pattharon kaa dher banayenge (The houses from where stones were pelted will be turned into rubble).”