[Marxistindia] Withdraw this decision of Haryana CM

[news from the cpi(m)]

December 11, 2021

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Withdraw this Decision of Haryana CM

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the extremely objectionable
statement made by the Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar,
yesterday. He has stated that "The practice of offering namaz in public
spaces cannot be tolerated".  Congregations of people belonging to all
religions are regularly held in the open and such a statement is
unacceptable.  The Chief Minister has also withdrawn permission granted by
his own administration to members of the Muslim community in Gurgaon to
offer Friday prayers in open spaces because they are deprived of mosques in
which this could be done.  

 

In the last few months, every Friday, people belonging to organisations like
Bajrang Dal have disturbed or prevented Muslims from offering prayers in
these designated spaces.  The police have stood by allowing this miscarriage
of justice to take place.  Instead of  ensuring that miscreants are punished
and prayers allowed to be undertaken peacefully, the Chief Minister is
denying the basic Constitutional right to one section of Indian citizens.  

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that this decision be withdrawn and
that the Haryana government make arrangements to ensure  that Friday prayers
proceed peacefully and that necessary permissions are given to the Muslim
community to construct mosques and gain control of Waqf properties.  

 

 

 

 

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