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Call for dismissal of Akhilesh government

March 28, 2014 01:35 am | Updated May 19, 2016 12:01 pm IST - MEERUT:

The Congress, the Jat Maha Sabha and the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Manch have sought the immediate dismissal of the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh saying it had failed miserably in preventing the Muzaffarnagar carnage of September 2013 even as the Supreme Court on Wednesday said the State government was prima facie responsible for failing to prevent communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas.

Mairaj Uddin Ahmed, former Minister and member, All India Congress Committee, sought the dismissal of the Akhilesh government. The Muzaffarnagar massacre could have been prevented had the government and the local administration taken prompt action to ease the tensions that led to the tragedy.

Tension was brewing ever since the murder of Sachin and Gaurav on August 27. Two motorbikes had collided in Kawal village and in the brawl that followed Sachin and Gaurav killed a man named Qureshi. On hearing Qureshi’s cries, people rushed to the spot and beat the duo to death.

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“Had the authorities swiftly arrested the culprits and defused the tension by organising meetings of elders of both the communities, the carnage could have been avoided,” said Shurbir Singh and Abdul Mirza, both students, on Thursday.

The Supreme Court had unveiled the truth. Everyone, including the local administration and the Chief Minister, knew that tension was brewing since August 27 but allowed it to develop into a major communal flare up.

“Jats and Muslims had lived like brothers since decades and the September tragedy seems to be a conspiracy of anti-India forces to divide the peace loving people,” said Dharamvir Baliyan, State president, Yuva Jat Maha Sabha, and a leading social worker in Muzaffarnagar.

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Mr. Baliyan sought a CBI probe into the affair as many innocent persons from both communities were being booked under false cases and the real culprits being let off at the instance of the moneyed and powerful.

Ghulam Mohammad, president of the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Manch, an organisation formed to ensure communal harmony, felt that the so-called panchayats that promoted hatred among different castes or communities should be banned.

“It was the khap panchayats that fanned emotions that led to the communal flare-up in peace loving Muzaffarnagar. They should be declared unlawful and the bureaucrats ordered not to encourage such gatherings,” Mr. Mohammad said, adding that the tragic events were a conspiracy of the BJP to polarise votes before the general elections.

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