September 12, 2013
Photo Credit: S M Raghib
New Delhi: To raise their voice against the recent communal flare-up in Uttar Pradesh and oppose the machinations of UP government and the RSS-BJP combine to polarise the state for electoral gains, concerned citizens, students, artists and activists jointly organized a protest demonstration under the banner of Aman Ekta Manch at the UP Bhawan in New Delhi Thursday.
They demanded that the communal tension and violence in UP must be brought to an end immediately. “The consolidation of BJP's communal fascist agenda in UP in the recent past, as manifested in the 84-kosi parikrama in Ayodhya and appointment of Amit Shah as state BJP's in-charge, is a ploy to engineer riots and bloodshed. The silence and complacency of the Samajwadi Party government in UP on this is unpardonable,” read a statement released by the group. “The secular fabric of India cannot be allowed to be torn by the communal politics and nefarious polarizations,” it added.
The activists assembled at UP Bhawan urged the larger society to remain vigilant against such machinations which are underway in the run up to the 2014 general elections.The protesters condemned the degeneration of the Samajwadi party which was once considered a secular force in the country. To expand its electoral lot, the SP is venturing into dangerous communal gameplan which will only strengthen the RSS-BJP. Silence and reluctance of the Akhilesh Yadav government must be exposed. The protesters also demanded immediate intervention to restore peace and security in the burning districts of Uttar Pradesh.
They also submitted a memorandum to the resident commissioner addressing the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The protesters included teachers and students from DU, JNU, Jamia and Ambedkar University apart from social activists and journalist. Some of the prominent people participated in the protest are Prof. Apoorvanand, Prof. Ali Jawed, Mona Das, Dr. Arjumand Ara, Dr. Sadashiv, Dr. Tanweer Fazal, Himanshu Kumar, Khurshid Anwar, Bhasha Singh and Madhuresh Kumar.
