Delhi Violence: Who sowed the seeds of separatism?
The affidavits being submitted by the police about the Delhi violence have now become a subject of discussion with several social activists alleging that police investigations into the Delhi violence have not been impartial. The affidavits reveal that out of those who were affected in the riots, about 80 percent were Muslims who suffered injuries and loss of life and property. At the same time, the affidavits also reveal that Sangh Parivar targeted their ire not only on Muslims but also on Dalits.
The miscreants arrested by the police for the riots reveal the efforts of the police in protecting the Sangh Parivar workers. Not just that. It is alleged that the police have created some fake incidents to prove that even Hindus have experienced heavy losses. The confusion in the police about the number of temples that were damaged during the riots supports these allegations. Responding to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) last month, the police had informed the court that two temples and 13 mosques were damaged. But in the latest affidavit, the number of temples damaged has risen to six.
Social activists suspect that the police and the Sangh Parivar organizations have jointly created several such fake incidents of temples being attacked and damaged. A right-wing website had reported that miscreants had stoned a Hanuman temple near a school and a Gowri Shankar temple near a Shishu Vihar in the national capital, but the temple priest had refuted the report. This shows the attempts of the police to render the victims as the accused and protect the accused.
A few days ago, the chief of Delhi police warned his department staff that Hindu leaders were upset that workers of Sangha Parivar were being arrested. This indicates that the police are being pressurized by politicians and Sangh Parivar organizations against arresting those miscreants who were actually involved in the violence and is raising suspicions that the police are trying to portray the victims as the accused.
The most shocking element of the investigation into the Delhi violence is the desperation of the police to falsely project the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protestors as perpetrators of violence. The violence in Delhi took place to suppress anti-CAA protestors with the sole objective being to threaten the protestors and make them withdraw the protests. But the police have come out with a different conclusion. According to them, people who were outraged at the CAA came to the streets and unleashed violence.
The police have recorded similar such statements from miscreants and have tried to falsely implicate student leaders and social workers for having triggered and encouraged the violence. In their affidavits, police have said the main objective of the anti-CAA protestors was to instigate separatism. “Creating riots between two communities and encouraging armed rebels to fight against an established government, thereby giving a fillip to the separatist movement was its main agenda,” the police have said.
The anti-CAA agitation was not started by any one community. It began in Assam with most of the protestors being non-Muslims. Lakhs of people in Assam are living in fear of losing their citizenship over the unconstitutional National Register of Citizens (NRC) introduced by the government. Not all of them belong to a specific community but belong to different castes and communities. It is the CAA that has divided the country on the basis of religion and not the protests against the CAA. In fact, the CAA saw thousands of people coming to the streets holding national flags reiterating that ‘we are all of the citizens of this country’ with their only objective being an appeal to stop suspicions over their citizenship and definitely not dividing the country. However, continuing the attempts to divide the country, attempts were even made to identify the protestors based on their attire. The attempts, however, failed due to the coming together of anti-CAA protestors on a common plank.
It is obvious that the government tried to suppress the anti-CAA movement by using Delhi violence. A situation has been created where victims of Delhi violence are now being forced to go to jail instead of handing out punishment to the accused. The law has been used to further inflict wounds on those who are already wounded. The violence in Delhi took place to suppress the Constitution of India and it is now being used again for the same purpose. If we do not protest this conspiracy that is being hatched during the lockdown, the country’s future will be at a greater risk.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
