In more than 6 decades of independence, India and Indians have been unfortunate victims of communal violence and hate politics.
In the last one and a half years, U.P. alone has seen more than 100 incidents of communal violence. Pratapgarh, Faizabad, Bareily and many other cities have seen big and small incidents of communal violence.
Most recently, Muzaffarnagar has seen horrifying communal riots where more than 100,000 people have been displaced, while official data shows that 62 lives have been lost. The speed with which riots.spread and provocative gatherings were allowed to go unchecked points clearly to government inefficiency and complacency.
Moreover, the government response has been pathetic. Relief and rehabilitation by government agencies is absent on the ground. Whatever little relief is being given is by Community organisations or NGOs.
The Muzaffarnagar violence is a clear case of not only failure of local administration but also horrendous political exploitation of people's suffering.
Aligarh Muslim University rejects this politics of hate and communal violence.
We call on everyone to demand the passage of Communal Violence Bill in the coming winter session (December 2013) of parliament, and to reach out to the nation to shun the politics of hate and communal violence.
In the last one and a half years, U.P. alone has seen more than 100 incidents of communal violence. Pratapgarh, Faizabad, Bareily and many other cities have seen big and small incidents of communal violence.
Most recently, Muzaffarnagar has seen horrifying communal riots where more than 100,000 people have been displaced, while official data shows that 62 lives have been lost. The speed with which riots.spread and provocative gatherings were allowed to go unchecked points clearly to government inefficiency and complacency.
Moreover, the government response has been pathetic. Relief and rehabilitation by government agencies is absent on the ground. Whatever little relief is being given is by Community organisations or NGOs.
The Muzaffarnagar violence is a clear case of not only failure of local administration but also horrendous political exploitation of people's suffering.
Aligarh Muslim University rejects this politics of hate and communal violence.
We call on everyone to demand the passage of Communal Violence Bill in the coming winter session (December 2013) of parliament, and to reach out to the nation to shun the politics of hate and communal violence.
AMU AGAINST POLITICS OF HATE
AMU AGAINST COMMUNAL VIOLENCE
AMU FOR COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BILL
AMU STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE
