[May 1, 2024]
PRESS STATEMENT
The
Society of Communal Harmony condemns and deprecates any attempts
whether by word or deed at tearing the social fabric and social peace
in India. The need of the times is
to establish Peace and Harmony Committees in every City, Town, Mohalla,
Basti and Hamlet in our
country. Such committees, comprising a diversity of leading citizens
would promote good neighborliness, seek to verify and quell any
unfounded rumours, maintain calm and also endeavour to deny civic space
to anti-social elements of whatever persuasion. We have had successful
examples of such efforts to establish Mohalla committees both before and
after independence. Gandhijiand PanditNehru,
accorded importance to local neighbourhood-level work. Speaking in
September 1946 at a meeting of Faizabad residents, Narendra Deva
emphasized the need to organize Mohalla Committees: Gandhiji, Jawaharlalji, Many
other prominent national leaders had actively promoted the idea which
served to establish timely communication and to remove the basis for
mutual misunderstandings arising from lack of communication or
otherwise.These serve to fill social voids and to enhance feelings of
mental and physical security among residents.
The
Society for
Communal Harmony, which had been founded by stalwarts like Bishamber
Nath Pandey and
Maulana Ali Miyan will embark on this mission on May Day, and calls on
all like-minded organisations to associate with them in this effort or
conduct similar campaigns in their spheres of activity. At this
auspicious moment we recall to ourselves the essence of the message :
Mazhab nahin sikhata aapas mein bair rakhna
Hindi hain hum watan hai Hindostan hamara
Dr Syeda Hameed- 9810118987
Anil Nauriya - 9868900888
Saiyidain Manzil
267A, Jamia Nagar
New Delhi 110 025
